Charles Barbant (15 July 1844, Paris – 10 May 1921, Paris) was a French wood-engraver and illustrator.

Biography 
His father was the engraver, Nicolas Barbant (1806–1879), from whom he received his first lessons. After having worked for the wood-engraver Jean Best (1808–1879) at the "Atelier ABL", from 1863 to 1866, he became an associate of his father. In 1871, he married Louise Angélina Gauchard; daughter of the wood-engraver, Félix-Jean Gauchard (1825–1872). Following her death in 1894, he married one of his students, .

His workshop was one of the largest in Paris; specializing in wood engraving for multiple reproductions; generally in the form of a stamp. He was part of a small clique of engravers; with  , Henri Théophile Hildibrand and Fortuné Méaulle, who worked for Louis Hachette. Between 1869 and 1882, he was part of a group providing illustrations for the works of Jules Verne; together with illustrators such as Léon Benett, Jules Férat, Henri de Montaut, Édouard Riou and George Roux.

In the 1880s, one of his apprentices was , who later became one of the masters of Japanese wood-engraving. His son, Auguste, also became an engraver and his daughter, Blanche, married the Brazilian illustrator, Henrique Alvim Corrêa. His daughter from his first marriage, Jeanne Paule Julie, married the composer, .

In addition to the illustrations for Verne, he made wood-engravings from drawings by Gustave Doré.

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1844 births
1921 deaths
19th-century French engravers
French wood engravers
19th-century French illustrators
Artists from Paris
20th-century French illustrators