Asad

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Asad (Arabic: أسد), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion". 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

• Asadullah (disambiguation), multiple people
• Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, early Islamic historical figure
• Asad Abdul Rahman (born 1944), Palestinian political scientist, academic and politician
• Asad Ahmad, journalist for BBC News and newsreader for BBC London
• Asad Q. Ahmed, American scholar
• Asad Al Faqih (1910–1989), Lebanese lawyer and diplomat
• Asad ibn al-Furat (760–828) jurist and theologian
• Asad ibn Hashim, maternal grandfather of Ali ibn Abi Talib
• Asaduddin Owaisi, Indian politician
• Asad Raza (artist), Pakistani-American artist
• Asad Rustum, Lebanese historian, academic and writer
• Asad ibn Saman, early Samanid
• Assad Saftawi (1935–1993), Palestinian Fatah cofounder and leader
• Asad Shafiq, Pakistan test cricketer
• Asad Umar, Pakistani lawmaker and former politician
• Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed, former IAS officer from Hyderabad

Surname

• Audrey Assad, American singer-songwriter and Contemporary Christian music artist
• Clarice Assad, Sérgio's daughter, a classical and jazz composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist
• Javier Assad (born 1997), Mexican baseball player
• Julio Asad (born 1953), Argentine footballer
• María de Lourdes Dieck-Assad, Lebanese-Mexican economist
• Muhammad Asad, born Leopold Weiss, influential 20th-century writer and political theorist
• Omar Asad (born 1971), Argentine footballer
• Sérgio Assad, Brazilian classical composer, guitarist
• Talal Asad, anthropologist, son of Muhammad Asad
• Yamil Asad (born 1994), Argentine footballer

See also

• Asad (disambiguation)
• Asadi (disambiguation)
• Aslan (disambiguation)
• Al Asad Airbase
• Haydar
• Lions in Islam
• Qaswarah
• Shir, a Persian term for 'Lion'