Germain Pilon (c. 1537 – 1590) is one of the most important sculptors of the French Renaissance.

Trained by his father and (perhaps) Pierre Bontemps, Pilon is an expert with marble, bronze, wood and terra cotta; from about 1555 he is providing models for Parisian goldsmiths.

He is also skilled at drawing.

His works - with their realism and theatrical emotion - show the influence of the School of Fontainebleau, Michelangelo and Italian Mannerism.

Much of Pilon's work is on funerary monuments, especially the Valois Chapel at the Saint Denis Basilica designed by Francesco Primaticcio (never completed).

He is the favorite sculptor of queen Catherine de' Medici.