Rafael Ribó i Massó (born 10 May 1945 in Barcelona) is a Catalan politician.
He has got both degrees in Economics and Law from the University of Barcelona, and also holds a PhD in Political, Economic and Business Science from the same university. He also has a Master of Arts Political Science degree from The New School for Social Research of New York City.
In 1963, during Franco's dictatorship, he was a member of Barcelona University's Student's Syndicate (Sindicat Democràtic d'Estudiants de la Universitat de Barcelona), the Assembly of Intellectuals (Assemblea d'Intel·lectuals), and in 1977 took part in the Catalan Culture Congress.