Dr. Juan Vicente Moscoco Carvajal (June 3, 1777 – September 29, 1837), nicknamed the "Dominican Socrates", was a lawyer, politician, educator and assessor of the royal artillery of Santo Domingo.
The founding father of the Dominican Republic, Juan Pablo Duarte, was his disciple and obtained his superior studies (latin, philosophy and law) from him due to the closure of the university.
He was also part of the provisional government of the newly founded state of "Haiti Espanol" and signed its constitution act.
In 1824, he became one of the first conspirators against the Haitian occupation being the leading figure of the "Conspiracy of Los Alcarrizos" along with his brother Esteban Moscoso Carvajal with the purpose of returning Santo Domingo back again to Spain.
Tomas (Toso) Ramirez Carvajal as well as cousin, twice removed, of the historian and politician José Gabriel García.