Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Michel Alcan (21 ga Mayu 1810 <unk> 26 ga Janairu 1877) Injiniyan Faransa ne, ɗan siyasa, kuma marubuci; an haife shi a Donnelay, a cikin sashen Meurthe-et-Moselle, Faransa, ya mutu a Paris. A lokacin samartakarsa an gane nasarorin da ya samu a matsayin injiniyan injiniya ta hanyar Society of Friends of Labor, wanda ya ba shi lambar azurfa. A Paris ya shiga cikin abubuwan da suka faru na siyasa da suka shafi juyin juya halin 1830 da
A shekara ta 1848. A shekarar da ta gabata an zabe shi a Majalisar Dokoki ta Kasa, kuma ya zabe shi tare da jam'iyyar siyasa mai ci gaba da ake kira "The Mountain". Bayan aikinsa na siyasa, ya ci gaba da karatunsa na farko kuma ya kammala karatunsa daga École Centrale a matsayin injiniya. A shekara ta 1845 an nada shi farfesa na fasahar saƙa da saƙa a cikin Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, wannan matsayin da ya riƙe har mutuwarsa. A cikin 1859 an zabe shi memba na Consistory na Yahudawa na Paris; a cikin 1867, memba na Babban Consistory a madadin Salomon Munk.