Étienne Richaud (Étienne Antoine Guillaume Richaud), born on January 11, 1841 in Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône, France) and died on May 31, 1889 in the Bay of Bengal, was the Principal private secretary of the Minister of Commerce Maurice Rouvier (Gambetta's Ministry), Governor of La Réunion, Governor General for Inde française in the Second French Colonial Empire under Third Republic.