Michaud is a surname of French origin, most often found in France, Canada and the United States. Notable people with the name include:

• Alexandre Michaud de Beauretour (1771–1841), Piedmontese general who served in the Imperial Russian Army
• Alexis Michaud (born 1975), French linguist
• Alfie Michaud (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
• Alice Morel-Michaud (born 1998), Canadian actress
• Andrée A. Michaud (born 1957), Canadian novelist and playwright
• Benoît Michaud (1902–1949), Canadian lawyer, notary, judge and politician
• Bruno Michaud (1935–1997), Swiss football player and manager
• Cédric Michaud (born 1976), French marathon speed skater
• Charles-Olivier Michaud (born 1979), Canadian writer, film director and producer
• Claude Ignace François Michaud (1751–1835), French general
• Claude Michaud (1935–2014), French economist
• David Michaud (born 1988), American MMA fighter
• Denis Michaud (born 1946), Canadian Olympic luger
• Didier Michaud-Daniel (born 1958), French business executive
• Élaine Michaud (born 1985), Canadian politician
• Ernest Michaud (1884–1939), French trade union leader
• Hervé Michaud (1912–1978), Canadian politician
• Jacques Michaud (born 1951), French cyclist
• Jean Le Michaud d'Arçon (1733–1800), French general
• Jeff Michaud (born 1993), American soccer player
• John Stephen Michaud (1843–1908), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Burlington from 1899
• Joseph-Enoil Michaud (1888–1967), Canadian lawyer and politician
• Joseph François Michaud (1767–1839), French historian and publicist
• Joseph Michaud (Ontario politician) (1857–?), Canadian politician
• Kristina Michaud (born 1992/1993), Canadian politician
• Louis André Gaspard Michaud (1795–1880), French malacologist, known also as Gaspard Michaud or A. L. G. Michaud
• Louis Gabriel Michaud (1773–1858), French writer, historian, printer, and bookseller
• Maude Michaud (born 1986), Canadian screenwriter, filmmaker and actress
• Michel Michaud (born 1946), French chef working in Denmark
• Mike Michaud (born 1955), U.S. Congressman
• Mike Michaud (executive), co-founder of American online media production company Channel Awesome
• Olivier Michaud (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
• Patrice Michaud (born 1980), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Pierre Michaud (1936–2023), Canadian lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Quebec from 1994 to 2002
• Pius Michaud (1870–1956), Canadian lawyer and politician
• Ronald Michaud, 20th-century American cartoonist
• Sébastien Michaud (born 1987), Canadian Olympic taekwondo practitioner
• Stéphane Michaud (born 1944), French literary scholar
• Trennt Michaud (born 1996), Canadian pair skater
• Valérie Michaud (born 1970), French golfer
• Yves Michaud (politician) (born 1930), Canadian journalist and politician
• Yves Michaud (philosopher) (born 1944), French philosopher