# Asaf

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This article is about the name. For the institution formerly known as ASAF, see [Asian Securities and Investments Federation](/source/Asian_Securities_and_Investments_Federation).

**Asaf** is a name. People with the name include:

## Given name

- alternate spelling of [Saint Asaph](/source/Saint_Asaph) (died 601), Welsh Roman Catholic saint and bishop
- [Asaf-ud-Daula](/source/Asaf-ud-Daula), Nawab wazir of [Awadh](/source/Oudh)
- [Asaf Abdrakhmanov](/source/Asaf_Abdrakhmanov) (1918–2000), Soviet sailor during World War II; award the title Hero of the Soviet Union
- [Asaf Ali](/source/Asaf_Ali) (1888–1953), Indian independence fighter and lawyer
- [Asaf Avidan](/source/Asaf_Avidan) (born 1980), Israeli singer-songwriter and musician
- Asaf [Assi Dayan](/source/Assi_Dayan) (born 1945), Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter and producer; son of Moshe Dayan
- [Asaf Duraković](/source/Asaf_Durakovi%C4%87) (1940–2020), Croatian physician and expert in nuclear medicine and depleted uranium
- [Asaf Hanuka](/source/Asaf_Hanuka) (born 1974), Israeli illustrator and comic book artist
- [Asaf Humayun](/source/Asaf_Humayun) (born 1951), retired vice admiral of the Pakistan Navy
- [Asaf Khan (disambiguation)](/source/Asaf_Khan_(disambiguation)), several Mughal noblemen
- [Asaf Lifshitz](/source/Asaf_Lifshitz) (1942–2025), Israeli sculptor
- [Asaf Messerer](/source/Asaf_Messerer) (1903–1992), Russian Jewish ballet dancer and teacher
- [Asaf Shariv](/source/Asaf_Shariv) (born 1972), Israel's Consul General in New York
- [Asaf Yasur](/source/Asaf_Yasur) (born 2002), Israeli Paralympic champion and world champion [taekwondo](/source/Taekwondo) athlete
- [Asaf Zeynally](/source/Asaf_Zeynally) (1909–1932), Azerbaijani composer
- [Asaf Simhoni](/source/Asaf_Simhoni) (1922–1956), Israeli Major General

## Surname

- George Asaf, pseudonym of [George Henry Powell](/source/George_Henry_Powell) (1880–1951), Welsh songwriter best known for writing "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag"

## See also

- [Asif](/source/Asif), a given name
- [Assaf (disambiguation)](/source/Assaf_(disambiguation))
- [Asafu](/source/Asafu)
- [Asaf Jahi dynasty](/source/Asaf_Jahi_dynasty)

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