Assaf (name)

Assaf is both a masculine given name and a surname. This spelling in English represents two unrelated names, Hebrew אָסָף /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, Israeli singer and producer
Assaf Azo, Israeli football player
Assaf Bernstein, Israeli film writer, director, and producer
Assaf Cohen, American actor
Assaf Gavron, Israeli writer, novelist, translator and musician
Assaf HaRofeh, Hebrew medical writer known as Asaph the Jew
Assaf Hefetz, Israeli police commissioner
Assaf Inbari, Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist
Assaf Kehati, Israeli jazz guitarist, composer, bandleader and educator based in Boston
Assaf Khalifa, Syrian football player
Assaf Kidron, Israeli sculptor
Assaf Kraus, Israeli musician, missFlag
Assaf Lowengart, Israeli baseball player
Assaf Naor, Czech-Israeli mathematician and computer scientist
Assaf Abu Rahhal, Lebanese journalist
Assaf Al-Qarni, Saudi Arabian football player
Assaf Ramon, Israeli pilot
Assaf Rappaport, Israeli billionaire businessman
Assaf Schuster, Israeli computer scientist
Assaf Shaham, Israeli artist
Assaf Shelleg, Israeli-American musicologist and pianist
Assaf Yaguri, Israeli soldier and politician

People with the surname

Ami Assaf, Israeli politician
Joseph Assaf, Australian businessman
Mikhayl Assaf, archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Mohammad Assaf, Palestinian pop singer
Rima Assaf, Lebanese journalist and anchor
Roger Assaf, Lebanese playwright
Roy Assaf (actor), Israeli actor
Roy Assaf (choreographer), Israeli choreographer
Roy Assaf (musician), Israeli jazz pianist and composer based in New York
Samir Assaf, Lebanese banker and businessman
Walid Assaf, Palestinian politician
Woodie Assaf, American weatherman
Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, Saudi Arabian politician