Jean Alexandre Michel André Castaigne (7 January 1861 in Angoulême, Charente - 1929, in Angoulême) was a French artist and engraver, a student of Jean-Léon Gérôme and Alexandre Cabanel. Subsequently he became a leading illustrator in the United States. He is often recalled as the original illustrator of the first edition of The Phantom of the Opera. Castaigne also created more than 36 art pieces about Alexander the Great for an 1898-99 series. As an illustrator, he captured images of the first modern olympics; he drew pictures of the 1896 Olympic Games for Scribner's Magazine.

Jean Andre Castaigne (1860/61-1930) was a popular French painter, book illustrator and writer. He worked for many illustrated magazines that were popular at the time like The Century, Scribneras, and Harpers. He illustrated many books including: F. Marion Crawfordas Casa Braccio (1895), S. Weir Mitchellas The Adventures of FranA ois (1898), Harold MacGrathas The Goose Girl (1909), Hallie Erminie Rivesa The Valiants of Virginia (1912), and was the first to illustrate Gaston Lerouxas The Phantom of the Opera (1910). Castaigne also wrote a number of books which he illustrated himself such as: Fata Morgana: A Romance of Art Student Life in Paris (1904) and The Bill-Toppers (1909).