Étienne Léro (1910-1939) was a French poet from region of Martinique, "the first person of African descent to publicly identify himself as a surrealist". In 1932 he helped found a literary journal Légitime Défense with and René Méril. Other people involved in include , Simone Yoyotte, Thelus Léro, , and . Badly wounded early in World War II, Léro died in a French military hospital.