Mario Badino Rossi (29 May 1887 – 7 July 1965) was an Italian general during World War II.

[3][4][5] From 1 July 1940, after promotion to brigadier general, he was attached to the Ministry of War for special assignments.

[6] On 15 November 1941, he assumed command of the newly established 202nd Coastal Division in western Sicily until early 1942, when he was replaced by General Luigi Sibille.

[7][8] In the summer of 1942 he became commander of the 2nd Cavalry Division "Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro" in Ferrara, participating in the occupation of Provence in the following November.

[11][12][13] After the armistice of Cassibile he was ordered to assume the command of a defensive line stretching from the Authion massif to the Tête de Chien;[14] he then reached the Col de Tende with his staff, where General Maurizio Lazzaro de Castiglioni tasked him with maintaining order on the mountain pass with the help of the Carabinieri, as the units of the Fourth Army retreated from France towards Italy.