Roussel is a surname of French origin.

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Albert Roussel Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel (; 5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937) was a French composer. He spent seven years as a midshipman, turned to music as an adult, and became one of the most prominent French composers of the interwar period. His ...

(1869–1937), French composer *

Antoine Roussel Antoine Roussel (born 21 November 1989) is a French professional ice hockey winger (ice hockey), left winger who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Born in ...

(born 1989), French ice hockey player *

Athina Onassis Roussel Athina Hélène Onassis ( el, Αθηνά Ωνάση; born Athina Hélène Roussel ( el, Αθηνά Ρουσσέλ), 29 January 1985) is a French-Greek heiress and equestrian, the only surviving descendant of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle O ...

(born 1985), French-Greek equestrian, socialite, and shipping fortune heiress; daughter of Thierry Roussel *

Charley Roussel Fomen Charley Roussel Fomen (born 9 July 1989) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a left-back. Club career Fomen began his professional career in 2007 with Mount Cameroon FC, moving in the following year to Panthère de Bangangté. On 17 Apri ...

(born 1989), Cameroonian footballer *

Cédric Roussel Cédric Roussel (born 6 January 1978) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Early career In 1997, Roussel took part in the FIFA World Youth Championship. In the season that followed the tournament, he wa ...

(1978–2023), Belgian footballer *

Claude Roussel Claude Roussel (born 1930) is a Canadian sculptor, painter and educator. Early life and education Roussel was born in 1930 in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. He was 10 years old when he began sculpting wood. At the age of 14, Roussel's arti ...

(born 1930), Canadian sculptor, painter and educator * Claude Roussel (athlete) (1941–1992), French bobsledder. *

Dominic Roussel Dominic Roussel (born February 22, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Winnipeg Jets, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Edmonton Oilers ...

(born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player *

Fabien Roussel Fabien Roussel (; born 16 April 1969) is a French politician who has served as national secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF) since 2018. He was elected to represent the 20th constituency of the Nord department in the National Assembl ...

(born 1969), French politician *

Gaëtan Roussel Gaëtan Roussel (; born 13 October 1972, Rodez) is a French singer-songwriter and composer. Roussel is the former lead vocalist for the bands, Louise Attaque and Tarmac. Roussel embarked on a solo career and began recording an album in 2009. H ...

(born 1972), French singer, songwriter, and composer *

Gérard Roussel Gérard Roussel (1500–50) was a French cleric, a student of Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples and later a member, with his former teacher, of the Circle of Meaux around Guillaume Briçonnet, bishop of Meaux. This group was characterized by evangelica ...

(1500–1550), French Catholic theologian, Renaissance humanist, and bishop of Oloron *

Henri François Anne de Roussel Henri François Anne de Roussel (11 July 1748, Saint-Bômer-les-Forges – 17 February 1812, Caen) was a French naturalist. He studied humanities and philosophy at the University of Caen, obtaining the rank of "maître ès-arts" in 1767. Afterward ...

(1748–1812), French naturalist *

Henry Roussel Henry Roussel (1875–1946), also known as Henry Roussell, was a French silent film actor, film director and screenwriter best known for his silent films of the 1910s and 1920s. He starred in well over 40 films between 1912 and 1939. Selected f ...

(1875–1946), French silent film actor, film director, and screenwriter *

Hippolyte Roussel Hippolyte Roussel (22 March 1824 in La Ferté-Macé – 22 January 1898 in Gambier Islands) was a French priest and missionary to Polynesia, a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. In 1854 he was sent to evangelize i ...

(died 1898), French priest and missionary to Polynesia * Jonathan Roussel Toledo (born 1937), Honduran journalist, radio host, and television host *

Ker-Xavier Roussel Ker-Xavier Roussel (10 December 1867 – 6 June 1944) was a French painter associated with Les Nabis. Biography Born François Xavier Roussel in Lorry-lès-Metz, Moselle in 1867, at age fifteen he studied at the Lycée Condorcet in Paris; alon ...

(1867–1944), French painter * Léo Roussel (born 1995), French racing driver * Louis J. Roussel, Jr. (1906–2001) U.S. businessman, banker, and philanthropist * Louie J. Roussel III (born 1946), U.S. racehorse owner and trainer *Louis Lesaffre-Roussel (1802–1869), French businessman, co-founder of food processor

Bonduelle Bonduelle is a French company producing processed vegetables. History * The company was founded in 1853, when Louis Bonduelle-Dalle (23 October 1802 - 13 November 1880) and Louis Lesaffre-Roussel (1802–1869) established a grain and juniper b ...

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Nathalie Roussel Nathalie Roussel (born 14 September 1956) is a French actress of stage, television and film. She is best known for her role in the 1991 films ''My Father's Glory'' and ''My Mother's Castle''. Filmography *'' Les violons du bal'' (1974) .... La ...

(born 1956), French actress *

Nelly Roussel Nelly Roussel (5 January 1878 – 18 December 1922) was a French free thinker, anarchist, and feminist. As a Neo-Malthusian feminist, she advocated for birth-control in European as well as a number of other pro-women and motherhood positions w ...

(1878–1922), French free thinker, anarchist, and feminist *

Nicolas-François Roussel d'Hurbal Viscount Nicolas-François Roussel d'Hurbal (7 September 1763–25 March 1849), was a French soldier during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He spent the better part of his military career in the service of the Habsburg monarchy ...

(1763–1849), French viscount and soldier during the Napoleonic and French Revolutionary Wars * Peter Roussel (1941-2022), American press secretary and public ralations executive *

Pierre Roussel Pierre Roussel (1723 - 7 June 1782) was a successful but somewhat pedestrian cabinetmaker (''ébéniste'') of Paris. He was joined in his extensive business by his two sons, Pierre-Michel (master in 1766) and Pierre le jeune (master in 1771). Ro ...

(1723–1782), French cabinetmaker *

Raoul Roussel Raoul Roussel (1389–1452) was a French churchman, who played a part in the trial of Joan of Arc in 1431, and was archbishop of Rouen from 1443 to 1452. He was born at Saultchevreuil in the diocese of Coutances, and became a doctor of canon law ...

(1389–1452), French Catholic archbishop of Rouen; involved in the trial of Joan of Arc *

Raymond Roussel Raymond Roussel (; 20 January 1877 – 14 July 1933) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups within 20th century French litera ...

(1877–1933), French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast *

Roussel de Bailleul Roussel de Bailleul (died 1077), also known as ''Phrangopoulos'' ( gr, Φραγγόπουλος, , son-of-a-Frank) and ''Norman Chief Roussel'' (lit. tr, Norman Reisi Ursel), or in the anglicized form Russell Balliol was a Norman adventurer (or exi ...

(died 1077), Italo-Norman Byzantine mercenary general and adventurer * Sean Roussel (born 1969), U.S. *

Thierry Roussel Thierry Roussel (born February 16, 1953) was the fourth husband of Christina Onassis, and the only man with whom she had a child, daughter Athina Onassis Roussel. Roussel is best known as the controversial former co-trustee of his eldest child ...

(born 1953), French businessman; a husband to heiress Christina Onassis; father of Athina Onassis Roussel * Thomas Roussel (born 1985), French ice hockey player * Tom Roussel (born 1945), U.S. football player * William Roussel (better known as Meyhna'ch; born 1976), French metal musician and singer

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