Jean-Baptiste-Sauveur Gavaudan

Jean-Baptiste-Sauveur Gavaudan (8 August 1772 – 10 May 1840) was a French opera singer who sang leading tenor roles, primarily with the Opéra Comique in Paris. He was particularly known for his skill as an actor and was sometimes referred to as "the Talma of the Opéra Comique". The youngest sister, , having failed to make her way in the Opéra's company, had a minor career after the Revolution at the Théâtre Feydeau and the Opéra-Comique. Another elder brother also briefly performed as a dancer at the Paris Opéra around 1779.

Gavaudan was seven when his father died leaving the family in financial difficulty; he had finally just been hired as a choir haute-contre by the Paris Opera, and was closely followed by his two aforementioned older daughters and his dancing son.