Agustín Vicente Zamorano (1798–1842), was a printer, soldier, and provisional Comandante General in the north of Alta California.

He moved north in 1825 to the Mexican territory of Alta California, appointed as Secretary of State to Governor José María Echeandía.

Victoria faced strong opposition from residents, particularly foreigners from the United States and Europe who wanted to acquire large landholdings.

It chose Pío Pico as governor according to the Plan of San Diego, but officials in Los Angeles refused to recognize him.

The federal Mexican government appointed José Figueroa as governor in late 1832; he arrived in January 1833, and Zamorano returned to his former duties as commandant.

That year U.S. Commodore Robert F. Stockton found Zamorano's old press and Walter Colton, chaplain of the U.S. frigate Congress and former editor of the Philadelphia North American, started the Monterey Californian.

[5] In 1986, Zamorano Fine Arts Academy, an elementary school in southeastern San Diego, was named in his honor.