Vicente Pistilli Statunato (February 27, 1933 - December 7, 2013) was a Paraguayan academic who was a professor at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción.
[1] Trained as a mathematician and engineer, Pistilli had a long fascination with the Pre-Columbian history of Paraguay.
His book Vikings in Paraguay made a controversial historical case for early Nordic settlement in the country which some have alleged guided the Alfredo Stroessner government's discriminatory policies against the Aché.
[2][3] Pistilli married Marta Simiano and had three sons.
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