François Chesnais

François Chesnais (22 January 1934 – 29 October 2022) was a French economist and scholar.

Chesnais was born in Montreal on 22 January 1934. He was a member of the Scientific Council of ATTAC-France, the author of several books and numerous articles on economics and a founder of the Marxist journal Carré Rouge.

Chesnais was a member of the New Anticapitalist Party. He died at a hospital in Paris on 29 October 2022, at the age of 88.