Assaf (name)
# Assaf (name)

Assaf is both a masculine given name and a surname. This spelling in English represents two unrelated names, Hebrew אָסָף‎ /(ʔ)aˈsaf/ and Arabic عَسَاف /ʕa.saːf/, both of which can be used as given names and surnames. Notable people with the name include:

## Dynasty

* Assaf dynasty, the Turkmen rulers in Mount Lebanon during Mamluk and Ottoman era

## People with the given name

* Assaf Amdursky (born 1971), Israeli singer and producer
* Assaf Azo (born 1984), Israeli footballer
* Assaf Bernstein (born 1970), Israeli film writer, director, and producer
* Assaf Cohen (born 1972), American actor
* Assaf Gavron (born 1968), Israeli writer, novelist, translator and musician
* Assaf HaRofeh, Hebrew medical writer known as Asaph the Jew
* Assaf Hefetz (born 1944), commissioner of the Israeli Police
* Assaf Inbari (born 1968), Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist
* Assaf Kehati (born 1979), Israeli jazz guitarist, composer, bandleader and educator based in Boston
* Assaf Khalifa (born 1968), Syrian football player
* Assaf Kidron (born 1976), Israeli sculptor
* Assaf Kraus, member of the Israeli indie pop-rock band missFlag
* Assaf Lowengart (born 1998), Israeli baseball player on Team Israel
* Assaf Naor (born 1975), Czech-Israeli mathematician, computer scientist, and professor
* Assaf Abu Rahhal (1955–2010), Lebanese journalist
* Assaf Al-Qarni (born 1984), Saudi Arabian football goalkeeper
* Assaf Ramon (c. 1987/1988 – 2009), Israeli pilot
* Assaf Schuster, Israeli professor of computer science
* Assaf Shaham (born 1983), Israeli artist
* Assaf Shelleg, Israeli-American musicologist and pianist
* Assaf Yaguri (1931–2000), Israeli soldier and politician

## People with the surname

* Ami Assaf (1903–1963), Israeli politician
* Joseph Assaf (born 1944), Australian businessman
* Mikhayl Assaf (1887–1970), archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
* Mohammad Assaf (born 1989), Palestinian pop singer
* Rima Assaf (born 1970), Lebanese journalist and anchor
* Roger Assaf, Lebanese playwright
* Roy Assaf (actor) (born 1979), Israeli actor
* Roy Assaf (choreographer) (born 1982), Israeli choreographer
* Roy Assaf (musician) (born 1982), Israeli jazz pianist and composer based in New York
* Samir Assaf (born 1960), Lebanese businessman and chief executive officer of HSBC Global Banking & Markets
* Woodie Assaf (1917−2009), American weatherman
* Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf (born 1949), Minister of State and Former Finance Minister And Forign Minister of Saudi Arabia.
