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

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