General Sir Francis Richard Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC (born 23 December 1950) is a senior British Army officer. In 2006 he was appointed Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the army, and was succeeded by General Sir David Richards on 28 August 2009. On 1 August 2009 Dannatt was appointed to the ceremonial position of Constable of the Tower of London.

The son of an architect, he was born in Chelmsford in Essex on 23 December 1950. He was educated at Felsted School and St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate. He also attended Hatfield College, Durham University, where he was elected president of the Durham Union Society. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economic History.

Dannatt was commissioned into The Green Howards regiment in 1971. He has served with the 1st Battalion in Northern Ireland (where he was awarded the Military Cross), Cyprus and Germany and commanded the Battalion in the Airmobile role from 1989 to 1991. From 1994 to 1996 he commanded 4th Armoured Brigade in Germany and Bosnia. He took command of the 3rd (United Kingdom) Division in January 1999, and also served in Kosovo that year as Commander British Forces.