Peter Alexis Boodberg (born Pyotr Alekseyevich Budberg; 8 April 1903 – 29 June 1972) was a Russian-American scholar, linguist, and sinologist who taught at the University of California, Berkeley for 40 years.

The Budberg-Bönninghausen was a Baltic German noble family, originally from the district of Budberg [de] in Werl, that had lived in Estonia since the 13th century.

His father's position ensured that Boodberg enjoyed a strong education in the Latin and Greek Classics and in the major European languages.

Boodberg influenced several generations of sinologists, notably Edward H. Schafer, who wrote a long obituary article in the Journal of the American Oriental Society that was followed by a full bibliography by Alvin P. Cohen.

[4] Boodberg authored a large number of studies and manuscripts that he did not formally publish, instead simply circulating them primarily among his students and close colleagues.