Famous People with Name Masson

Gérard Masson            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Gérard Masson: is a French composer. Gérard Masson grew up listening to jazz, played jazz trumpet, and began studying the piano in 1945, but had no formal training in composition until, after military service in Algeria, he returned to France in 1962. He approached Max Deutsch, who sent Masson to one of his students for lessons in counterpoint (Serrou 2002). At about this same time, he made the acquaintance of Pierre Souvtchinsky, who introduced him to Igor Stravinsky.

Paul Masson            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Paul Masson: was a French cyclist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. His first event was the 2 kilometre sprint. Masson's winning time was 4:58.2. The next event he competed in was the 10 kilometre race. This turned out to be a very close contest, with Masson barely beating out his countryman Léon Flameng. Both had times of 17:54.2. Masson's final event of the Games was the 333 metres race. With a time of 24.0 seconds, he finished first.

Henri Masson            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Henri Masson: was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the foil.[1] He was defeated by fellow French fencer Émile Coste in the final.

Jean Louis Masson            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jean Louis Masson: is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Moselle department. He is an independent.

Tajiv 'Tosh' Masson            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Tajiv 'Tosh' Masson: is a rugby union player for Harlequins in the Guinness Premiership, playing primarily as a centre.