Henri Louis La Fayette Villaume Ducoudray Holstein (23 September 1772 in Schwedt/Oder, Uckermark, Brandenburg, Prussia – 23 April 1839 in Albany, New York) was a soldier in France and South America, and an author in the United States. Decoudray Holstein was an officer in the French army under Napoleon but, after being arrested by the latter, fled to America where he served under Gen. Simon Bolivar. He later moved to the United States, settling in Albany, New York, where he became a language teacher and editor of The Zodiac.