Eugène Cantiran de Boirie, real name Jean-Bernard-Eugène Cantiran de Boirie, (22 October 1785 – 14 December 1837) was a French dramatist. Boirie was the son of a chief clerk of the stewardship of Paris, which at the time of the Revolution, spent the remainder of his fortune to the acquisition of the Théâtre des Jeunes-Artistes. His son, whose education was neglected but was gifted with a brilliant imagination, felt the vocation for drama, and at age 20 had his first play performed. Unable to write these tragedies he conceived well and combined with a perfect understanding of the scene, he could not do without employees. Among the seventeen authors who were kind enough to work with him, several spirited men achieved many successes in the world of theater.