Rossignol (family name)
Rossignol or Rosignol is a family name .
Origin and meaning
The name is originally a French family name meaning nightingale . Due to Huguenot religious refugees, the name can also be found in Germany with a low distribution. Rossignol with one s has approx. 20 name bearers and with two s approx. 30 name bearers in Germany.
Well-known namesake
- André Rossignol , French racing car driver
- Antoine Rossignol (1600–1682), famous French cryptologist
- Antoine-Bonaventure Rossignol , French cryptologist, grandson of Antoine and son of Bonaventure
- Bonaventure Rossignol , French cryptologist, son of Antoine
- Jacques Rossignol (1945-2001), French football player
- Jean Antoine Rossignol (1759–1802), French general
- Jean-Claude Rossignol (born 1945), French rugby player
- Laurence Rossignol (* 1957), French politician
- Michelle Rossignol (born 1940), Canadian actress
- Robert Le Rossignol (1884–1976), English engineer
- Serge Rossignol (* 1942), Canadian physiologist
See also
- Rossignol SA , manufacturer of skis and winter sports accessories
- Le rossignol (Opera) , an opera by Igor Stravinsky
- Rosignol GmbH & Co. Präzisionsschliffe KG , a medium-sized company for precision and manufacturing processes.