The Audrans were a family of French artists, natives of Paris and Lyons. Charles Audran I (1594-1674) Claude Audran I (1597-1677) Germain Audran (1631-1710), son of Charles I Claude Audran II (1639-1684), nephew of Charles I Gérard Audran (1640-1704), son of Charles I Claude Audran III (1658-1734), son of Germain Benoit Audran the Elder (1661-1721), nephew of Gérard Jean Audran (1667-1756), nephew of Gérard Louis Audran (1670-1712), son of Germain Benoit Audran the Younger (1698-1772), son of Benoit the Elder Prosper Gabriel Audran (1744-1819), grandson of Jean Further: Marius-Pierre Audran (1816-1887), French operatic tenor. Edmond Audran (1842-1901), operetta composer René Audran general, high officer at the French defense ministry, murdered 1985 by Action Directe Stéphane Audran (1932–2018), actress