Édouard Hervé (28 May 1835 – 4 January 1899) was a French journalist, historian and politician.

A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure, Paris city councilor and advisor to Philippe d'Orléans, Count of Paris (1838–1894), he worked at several newspapers, including Le Journal de Genève (1865–1866)[1] and L'Époque.

Paris now has a festive look that is totally inappropriate, and if we do not want to be called Parisians of decadence, we must put an end to this state of affairs. "

In 1873, he founded Le Soleil, the first major daily newspaper priced at 5 centimes.

He was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1873[3] and elected member of the Académie française on 11 February 1886.