Khalid (variants include Khaled and Kalid; Arabic: خالد) is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal, everlasting, immortal", and it also appears as a surname.''Khalid''
Behind the Name; accessed February 2016

Notable persons

Politics and military

* Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1913–1982), the fourth king of Saudi Arabia * Khalid bin Mohammed Al Angari (born 1952), Saudi politician * Khaled al-Attiyah (born 1949), Iraqi politician * Khalid Bakdash (1912–1995), former leader of the Syrian Communist Party * Khalid ibn Barmak (705–782), first prominent member of the Barmakid family * Khalid Al Hud Al Gargani, Libyan royal advisor in Saudi Arabia * Khaled al-Harbi (born 1963), associate of Osama Bin Laden * Khalid Ibrahim (born 1946), Malaysian politician * Khalid Islambouli (1955–1982), assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat *Khaled Kelkal, soldier in the Armed Islamic group of Algeria; he was also responsible for carrying out some bombings in France * Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (1960–), current Foreign Minister of Bahrain * Khaled Mashal (born 1956), member of Hamas * Khalid El-Masri (born 1963), German citizen detained and interrogated by the CIA * Khalid al-Mihdhar (1975–2001), Saudi hijacker in the September 11 attacks * Khaled Mosharraf (1937–1975), Bangladeshi war hero * Khalid Abdul Muhammad (1948–2001), former Nation of Islam member and Black Nationalist * Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (born 1964), terrorist claimed to be responsible for masterminding the September 11 attacks * Khaled Qasim, Yemeni citizen detained in Guantanamo Bay * Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi (1931–1972), assassinated ruler of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates * Khaled Ben Mustapha (born 1972), former detainee at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base * Khalid al-Qasri (died 743), Umayyad governor of Mecca and Iraq * Khalid Raad, Syrian economist and politician * Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud (1937–2021), Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud (1937–2021), Saudi royal * Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1950), Khaled bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1950), Saudi royal * Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud (born 1951), Saudi royal * Khalid ibn al-Walid (died 642), Muslim military commander in the service of the Rashidun Caliphate

Film, television, theatre

* Khalid Abdalla (born 1988), British actor * Khalid Gonçalves (born 1971), American actor * Khaled El Sayed, Lebanese actor and voice actor

Music

* DJ Khaled (born 1975), American DJ, record producer and radio personality * Khaled (musician) (born 1960), formerly known as Cheb Khaled, Algerian raï musician * Khalid (singer) (born 1998), American singer and songwriter * Nazim Khaled, French singer, songwriter and composer

Sports

* Khaled Badra (born 1973), Tunisian football player * Khalid Boulahrouz (born 1981), Dutch football player * Khaled Fadhel (born 1976), Tunisian football player * Khalid Kareem (born 1998), American football player * Khalid Khan (Hong Kong cricketer), Khalid Khan (born 1971), Hong Kong cricketer * Khalid Khannouchi (born 1971), Moroccan American marathoner * Khalid Lachheb (born 1975), French pole vaulter * Khaled Mahmud (born 1971), Bangladeshi cricket player * Khaled Mashud (born 1976), Bangladeshi cricket player * Khaled Mouelhi (born 1981), Tunisian football player * Khalidou Sissokho (born 1978), Senegalese footballer * Khalid Skah (born 1967), Moroccan athlete

Other

* Khalid (writer), Khalid (1930-1994), Indian novelist in Malayalam-language * Khaled bin Sinan (pre-7th century), historic figure of pre-Islamic Arabia, and a disputed prophet in Islam * Khalid bin Mahfouz (1949-2009), Saudi Arabian businessman suspected of having links to terrorism * Khaled Abou Al-Fadl (born 1963), professor at the UCLA School of Law * Khaled Abu Toameh (born 1963), Israeli journalist * Khalid Adem (born 1975), American convict * Khalid Amayreh (born 1957), Palestinian journalist * Khâlid-i Baghdâdî, Ottoman mystic founding the Khalidi branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi order * Khaled Hosseini (born 1965), Afghan-American physician and author * Calid, Khalid ibn Yazid, seventh century alchemist * Khaled Mardam-Bey, creator of mIRC * Khaled bin Alwaleed Al Saud (born 1978), Saudi entrepreneur and royal * Khalid bin Talal Al Saud (born 1962), Saudi royal and businessman * Khalid Sharrouf (born 1981), Australian Arab hate speaker and terror suspect

Middle name

* Ahmad Khaled Towfeq (1962-2018), Egyptian novelist

Surname

* Aisha Khalid (born 1972), Pakistani artist * Amr Khaled (born 1967), Islamic preacher * Hassan Khaled (1921-1989), former leader of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community * Leila Khaled (born 1944), former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine * Waleed Khaled (died 2005), journalist killed by American soldiers during the Iraq War

Notable animals

*Khaled (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse *Khaled 5, an Arabian horse noted as a major sire in the early 1900s.

References

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