André Cassagnes

André Cassagnes (23 September 1926 – 16 January 2013) was a French inventor, electrical technician, toymaker, and kite designer. Cassagnes is best known as the inventor of the Etch A Sketch, a popular mechanical drawing toy manufactured since 2016 by Spin Master, formerly by the Ohio Art Company.

Cassagnes was born outside Paris, on 23 September 1926. and he became an electrician for the Lincrusta Company, a French manufacturer which produced picture frame covers using an aluminium powder. He was survived by his wife, Renée, and their three children.