Jules Moinaux, real name Joseph-Désiré Moineaux or Moineau[1] (24 October 1815 – 4 December 1895) was a 19th-century French writer, playwright, and librettist.

The son of Joseph-Jacques Moineau, a cabinetmaker in Tours, Jules Moinaux began with learning the trade from his father.

In 1866, his comedy Les Deux Sourds was created at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris.

During the Franco-Prussian War, while he volunteered for the Fédération de la Garde nationale [fr], he had an opéra bouffe, Le Canard à trois becs, presented with great success at the Folies-Dramatiques.

His satire of the police community, Le Bureau du Commissaire, was published in 1886 with a preface by Alexandre Dumas fils.