Johan von Blanc, born Michel Le Blanc (1738 in France – 21 January 1796 in Karlskrona, Sweden), was a French actor and acrobat active in Sweden. He was the leader of the travelling theater ('Gemenasian Company'), and the director of the first permanent theater in Gothenburg, Comediehuset, between 1780-86.[1] He played a major role in the history of Gothenburg as well as the theater in Sweden outside Stockholm.[2]