Bassett

Bassett may refer to:

Surname

Academia

• John Spencer Bassett (1867-1928), American professor at Trinity College (Duke University)
• Joshua Bassett (c.1641-1720), English academic at Cambridge

Arts and entertainment

• Angela Bassett (b.1958), American actress
• Desiree Bassett (b.1992) American musician
• James Bassett (1912-1978), American newspaper editor and author
• Johnny Bassett (b.1935), English progenitor of Beyond the Fringe
• Leslie Bassett (b.1923), American composer of classical music
• Ronald Bassett (b.1924), British novelist

Military

• Cyril Royston Guyton Bassett (1892-1983), New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Edgar R. Bassett (1914-1942), United States Navy officer, pilot, and Navy Cross recipient

Politics and governance

• Ebenezer Bassett (1833-1908), American diplomat
• Edward Bassett (1863-1948), "Father of American Zoning"
• Isabel Bassett (b.1939), Canadian broadcaster and politician
• Richard Bassett (1745–1815), American lawyer and politician

Religion

• Christopher Bassett (1753-1784), Welsh Methodist cleric
• Richard Bassett (clergyman) (1777-1852), Welsh clergyman

Sport

• Billy Bassett (1869-1937), English football (soccer) player and director
• Billy Bassett (Welsh footballer) (1912–1977), Welsh football (soccer) player
• Carling Bassett-Seguso (b.1967), Canadian tennis player
• Charley Bassett (1863-1942), baseball player
• Dave Bassett (b.1944), English football (soccer) manager
• Glenn Bassett, American tennis player and coach
• Jack Bassett (b.1905), Welsh rugby full back
• Nathan Bassett (b.1976), Australian rules footballer
• Zered Bassett (b.1984), American skateboarder

Other

• Ann Bassett (1878-1956), American rancher
• Anne Bassett (1521-), mistress of Henry VIII of England
• Charles Bassett (1931–1966), American astronaut
• Charlie Bassett (lawman) (c.1847–1896), American lawman and saloon keeper
• Douglas Bassett (b.1940), Canadian media executive
• John Bassett (1915–1998), Canadian publisher
• Marnie Bassett (1889-1980), Australian historian and biographer
• Preston Bassett (1892-1992), American engineer

Fictional

• List of Tremors characters#Earl Bassett, hired hand in Tremors
• Madeline Bassett, a P. G. Wodehouse character
• Mike Bassett: England Manager, football manager
• Watkyn Bassett, a P. G. Wodehouse character

Places

Syria

• Mushayrifat Basit, also known as Mchairfet Bassett or Beit Bassett

United States

• Bassett, California, Los Angeles County
• Bassett, Arkansas
• Bassett, Iowa
• Bassett, Kansas
• Bassett, Nebraska
• Bassett, Virginia
• Bassett, Wisconsin, town of Randall, Kenosha County
• Bassett Field, an airport near Buffalo, New York
• Bassett Hall, a mansion-sized plantation-style home in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
• Bassetts Island, a propeller-shaped island within Pocasset Harbor and Red Brook Harbor, in Bourne, Massachusetts, USA

United Kingdom

• Bassett, Southampton
• Bassett Green, a suburb of Southampton
• Bassetts Pole, Warwickshire
• Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire
• Charney Bassett, Oxfordshire
• Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire
• Compton Bassett, Wiltshire
• Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire
• Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire
• North Weald Bassett, Essex
• Sutton Bassett, Northamptonshire
• Thorpe Bassett, North Yorkshire
• Winterbourne Bassett, Wiltshire
• Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire

Ships

• USS Bassett (DE-672), a United States Navy destroyer escort converted during construction into the high-speed transport USS Bassett (APD-73)
• USS Bassett (APD-73), a United States high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1957

Things

• Bassett nicolo (Shawm#Progeny of the shawm), an alto shawm

Companies

• Bassett Furniture, an American furniture manufacturer
• Bassett-Lowke, a manufacturer of scale model locomotives and toys
• Trebor Bassett, a manufacturer of sweets

See also

• Basset
• Bissett
• Basset Hound