Rockwell Dennis Hunt (February 3, 1868 – January 23, 1966) was a California historian, a professor at the University of Southern California and the University of the Pacific, and prolific author.

He received his bachelor's degree from Napa College in 1890 and his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1895.

He taught economics at the University of Southern California starting in 1908, and served as dean of its graduate school from 1920 to his retirement in 1945.

[1][2] When Hunt turned 60 years old, he was proclaimed "Mr. California" by Governor Goodwin Knight.

[2] Hunt died on January 23, 1966, at the Oakdale convalescent hospital, near Stockton, California, at the age of 97.