Sanson may refer to:

Places

Sanson, New Zealand Sanson is a small settlement in the Manawatu District of New Zealand. It is located just south of Bulls, New Zealand, Bulls and the Rangitikei River, and west of the city of Palmerston North. Two major roads of the New Zealand state highway netw ...

People

Samson Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution o ...

, biblical judge sometimes known as "Sansón" *

Sansón (wrestler) Sansón (born 1994) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, where he is currently signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. Is best known for his work for ''Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre'' (CMLL). While his real name ...

(born 1994), Mexican wrestler *

Audley Sanson Audley Sanson (born 5 November 1974 in Jamaica) is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. He has played six first-class matches for Jamaica, and also played one List A match as part of the cricket tourn ...

(born 1974), Jamaican cricketer *

Boris Sanson Boris Sanson (born 7 December 1980 in Bordeaux, France) is a French sabre fencer. Sanson won the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships in Turin after beating Spain in the final. He accomplished thi ...

(born 1980), French sabre fencer *

Charles-Henri Sanson Charles-Henri Sanson, full title ''Chevalier Charles-Henri Sanson de Longval'' (15 February 1739 – 4 July 1806), was the royal executioner of France during the reign of King Louis XVI, as well as High Executioner of the First French Republic. He ...

(1739–1806), public executioner of France from 1788 to 1795 *

Ernest Sanson Ernest-Paul Sanson (Paris, 12 May 1836 – Paris, 15 January 1918) was a French architect trained in the Beaux-Arts manner. Sanson entered the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris at the age of eighteen, and followed the courses offered by Émile ...

(1836–1918), French architect * Henry-Clément Sanson (1799-1889), Royal Executioner of Paris from 1840 to 1847 *

Jean-Baptiste Sanson de Pongerville Jean-Baptiste Sanson de Pongerville (3 March 1782, Abbeville – 22 January 1870, Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated ...

(1782–1870), French poet and member of the Académie française *

Morgan Sanson Morgan Stéphane Sanson (born 18 August 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg, on loan from Premier League club Aston Villa. Early life Sanson was born in Saint-Doulchard, Cher. Club ca ...

(born 1994), French footballer *

Nicolas Sanson Nicolas Sanson (20 December 1600 – 7 July 1667) was a French cartographer who served under two kings in matters of geography. He has been called the "father of French cartography." Life and work He was born of an old Picard family of Sco ...

(1600–1667), French cartographer *

Raoul Grimoin-Sanson Raoul Grimoin-Sanson (1860–1941) was an inventor in the field of early cinema. He was born in Elbeuf, as Raoul Grimoin; he added the surname Sanson later. He had an early interest in stage magic as well as photography. In the 1890s, Grimoin ...

(1860–1940), inventor in the field of early cinema * Sansón (footballer) (1924-2012), Spanish footballer *

Véronique Sanson Véronique Marie Line Sanson (; born 24 April 1949) is a three-time Victoires de la Musique award-winning French singer-songwriter and record producer with an avid following in her native country. Ten years after Barbara, Véronique Sanson beca ...

(born 1949), French singer-songwriter *

Yvonne Sanson Yvonne Sanson ( el, Υβόν Σανσόν; 29 August 1925 – 23 July 2003) was a Greek-Italian film actress. She appeared in 46 films between 1946 and 1972, mainly working in Italy. Born in Thessaloniki, Sanson was a naturalised Italian cit ...

(1926–2003), Italian film actress

Characters

*Andre Sanson, a fictional privateer and antagonist in Michael Crichton's 2009 novel, ''

Pirate Latitudes ''Pirate Latitudes'' is an action adventure novel by Michael Crichton, the sixteenth novel to be published under his own name and first to be published after his death, concerning 17th-century piracy in the Caribbean. HarperCollins published th ...

Other uses

* Sanson (cycling team), several teams *

Sanson Tramway The Sanson Tramway in the Manawatu region of New Zealand operated from 1885 until 1945. Owned by the Manawatu County Council, it connected with the national railway network at Himatangi on the Foxton Branch. It was never part of the national ...

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