Ditsawarakuman Damrong Rajanubhab (Somdet Phra Chao Borommawong Thoe Phra Ong Chao Ditsawarakuman Krom Phraya Damrong Rachanuphap) ( 21 June 1862 - 1 December 1943) was the founder of the modern Thai education system as well as the modern provincial administration. He was also a self-taught historian; and one of the most influential Siamese intellectuals of his time.

Prince Damrong is credited as the father of Thai history; the education system; the health system (the Ministry of Health was originally a department of the Ministry of the Interior) and the provincial administration. On the centenary of his birth in 1962; he became the first Thai to be included in the UNESCO list of the world's most distinguished persons. Damrong worked as a self-educated historian; as well as writing books on Thai literature; culture and arts. Out of his works grew the National Library; as well as the National Museum.

His many descendants use the Royal surname Disakul.