Lucius Passienus Rufus was a Roman senator and a novus homo of some oratorical talent.
He was consul in 4 BC as the colleague of Gaius Calvisius Sabinus.
Rufus is also the grandfather of Gaius Sallustius Passienus Crispus, who was adopted by Sallustius and who married Augustus' great-granddaughter Agrippina the Younger.
[2] The sortition awarded Passienus Rufus the proconsular governorship of Africa (circa 4/3 BC).
While governor, he led a successful campaign in the frontier zone, for which he earned the ornamenta.