Ferrara is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abel Ferrara (born 1951), American film directorAdam Ferrara (born 1966), American actor and comedianAl Ferrara (born 1939), American Major League Baseball playerAmerica Ferrera (born 1984), American actorChristopher Ferrara (born 1952) American attorney, pro-life activist, and journalistCiro Ferrara (born 1967), Italian international footballerDonna Ferrara (born 1959), New York politicianEd Ferrara (born 1966), American former professional wrestling bookerEric Ferrara (born 1970), American author, researcher, movie & television consultantFranco Ferrara (1911–1985), Italian conductorJackie Ferrara (born 1929), American sculptorJerry Ferrara (born 1979), American actorJon V. Ferrara (born 1960), American entrepreneurJuan Ferrara (born 1943) Mexican telenovela and film actorManuel Ferrara (born 1975), French pornographic actorMike Ferrara (born 1958), retired American basketball playerNapoleone Ferrara, M.D. (born 1956), Italian-American molecular biologistNicola Ferrara (born 1910), Argentine former professional football playerPaul Ferrara (born 1939), American photographerPaul B. Ferrara (1942–2011), American DNA scientistPeter Ferrara (born 1955), American lawyer and activistRiccobaldo of Ferrara (1246-after 1320), medieval Italian notary and writerRosina Ferrara (1861–1934), model to 19th-century American and British painters, muse of American expatriate artist John Singer SargentTheresa Ferrara (1951–1979), Italian-American criminal, associate to the Lucchese-FamilyTony Ferrara (1927–2009, American professional baseball player, coach, and scoutVincent M. Ferrara (born 1949) Italian-American mobster of La Cosa Nostra