Daniel Faivre (born in 1952) is a French historian of religions, professor at the CNRS Ancient History Research Center, at the University of Franche-Comté and director of research at the Centre Universitaire Catholique de Bourgogne.
From 1991 Faivre holds a doctorate in ancient history and civilization at the University of Besançon with the tesis De l'errance àl'espérance : genèse d'une religion under the tutelage of Pierre Lévêque.
Daniel Faivre teaches history at a secondary school in Besançon, and also holds a research post at the Centre Universitaire Catholique de Bourgogne, founded in Dijon in 1993 in conjunction with the Catholic University of Lyon, which provides training in religious history and the teaching of religion. From 1996, Faivre is a lecturer of the Faculty of Theology at University of Neuchâtel. He also is a researcher at the Institut de Formation pour l'ÃÂtude et l'Enseignement des Religions in Dijon, France.