Franco Ferrarotti, OMRI (7 April 1926 – 13 November 2024) was an Italian sociologist and a member of the Chamber of Deputies, elected with Adriano Olivetti's Community Movement.

Born in Palazzolo Vercellese, Piedmont, on 7 April 1926, Ferrarotti studied at the Universities of Turin, London and Chicago.

In 1951, together with Nicola Abbagnano, he founded the Quaderni di Sociologia, which he edited until 1967 when he started La Critica Sociologica.

Between 1945 and 1963 he was active in four fields: a) as an editorial consultant and translator for Giulio Einaudi in Turin; b) as a collaborator of Adriano Olivetti, concerning mostly industrial relations; c) as director of the “Social Factors”, of the OECE in Paris; d) as an independent member of Parliament (1959-1963).

In 1963 he did not stand for reelection because the electoral law made it impossible to run as an independent, and more importantly, because he had decided to devote himself completely to teaching and research.