François Bernier was a French physician and traveller. He was born in Joue-Etiau in Anjou. He was briefly personal physician to Mughal prince Dara Shikoh, the eldest son of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, and after the execution of Dara Shikoh, was attached to the court of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, for around twelve years during his stay in India.