Stanley George Payne (born September 9, 1934 in Denton, Texas) is an American historian of modern Spain and European Fascism at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He retired from full-time teaching in 2004 and is currently Professor Emeritus at its Department of History. **Source**: [Stanley G. Payne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_G._Payne) on Wikipedia.