Paul Charles Jules Robert (pronounced as /fr/; 19 October 1910, Orléansville, French Algeria – 11 August 1980, Mougins, Alpes-Maritimes, France), usually called Paul Robert, was a French lexicographer and publisher, best known for his large Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française (1953), often called simply the Robert (fr|link=no|Le Robert||The Robert), and its abridgement, the Petit Robert (1967; fr|link=no|Little Robert); who founded the dictionary company Dictionnaires Le Robert.