Michael Clifford Badger (born 18 March 1962) is an English singer-songwriter, artist and sculptor from Liverpool, England.

Co-founder of The La's he went on to form alternative country/roots rockabilly band The Onset in 1988 and Mike Badger and The Shady Trio in 2010.

He has released solo badger albums including Volume in 1999 and Double Zero in 2000, and has recently curated a collection of his previously unreleased material with albums such as Lost La's, Lo-Fi Acoustic Excursions, Lo-Fi Electric Excursions, and Mike Badger's Country Side.

In 2006, Badger's sculpture was selected by The Prince's Foundation for Children and The Arts for a UK primary school education package.

In 2010 he was commissioned to create a permanent suspended sculpture, which he titled A Musical Composition, which hangs in Cavern Walks, Mathew Street, Liverpool, to celebrate what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday.