Asante is both an Ashanti surname and a masculine Ashanti given name. Notable people with the Ashanti name include:
As a surname Akwasi Asante (born 1992), Dutch footballer Amma Asante (born 1969), British film director and producer Amma Asante (politician) (born 1972), Dutch politician Anita Asante (born 1985), English footballer David Asante (1834–1892), Akan Basel missionary, linguist, and educator Ernest Asante (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer Eugene Asante (born 2001), American football player Gyearbuor Asante (1941–2000), Ghanaian actor K. B. Asante (1924–2018), Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta (1912–1978), 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 Raymond Asante (born 2004), Ghanaian footballer Sarah Asante (born 1975), Ghanaian commissioner and executive producer, BBC and UKTV Shaheera Asante (born 1966), British radio and television presenter Solomon Asante (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer Uriah Asante (1992–2016), Ghanaian footballer Yaw Asante (born 1991), Ghanaian footballer
As a given name Asante Blackk (born 2001), American actor Asante Cleveland (born 1992), American football player Asante Gullit Okyere (born 1988), Italian football player Asante Samuel (born 1981), American football player Asante Samuel Jr. (born 1999), American football player
In fiction Mr Asante, a Ghanaian barber shop owner played by Samuel Frimpong in the British web series Corner Shop Show.