Bartolomé Cayol (c. 1800–1877) was a French businessman, engineer, pioneer in the industrial production of the Argentine Republic. He settled in Buenos Aires dedicating himself to the manufacture of cheap kitchens and wood-burning heaters. He was born in Toulon, France, the son of a distinguished Provencal family. He did his elementary studies in his native country, and tertiary in Germany where he graduated as an industrial engineer. For the year 1835, Cayol was established in Buenos Aires, where he opened a factory of iron kitchens.