Rousseau is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Contents

• Arts and entertainment
• Artists
• Writers and poets
• Architects
• Musicians and composers
• Actors and directors
• Military
• Politics and government
• Science
• Sports
• Other fields
• Fictional characters
• See also

Arts and entertainment

Military

• Jeannie Rousseau (1919-2017), French Resistance fighter and spy
• Lawrence Rousseau (1790–1866), United States Navy and Confederate States Navy officer
• Lovell Rousseau (1818–1869), American general

Politics and government

• André Rousseau (1911–2002), Quebec politician and businessman
• Roger Rousseau (1921–1986), Canadian ambassador

Science

• Cecil C. Rousseau (1938–2020), American mathematician
• Denis Rousseau, American scientist
• Frederic Rousseau, Belgian molecular biologist
• Judith Rousseau, French statistician

Sports

• Alex Rousseau (water polo) (born 1967), American water polo player
• Bobby Rousseau (1940–2025), Canadian ice hockey player
• Eugène Rousseau (chess player) (c.1810–1870), French chess player
• Florian Rousseau (born 1974), French cyclist
• Gregory Rousseau (born 2000), American football player
• Jacques Rousseau (athlete) (1951–2024), French track and field athlete
• Maurice Rousseau (1906–1977), French Olympic gymnast
• Michel Rousseau (cyclist) (1936–2016), French amateur track cyclist
• Odette Rousseau (1927–2012), French parachutist
• Vincent Rousseau (born 1962), Belgian runner
• Yves Rousseau, French aviator

Other fields

• Domaine Armand Rousseau, wine producer in Burgundy, France
• Isaac Rousseau (1672–1747), Genevan master clockmaker and Jean-Jacques Rousseau's father
• Philip Rousseau, scholar of early Christianity
• Samuel Rousseau (orientalist) (1763–1820), British printer and Orientalist scholar
• Thomas Rousseau, Founder of American Neofascist group Patriot Front.

Fictional characters

• Alexandra Rousseau, daughter of Danielle Rousseau on the American TV show Lost
• Danielle Rousseau, a recurring character on Lost

See also

• Rossouw, an Afrikaans surname derived from the French surname

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Rousseau.
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