Paul Lunde (born 1943) was an American Arabist and writer.
He wrote or translated many books on Islam and the Arab world, and also wrote a book on codes and another on organised crime.
He was a frequent contributor to Aramco World, the in-house magazine of Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia.
Lunde was born in California in 1943, and grew up in Saudi Arabia.
[1] Lunde wrote more than sixty articles for Aramco World, including an entire issue on "The Middle East and the Age of Discovery" in 1992, and a special issue on "The Indian Ocean and Global Trade" in 2005.