Pavlos Iosif Gyparis (Greek: Παύλος Ιωσήφ Γύπαρης,[1] 1882 – 22 July 1966) was a Hellenic Army officer best known as the commander of the personal guard of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos.

Born in the Cretan village of Asi Gonia in 1882, as a young man Gyparis took part in paramilitary activities against Turkish, Bulgarian and Romanian interests during the Macedonian Struggle, with great success.

In 1920, during a time when the political situation in Greece was extremely polarized between supporters of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos on the one hand, and supporters of the Royal Family on the other, Gyparis was accused of organizing a paramilitary force, the so-called "Democratic Security Battalions", that murdered Ion Dragoumis, one of Venizelos' fiercest political rivals.

During the Axis occupation of Greece he fled to the Middle East and joined the forces of the Greek government-in-exile.

During the Greek Civil War, Gyparis was active in his home island of Crete, fighting against the communists.