Auguste Péquégnot ([pekeɲiot]; October 5, 1819 – December 17, 1878) was a French painter, artist and engraver.

[1][2] Péquégnot was born in Versailles to Jean Baptiste Péquégnot,[3] an adjunct professor at École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, a military academy, and Émilie Désirée (née Demarquay).

[4] He learned from his master Eugène Cicéri and began to exhibit his works at his art gallery in 1849.

[7] He later became a professor for drawing studies at the École Commerciale on Avenue Trudaine in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.

[8] He died aged 59 on December 17, 1878, in his residence at Rue d'Orsel in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.