Pierre Bénichou

French journalist who started his career as an intern for France Soir. He joined France Dimanche in 1956. He became a reporter for Jours de France in 1961. He became the editor-in-chief of Le Nouvel Observateur, another magazine, in 1966. He subsequently joined Les Grosses Têtes, a radio programme. He was also a contributor to Vivement Dimanche, a television programme hosted by Michel Drucker.

His father, André Bénichou, was a philosophy professor who opened a private school after he was dismissed from his job for being Jewish in 1941, in the midst of World War II. One of his father's pupils was famous author Albert Camus. His paternal uncle, Paul Bénichou, was a historian. His paternal grandparents were practising Jews. He moved to Paris, France, in 1949.

Bénichou was married to Alix Dufaure; she died in 2012. Actor Vincent Lindon is his stepson by his widow's first marriage. He also had a son, Antoine.

He became a Commander of the Legion of Honour on 25 March 2016. Pierre Bénichou died on 31 March 2020 at age 82 in Paris.