Toussaint is both a French surname and a masculine French given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Allen Toussaint
Allen Richard Toussaint (; January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, descri ...
(1938–2015), American musician, songwriter and record producer
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André Toussaint
André Toussaint was a Haitian singer and guitarist who emigrated to Nassau, Bahamas in 1953 and performed there until his death in 1981. He sang and recorded in several languages and in a variety of styles, most notably Calypso music, calypso.
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, Haitian singer and guitarist
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Auguste Toussaint Auguste Toussaint (1911–1987) was the Archivist in Chief of MauritiusBeth Toussaint (born 1962), American actress, best known for her television performances
* Cheryl Toussaint (born 1952), American athlete who mainly competed in the 800 metres
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Dany Toussaint
Dany Toussaint (12 September 1957 – 15 September 2021) was a Haitian politician who was a candidate in the country's February 2006 presidential election. Toussaint served as Haitian Army major, head of haitian police and bodyguard of Jean-Bertr ...
, candidate in the 2006 Haitian presidential election
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Godfried Toussaint
Godfried Theodore Patrick Toussaint (1944 – July 2019) was a Canadian computer scientist, a professor of computer science, and the head of the Computer Science Program at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ...
, Belgian, British, and Canadian professor of computer science specializing in computational geometry and computational music
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Eugenio Toussaint
Eugenio Toussaint Uhtohff (October 9, 1954 – February 8, 2011) was a Mexican composer, arranger and jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th ...
(1954–2011), Mexican composer
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Fitzgerald Toussaint
Fitzgerald D'Andre Toussaint (born May 4, 1990) is a former American football running back. He played college football at Michigan and signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2014. He has also been a member of the Pittsbu ...
, American football player
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François-Vincent Toussaint
François-Vincent Toussaint (21 December 1715 - 22 June 1772) was a French writer most famous for ''Les Mœurs'' (The Manners). The book was published in 1748 and banned the same year; it was prosecuted and burned by the French court of justice.
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(1715–1772), author of ''Les Mœurs'' ("The Manners") published in 1748 and immediately prosecuted and burned by the French court of justice
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Franz Joseph Toussaint Franz or François Joseph Toussaint was advisor and minister of finance to Empress Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (german: Maria Theresia; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 ...
, Minister of Finance to Empress Maria Theresa
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Jean Toussaint
Jean Toussaint (born July 27, 1960) is an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist.
Life and career
Toussaint was born in Aruba, Dutch Antilles, and was raised in Saint Thomas and New York City. He learned to play calypso as a child and att ...
(born 1960), American-British jazz saxophonist
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Jean Joseph Henri Toussaint
Jean Joseph Henri Toussaint (30 April 1847 – 3 August 1890) was a French veterinarian born in Rouvres-la-Chétive, department of Vosges.
In 1869 he received his diploma from the school of veterinary medicine in Lyon. In 1876 he was appointed ...
(1847–1890), French veterinarian and bacteriologist
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Jean-Philippe Toussaint
Jean-Philippe Toussaint (29 November 1957, Brussels) is a Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and he has had his photographs displayed in Brussels and Japan. Toussaint won t ...
(born 1957), Belgian writer
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Kira Toussaint
Kira Marije Toussaint (born 22 May 1994) is a Dutch competitive swimmer who specialises in backstroke. She is the former world record holder in the short course 50 metre backstroke and the Dutch record holder in the long course 50 metre backstr ...
, Dutch swimmer
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Lorraine Toussaint
Lorraine Toussaint () is a Trinidadian-American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Black Reel Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Toussaint began her career in theatre before ...
(born 1960), television actress best known for playing assistant medical examiner Elaine Duchamps on the television drama ''Crossing Jordan''
* Marie Toussaint (born 1987), French politician
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Mauricio Toussaint
Mauricio Toussaint is a contemporary artist of French and Mexican descent. Toussaint entered the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara to obtain a degree in architecture (he graduated in 1985 with a bachelor's degree). During this time, he was ...
(born 1960), contemporary Mexican artist
* Michel'le Toussaint, an American R&B singer-songwriter
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Nina Toussaint-White
Nina Toussaint-White is an English actress who has acted in '' Casualty,'' ''The Bill, and EastEnders.''
