Louise Freeland Jenkins (July 5, 1888 – May 9, 1970) was an American astronomer who compiled a valuable catalogue of stars within 10 parsecs of the sun, as well as editing the 3rd edition of the Yale Bright Star Catalogue.

In 1911 she graduated from Mount Holyoke College, then she received a Master's degree in astronomy in 1917 from the same institution.

[1] About 1921 she moved to Japan, becoming a teacher at the Women's Christian College, a missionary school.

In 1932 she returned to the US and became a staff member at Yale University Observatory.

She was co-editor of the Astronomical Journal starting in 1942, and continued in this post until 1958.