Ehsān Narāghi (2 February 1926 – 2 December 2012) was an Iranian sociologist, writer and Farah Pahlavi adviser During his high school he went to Dar ol-Fonoon in Tehran.

As a sociologist, he has collaborated for many years in the work of international scientific associations.

In 1965, he prepared for the United Nations the first worldwide study on the "Brain Drain".

[1][2][3] He was the first major sociologist who investigated brain-drain phenomenon due to migration of the third world's best intellectuals to developed countries.

He was the only Iranian who was awarded Légion d'honneur medal twice, once by De Gaulle, and then by Mitterrand.