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 (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 (1939–2022), Soviet and Belarusian physician, historian, cultural scientist, publicist and public figure of the Jewish community in Belarus Max Bassin (b. 2002), American musician and drummer for New York-based art rock band Geese
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