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