Sassoon (name)
Sassoon as a name may refer to:
Surname[edit]
Sassoon family, a Jewish business family originating in Baghdad, Iraq, including:
- David Sassoon (David Ben Sassoon) (1792–1864)[1]
- Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon (1818–1896), 1st Baronet of Kensington Gore, married Hannah Moses, daughter of Meyer Moses.
- Flora (Farha) Abraham (1856–1936), married Solomon David Sassoon (1841–1894) (see below)
- Sir Edward Sassoon (1856–1912), 2nd Baronet of Kensington Gore.
- Sir Philip Sassoon (1888–1939), 3rd Baronet of Kensington Gore
- Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (1894–1989)
- Elias David Sassoon (1820–1880), businessman
- Jacob Elias Sassoon (1844–1916), first Baronet
- Sir Edward Elias Sassoon (1853–1924), 2nd Baronet of Bombay
- Sir Victor Sassoon (Ellice) (1881–1961), 3rd Baronet
- Sassoon David Sassoon (1832–1867), British Indian merchant
- James Sassoon (born 1955), British businessman and government minister.
- Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), poet.
- George Sassoon (1936–2006), English scientist, electronic engineer, linguist, translator and author.
- Reuben David Sassoon (1835–1905).
- Arthur Sassoon (1840–1912)
- Solomon David Sassoon (1841–1894)
- David Suleiman Sassoon (1880–1942) married Selina Sophie Prins, a granddaughter of Eliezer Liepman Philip Prins
- Rabbi Solomon David Sassoon (1915–1985), Talmudic scholar and writer
- Rabbi Isaac S.D. Sassoon, Sephardic Orthodox rabbi
- Frederick David Sassoon (1853–1917), married the daughter of Edward L. Raphael.
- Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon (1818–1896), 1st Baronet of Kensington Gore, married Hannah Moses, daughter of Meyer Moses.
Not part of the above family tree:
- 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
- David Sassoon (designer) (born 1932)
Given name[edit]
- 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[edit]
This page lists people with the surname Sassoon.
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References[edit]
- ^ Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995)