Ko Michel Alcan (21 o Mei 1810 <unk> 26 o Hanuere 1877) he kaipūkaha French, kaitōrangapū, me te kaituhi; i whanau i Donnelay, i te tari o Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, i mate i Paris. I a ia e taiohi ana, ko ana mahi hei miihini miihini i mohiotia e te Society of the Friends of Labor, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia tana tohu hiriwa. I Paris i uru ia ki nga kaupapa torangapu e pa ana ki nga hurihanga o te tau 1830
me te tau 1848. I te tau whakamutunga ka pootihia ia ki te National Assembly, ka pooti me te roopu torangapu e kiia ana ko "Te Maunga". Whai muri i tana mahi torangapu, ka timata ano ia i ana akoranga tuatahi ka mutu i te École Centrale hei kaipūkaha. I te tau 1845 i tohua ia hei kaiwhakaako mo nga toi o te miro me te miro i te Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, ko te tuunga i nohoia e ia tae noa ki tona matenga. I te 1859 i pootihia ia hei mema o te Jewish Consistory o Paris; i te 1867, he mema o te Central Consistory hei whakakapi mo Salomon Munk.