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Asaf

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Asaf is a name. People with the name include:

Given name

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  • alternate spelling of Saint Asaph (died 601), Welsh Roman Catholic saint and bishop
  • Asaf-ud-Daula, Nawab wazir of Awadh
  • Asaf Abdrakhmanov (1918–2000), Soviet sailor during World War II; award the title Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Assaf Amdursky (born 1971), Israeli singer, songwriter and music producer
  • Asaf Ali (1888–1953), Indian independence fighter and lawyer
  • Asaf Assi Dayan (born 1945), Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter and producer; son of Moshe Dayan
  • Asaf Avidan (born 1980), Israeli singer-songwriter and musician
  • Asaf Duraković (born 1940), Croatian physician and expert in nuclear medicine and depleted uranium
  • Asaf Hanuka (born 1974), Israeli illustrator and comic book artist, notable for his autobiographical comic The Realist
  • Assaf Hefetz (born 1944), commissioner of the Israeli Police
  • Asaf Humayun (born 1951), retired vice admiral of the Pakistan Navy
  • Asaf Khan (disambiguation), several Mughal noblemen
  • Asaf Messerer (1903–1992), Russian Jewish ballet dancer and teacher
  • Asaf Shariv (born 1972), Israel's Consul General in New York
  • Asaf Yasur (born 2002), Israeli Paralympic champion and world champion taekwondo athlete
  • Asaf Zeynally (1909–1932), Azerbaijani composer
  • Asaf Simhoni (1922–1956), Israeli Major General

Surname

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

See also

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