Famous People with Name Sassoon

Vidal Sassoon            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Vidal Sassoon: is a British hairdresser and businessman.Sassoon was born to Jewish parents in London. His father was from Salonica (Thessaloniki in Greece), and his mother, whose family was originally from Kiev, was born in London. Although too young to serve in the Second World War, Sassoon became a member of the 43 Group a militant anti-fascist organisation that broke up fascist meetings in east London after the end of the war.[1] In 1948 he joined the Israeli Defence Forces to fight in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

Catya "Cat" Sassoon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Catya "Cat" Sassoon: American model and actress.

Siegfried Loraine Sassoon            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Siegfried Loraine Sassoon: was an English poet and author. He became known as a writer of satirical anti-war verse during World War I. He later won acclaim for his prose work.

Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon: a British Indian philanthropist and merchant, was born a Jew in Baghdad, a member of a family that had lived there since the beginning of the 16th century, having been expelled from Spain in the 1490s. He was named Abdullah at birth, but changed his name to Albert later in life.His father, David Sassoon, was a leading Baghdad merchant and a treasurer under Ahmet Pasha, the governor of Baghdad. However, he fled after he was implicated in a corruption scandal, moving from Baghdad to Bushire, in Iran, and in 1832 settling in Bombay, where he founded a large banking and mercantile business. David Sassoon's business acumen soon made him one of the richest men in Bombay.

David Sassoon            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

David Sassoon: was the treasurer of Baghdad between 1817 and 1829 and the leader of the Jewish community in Bombay (now Mumbai).Sassoon was born in Baghdad where his father, Saleh Sassoon[1], was a wealthy businessmen, chief treasurer to the pashas (the governors of Baghdad) from 1781 to 1817, and leader of the city's Jewish community. The family were Sephardim with Spanish origins. His mother was Amam Gabbai. After a traditional education in the Hebrew language, he married Hannah in 1818, and they had two sons and two daughters before she died in 1826. Two years later he married Farha Hyeem (who was born in 1812 and died in 1886). The pair had six sons and three daughters.