Fausto Amodei (born 18 June 1934, in Turin) is an Italian folk singer-songwriter and musicologist.

In his songs, he uses irony and satire, a style inspired by the French singer Georges Brassens.

In the early 1960s he became active in the magazine Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano and in 1966 he was elected member of the Italian parliament as a member of the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (PSIUP).

The singer Francesco Guccini cited Amodei in interviews and books as one of his principal influences as a composer.

In 1985 the Italian punk-rock band CCCP titled their third EP with the first verse of this ballad: Compagni, Cittadini, Fratelli, Partigiani.