Arief may refer to:
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
- Zaenal Arief (born 1981), Indonesian retired professional footballer
Given name:
- Arief Budiman (1941–2020), Muslim Chinese Indonesian sociologist and professor
- Imam Arief Fadillah (born 1989), Indonesian professional footballer
- Arief Hidayat (born 1956), the fifth Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia
- 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