Chavasse is the surname of:

  • Chavasse family in the West Midlands, an originally Catholic British family originating in southeast France in the 17th century
    • Christopher Maude Chavasse OBE MC, Bishop of Rochester and Olympic athlete, son of Bishop Francis James Chavasse
    • Francis Bernard Chavasse MC ophthalmologist of Rodney St. Liverpool and Harley St. London; edited Worth's Squint
    • Francis James Chavasse, Bishop of Liverpool and founder of St Peter's College, Oxford
    • Kendal Chavasse, DSO and bar (1904 - 2001), Irish-born officer in the British Army, served in World War II
    • Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC & Bar MC, First World War medic and twice winner of the Victoria Cross, son of Bishop Francis James Chavasse


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