Jean-Louis-Auguste Commerson (2 germinal an XI, 23 March 1803[1] – 24 July 1879) was a 19th-century French writer, journalist and playwright.

He also authored comédies en vaudevilles, alone or in collaboration, and established the periodical Le Tam-tam.

He signed most of his works of his surname but only occasionally used the pen names Joseph-Prudhomme and Joseph Citrouillard.

It would change titles several times during its publication: Le Tam-tam républicain, organe des clubs (March 1848) ; Le Tam-tam de 1848 (July 1848).

Jean-Baptiste Dalès called Dalès ainé collaborated with this paper which is sometimes called "former Tam-Tam" to distinguish it from two other publications by Commerson: According to Jacques Rouvière, the sentence "Cities should be built in the country, the air is healthier"", generally attributed to Alphonse Allais, is to be found in the Pensées d'un emballeur by Commerson.