Asante (name)

Asante is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Akwasi Asante (born 1992), Dutch footballer
• Amma Asante (born 1969), British film director and producer
• Anita Asante (born 1985), English footballer
• Ernest Asante (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer
• Gyearbuor Asante (1941–2000), Ghanaian actor
• Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, Ghanaian politician
• Kyle Asante (born 1991), English footballer
• Larry Asante (born 1988), American football player
• Molefi Kete Asante (born 1942), American writer, scholar, historian, and philosopher
• M.K. Asante, Jr. (born 1982), American writer, filmmaker, and professor
• Okyerema Asante, Ghanaian drummer
• Richard Asante (born 1985), Canadian-Ghanaian footballer
• Shaheera Asante (born 1966), British radio and television presenter
• Solomon Asante (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer
• Wiafe Asante Mensah, Ghanaian musician
• Yaw Asante (born 1991), Ghanaian footballer

Give name:

• Asante Cleveland (born 1992), American football player
• Asante Gullit Okyere (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer
• Asante Samuel (born 1981), American football player