Don Bassman (April 2, 1927 – January 24, 1993) was an American sound engineer and VP of Special Sound Projects at 20th Century Fox. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for Patton and was nominated for Die Hard, The Abyss and The Hunt for Red October in the same category. He also won an Emmy Award for Eleanor and Franklin.
Bassman won an Academy Award and was nominated for three more: