Asante (name)

Asante is both an Ashanti surname and a masculine Ashanti given name. Notable people with the Ashanti name include:

As a surname

 * Akwasi Asante (born 1992), Dutch footballer
 * Amma Asante (born 1969), British film director and producer
 * Amma Asante (politician) (born 1972), Dutch politician
 * Anita Asante (born 1985), English footballer
 * David Asante (1834–1892), Akan Basel missionary, linguist, and educator
 * Ernest Asante (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer
 * Gyearbuor Asante (1941–2000), Ghanaian actor
 * Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, Ghanaian politician
 * Kyle Asante (born 1991), English footballer
 * Larry Asante (born 1988), American football player
 * Molefi Kete Asante (born 1942), American writer, scholar, historian, and philosopher
 * M.K. Asante Jr. (born 1982), American writer, filmmaker, and professor
 * Okyerema Asante, Ghanaian drummer
 * Sarah Asante (born 1975), Ghanaian Commissioner and Executive Producer, BBC and UKTV
 * Shaheera Asante (born 1966), British radio and television presenter
 * Solomon Asante (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer
 * Uriah Asante (1992–2016), Ghanaian footballer
 * Yaw Asante (born 1991), Ghanaian footballer

As a given name

 * Asante Blackk (born 2001), American actor
 * Asante Cleveland (born 1992), American football player
 * Asante Gullit Okyere (born 1988), Italian football player
 * Asante Samuel (born 1981), American football player
 * Asante Samuel Jr. (born 1999), American football player

In fiction

 * Mr Asante, a Ghanaian barber shop owner played by Samuel Frimpong in the British web series Corner Shop Show.