Brisson is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Antoine-François Brisson (1728–1796), French lawyer Barnabé Brisson (1531–1591), French jurist and politician Barnabé Brisson (engineer) (1777–1828), French engineer Brendan Brisson (born 2001), American ice hockey player Eugène Henri Brisson (1835–1912), Prime Minister of France François Brisson (born 1958), French footballer Gerry Brisson (1937–2013), Canadian hockey player and coach Jean-Paul Brisson (1918–2006), French historian of Roman history Jean-Serge Brisson (born 1954), Canadian politician Louis Brisson (1817–1908), French cleric later sainted Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723–1806), French zoologist Thérèse Brisson (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player See also Brisson, Ontario, a former Canadian locality in the township of Russell in Ontario, Canada; Brisson River, tributary of the Quebec Grand Touradi river, in the Bas-Saint-Laurent administrative region, in Quebec, Canada; Brisson River (Rimouski River tributary), tributary of the eastern bank of the Rimouski River of the Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Quebec, Canada. Brisson River (rivière aux Anglais), a tributary of the rivière aux Anglais in Rivière-aux-Outardes, Quebec, Canada Brison (disambiguation) French-language surnames