Nicolas Vignier (1530–1596) was a French lawyer, historiographer and theologian.
He was born in Bar-sur-Seine, in the modern-day department of Aube, in 1530.
He died in 1596.
He initially trained to be a doctor; but after conversion to Catholicism, became personal historiographer to Henry III of France.
After his death, his works were printed by his son, Nicolas Vignier Jr. fr:Nicolas Vignier fils, the article in French Wikipedia about his son