Adib (also spelled Adeeb) ( Arabic:أديب) is a given name and a surname meaning enlighted writer or one who practises '' adab''. Notable people having this name:

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;Adeeb * Adeeb (1934–2006), Pakistani film actor * Adeeb Ahamed, Indian businessman * Adeeb Al-Haizan (born 2001), Saudi Arabian footballer * Adeeb Khalid (born 1964), American professor ;Adib *

Adib Barakat Adib Barakat ( ar, أديب بركات , born 6 June 1982 in Syria) is a Syrian footballer who plays as a defender for Bowsher, which competes in the Omani First Division and is a former member of the Syria national football team ) , Assoc ...

(born 1982), Syrian footballer *

Adib Boroumand Adib Boroumand (or Adīb Borūmand) ( fa, ادیب برومند; 11 June 1924 – 13 March 2017) was an Iranian poet, politician, and lawyer. He was the head of the leadership council and chairman of the central council of the National Front of ...

(1924–2017), Iranian poet * Adib Fahim (born 1980s), Afghan politician *

Adib Farhadi Adib Farhadi (born 1972) is an assistant professor at University of South Florida and coordinator of USF's Executive Education Program. Farhadi is a former Afghanistan Deputy Minister of Commerce. Early life and education Farhadi was born in Kabu ...

(born 1972), Afghan professor *

Adib Ishaq Adib Ishaq ( ar, اديب اسحق, ; 21 January 1856 – 12 June 1885) was an important Syrian literary figure of nineteenth-century Arab Nahda. Born in Damascus (then a city of the Ottoman Empire, and the present-day capital of Syria), he was ...

(1856–1885), Syrian literary figure *

Adib Domingos Jatene Adib Domingos Jatene (June 4, 1929 – November 14, 2014) was a noted Brazilian physician of Lebanese background, university professor, scientist and thoracic surgeon. He is remembered as the inventor of the arterial switch operation (somet ...

(1929–2014), Brazilian physician *

Adib Khan Adib Khan is an Australian novelist of Bangladeshi origin. He moved to Australia in 1973 and obtained an MA from Monash University in 1976. He taught creative writing at Ballarat University, and in 2007 returned to Monash to pursue a PhD. Kh ...

, Australian novelist *

Adib Khansari Adib Khansari (born Esmaeil Khansari; 1901 – January 25, 1982) was an Iranian musician. He started music from childhood when his first music teacher was Andalib Golpaygani in Khansar. When he was 18, he moved to Isfahan. In 1921, he was ...

(1901–1982), Iranian musician * Adib Kheir, Syrian nationalist * Adib Raop (born 1999), Malaysian footballer * Adib Sabir (died 1143 AD), Persian poet * Adib Shishakli (1909–1964), Syrian military leader * Adib Taherzadeh (1921–2000), Iranian Bahá'í Faith scholar *

Adib Zainudin Muhammad Adib bin Zainudin (born 15 February 1995) is a Malaysian footballer who plays for Malaysia Super League club Terengganu. Adib plays mainly as a centre-back. Adib was promoted as the captain of the Malaysia U-23 national team in 201 ...

(born 1995), Malaysian footballer ;Adíb * Hájí Mírzá Ḥasan-i-Adíbu'l-`Ulamá (1848–1919), eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith

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;Adeeb *

Ali al-Adeeb Ali Mohammad Al-Hussein Ali Al-Adeeb is an Iraqi politician and a senior member of the Islamic Dawa Party. In April 2006 he was tipped by the United Iraqi Alliance as a candidate for the post of Prime Minister, after their original choice, Ibrah ...

(born 1944), Iraqi politician * Mirza Adeeb (1914–1999), Pakistani

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

;Adib *

Auguste Adib Pacha Auguste Adib Pacha (2 August 1859 – 9 July 1936) ( ar, أوغست أديب باشا) was the first Prime Minister of Lebanon, which at the time was a part of the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon. He served in that capacity twice between 1 ...

(born 1859), Lebanese politician, writer and the first Prime Minister of Lebanon *

Mustapha Adib (activist) Mustapha Adib ( ar, مصطفى أديب; born 1968 in Taroudannt) is an ex-captain in the Royal Moroccan Air Force. In late 1999, he was arbitrarily detained then imprisoned for 30 months after he denounced corruption in the military. Imprisonm ...

(born 1968), Moroccan human rights activist and ex-captain in the Royal Moroccan Air Force * Mustapha Adib (politician) (born 1972), Lebanese diplomat, lawyer, educator, politician, researcher, academic and incumbent Prime Minister-designate of Lebanon

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