Fernando José "Ferran" Gallego Margaleff (born 1953) is a Spanish historian and writer.
Born in Barcelona in 1953, he earned a PhD in Contemporary History. He is professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Author of a long list of works, he has studied the contemporary history of Spain, the Latin-American caudillismos and populisms, European fascisms, and 20th-century Germany. He is an expert in the Spanish and wider European extreme right.