Jehan Desanges (3 January 1929 – 23 March 2021) was a French historian, philologist and epigrapher, a specialist in the topic of North Africa during Antiquity.
He graduated in 1953, and was a lecturer at the École des hautes études in Tunis from 1958 to 1959.
He was chef de travaux, then assistant professor of ancient history at the University of Dakar between 1959 and 1963.
[1] Member, then President, of Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques, member of Société des Antiquaires de France, former head of the Interuniversity Network of Studies on Ancient North Africa and Medieval Islam.
He was also a member, then president, of the scientific council of Aouras magazine, member of the Scientific Council and the Editorial Board of the Encyclopédie berbère as well as of the Editorial Board of the Graeco-Arabica series (Athens).