Editing Daniel Defert (section)

{{Short description|French sociologist and AIDS activist (1937–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{infobox Person
| name        = Daniel Defert
| image       = Daniel Defert par Claude Truong-Ngoc février 2015.jpg
| caption     = Defert in 2015
| birth_name  = Daniel André Defert
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1937|09|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Avallon]], [[French Third Republic|France]]
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2023|02|07|1937|09|10|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Paris]], France
| alma_mater  = [[École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud]]
| occupation  = [[Sociologist]]
| partner     = [[Michel Foucault]]
}}

'''Daniel Defert''' (10 September 1937 – 7 February 2023) was a French sociologist and [[HIV/AIDS]] activist. Partner to the late [[Michel Foucault]], Defert co-founded France's first AIDS advocacy group, [[AIDES]], following Foucault's death from complications related to the disease. Defert was the heir to Foucault's estate.