Joan Manuel Serrat Teresa (born December 27, 1943 in Barcelona) is a Catalan singer and songwriter.

He came into conflict with the regime of Francisco Franco, because Serrat wished to sing in his native Catalan language, banned by Franco.

In 1975 Serrat moved to exile in Mexico, where he lived one year until returning to Spain after Franco's death.

In October 2004 he revealed that he had been undergoing treatment for cancer of the bladder and in November that year he cancelled a tour of Latin America and the USA in order to undergo surgery in Barcelona.