{{wiktionary|رفعت}} '''Rifat''' or '''Rifaat''' is both a given name and a surname of Arabic origin ({{langx|ar|رفعت}}). Notable people with the name include:
==Given name== *Rifaat al-Assad (1937–2026), Syrian politician *Rifaat Eid (born 1977), Lebanese politician *Rifaat El-Fanagily (1936–2004), Egyptian footballer *Rifaat Garrana (1929–2017), Egyptian composer *Rifaat Hussain (1952–2025), Pakistani political scientist, professor, defense analyst and television personality *Rifaat el-Mahgoub (1926–1990), Egyptian politician *Rifaat Turk (born 1954), Team Israel Olympic footballer, Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv *Rifat Artikov (born 1983), Uzbek decathlete *Rifat Atun, British physician and academic *Rifat Chadirji (1926–2020), Iraqi Turkmen architect *Rifat Dedja, Albanian politician *Rifat Hadžiselimović (born 1944), Bosnian geneticist *Rifat Hasan (born 1980), Bangladeshi writer and poet *Rifat Hoxha (born 1946), Albanian author and historian *Rifat Ibërshimi (born 1950), Albanian footballer *Rifat Jashari (born 1946), Kosovar Albanian public figure and patriarch of the Jashari family *Rifat Odeh Kassis, Palestinian human rights activist *Rifat Kukaj (1938–2005), Kosovar Albanian writer *Rifat Latifi (born 1955), Kosovar-American surgeon *Rifat Mustafin (born 1983), Russian footballer *Rifat Ozbek (born 1953), Turkish-British fashion designer *Rifat Pradhan (born 1997), Bangladeshi cricketer *Rifat Rastoder (1950–2023), Montenegrin politician *Rifat Shaykhutdinov (born 1963), Russian politician *Rifat Zhemaletdinov (born 1996), Russian Tatar footballer
==Surname== *Ahmed Rifaat (1942–2017), Egpytian football coach *Ahmed Rifaat (judge), Egyptian judge *Ahmad Rifaat Pasha (1825–1858), Egyptian royal *Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996), Egyptian author *Bilal Rifaat (born 1957), Egyptian fencer *Kamal Rifaat (1921–1977), Egyptian military officer and politician *Nozad Saleh Rifaat (born 1941), Iraqi Kurdish physician and politician *Rasheek Rifaat, Canadian electrical engineer
==See also== *{{intitle|Rifat}} *{{intitle|Rifaat}} *Rafat (name) *Rahat (disambiguation) *Refaat {{given name|type=both}} Category:Arabic-language masculine given names Category:Bosniak given names Category:Bosnian masculine given names Category:Turkish masculine given names Category:Masculine given names