Chauvin is a surname of French origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Derek Chauvin (born 1976), an American former police officer who was convicted of murdering George Floyd Étienne Chauvin (1640–1725), French Protestant divine Frank Chauvin (c. 1933–2015), a Canadian charity worker Ingrid Chauvin (born 1973), French actress Jean Chauvin (1509–1564), French theologian, pastor and reformer Jean-Gabriel Chauvin (1889–1976), French sculptor Jeanne Chauvin (1862–1926), French lawyer Julien Chauvin (born 1979), French violinist Landry Chauvin (born 1968), a French former footballer Léon Adolphe Chauvin (1861–1904), Canadian lawyer Lilyan Chauvin (1925–2008), French-American actress Louis Chauvin (1881–1908), American ragtime composer Madame Vignon-Chauvin (19th century), French fashion designer Marcel Chauvin (1914–2004), French clergyman and auxiliary bishop Nicolas Chauvin, a mythical patriot said to have served during Napoleon Bonaparte's reign; origin of the term chauvinism Nicolas Chauvin (rugby) (2000–2018), French rugby player Nicolas Chauvin de La Frénière (died 1769), son of Nicolas Chauvin (Not the mythical one) Pierre de Chauvin de Tonnetuit (c. 1550–1603), French naval and military captain and a lieutenant of New France Pierre-Athanase Chauvin (1774–1832), French painter active in Italy Remy Chauvin (1913–2009), French biologist Victor Chauvin (1844–1913), Arabic and Hebrew professor Yves Chauvin (1930–2015), French chemist