Étienne Mignot de Montigny

Étienne Mignot de Montigny (15 December 1714, in Paris – 6 May 1782) was a French engineer and geographer.

He studied the textile industries in England, Switzerland, and France in the 1730s. He was then appointed a commissioner in the Ministry of Commerce. He was responsible for making improvements to industry and commerce through the application of new inventions and machinery. From 1758 to 1782 he was a member of the Académie Royale des Sciences. He was also an associate of the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

With César-François Cassini de Thury and Charles Étienne Louis Camus, he published the Carte de la France.

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