Paul Alfons Maria Clemens Lothar Philippus Neri Felix Nicomedes Prinz von Metternich-Winneburg (26 May 1917 – 21 September 1992) was a German-Austrian racing driver and President of the Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI), before becoming President of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) in 1975.

Prince Paul Alfons von Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein, known informally as Paul Metternich, was born in Vienna in the House of Metternich, as the only son of Klemens Wenzel Lothar Michal Felix von Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein (1869-1930) and his Spanish wife, Dona Isabel de Silva y Carvajal (1880-1980).

[2] In 1940 in Berlin, where he belonged to a circle of opponents of the Nazi regime, he met his future wife Tatiana Vassiltschikov, who had a position in the foreign office.

They were married in Berlin-Grunewald on 6 September 1941 and lived initially at Kynžvart Castle (Schloss Königswart) in Egerland (now in the Czech Republic).

He was further engaged in the Order of Saint Lazarus charity organisation and was Grand bailiff for the German Balliwick.