Maurice Godelier is a French anthropologist. He is known for his field work among the Baruya in Papua New Guinea from the 1960s to the 1980s, and became one of the earliest advocates of Marxism's incorporation into anthropology. He was a director of studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris.
- Occupation
- anthropologist, researcher
- Position held
- president
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- February 28, 1934
