Auguste Simon Paris

Auguste Simon Paris (September 1794, in Charleville-Mézières in the Ardennes – 7 September 1869, in Paris) was a French notary and entomologist.

A former notary who retired to live in Épernay, he was interested in butterflies and Coleoptera and assembled a rich personal collection, sold on his death. He was a Member of the Société entomologique de France from 1834, and its president in 1866.