Bazil George Assan (1 August 1860 – 16 June 1918) was a Romanian engineer, explorer and economist.

Belonging to a wealthy family in Bucharest, Assan was an important figure in the industrialization of the Kingdom of Romania.

[2] Gheorghe G. Assan, his brother who was born in 1862, studied commerce in Antwerp, Belgium, and held various positions in commercial and other institutions.

[4] In 1904, Assan built a 41 metres (135 feet) high grain silo, which became the tallest building in Bucharest at the time.

[1] Assan, stimulated by his knowledge of economics, commerce and industry, was greatly interested in discovering the world.

Therefore, in the summer of 1896, he embarked on the Norwegian ship Erling Jarl and, along with other scientists of various nationalities, traveled to the Arctic.

[1] Afterwards, between 1897 and 1898,[1] departing from Constanța,[4] he passed through Constantinople, Alexandria, Ceylon, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Tokyo, Yokohama, San Francisco, New York and London, establishing several trade agreements and becoming the first Romanian to travel around the world.