Joseph Fernex (died 14 February 1795) was a judge in the Revolutionary Tribunals during the French Revolution.

A silk weaver from Lyon, close to Joseph Chalier, he was one of fived judges appointed in Lyon following the victory of the revolutionary armies. He later served as a judge in Orange, Vaucluse.

He was killed during the First White Terror in Lyon and his body thrown into the Rhone.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Nevin, Louis (1989). Chronicle of the French Revolution. London: Longman. ISBN 0-582-05194-0. p. 468
  2. ^ Bruno Benoît, L'identité politique de Lyon, entre violences collectives et mémoire, Pars, L'Harmattan, 1999, 239 pages, p. 43 ISBN 2738474659.