Renzo De Felice

Renzo De Felice was an Italian historian, who specialized in the Fascist era, writing, among other works, a 6000-page biography of Mussolini. He argued that Mussolini was a revolutionary modernizer in domestic issues but a pragmatist in foreign policy who continued the Realpolitik policies of Italy from 1861 to 1922. Historian of Italy Philip Morgan has called De Felice's biography of Mussolini "a very controversial, influential and at the same time problematic re-reading of Mussolini and Fascism" and rejected the contention that his work rose above politics to "scientific objectivity", as claimed by the author and his defenders.

8 April 1929

Born on the same birth day (8 April): Ahmet Piriştina • Alec Stewart • Alexi Laiho • Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma • Clarence Hudson White • Darren Jessee • Dennis Chávez • Edward Mulhare • Elton John (footballer) • Franco Corelli • Iskandar of Johor • John Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford • K. C. Kamalasabayson • Manuel Díaz (fencer)

Born in the same month (April 1929): Dr. Rajkumar • Ed Dorn • Ed Townsend • Elspet Gray • Fazlur Rahman Khan • James Last • Jane Powell • Jeremy Thorpe • Joe Meek • Jonathan Haze • Michael Atiyah • Nigel Hawthorne • Paule Marshall • Payut Ngaokrachang • Peter Hordern • Richard Mitchell • Roy Hamilton