Ibrahim Tahir (ya rasu a ranar 9 ga watan Disamba, 2009) ya kasance masanin ilimin zamantakewa, marubuci, kuma ɗan siyasa a Jamhuriya ta Biyu kuma fitaccen ɗan ƙungiyar Mafia na Kaduna . Kafin shigarsa siyasa, ya kasance masanin zamantakewar al'umma wanda ya shahara da ra'ayin mazan jiya na gargajiya . An haifi Tahir a Tafawa Balewa, kuma ya fara karatunsa na farko a makarantar Kobi. A shekarar 1954, ya halarci Kwalejin Barewa inda ya kammala a 1958. Daga nan ya zarce zuwa Kwalejin King, Cambridge a kan tallafin karatu na gwamnatin yanki inda ya sami digiri na farko da na uku a ilimin halayyar ɗan adam . A shekarar 1967, ya fara aiki a matsayin malamin ilimin zamantakewar al'umma a Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello da ke Zariya . Ya kafa kulob din Gamji, kulob na zamantakewa don girmama Firimiyan Ahmadu Bello . A jami'ar, an dauke shi a matsayin babban mai ra'ayin mazan jiya wanda ya saba yin karo da masu ci gaba Bala Usman da Patrick Wilmot. Bayan faduwar Jamhuriya ta farko, ya ba da shawara ga Arewacin Najeriya da ƙima ga mutunta ikon da aka kafa tare da ɗimbin ci gaban al'umma mai buɗe ido .