Jean-Paul Bignon

Jean-Paul Bignon
Portrait by Gérard Edelinck, 1700
Born19 September 1662
Died14 March 1743
Île Belle, France
NationalityFrench
EducationPort-Royal Abbey, Paris
Collège d'Harcourt

The Abbé Jean-Paul Bignon, Cong.Orat. (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pɔl biɲɔ̃]; 19 September 1662, Paris – 14 March 1743, Île Belle) was a French ecclesiastic, statesman, writer and preacher and librarian to Louis XIV of France. His protégé, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, named the genus Bignonia (Virginia jasmine) after him in 1694.