Michael John Dobbs, Baron Dobbs (born 14 November 1948) is a British Conservative politician, media commentator, and author, best known for his House of Cards trilogy. He has also been a television and radio presenter and served as a senior corporate executive for Saatchi & Saatchi.

The Guardian once referred to him as "Westminster's baby-faced hitman," while The Mail on Sunday described him as "perhaps the cleverest man in the country." The Sunday Express added that he was "a man who, in Latin America, would have been shot."

Michael Dobbs was born on the same day and in the same hour as Prince Charles. He is the son of nurseryman Eric and his wife Eileen Dobbs. He was educated at Hertford Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford University. After graduating in 1971, he moved to the United States, where he attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. He funded his studies through work as a feature writer for the Boston Globe, where he worked as an editorial assistant and political feature writer from 1971 to 1975. He graduated in 1975 with an M.A., M.A.L.D., and PhD in nuclear defence studies, with his doctoral thesis being published as SALT on the Dragon's Tail.

He has been a member of the House of Lords since 20 December 2010 when he was given a Life Peerage.