Passeri is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alvaro Passeri, Italian special effects artist and film director Cinzio Passeri Aldobrandini, Italian cardinal Giovanni Battista Passeri (c. 1610 – 1679), Italian painter and biographer of artists of the Baroque period Giuseppe Passeri, Italian painter of the Baroque period, nephew of Giovanni Marco Antonio Passeri, Italian Renaissance philosopher