阮元（1764年－1849年），字伯元，号芸台，江苏仪征人。清朝政治人物，乾嘉学派经学家。

乾隆五十四年进士，选为翰林院庶吉士，散馆授编修，督山东学政，任侍郎。嘉庆三年（1798年），任浙江巡抚，与李长庚督水师讨伐海盗，兴修海塘。后任湖广总督、两广总督、云贵总督。任内主张加强海防，对抗英军挑衅，亦曾多次镇压天地会活动。道光十八年（1838年）以体仁阁大学士致仕。道光二十九年卒。谥文达。

Ruan Yuan (Chinese:阮元; 1764–1849) was a Chinese scholar official of the Qing Dynasty who was the most prominent Chinese scholar during the first half of the 19th century. He won the jinshi degree in the imperial examinations in 1789 and was subsequently appointed to the Hanlin Academy. He was known for his work Biographies of Astronomers and Mathematicians and for his editing the Shi san jing zhu shu (Commentaries and Notes on the Thirteen Classics) for the Qing emperor.