Painlevé is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jean Painlevé (1902–1989), French film director, actor, translator, animator, son of Paul Paul Painlevé (1863–1933), French mathematician and politician, twice Prime Minister of France Painlevé conjecture, a conjecture about singularities in the n-body problem by Paul Painlevé Painlevé paradox, a paradox in rigid-body dynamics by Paul Painlevé Painlevé transcendents, ordinary differential equation solutions discovered by Paul Painlevé
Other French aircraft carrier Painlevé, a planned ship named in honor of Paul Painlevé