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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 Gemenasiska Sällskapet [sv] ('Gemenasian Company'), and the director of the first permanent theater in Gothenburg, Comediehuset, between 1780-86. He played a major role in the history of Gothenburg as well as the theater in Sweden outside Stockholm.

References

1. Wilhelm Berg: Anteckningar om Göteborgs äldre teatrar / Band 1. 1690-1794 (1896-1900)
2. Oscar Levertin, Teater och drama under Gustaf III, Albert Bonniers förlag, Stockholm, Fjärde Upplagan (1920).

• 1738 births
• 1796 deaths
• 18th-century Swedish male actors
• 18th-century French male actors
• French male stage actors
• French acrobatic gymnasts
• 18th century in Gothenburg
• Swedish theatre directors
• 18th-century theatre managers