Renzo Videsott (10 September 1904 – 4 January 1974) was an Italian alpinist and conservationist.
In 1929, he accomplished a legendary ascent of the Busazza in the Civetta group of the Dolomites together with a climbing companion.
[1] During the Second World War he was a member of the clandestine organization Giustizia e Libertà and carried out unarmed missions for the Italian resistance movement.
[5] In 1948, he founded the Italian conservation organization Movimento Italiano per la Protezione della Natura (MIPN; today: Federazione nazionale Pro Natura) and was involved in the establishment of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
[6][7] In addition, he represented Italy in the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA).