Jean Vatout (in French pronounced as /ʒɑ̃ vatu/; 26 May 1791 – 3 November 1848) was a French poet and historian.
Vatout was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône. He was the tenth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in January 1848. He died, aged 57, at Claremont, England.