Paul Guth (5 March 1910 – 1997) was a French humorist, journalist and writer, and the President of the Académie des provinces françaises. A novelist, essayist, columnist, memoirist, historian, pamphleteer, he distinguished himself in every genre with a combination of sensitivity and savagery. He wrote about fifty works on various subjects, ranging from straight history to personal anecdotes, never holding back in criticism of contemporary failings.