Yasser (also spelled Yaser, Yasir, or Yassir; Arabic: ياسر, Yāsir) is an Arabic male name meaning “to be of ease” or “of wealth”.^[1]

• Yasir Abdullah (born 2000), American gridiron football player
• Yasir ibn Amir (died 615 C.E.) is known in the Islamic traditions as the second person in history to be martyred for having adopted the faith of Islam.
• Yaser Abdel Said (born 1957), Egyptian fugitive wanted for the murder of his two daughters
• Yassir Abdul-Mohsen, Iraqi footballer
• Yaser Salem Ali, Emirati footballer
• Yasser Arafat (1929–2004), Palestinian leader
• Yasir Arafat (disambiguation), multiple people
• Yasser al-Azma, Syrian writer and actor
• Yasser Al-Baadani (born 1986), Yemeni football defender
• Yasser Al Borhamy (born 1958), Egyptian Muslim activist
• Yasser Ibrahim Farag (born 1984), Egyptian shot putter
• Yasser Al-Habib, Shia Muslim Scholar and founder of Fadak TV
• Yasser el Halaby, Egyptian squash player
• Yaser Kasim, Iraqi footballer
• Yasser Khalil (born 1972), Egyptian journalist
• Yasser Al Mosailem (born 1984), Saudi Arabian professional football player
• Yasser Portuondo (born 1983), Cuban volleyball player
• Yasir Qadhi, American Islamic Scholar of Pakistani origin
• Yasser Al-Qahtani (born 1982), Saudi Arabian professional football player
• Yassir Raad, Iraqi footballer
• Yasser Abd Rabbo (born 1944), Palestinian politician
• Yasser Hashemi Rafsanjani (born 1971), Iranian politician
• Yasser Seirawan (born 1960), American chess player
• Yasir Shah (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
• Yaser Shigan, Syrian boxer
• Yassir al-Sirri, Egyptian militant
• Yaser Yıldız, Turkish footballer
• Yasser Talal Al Zahrani (1984–2006), Saudi Arabian extra-judicial prisoner of the United States

• Ammar ibn Yasir, one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
• Hussein Yasser (born 1984), Egyptian-Qatari footballer
• Omar Yaser Ismail (born 2005), Palestinian taekwondo athlete
• Ramadan Yasser (born 1980), Egyptian boxer