| Birth Date: | 13 June 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Sainte-Maxime, France |
| Death Place: | Meulan-en-Yvelines |
| Fields: | Classical archaeology |
| Workplaces: | DAFA, EPHE |
| Known For: | Director of excavations at Ai-Khanoum |
Paul Bernard (13 June 1929—1 December 2015) was a French archaeologist, best known for excavating the Hellenistic site of Ai-Khanoum in present-day Afghanistan between 1964 and 1978. In his role as director of excavations, Bernard wrote several treatises on the excavations on the site. He also produced the accounts of Ai-Khanoum that had the most influence on the scholarship on the city: foremost among these was a 1982 article in Scientific American titled 'An Ancient Greek City in Centra Asia', which presented the city as a Hellenistic colony in Central Asia. His emphasis on the Greek traditions of Ai-Khanoum have influenced all subsequent accounts of the Hellenistic Far East.