José Ramón Adolfo "el Pajarito" Villeda Morales (November 26, 1909 – October 8, 1971) served as President of Honduras from 1957 to 1963.

Villeda Morales was a liberal who supported the democratization of Honduras after a long period of military rule.

Following the military junta of 1955, he was in 1957 chosen by the country's constituent assembly to serve as president and oversee the transition to democracy.

While these steps were popular with the masses, they enraged the traditional holders of power in Honduras: the military and the upper classes.

Ramon Villeda Morales died on November 26, 1971, in New York City, where he was serving as the Honduran Ambassador to the UN.