Raymond Peynet (16 November 1908 – 14 January 1999) was a French cartoonist who was born in Paris and died in Mougins (Alpes-Maritimes).

He is known for having created the couple of lovers in 1942 which he represented through a variety of mediums, including ceramics, posters, jewelry, postcards, and postage stamps.

At the age of 15, Raymond Peynet entered the Germain Pilon school, the future École des Arts Appliqués à l’Industrie of Paris.

They would have inspired the song Les amoureux des bancs publics by Georges Brassens although this hypothesis is controversial.

[1] In the 1960s and 1970s, Murat jewels produced many medals, tiepins and cuff-links, and more rarely watches, in gold or silver, bearing the effigy of Peynet's lovers.