Roberto Toscano (born October 3, 1943) is an Italian diplomat who served as ambassador to India and Iran.

Toscano was born in Parma on October 3, 1943, and holds a law degree from the University of Parma and an MA from the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University, which he attended as a Fulbright scholar.

Previously he served, as a career diplomat, in Chile (in 1973 at the time of the Pinochet coup), USSR, Spain, United States and at the Permanent Representation of Italy to the United Nations in Geneva.

[1] With Piero De Masi he is among the main interviewees of the 2018 Nanni Moretti documentary Santiago, Italia, on the activities of the Italian Embassy in Santiago, given the central role played by the two diplomats in harbouring hundreds of Augusto Pinochet opposers, helping them seek refuge in Italy.

[5] Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1st Class / Knight Grand Cross – February 9, 2010