Jean Graton (10 August 1923 – 21 January 2021) was a French comic book author and cartoonist.

In 1966, Graton created the Les Labourdet series with his wife, Francine, and published it between 1967 and 1970 in the Chez Nous magazine.

He launched, with Philippe Graton, the Dossiers Michel Vaillant series in 1995, each album of which being dedicated to a famous driver.

Graton's works, particularly the Michel Vaillant series, are notable for featuring real-life people, drivers, teams, races, and places.

[citation needed] The several descriptions of places, circuits, and cars he gave in his series are highly well-documented, specific, and realistic.