List of Famous people with last name Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic and educational thought.

Carole Rousseau is a French television presenter.

Stéphane Rousseau is a Canadian actor and comedian. He starred in the Academy Award-winning film The Barbarian Invasions. He has also been in Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008). His latest movies is the French comedy Fatal, a Zoolander-type spoof of the music industry focusing on the character Fatal Bazooka created by Michaël Youn.

Henri Julien Félix Rousseau was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier, a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector. He started painting seriously in his early forties; by age 49, he retired from his job to work on his art full-time.

Gregory Rousseau is an American football defensive end for the Buffalo Bills for the National Football League. As a redshirt freshman in 2019, he recorded 15.5 sacks and won all-conference honors and was named the ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year. Rousseau was drafted by the Bills in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft.

Serge Rousseau was a French film and television actor and agent. He was a close friend of François Truffaut. He played the husband of murdered Jeanne Moreau in The Bride Wore Black and the unknown man who declares his love for Claude Jade at the end of Stolen Kisses. He married Marie Dubois in 1961 and they remained together until his death by cancer at the age of 77. They had a daughter, actress Dominique Rousseau.

Michel Rousseau was a French amateur track cyclist. He won gold medals in the individual sprint at the 1956 Summer Olympics and 1956–1958 world championships, finishing second in 1959 and 1961.

Jeannie Yvonne Ghislaine Rousseau, married name Jeannie de Clarens, was an Allied intelligence agent in occupied France during World War II, a member of the "Druids" network led by Georges Lamarque.

Florian Rousseau is a former French track cyclist who won three gold medals and one silver at the Summer Olympics. He was popular among spectators for the facial expressions he pulled - many of them seeming to make his eyes bulge - to help him concentrate at the start of races. In retirement he became one of France's national sprint coaches.

Constance Rousseau is a French actress. She appeared in more than twelve films since 2007.