Arief is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Surname A. Hamid Arief (1924–1992), Indonesian actor who appeared in more than 120 films Basrief Arief (1947–2021), Indonesian prosecutor, Attorney General of Indonesia Etty Hadiwati Arief (1957–2025), Indonesian author Muhammad Arief (c. 1904 – ???), Indonesian musician Zaenal Arief (born 1981), Indonesian retired professional footballer
Given name Arief Muhammad Basalamah (born 1966), Indonesian diplomat Arief Budiman (1941–2020), Muslim Chinese Indonesian sociologist and professor Arief Catur (born 1999), Indonesian footballer Imam Arief Fadillah (born 1989), Indonesian professional footballer Arief Hidayat (born 1956), the fifth Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia Arief Hidayat (diplomat) (born 1965), Indonesian diplomat Arief Mulyadi, captain of the crashed 2007 flight One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 Ilham Arief Sirajuddin (born 1965), Indonesian former politician, mayor of Makassar Arief Rachadiono Wismansyah (born 1977), the mayor of Tangerang Arief Yahya (born 1961), the former Minister of Tourism of Indonesia
See also Arif (disambiguation)