Famous People with Name Asad

Asad Ali Khan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Asad Ali Khan: an Indian rudra veena player. Khan performs in the Indian classical music style dhrupad and is one of a few remaining rudra veena players who perform in public. He was awarded the Indian civilian honor Padma Bhushan for his music.His ancestors were royal musicians in the courts of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh,[3] and Jaipur, Rajasthan in the 18th century.[4] His great-grandfather[4] Rajab Ali Khan was head of the court musicians in Jaipur and owned a village land holding.[5] His grandfather Musharraf Khan was court musician in Alwar,[4] as was his father Sadiq Ali Khan,[6] who taught Khan the Beenkar (rudra veena player) gharana of Jaipur[2] and vocals for fifteen years.[4]

Asad Chowdhury            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Asad Chowdhury: a prominent poet, writer, translator, radio, TV personality and journalist, as well as a cultural activist in Bangladesh. He received a Masters in Bengali in 1964 from Dhaka University and is the father of three sons and one daughter.Chowdhury is a former director at the Bangla Academy, Dhaka and worked as an editor at the Bengali service of Deutsche Welle after his retirement. During the liberation war of Bangladesh, Chowdhury was a contributor and broadcaster of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra in Kalkata. He started his profession as a lecturer in Bengali language and literature at Brahmanbaria College in 1973. He has also been assistant editor in “The Joybangla” (Kalkata, 1971) and in “The Daily Janapada” (Dhaka, February 1973). He was a correspondent for The Daily Purbodesh from 1968 to 1971.

Asadollah "Asad" Valla            Origin/Culture/Country: Irish

Asadollah "Asad" Valla: is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. A left-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he has played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team since 2005. In 2007, he played in Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin and most recently represented

Asaduddin Owaisi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Asaduddin Owaisi: is a Barrister, Indian politician and President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Since 2008. He is a Member of Parliament (MP) representing Hyderabad constituency in Lok Sabha Lower House of the Indian Parliament Since 2004. Barrister Asadudd

Muhammad Asad            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Muhammad Asad: was a Jew who converted to Islam and later served as one of the first Pakistani ambassadors to the United Nations. Asad was a descendant of a long line of rabbis. However, his father was a barrister. He received a thorough religious education. He was proficient in Hebrew from an early age and was also familiar with Aramaic. He studied the Old Testament, as well as the text and commentaries of the Talmud, the Mishna and Gemara.

Julio "El Turco" Daniel Asad            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Julio "El Turco" Daniel Asad: a former footballer and Manager. He is currently the manager of Al Nassr of the Saudi Premier League. As a player, he participated with Argentina in Copa América 1975.After he retired from professional football, he became a manager. He has coached clubs in Argentina, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, and El Salvador. He's been very successful in his era of coaching.

Omar Andrés Asad            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Omar Andrés Asad: a former footballer from Argentina. His first match in the Primera División Argentina came in 1992 when he participated in a match for his team, Vélez Sársfield, against Talleres de Córdoba. He played as a striker and was characterised by being strong and quick.He was a determinant player in the best times of Vélez Sársfield, altogether with mananger Carlos Bianchi and Paraguayan goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert. With Vélez, Asad won the Clausura in 1993 and after that, the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup, in which he was declared Man of the Match having scored the second goal against A.C.

Shaker Asad            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Shaker Asad: was a Palestinian soccer midfielder who spent three seasons in Major League Soccer and one in the USL First Division. He also played for the Palestinian national team.