Pierre Daninos, (May 26 1913-January 7 2005), was a French writer and humorist. He wrote "Les carnets du Major Thompson", which was published in 1954. Many sequels followed. Like the original, they pretended to be the observations of a retired British officer living in France. They were witty collections of comparisons between French and British society. Pierre Daninos was the brother of the industrial Jean Daninos, responsible for the Facel Vega luxury cars.