Early life
Toussaint-White was raised in Plumstead, south east London, Toussaint-White was educated at Plumstead Manor School and Negus Six ...
(born 1985), British actress
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Olivier Toussaint
Olivier Toussaint is a French composer, pop singer, orchestra arranger, company manager, and record producer.
Early life
He was born in Paris, in a family of classical musicians. His great-grandfather, Gilbert Duprez was a very well known oper ...
, French composer, pop singer, orchestra arranger, company manager, and record producer active since 1968
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Pierre Toussaint
Pierre Toussaint (27 June 1766 – June 30, 1853) was a Haitian-American hairdresser, philanthropist, and onetime slave brought to New York City by his owners in 1787. A candidate for sainthood, he was declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II in 1 ...
, Haitian-American philanthropist
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Randolph Toussaint
Randolph Toussaint (born 12 August 1955) is a Guyanese former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Ange ...
(born 1955), Guyanese cyclist
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Roger Toussaint Roger Toussaint led the December 20th, 2005 New York City transit strike which lasted three days and shut down bus and subway service in the city. Toussaint was the president of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 in New York City (NYC) fro ...
(born 1956), former president of Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 and announced the 2005 New York City transit strike
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Rose Marie Toussaint
Rose Marie Toussaint is a practicing Black woman liver transplant surgeon in the United States.
Early life
Toussaint was born in Haiti and moved to Miami in 1970. Her goal of becoming a physician at this young age was evident by her serious st ...
, Haitian-American transplant surgeon
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Rudolf Toussaint
Rudolf Toussaint (2 May 1891 – 1 July 1968) was a German Army officer. Toussaint saw action in both World Wars. During World War II he was appointed Commissioner of the German army in the office of the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia.
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Touki Toussaint
Dany Gilbert Kiti "Touki" Toussaint (; born June 20, 1996) is a Haitian-American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round of the 2014 Major League Basebal ...
, American baseball player
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Oliver Toussaint Jackson
Oliver Toussaint Jackson (April 6, 1862 – February 8, 1948) was an American businessman and entrepreneur, who, inspired by Booker T. Washington's autobiography '' Up from Slavery'', formed Dearfield, Colorado, a self-sufficient agricultural se ...
(1862–1948), American businessman
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Toussaint (leper chief)
Toussaint was the chief of a leper colony in South America ( 1890 – unknown, in Chacachacare), known for his appearance in the book '' Papillon''. The book recounted the escapes of Henri Charrière from the French penal colony of Devil's Island ...
(c. 1890–unknown), chief of a leper colony in South America
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Toussaint Charbonneau
Toussaint Charbonneau (March 20, 1767 – August 12, 1843) was a French-Canadian explorer, trader and a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He is also known as the husband of Sacagawea.
Early years
Charbonneau was born in Boucherv ...
(1767–1843), French-Canadian explorer and trader, member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, best known as the husband of Sacagawea
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Toussaint de Charpentier Toussaint von Charpentier (22 November 1779 – 4 March 1847) was a German geologist and entomologist.
He was the author of ''Libellulinae europaeae descriptae e depictae'' (1840).
Biography
Toussaint von Charpentier was born in Freiberg, Saxony ...
(1779–1847), German geologist and entomologist
* Toussaint Dallam (born 1659), French organ-builder
* Toussaint Dubreuil (c. 1560–1602), French painter associated with the second School of Fontainebleau
* Toussaint-Bernard Émeric-David (1755–1839), French archaeologist and writer on art
* Toussaint Hočevar (1927–1987), Slovenian-American economic historian
* Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe Laflamme (1827–1893), French-Canadian lawyer, professor of law and politician
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Toussaint Louverture
François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (; also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda; 20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803) was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. During his life, Louverture ...
(1743–1803), freed black slave and former French general who led the Haitian Revolution expelling the French, British, and Spanish armies that enforced slavery in Haiti and nearby Santo Domingo
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Toussaint McCall
Toussaint McCall (born 1934 in Monroe, Louisiana) is an American R&B singer and organist.
His one major success was with "Nothing Takes the Place of You", which reached #5 in the US R&B chart, issued on Ronn Records in 1967. Although furth ...