Maurice Marie Alfred Couette (9 January 1858, Tours – 18 August 1943, Angers) was a French physicist known for his studies of fluidity.
Following a short spell as a lecturer in Angers, he joined the 12th Artillery Regiment at Vincennes for one year of voluntary military service.
In 1881 he settled in Paris and enrolled in the Sorbonne, studying physical science in preparation for the agrégation, a French teaching diploma.
Since 1993, the Prix Maurice Couette is awarded by the Groupe français de Rhéologie.
In 1886, Maurice Couette married Jeanne Jenny, who gave birth to eight children, five of whom reached adulthood.