Rifat

Rifat or Rifaat is both a given name and a surname of Arabic origin (). Notable people with the name include:

==Given name== Rifaat al-Assad (1937–2026), Syrian politician Rifaat Eid (born 1977), Lebanese politician Rifaat El-Fanagily (1936–2004), Egyptian footballer Rifaat Garrana (1929–2017), Egyptian composer Rifaat Hussain (1952–2025), Pakistani political scientist, professor, defense analyst and television personality Rifaat el-Mahgoub (1926–1990), Egyptian politician Rifaat Turk (born 1954), Team Israel Olympic footballer, Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv Rifat Artikov (born 1983), Uzbek decathlete Rifat Atun, British physician and academic Rifat Chadirji (1926–2020), Iraqi Turkmen architect Rifat Dedja, Albanian politician Rifat Hadžiselimović (born 1944), Bosnian geneticist Rifat Hasan (born 1980), Bangladeshi writer and poet Rifat Hoxha (born 1946), Albanian author and historian Rifat Ibërshimi (born 1950), Albanian footballer Rifat Jashari (born 1946), Kosovar Albanian public figure and patriarch of the Jashari family Rifat Odeh Kassis, Palestinian human rights activist Rifat Kukaj (1938–2005), Kosovar Albanian writer Rifat Latifi (born 1955), Kosovar-American surgeon Rifat Mustafin (born 1983), Russian footballer Rifat Ozbek (born 1953), Turkish-British fashion designer Rifat Pradhan (born 1997), Bangladeshi cricketer Rifat Rastoder (1950–2023), Montenegrin politician Rifat Shaykhutdinov (born 1963), Russian politician Rifat Zhemaletdinov (born 1996), Russian Tatar footballer