Renato Pampanini (1875-1949) was an Italian botanist and mycologist.

Pampanini studied at the University of Geneva, then in Lausanne and in Friborg.

In addition to his own scientific research, he carried out numerous botanical expeditions, notably to Cyrenaica and other regions of North Africa, to the Rhodes and the Dodecanese islands.

He was also one of the first Italian botanists to address issues of environmental protection.

Pampanin died in Vittorio Veneto, Italy in 1949.