Ferrara is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abel Ferrara (born 1951), American film director
Adam Ferrara (born 1966), American actor and comedian
Al Ferrara (born 1939), American Major League Baseball player
America Ferrera (born 1984), American actor
Christopher Ferrara (born 1952) American attorney, pro-life activist, and journalist
Ciro Ferrara (born 1967), Italian international footballer
Donna Ferrara (born 1959), New York politician
Ed Ferrara (born 1966), American former professional wrestling booker
Eric Ferrara (born 1970), American author, researcher, movie & television consultant
Franco Ferrara (1911–1985), Italian conductor
Jackie Ferrara (born 1929), American sculptor
Jerry Ferrara (born 1979), American actor
Jon V. Ferrara (born 1960), American entrepreneur
Juan Ferrara (born 1943) Mexican telenovela and film actor
Manuel Ferrara (born 1975), French pornographic actor
Mike Ferrara (born 1958), retired American basketball player
Napoleone Ferrara, M.D. (born 1956), Italian-American molecular biologist
Nicola Ferrara (born 1910), Argentine former professional football player
Paul Ferrara (born 1939), American photographer
Paul B. Ferrara (1942–2011), American DNA scientist
Peter Ferrara (born 1955), American lawyer and activist
Riccobaldo of Ferrara (1246-after 1320), medieval Italian notary and writer
Rosina Ferrara (1861–1934), model to 19th-century American and British painters, muse of American expatriate artist John Singer Sargent
Theresa Ferrara (1951–1979), Italian-American criminal, associate to the Lucchese-Family
Tony Ferrara (1927–2009, American professional baseball player, coach, and scout
Vincent M. Ferrara (born 1949) Italian-American mobster of La Cosa Nostra
