This article is about the British artist. For the New Zealand politician, see Alfred William East.

Sir Alfred East KBE (1849 - 1913) was a British painter.

He was born in Kettering in Northamptonshire and studied at the Glasgow School of Art. His romantic landscapes show the influence of the Barbizon school. His The Art of Landscape Painting in Oil Colour was published in 1906. He was awarded A British Knighthood in 1910 by King Edward VII of England.

The Alfred East Art Gallery in Kettering is Northamptonshire's oldest purpose-built art gallery