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 Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia.