Don Antonio Francisco Coronel (October 21, 1817 – April 17, 1894) was a Californio politician and ranchero who was Mayor of Los Angeles and California State Treasurer.

During the Mexican–American War in 1846–47, Antonio was a captain and sergeant-at-arms in the Mexican artillery and took part in military operations against the United States.

Coronel was a ward councilman on the Los Angeles Common Council (1854–1867)[4] He was the California State Treasurer from 1867 to 1871.

After his death his widow donated them to the Chamber of Commerce which put them on display in an exhibit of Californiana in their downtown headquarters.

[6] Coronel's donated collection made the basis for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.