Major General Alan Stretton (retired) AO CBE (born 1922) is a former senior Australian Army officer.

He received the Australian of the Year award in 1975 for his work in the cleanup efforts at Darwin in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy.

He is a former Deputy Director of the Joint Intelligence Organization and member of the National Intelligence Committee.

In August 2004 he publicly criticised the Australian Government's policy of involvement with the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, in an open letter in which he stated:

The alleged connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qa'ida is ludicrous.