Charles-Louis Hanon (2 July 1819 – 19 March 1900) was a French piano pedagogue and composer author of a system of piano exercises. He is best known for his work The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises, which has become the most widely used set of exercises in modern piano teaching. He was born in Renescure, France in 1819, and died in Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1900.