Assen is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It can also refer to:
Surname
edit- Jan van Assen (1635–1695), Dutch Golden Age painter
- Miguel van Assen (born 1997), Surinamese athlete
Given name
edit- Assen Blatechki (born 1971), Bulgarian actor
- Assen Bossev (1913–1997), Bulgarian author
- Assen Jordanoff (1896–1967), Bulgarian inventor
- Assen Najdenow (1899–1995), Bulgarian conductor
- Assen Pandov (born 1984), Bulgarian short-track speed skater
- Assen Razcvetnikov (1897–1951), Bulgarian poet