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Basin (surname)

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Basin or Bassin, Slavic feminine: Basina, is a surname of multiple origins. As a Jewish one (may also be transliterated as Bassin), it is a matronymic surname derived from the feminine given name Basia, a diminutive of Barbara. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Benjamin Bassin (1944–2018), Finnish official and ambassador
  • Elieser Bassin (1840–1898), Russian-Jewish convert to Christianity, and an author and proponent of British Israelism
  • Ian Bassin American lawyer, writer, and activist
  • Marianna Basina [ru] (1916–1994) Soviet and Russian writer, biographer
  • Mark Bassin, American geographer and specialist on Russian and German geopolitics
  • Meyer Basin (1890–1918), Russian revolutionary
  • Pyotr Basin (1793–1877), Russian religious, history and portrait painter
  • Rose Ethel Bassin (1889–1974), Scottish writer, music educator, and folklorist
  • Sherwood Bassin, Canadian ice hockey executive
  • Thomas Basin (1412–1491), French bishop of Lisieux and historian
  • Yakov Basin [ru] (1939–2022), Soviet and Belarusian physician, historian, cultural scientist, publicist and public figure of the Jewish community in Belarus
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