Joël Lautier (French pronunciation: ​[ʒo.ɛl loˈtje]; born 12 April 1973) is a French chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer (2006).

Born in Canada, of a French father and a Japanese mother, Lautier is one of the strongest grandmasters in France. He won the 1988 World Junior Chess Championship on tiebreak at Adelaide, and the French Chess Championships in 2004 and 2005. He was the No. 2 French GM in 2005 after Étienne Bacrot.