Hafiz (name)
Hafiz or Hafez is an Arabic name.
Notable people with the name include:
Mononym
- Hafez or Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi, a 14th-century Persian mystic and poet. Sometimes credited as "Hafiz" or "Hafiz of Shiraz"
- Abdul Hafiz (VC), British Indian Army officer and Victoria Cross recipient
- Abdul Hafiz (Guantanamo detainee 1030)
- Hafiz al-Iraqi, Islamic scholar
Given name
Hafez
- Hafez Ahmadullah, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
- Hafez al-Assad, president of Syria 1971–2000
- Hafez Ibrahim, also referred to as Hafiz, Egyptian poet of the early 20th century
Hafiz
- Hafiz (Malaysian singer), winner of the seventh season of Akademi Fantasia
- Al-Hafiz, the eleventh Caliph of the Fatimids
- Hafiz Alam Sairani, Indian politician
- Hafiz Ali Khan, Indian sarod player
- Hafiz Alpuri, Sufi Pashto poet
- Hafiz Hakki, Ottoman general
- Hafiz Hashim, Malaysian badminton player, full name Muhammad Hafiz Hashim
- Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician
- Hafiz Khan, Fijian businessman and politician
- Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Pakistani Islamist militant, co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and the chief of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah, UN-designated terrorist organisations operating mainly from Pakistan
- Hafiz Pashayev, Azerbaijani politician
- Hafiz Rahim, Singaporean footballer
- Hafiz Rahmat Khan, ruler and warrior in North India
- Hafiz Siddiqi, Bangladeshi academic
Hafız
- Hafız Selman İzbeli, Turkish militiawoman
Surname
Hafez
- Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor
- Bahiga Hafez, Egyptian screenwriter, composer, director, editor, producer and actress
- Nada Hafez, Egyptian sabre fencer
- Farid Hafez, Austrian political scientist
- Karim Hafez, Egyptian footballer
- Mohammed Hafez, specialist in Islamist movements, political militancy and violent radicalization
- Mohamed Ali Hafez, administrator with the Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization
- Nevine Hafez, Egyptian swimmer
- Randa Hafez, Egyptian pop singer
- Salah al-Deen Hafez, Egyptian writer and journalist
- Sherwite Hafez, Egyptian swimmer
- Sulayman Hafez, Egyptian lawyer and politician
- Suleiman Hafez, Jordanian economist and politician
- Yasser Abdel Hafez, Egyptian novelist and journalist
- Yousry Hafez, Egyptian amateur boxer
Hafiz
- Helal Hafiz, Bangladeshi poet
- Hisham Hafiz, Saudi Arabian author and newspaper publisher
- Mirza Ghulam Hafiz, Bangladeshi politician
- Nezam Hafiz, Guyanese-American first class cricketer
Al Hafez / Al Hafiz
- Amin al-Hafez (Lebanon), Lebanese politician, former Prime Minister of Lebanon
- Amin al-Hafiz, Syrian politician, General and member of the Ba'ath Party who served as the President of Syria from 27 July 1963 to 23 February 1966