Sousan or Soosan () is the Persian equivalent of the English given name
Susan
Susan is a feminine given name, the usual English version of Susanna or Susannah. All are versions of the Hebrew name Shoshana, which is derived from the Hebrew ''shoshan'', meaning ''lotus flower'' in Egyptian, original derivation, and severa ...
. Notable people with the name include:
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Han Soosan (born 1946), South Korean author
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Sousan (singer) (1943–2004), Iranian singer
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Sousan S. Altaie, American drug researcher
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Sousan Azadi (born 1954), Iranian author and designer
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Soosan Firooz (born 1989), Afghan actress and rapper
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Sousan Hajipour (born 1990), Iranian taekwondo practitioner
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Sousan Keshavarz
Sousan Keshavarz (; born 1965) was the 2009 nominee of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Minister of Education. She was voted down by the Majlis of Iran on September 3, 2009, with 49 favoring, 209 opposing, and 28 abstaining votes.
Career
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(born 1965), Iranian politician
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Soosan Lolavar, British-Iranian composer and educator
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Sousan Massi (born 1989), Swedish tennis player
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Sousan Taslimi (born 1950), Iranian-Swedish actress
See also
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Sawsan Sawsan () is a given name equivalent to English Susan. Notable people with the name include:
* Sawsan Abd-Elrahman Hakim (born 1956), Syrian agricultural scientist, researcher and author
* Sawsan Ali Sharifi (born 1956), Iraqi politician
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Sussan (given name) Sussan is an alternative spelling of the English given name Susan and its Persian language, Persian equivalent Sousan. It also occurs as a surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Rene Ben Sussan (1895–1960s?), Greek illustrator
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