Paul Pons (June 23, 1864–April 13, 1915), stage name le Colosse ("The Colossus"), was a French wrestler. He won the first title as world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1898 (as opposed to the first Olympic victory, won two years earlier by Carl Schuhmann). Pons published a book on the history of wrestling in 1912. He was included in the French gloires du sport (hall of fame of French sports) in 2003 and in Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2019.