Asad (), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion".[David Larsen, Names of the Lion by Ibn Khālawayh] It is used in nicknames such as Asad Allāh, one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Notable people named "Asad" or "Assad" include:
Given name
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Asadullah (disambiguation), multiple people
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Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, early Islamic historical figure
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Asad Abdul Rahman (born 1944), Palestinian political scientist, academic and politician
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Asad Ahmad, journalist for BBC News and newsreader for BBC London
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Asad Q. Ahmed, American scholar
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Asad Al Faqih (1910–1989), Lebanese lawyer and diplomat
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Asad ibn al-Furat (760–828) jurist and theologian
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Asad ibn Hashim, maternal grandfather of Ali ibn Abi Talib
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Asaduddin Owaisi, Indian politician
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Asad Raza (artist), Pakistani-American artist
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Asad Rustum, Lebanese historian, academic and writer
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Asad ibn Saman, early Samanid
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Assad Saftawi (1935–1993), Palestinian Fatah cofounder and leader
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Asad Shafiq, Pakistan test cricketer
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Asad Umar, Pakistani lawmaker and former politician
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Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed, former IAS officer from Hyderabad
Surname
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Audrey Assad, American singer-songwriter and Contemporary Christian music artist
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Clarice Assad, Sérgio's daughter, a classical and jazz composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist
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Javier Assad (born 1997), Mexican baseball player
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Julio Asad (born 1953), Argentine footballer
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María de Lourdes Dieck-Assad, Lebanese-Mexican economist
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Muhammad Asad, born Leopold Weiss, influential 20th-century writer and political theorist
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Omar Asad (born 1971), Argentine footballer
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Sérgio Assad, Brazilian classical composer, guitarist
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Talal Asad, anthropologist, son of Muhammad Asad
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Yamil Asad (born 1994), Argentine footballer
Al-Assad family
The
Al-Assad family is an Alawite family from the Latakia region (specifically Qardaha), which held political power in Syria between 1970 and 2024. The family has produced two presidents:
Other family members include:
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