Saussure (surname)

Saussure, de Saussure, or DeSaussure is a surname of French origin. Notable individuals with this surname include:


 * Albertine Necker de Saussure (1766–1841), Swiss writer, educationalist, and advocate of education for women, daughter of Horace-Bénédict, and sister of Nicolas-Théodore
 * César-François de Saussure (1705–1783), Swiss travel writer
 * Éric de Saussure (1925–2007), Swiss artist and member of the Taizé Community
 * Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913), Swiss linguist, brother of Léopold and René
 * Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (1829–1905), Swiss mineralogist and entomologist (taxonomist), and father of Ferdinand, Léopold and René.
 * Henry William de Saussure (1763–1839), American lawyer, state legislator from South Carolina, president of the U.S. Mint
 * Hermine de Saussure (1901–1984), female sailing pioneer and scholar, specialist of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, daughter of Léopold and mother of Delphine Seyrig
 * Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740–1799), Genevan physicist and Alpine traveller
 * Léopold de Saussure (1866–1925), sinologist, astronomer, French Naval Officer, brother of Ferdinand and René
 * Louis D. DeSaussure (1824–1888), American slave trader
 * Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure (1767–1845), chemist, son of Horace-Bénédict, and brother of Albertine
 * Raymond de Saussure (1894–1971), Swiss psychoanalyst
 * René de Saussure (1868–1943), Swiss Esperantist and scientist, brother of Ferdinand and Léopold
 * William F. De Saussure (1792–1870), U.S. Senator from South Carolina
 * Wilmot Gibbes de Saussure (1822–1886), Confederate-American military officer, South Carolina politician, historian