Assaf is both a masculine given name and a surname. This spelling in English represents two unrelated names,

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عَسَاف /ʕa.saːf/, both of which can be used as given names and surnames. Notable people with the name include:

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Assaf dynasty The Assaf dynasty (also called Banu Assaf) were a Sunni Muslim and ethnic Turkmen dynasty of chieftains based in the Keserwan region of Mount Lebanon in the 14th–16th centuries. They came to the area in 1306 after being assigned by the Bahri ...

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

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Assaf Amdursky Assaf Amdursky ( he, אסף אמדורסקי; born January 30, 1971) is an Israeli singer, songwriter and music producer. Music career Amdursky began his career in Israel with the band "Taarovet Escot", which also included Amir "Jango" Rusianu ...

(born 1971), Israeli singer and producer * Assaf Azo (born 1984), Israeli footballer *

Assaf Bernstein Assaf Bernstein ( he, אסף ברנשטיין; born 8 July 1970) is an Israeli screenwriter, film director and film producer. Life and works Bernstein was born in Israel and graduated cum laude from NYU Film School. Bernstein began his film ca ...

(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 Asaph the Jew ( ''Assaf HaYehudi''), also known as Asaph ben Berechiah and Asaph the Physician ( ''Asaph HaRofe'') is a figure mentioned in the ancient Jewish medical text the ''Sefer Refuot'' (lit. “Book of Medicines”). Thought by some to have ...

, Hebrew medical writer known as Asaph the Jew *

Assaf Hefetz Assaf Hefetz ( he, אסף חפץ; born 1944) was commissioner of the Israeli Police. Biography Hefetz was drafted into the Israeli Defense Forces in 1962. He volunteered as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade. He served as a soldier and a ...

(born 1944), commissioner of the Israeli Police *

Assaf Inbari Assaf Inbari ( he, אסף ענברי) (born March 9, 1968) is an Israeli novelist and journalist. He is the Asper Chair in Zionist Studies at Shalem College in Jerusalem and teaches at Kinneret College and . Biography Assaf Inbari was born and r ...

(born 1968), Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist * Assaf Kehati (born 1979), Israeli jazz guitarist, composer, bandleader and educator based in Boston *

Assaf Khalifa Assaf Khalifa ( ar, عساف خليفة; born 1968) is a Syrian former footballer who played as a forward. Club career Khalifa was the first foreign player from outside the former USSR in the Russian Football Premier League when he joined FC Z ...

(born 1968), Syrian football player *

Assaf Kidron Assaf Kidron ( he, אסף קדרון, born February 12, 1976) is an Israel, Israeli sculptor who works mainly with stone. His creations enhance memorial and religious sites throughout Israel. Biography Assaf Kidron was born to Yosef and Rachel K ...

(born 1976), Israeli sculptor *

Assaf Kraus missFlag is an indie pop- rock band from Jerusalem. Formed in 2005, the band's music is mostly influenced by the new wave of British music and alternative rock. The band consists of Gil Assayas ( keyboards and lead vocals), Assa Bukelman (elec ...

, member of the Israeli indie pop-rock band

missFlag missFlag is an indie pop-rock band from Jerusalem. Formed in 2005, the band's music is mostly influenced by the new wave of British music and alternative rock. The band consists of Gil Assayas (keyboards and lead vocals), Assa Bukelman (electri ...

* Assaf Lowengart (born 1998), Israeli baseball player on Team Israel *

Assaf Naor Assaf Naor (born May 7, 1975) is an Israeli American and Czech mathematician, computer scientist, and a professor of mathematics at Princeton University. Academic career Naor earned a baccalaureate from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1996 ...

(born 1975), Czech-Israeli mathematician, computer scientist, and professor * Assaf Abu Rahhal (1955–2010), Lebanese journalist *

Assaf Al-Qarni Assaf Al-Qarni (born April 2, 1984) is a Saudi Arabian football goalkeeper who represented Saudi Arabia in the 2007 Asian Cup. He was named in Saudi Arabia's preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Honours ; Al-Ittihad * Saudi C ...

(born 1984), Saudi Arabian football goalkeeper *

Assaf Ramon Ilan Ramon ( he, אילן רמון; , born Ilan Wolfferman ; June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut. Ramon was a Space Shuttle payload specialist of STS-107, the fatal mission of ...

(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

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* Ami Assaf (1903–1963), Israeli politician * Joseph Assaf (born 1944), Australian businessman *

Mikhayl Assaf Mikhayl Assaf (27 October 1887 in Damascus, Syria – 10 August 1970) was the second archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman. He was the successor to Archbish ...

(1887–1970), archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church * Mohammad Assaf (born 1989), Palestinian pop singer *

Rima Assaf Rima Assaf (Arabic: ريما عساف; born March 10, 1970) is a Lebanese journalist and anchor. Early life Rima Assaf was born in Hardine, North Lebanon and raised in Chekka, North Lebanon. Her mother is a housewife and her father, now deceas ...

(born 1970), Lebanese journalist and anchor *

Roger Assaf Roger Assaf (in Arabic روجيه عساف ; born in 1941) is a Lebanese playwright, director and actor. Biography Assaf was born in Lebanon, son of Joseph Assaf and Rosette Brunas. His father was Lebanese and his mother was French. He studied i ...

, Lebanese playwright * Roy Assaf (actor) (born 1979), Israeli actor * Roy Assaf (choreographer) (born 1982), Israeli choreographer *

Roy Assaf (musician) Roy Assaf (born 1982) is a New York-based Israeli jazz pianist and composer. Career Born in Beersheba, he studied at Tel Aviv Conservatory, Berklee College of Music and Manhattan School of Music, from which he received an MA in May 2008. In 2008, ...

(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 Woodrow Assaf (March 15, 1917 − November 13, 2009)

(1917−2009), American weatherman *

Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Assaf ( ar, إبراهيم بن عبد العزيز بن عبد الله العساف; born 28 January 1949) is a Saudi politician who served as finance minister, foreign minister, and state minister of Saud ...

(born 1949), Minister of State and Former Finance Minister And Forign Minister of Saudi Arabia.

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