Famous People with Name Rousset

David Rousset            Origin/Culture/Country: French

David Rousset: was a French writer and political activist, a recipient of Prix Renaudot, a French literary award. Survivor of the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp, he is famous for his books about concentration camps. He was the first person to use the term "Gulag" in French language, revealing to French the Soviet system of labor camps. In 1949, learning that the concentration camps destroyed in Nazi Germany still existed in the Soviet Union, he appealed to former inmates of Nazi camps to form a commission to inspect the USSR camps, which became the "International Commission Against Concentrationist Regimes".

Gérard Rousset            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Gérard Rousset: was a French Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Gilles Rousset            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Gilles Rousset: is a French former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. Rousset started his career with Sochaux in 1982, where he spent eight seasons, playing more than 100 times for the Montbéliard side before he was transferred to Olympique Lyonnais in 1990. He quickly established himself as the first choice goalkeeper at the Stade de Gerland, playing 98 matches over the next 3 seasons.

Lia Rousset            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lia Rousset: is an American sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-2 500 m and the K-4 500 m events.

Sylvie Giry Rousset            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Sylvie Giry Rousset: was a French cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 1994. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best results at the 1992 Games in Albertville with a fifth in the 4 x 5 km relay and 28th in the 15 km event. Giry Rousset's best finish at t