Toussaint is both a French surname and a masculine French given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Allen Toussaint (1938–2015), American musician, songwriter and record producer and one of the most influential figures in New Orleans R&BAndré Toussaint, Haitian singer and guitaristAuguste Toussaint (1911–1990s), Mauritian archivist and historianBeth Toussaint (born 1962), American actress, best known for her television performancesDany Toussaint, candidate in the 2006 Haitian presidential electionGodfried Toussaint, Belgian, British, and Canadian professor of computer science specializing in computational geometry and computational musicEugenio Toussaint (1954–2011), Mexican composerFitzgerald Toussaint, American football playerFrançois-Vincent Toussaint (1715–1772), author of Les Mœurs ("The Manners") published in 1748 and immediately prosecuted and burned by the French court of justiceFranz Joseph Toussaint Minister of Finance to Maria Theresa Austrian EmpressJean Toussaint (born 1960), American-British jazz saxophonistJean Joseph Henri Toussaint (1847–1890), French veterinarian and bacteriologistJean-Philippe Toussaint (born 1957), Belgian writerLorraine Toussaint (born 1960), television actress best known for playing assistant medical examiner Elaine Duchamps on the television drama Crossing JordanMauricio Toussaint (born 1960), contemporary Mexican artist, living between Mexico and Arizona in the USA where he largely lives and worksMichel'le Toussaint, an American R&B singer-songwriterNina Toussaint-White (born 1985), British actressOlivier Toussaint, French composer, pop singer, orchestra arranger, company manager, and record producer active since 1968Ven. Pierre Toussaint, Haitian-American philanthropistRoger Toussaint (born 1956), former President of TWU Local 100 who called on the 2005 New York City transit strikeRudolf Toussaint, the German Army commander in Prague at the end of World War II, imprisoned for life for war crimesTouki Toussaint, American baseball playerGiven name:
Toussaint Charbonneau (1767–1843), was a French-Canadian explorer and trader, and a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, best known as the husband of SacagaweaToussaint de Charpentier (1779–1847), German geologist and entomologistToussaint Dallam (born 1659), French organ-builder.Toussaint Dubreuil (c. 1560–1602), French painter associated with the second School of FontainebleauToussaint-Bernard Émeric-David (1755–1839), French archaeologist and writer on artToussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe Laflamme (1827–1893), a French-Canadian lawyer, professor of law and politicianToussaint Louverture (1743–1803), black slave who organized the expulsion of French, British, and Spanish armies that enforced slavery in Haiti and nearby Santo DomingoToussaint Natama (born 1982), Burkinabé football player