Julian Baird Gewirtz (born 1989 or 1990) is an American diplomat, historian, and poet who served as Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs at the White House National Security Council in the Biden administration. He was previously Deputy Coordinator for Global China Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and Director for China at the White House National Security Council (NSC).
Gerwirtz attended Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut, and later earned a PhD in modern Chinese history from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in 2018 and a BA from Harvard College in 2013.
Prior to joining the NSC, Gewirtz was a Senior Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He was a Wilson China Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in 2020.
Gewirtz's father is Yale Law School professor Paul Gewirtz and his mother is Zoë Baird.