José Antonio Maravall

José Antonio Maravall Casesnoves (1911 in Xàtiva – 1986 in Madrid) was a Spanish historian and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement.

He also became a member of the Real Academia de la Historia and the president of the Spanish Association of Historical Sciences.

He wrote poetry during this period, and co-founded the Nueva Revista ("New Magazine") literary review with José Antonio Muñoz Rojas and Leopoldo Panero.

Maravall's work on Spanish history is considered foundational, and he is one of the highest authorities on the Old Regime of Monarchist Spain.

His son, José María Maravall, was Education Minister in the first government of Felipe González in 1982.