Daniel Cosío Villegas (July 23, 1898 – March 10, 1976) was a Mexican prominent economist, essayist, historian, and diplomat.
in Law from the National University (nowadays UNAM) and took several courses in economics at Harvard, Wisconsin and Cornell.
Later, he received master's degrees from the London School of Economics and the École libre de sciences politiques of Paris (now Institut d'études politiques de Paris).
After working briefly for Excélsior he joined José Vasconcelos in the production of La Antorcha magazine.
On April 2, 1951 he was admitted to the National College and from 1957 until 1963 he chaired El Colegio de México, whose library now bears his name.