Carlos French (August 6, 1835 – April 14, 1903) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Humphreysville, Connecticut (now known as Seymour, Connecticut), the son of Raymond French and Olive Curtis French. He attended the common schools of Seymour and General Russell’s Military School, New Haven, Connecticut. He engaged in manufacturing and is credited with inventing the spiral steel car spring and the corrugated volute spring.