# Agassi

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'''Agassi''' is a [surname](/source/surname) most prevalent among certain ethnic groups in and around [Iran](/source/Iran), such as Assyrians, Babylonian and Persian Jews and (rarely) Persian Muslims. In many cases it is an anglicization of the [Armenian](/source/Armenians) surname '''Aghassian'''.

==People with the given name==
*[Agasi Babayan](/source/Agasi_Babayan), (1921–1995) Armenian film director, screenwriter and actor

==People with the surname==

* [Andre Agassi](/source/Andre_Agassi) (born 1970), American retired professional tennis player
* [Carlos Agassi](/source/Carlos_Agassi) (born 1979), Iranian-Filipino rapper and model
* [Emmanuel Agassi](/source/Emmanuel_Agassi) (1930–2021), Armenian boxer from Iran, father of Andre Agassi
* [Evin Agassi](/source/Evin_Agassi) (1945–2024), Assyrian singer

===People of Jewish origin with the surname===

* [Joseph Agassi](/source/Joseph_Agassi) (1927–2023), Israeli academic
* [Shai Agassi](/source/Shai_Agassi) (born 1968), Israeli executive 
* [Shimon Agassi](/source/Shimon_Agassi) (1852–1914), Baghdadi rabbi

==Other uses==
*[''Agassi'' (film)](/source/Agassi_(film)), a 2016 South Korean thriller film

==See also==
* [Agassiz (disambiguation)](/source/Agassiz_(disambiguation))
* [Aghasi (name)](/source/Aghasi_(name))
* [Aghasi](/source/Aghasi_(name))n
* [Agha](/source/Agha_(disambiguation))
* [Aqasi](/source/Aqasi)

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