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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
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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 Forign Minister of Saudi Arabia.
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