Vavasseur, a surname of French origin, once characterised a "vassal of a vassal", i.e., a sub-vassal - someone holding land not from the Crown directly but from a vassal of the Crown (cf. :fr:Vavasseur). Notable people with the surname include:
Didier Vavasseur (born 1961), French sprint canoer François Vavasseur (1605–1681), French Jesuit humanist and controversialist Henry Vavasseur, British entrepreneur who discovered how to make desiccated coconut in 1888 Josiah Vavasseur (1834–1908), English industrialist Sophie Vavasseur (born 1992), Irish actress
See also Vavasseur mounting, for artillery and machine guns Vavasour (disambiguation) Vavasour (surname)