Alessandro Panizzardi (1853–1928) was an Italian military officer of Lieutenant colonel rank.
[1] Panizzardi was associated with Maximilian von Schwartzkoppen's role in the Dreyfus affair.
[2] Later research suggests that von Schwartzkoppen and Panizzardi were involved in an intimate relationship.
[3] A book of the name Le dossier secret de l'affaire Dreyfus was published in 2007 by three French journalists.
[4] In a review of the book in Italian newspaper La Stampa, it was noted that case against Dreyfus was explicitly linked to anti-Semitism, but also to Schwartzkoppen and Panizzardis' homosexuality.