François Pinel (Paris, c. 1624 - 18 May 1709) was a French lutenist and theorbo player. His brother Germain Pinel, at least twenty years his elder, was himself a lutenist, like several other members of the family (including Germain's three sons: Jean-Baptiste, Jean and Séraphin). He devoted himself to the theorbo but also to singing, and participated in the concerts of His Majesty's Chamber. In 1665, Lully was the godfather of his daughter Françoise. In October 1667, Louis XIV authorized him to buy back a charge of "ordinary music of the Chamber for theorbo".