Asad

Asad (أسد), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion". It is used in nicknames such as Asad Allāh, one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib.

People
Among prominent people named "Asad" or "Assad" are:

Given name

 * Asadullah (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, early Islamic historical figure
 * Asad Abdul Rahman (born 1944), Palestinian political scientist, academic and politician
 * Asad Ahmad, journalist for BBC News and newsreader for BBC London
 * Asad Q. Ahmed, American scholar
 * Asad Al Faqih (1910–1989), Lebanese lawyer and diplomat
 * Asad ibn al-Furat (760–828) jurist and theologian
 * Asad ibn Hashim, maternal grandfather of Ali ibn Abi Talib
 * Asaduddin Owaisi, Indian politician
 * Asad Raza (artist), Pakistani-American artist
 * Asad Rustum, Lebanese historian, academic and writer
 * Asad ibn Saman, early Samanid
 * Assad Saftawi (1935–1993), Palestinian Fatah cofounder and leader
 * Asad Shafiq, Pakistan test cricketer
 * Asad Umar, Pakistani lawmaker and former politician
 * Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed, former IAS officer from Hyderabad

Surname

 * Audrey Assad, American singer-songwriter and Contemporary Christian music artist
 * Clarice Assad, Sérgio's daughter, a classical and jazz composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist
 * Javier Assad (born 1997), Mexican baseball player
 * Julio Asad (born 1953), Argentine footballer
 * María de Lourdes Dieck-Assad, Lebanese-Mexican economist
 * Muhammad Asad, born Leopold Weiss, influential 20th-century writer and political theorist
 * Omar Asad (born 1971), Argentine footballer
 * Sérgio Assad, Brazilian classical composer, guitarist
 * Talal Asad, anthropologist, son of Muhammad Asad
 * Yamil Asad (born 1994), Argentine footballer

Al-Assad family
The Al-Assad family is an Alawite family from the Latakia region (specifically Qardaha), which has held political power in Syria since 1970. The family has produced two presidents:
 * Hafez al-Assad, former President of Syria 1970–2000
 * Bashar al-Assad, current President of Syria

Other family members include:
 * Bassel al-Assad
 * Rifaat al-Assad
 * Jamil al-Assad
 * Maher al-Assad
 * Bushra al-Assad