Sassoon (name)

Sassoon as a name may refer to:

Surname

• Sassoon family, a Jewish business family originating in Baghdad, Iraq, including:
  • David Sassoon (David Ben Sassoon) (1792–1864)
    • Albert Abdullah David Sassoon (1818–1896), first Baronet Sassoon
      • Edward Sassoon (1856–1912), second Baronet
        • Philip (Albert Gustave David) Sassoon (1888–1939), third Baronet
    • Elias David Sassoon (1820–1880), businessman
      • Jacob Elias Sassoon (1844–1916), first Baronet
      • Edward Elias Sassoon (1853–1924), second Baronet
        • Victor Sassoon (Ellice) (1881–1961), third Baronet
    • Sassoon David Sassoon (1832–1867), British Indian merchant
      • Alfred Ezra Sassoon (1867–1895)
        • Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), poet, especially on the subject of World War I
          • George Sassoon (1936–2006), English scientist, electronic engineer, linguist, translator and author
        • James Sassoon (born 1955), British businessman and government minister
    • Solomon David Sassoon (1915–1985), Talmudic scholar and writer
      • Isaac S.D. Sassoon, Sephardic Orthodox rabbi
• Kathryn Harrison (born 1961), American writer, descended from the Sassoon family via her grandmother
• Rosemary Sassoon (born 1931), creator of the Sassoon series of typefaces
• Vidal Sassoon (1928–2012), English hairdresser and businessman
  • Catya Sassoon (1968–2002), American actress

Given name

• Sassoon David Sassoon (1832–1867), British Indian merchant (see surname section above)
• Sassoon Eskell (1860 – 1932) Iraqi statesman and financier regarded in Iraq as the Father of Parliament
• Sir Sassoon David, 1st Baronet (1849 – 1926), Iraqi-born Indian businessman and statesman

See also

• Sassoon (disambiguation)