| Wu Faxian | |
| Native Name: | 吴法宪 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-cn |
| Office: | 2nd Commander of the PLA Air Force |
| Term Start: | May 1965 |
| Term End: | September 1971 |
| Predecessor: | Liu Yalou |
| Successor: | Ma Ning (vacant until 1973) |
| Office1: | 2nd Political Commissar of the PLA Air Force |
| Term Start1: | 1957 |
| Term End1: | 1965 |
| Predecessor1: | Xiao Hua |
| Successor1: | Yu Lijin |
| Birth Date: | 25 August 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Yongfeng County, Jiangxi, China |
| Death Place: | Jinan, Shandong, China |
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party |
| Allegiance: |  China |
| Branch: | Chinese Red Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1930–1971 |
| Rank: | Lieutenant General |
| Battles: | Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War |
Wu Faxian (; 1915–2004) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army. In 1930 he became a soldier of Chinese Red Army, two years later he joined the Chinese Communist Party. He participated in five Counter-Encirclement Campaigns, Long March, Battle of Pingxingguan, Liaoshen Campaign and Pingjin Campaign.
In 1955 he was granted the military rank of lieutenant general. Wu was a subordinate of Lin Biao, in 1965 he became the commander of People's Liberation Army Air Force. After Lin's failed coup, he was imprisoned as part of the post-Lin purges. In 1973, he was stripped of all titles and Party membership. In 1981 he was declared guilty as a member of the Lin Biao group and sentenced to 17 years in prison. However, due to good behavior and his past meritorious service, as well as ailing health, he was released later the same year when he was given a house, car and a monthly pension as his party membership and titles were restored. He was given a state funeral when he died in 2004 which was attended by many former subordinates as well as representatives from the PLA.[1]