Avshalom Gissin (Hebrew: אבשלום גיסין; 1896 – 5 May 1921) was a Jewish officer in the Ottoman Army and a Zionist pioneer, who was killed during the 1921 Palestine riots while defending Petah Tikva.

As a student in the local school, Gissin was active in movement which aimed to substitute the teaching language from French to Hebrew.

Gissin joined the Ottoman Army upon graduation, and as an officer was stationed in a military school in Istanbul as a sports instructor.

At the start of the 1921 Palestine riots, Gissin returned to Petah Tikva, where he set up a line of defense against the local Arabs.

[1] In October 1922, after a period of inactivity, Maccabi Petah Tikva was re-established and was named after Gissin.