Charles François Laurent (12 November 1856 – 16 February 1939) was a French senior civil servant, specializing in finance.
He was president of the Cour des comptes (Court of Audit).
After taking early retirement at the age of 53 he became a businessman.
He became a member of the board of the Suez Canal Company and president of the French branch of Thomson-Houston.
Laurent was co-founder of the Crédit national.
After World War I (1914–18) he was French ambassador in Berlin between 1920 and 1922 and was involved in discussions of reparations.