Louis-François-Sebastien Fauvel (born 14 September 1753 in Clermont-en-Beauvaisis; died 12 March 1838 in Smyrna) was a French painter, diplomat and archaeologist who was long stationed in Athens.

Taking advantage of the reversal of the alliances, the French vice-consul managed to make the self-same agents search on his behalf.

However, he played a key role in the development of archaeological knowledge of Athens and Attica by making the "cicerone" (guide) to the "tourists" who visited him.

He was an early supporter and mentor of Kyriakos Pittakis, one of the first native Greek archaeologists and the future Ephor General of Antiquities.

[7][a] Along with the Austrian consul, Georg Christian Gropius, he sheltered some of the surviving prisoners in his house, which was attacked by around 2,000 Greek fighters, until the arrival of two French warships allowed their evacuation.