Shinpei or Shimpei (written: 心平, 晋平, 新平, 伸平 or 真平) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Etō Shimpei (江藤 新平) (1834–1874), Japanese politician
Gotō Shinpei (後藤 新平) (1857–1929), Japanese politician
Shimpei Itoh (伊藤 伸平) (born 1960), Japanese manga artist
Shinpei Matsushita (松下 新平) (born 1966), Japanese politician
Shinpei Mykawa (前川 真平) (1874–1906), Japanese farmer
Shinpei Nakayama (中山 晋平) (1887–1952), Japanese songwriter
Shimpei Ota (太田 心平) (born 1975), Japanese anthropologist
Shimpei Sakurada (樱田 真平) (born 1984), Japanese footballer
Shinpei Takagi (actor, born 1902) (高木新平), Japanese actor
Shinpei Takagi (actor, born 1985) (高木 心平), Japanese actor
Shimpei Takeda, Japanese photographer
