Oswald Whitman Knauth (1887–1962) was an economist and business executive. Knauth served as an executive at both R. H. Macy & Co. (Now Macy's) and Associated Dry Goods Corporation (now part of Macy's). He helped found the National Bureau of Economic Research. Knauth also served as president of the Board of Directors of the American Economic Association and as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.