Cassin

Cassin may refer to:

People

Surname

• Barbara Cassin (born 1947), French writer and philosopher
• Brian Cassin (born 1967), British businessman
• Elena Cassin (1909-2011), Italian then French assyriologist
• Jack Cassin (born 1915), Australian rules footballer
• John Cassin (footballer) (born 1951), Australian rules footballer, son of Jack
• John Cassin (1813–1869), American ornithologist
• John Cassin (1760-1822), U.S. Navy Commodore
• John Cassin (footballer) (born 1951), Australian rules footballer
• René Cassin (1887–1976), French jurist
• Riccardo Cassin (1909–2009), Italian mountaineer
• Stan Cassin (born 1935), Canadian politician
• Stephen Cassin (1783–1857), officer in the U.S. Navy, son of John Cassin (naval officer)

Given name

• Cassin Young (1894–1942), officer in the U.S. Navy

Organisations

• CCJO René Cassin, Jewish human rights organisation

Places

• Saint-Cassin, commune in France
• Fort Cassin, Vermont

Ships

• Cassin class destroyer, a class of four World War I-era destroyers of the U.S. Navy
• USS Cassin (DD-43), the lead destroyer of the Cassin class; served during World War I
• USS Cassin (DD-372), a Mahan-class destroyer of the U.S. Navy; served during World War II
• USS Cassin Young (DD-793), a Fletcher-class destroyer of the U.S. Navy; served during World War II

Birds

Named after John Cassin:

• Cassin's auklet, Ptychoramphus aleuticus
• Cassin's finch, Carpodacus cassinii
• Cassin's flycatcher, Muscicapa cassini
• Cassin's hawk-eagle, Aquila africana
• Cassin's honeyguide, Prodotiscus insignis
• Cassin's kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans
• Cassin's sparrow, Aimophila cassinii
• Cassin's spinetail, Neafrapus cassini
• Cassin's vireo, Vireo cassinii

See also

• Cassinoceras, an extinct genus of nautiloids