title: Cassini (surname)
text: # Cassini (surname)
  
  Cassini is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781–1832), French botanist and naturalist, son of Jean-Dominique de Cassini
  * Arthur Cassini (1836–1913), Russian diplomat
  * César-François Cassini de Thury (1714–1784), French astronomer and cartographer, son of Jacques, who developed the Cassini projection
  * Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748–1845), first Count Cassini, French astronomer and cartographer, son of César-François
  * Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712), also known as Jean-Dominique Cassini, Italian-French astronomer
  * Henri Cassini (1781–1832), known as Henri Cassini, French botanist, youngest son of Jean-Dominique
  * Igor Cassini (1915–2002), American gossip columnist, writing as "Cholly Knickerbocker"
  * Jacques Cassini (1677–1756), French astronomer, son of Giovanni Domenico
  * Oleg Cassini (1913–2006), American fashion designer
  