Émile Edmond Peynot (November 22, 1850 – December 12, 1932) was a prominent French artist sculptor and medallist.

[1] Peynot was born in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Burgundy.

He became well known following his Grand Prize at the Prix de Rome sculpture competition in 1880,[2] and left a legacy of numerous monuments and reliefs in France as well as Argentina and Ecuador.

He created war memorials in Bar-le-Duc, Charenton-le-Pont, Ecouen, Joigny, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Liévin, Sens and for his home town, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne.

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