rassam

{{Infobox Given Name Revised|name=Rassam|pronunciation={{IPA|ar|/ras.saːm/|}}|gender=|meaning=artist, painter, draftsman|origin=Arabic: رسام (Rassam)|alternative spelling=|nickname=}}

Rassam ({{Langx|ar|رسّام}}) also spelled with the definite article Al Rassam, is a common Arabic surname meaning artist, painter or draftsman. The noun is also present in Azerbaijani, Turkish, and Uzbek.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Abdul Qadir Al Rassam (1882–1952), Iraqi painter
• Dimitri Rassam, French film producer
• Hind Rassam Culhane, Iraqi and Lebanese educator and journalist of Assyrian descent
• Hormuzd Rassam (1826–1910), native Assyrian and Christian Assyriologist
• Hossein Rassam, former employee of the British Embassy in Tehran
• Hussam Al Rassam, Iraqi singer
• Ibn Rassam, Egyptian Muslim alchemist and tile-maker and mosaic designer, who flourished during the Mamluk Bahri dynasty
• Jean-Pierre Rassam, French Lebanese film producer
• Julien Rassam, French Lebanese actor

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