Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz

Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz (1919 – 3 January 1996) was a Chilean economist known for his work on dependency theory and structuralist economics. From 1960 to 1965 he was director of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean office in Rio de Janeiro.

In 1995 he received Chile's National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences.

He was married to ballerina Malucha Solari and the couple had three children, including the actress Malucha Pinto.