Maria Luisa Righini-Bonelli (November 11, 1917 – December 18, 1981) was an Italian science historian and educator.

She studied Spanish language and literature and then taught in the faculty of political science at the University of Florence from 1948 to 1968.

She worked with Andrea Corsini [it] at the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza beginning in 1942.

She was a member of the International Academy of the History of Science and the Italian consultant for the Dictionary of Scientific Biography.

She also received a gold medal from the Order of Pharmacists, the Italian Medical Corps and the Women's Rotary Club.