Rousseau (surname)

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

Artists

 * Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), French naive painter, also known as Douanier Rousseau
 * Jacques Rousseau (painter) (1630–1693), French painter
 * Jeanne Rij-Rousseau (1870–1956), French painter and art theorist
 * Jean Simeon Rousseau de la Rottière (1747–1820), French decorative painter
 * Philippe Rousseau (1816–1887), French still life painter
 * Samuel Rousseau (artist) (born 1971), French artist
 * Théodore Rousseau (1812–1867), French painter

Writers and poets

 * Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1671–1741), French poet
 * Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Genevan author and philosopher
 * Nita Rousseau (1949–2003), French writer

Architects

 * Charles M. Rousseau (1848–1918), Belgium-born American architect
 * Oliver Rousseau (1891–1977), American architect, real estate developer, and builder

Musicians and composers

 * Eugene Rousseau (saxophonist) (born 1932), American saxophonist
 * Frederick Rousseau (born 1958), French musician
 * Jean Rousseau (violist) (1644–1699), French musician and author
 * Samuel Rousseau (composer) (1853-1904), French composer

Actors and directors

 * Jean-Jacques Rousseau (director) (1946-2014), Belgian film director
 * Serge Rousseau (1930–2007), French film and television actor
 * Stéphane Rousseau (born 1966), Canadian actor

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 (born 1940), 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
 * Maurice Rousseau (1906-1977), French Olympic gymnast
 * Michel Rousseau (cyclist) (1936–2016), French amateur track cyclist
 * Odette Rousseau (1927-2012), French parachutist
 * Jacques Rousseau (athlete) (born 1951), French track and field athlete
 * 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 (1763–1820), British printer and Orientalist scholar

Fictional characters

 * Alexandra Rousseau, daughter of Danielle Rousseau on the American TV show Lost
 * Danielle Rousseau