Cassin may refer to:

People

Surname

Barbara Cassin Barbara Cassin (; born 24 October 1947) is a French philologist and philosopher. She was elected to the Académie française on 4 May 2018. Cassin is the recipient of the Grand Prize of Philosophy of the Académie française. She is an emeritus ...

(born 1947), French writer and philosopher * Brian Cassin (born 1967), British businessman * Elena Cassin (1909-2011), Italian then French assyriologist * Jack Cassin (born 1915), Australian rules footballer *

John Cassin (footballer) John Cassin (born 2 July 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon, North Melbourne and Fitzroy in the VFL, and West Torrens in the SANFL The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N ...

(born 1951), Australian rules footballer, son of Jack *

John Cassin John Cassin (September 6, 1813 – January 10, 1869) was an American ornithology, ornithologist from Pennsylvania. He worked as curator and vice president at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences and focused on the systemic classification ...

(1813–1869), American ornithologist *

(1760-1822), U.S. Navy Commodore *

(born 1951), Australian rules footballer *

René Cassin René Samuel Cassin (5 October 1887 – 20 February 1976) was a French jurist known for co-authoring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Born in Bayonne, Cassin served as a soldier in the First W ...

(1887–1976), French jurist *

Riccardo Cassin Riccardo Cassin (2 January 19096 August 2009) was an Italian Mountaineering, mountaineer, developer of Climbing equipment, mountaineering equipment and author, and an important figure in the history of rock climbing, alpine climbing and big wall ...

(1909–2009), Italian mountaineer * Stan Cassin (born 1935), Canadian politician *

Stephen Cassin Stephen Cassin (16 February 1783 – 29 August 1857) was an officer in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812. Early life and military career Born in Philadelphia, the son of naval officer John Cassin, Cassin en ...

(1783–1857), officer in the U.S. Navy, son of John Cassin (naval officer)

Given name

* Cassin Young (1894–1942), officer in the U.S. Navy

Organisations

CCJO René Cassin CCJO René Cassin – more commonly known as 'René Cassin'' – is a charitable human rights NGO that works to promote and protect universal human rights, drawing on Jewish experiences and values. The organisation does this by campaigning for cha ...

, Jewish human rights organisation

Places

* Saint-Cassin, commune in France * Fort Cassin, Vermont

Ships

* ''Cassin'' class destroyer, a class of four World War I-era destroyers of the U.S. Navy * USS ''Cassin'' (DD-43), the lead destroyer of the ''Cassin'' class; served during World War I * USS ''Cassin'' (DD-372), a ''Mahan''-class destroyer of the U.S. Navy; served during World War II * USS ''Cassin Young'' (DD-793), a ''Fletcher''-class destroyer of the U.S. Navy; served during World War II

Birds

Named after

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Cassin's auklet Cassin's auklet (''Ptychoramphus aleuticus'') is a small, chunky seabird that ranges widely in the North Pacific. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Ptychoramphus''. It nests in small burrows and because of its presence on well studied ...

, ''Ptychoramphus aleuticus'' *

Cassin's finch Cassin's finch (''Haemorhous cassinii'') is a bird in the finch family, Fringillidae. This species and the other "American rosefinches" are placed in the genus ''Haemorhous''. Description Measurements: * Length: 6.3 in (16 cm) * Weight: 0.8� ...

, ''Carpodacus cassinii'' * Cassin's flycatcher, ''Muscicapa cassini'' * Cassin's hawk-eagle, ''Aquila africana'' *

Cassin's honeyguide Cassin's honeybird (''Prodotiscus insignis''), also known as Cassin's honeyguide, is a species of bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless b ...

, ''Prodotiscus insignis'' *

Cassin's kingbird Cassin's kingbird (''Tyrannus vociferans'') is a large tyrant flycatcher native to western North America. The name of this bird commemorates the American ornithologist John Cassin. Taxonomy Cassin's kingbird was formally described in 1826 by Eng ...

, ''Tyrannus vociferans'' *

Cassin's sparrow Cassin's sparrow (''Peucaea cassinii'') is a medium-sized sparrow. This passerine bird's range is from western Nebraska to north-central Mexico. Taxonomy The first Cassin's sparrow was described in 1852 by Samuel W. Woodhouse from a specimen ...

, ''Aimophila cassinii'' *

Cassin's spinetail Cassin's spinetail (''Neafrapus cassini'') is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found throughout the African tropical rainforest (including Bioko Bioko (; ; ; historically known as Fernando Pó, ) is an island of Equatorial ...

, ''Neafrapus cassini'' *

Cassin's vireo Cassin's vireo (''Vireo cassinii'') is a small North American songbird, ranging from southern British Columbia in Canada through the western coastal states of the United States, including California, Oregon, and Washington. The Cassin’s Vireo ...

, ''Vireo cassinii''