Jean Stoetzel (23 April 1910, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges - 21 February 1987, Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French sociologist.

[4] Upon return to France, he founded Institut français d'opinion publique, the first French organization to conduct opinion polling.

[3] Amongst the questions asked were the position of French on Édouard Daladier's politics with respect to "German threat", the opinion of birth rate decline, etc.

Although Stoetzel methods were quite crude, he managed to detect rightward shift in French public mood.

[4] During World War II, he was a liaison officer with British army and fought in Battle of Dunkirk.