Bassani is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Axel Bassani (born 1999), Italian motorcycle racer
• Edvin Liverić-Bassani (born 1970), Croatian theatre, television, film actor, pancer, performer and cultural manager
• Francesco Maria Bazzani (c.1650 – c.1700), Italian baroque composer
• Franco Bassani (1929–2008), Italian physicist
• Gaia Bassani Antivari (born 1978), alpine skier
• Giorgio Bassani (1916–2000), Italian novelist
• Giovanni Battista Bassani (1650 ? – 1716), Italian composer, violinist, and organist
• Johanna Bassani (2002–2020), Austrian combined Nordic skier and ski jumper
• Luca Bassani (born c. 1956), founder of Wally Yachts
• Orazio Bassani, "Orazio della Viola" (before 1570 - 1615), Italian viola-da-gambist
• Rodrigo Bassani da Cruz (born 1997), Brazilian footballer

• Gaia Bassani Antivari (born 1978), alpine skier
• Bassanio, a fictional character in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
• Bassano (disambiguation)