Franco Cerri (born January 29 1926) is an Italian guitarist, born in Milano.

Franco Cerri personality not only the most popular and the most authoritative italian guitarist, but also one of the most important stylist in the European jazz world. He began his long and prolific career in 1945 whit Gorni Kramer and in the 1949 he accompanied Django Reinhard. In the 50s he was near great jazz masters:from Chet Baker to Gerry Mulligan, from Billie Holliday to Lee Konitz, to Modern Jazz quartet and he became a leader in the italian and european jazz world.