Philippe Beaussant (6 May 1930 – 8 May 2016) was a French musicologist and novelist, an expert on French baroque music, on which he has published widely.
He has also been a producer of musical programs for Radio France since 1974.
His biography of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Lully ou le musicien du soleil (Éditions Gallimard, 1992), was the basis of the film Le Roi Danse (2000).
[1] Beaussant won the 1993 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for his novel Héloïse.
He was elected to seat 36 of the Académie française on 15 November 2007.