Najib or Najeeb ( ar, نجيب) is an Arabic male given name. Notable people with the name include:

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* Najib ad-Dawlah Yousafzai (died 1770), Pashtun warrior who fought in the Third Battle of Panipat *

Najib Amhali Najib Amhali ( Riffian-Berber: ⵏⴰⵊⵉⴱ ⴰⵎⵀⴰⵍⵉ; born April 4, 1971) is a Moroccan-born Dutch stand-up comedian and actor. Life Najib Amhali (born Najim Amhali) was born in Nador Nador ( Riffian-Berber: ⵏⴰⴷⵓⵔ) i ...

(born 1971), Moroccan-born Dutch stand-up comedian and actor *

Najib Ali Choudhury Najib Ali Choudhury ( bn, নজিব আলী চৌধুরী) was a 19th-century Bengalis, Bengali Islamic scholar and teacher. He was notable for his founding of the Madinatul Uloom Bagbari, the first madrasa in the Barak Valley region. ...

, Bengali Islamic scholar *

Najib Balala Najib Balala (born 20 September 1967) is a Kenyan politician, the former Cabinet Secretary for Tourism, and the immediate former. He traces his ancestral origin to the hadhrami people of Yemen. M.P. for Mvita Constituency. He has been the par ...

(born 1967), Kenyan politician *

Nayib Bukele Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez (; born 24 July 1981) is a Salvadoran politician and businessman who is the 43rd president of El Salvador, serving since 1 June 2019. He is the first president since José Napoleón Duarte (1984–1989) not to have ...

(born 1981), President of El Salvador *

Najib Daho Najib Daho (13 January 1959, Larache, Morocco – 29 August 1993, Morocco) was an English Commonwealth lightweight champion, and British super-featherweight champion boxer. Career Daho's career is said to have begun when Najib was a child fighti ...

(1959–1993), Moroccan-born English boxer *

Najib-ul-Daula Najib ad-Dawlah ( ps, نجيب الدوله), also known as Najib Khan Yousafzai ( ps, نجيب خان), was a Rohilla Yousafzai Afghan who earlier served as a Mughal serviceman but later deserted the cause of the Mughals and joined Ahmed S ...

(died 1770), tribal chief in Rohilkhand, India *

Najib Farssane Najib Farssane (born 11 June 1981) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played on the professional level in Ligue 2 for Stade de Reims. He also played in Italy for Pisa in Serie C1 and for Sestrese in Serie D ...

(born 1981), French footballer *

Najib Mikati Najib Azmi Mikati ( ar, نجيب عزمي ميقاتي; born 24 November 1955) is a Lebanese politician and businessman, and three-time Prime Minister of Lebanon whose current term began in September 2021. He also serves as the acting President ...

(born 1955), Prime Minister of Lebanon *

Najib Mohammad Lahassimi There have been approximately fifteen Moroccans detained in Guantanamo. The United States maintained over 750 captives in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. Different sources offer different estimates of th ...

(born 1978), Moroccan held in Guantanamo *

Najib Naderi Najib Naderi ( fa, نجیب نادری; born 22 February 1984) is an Afghan former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association fo ...

(born 1984), Afghan footballer *

Najib Tun Razak Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak ( ms, محمد نجيب بن عبد الرزاق, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, ; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 6th prime minister of Malaysi ...

(born 1953), sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia *

Najib-ad-din Samarqandi Najib ad-Din Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Umar Samarqandi was a 13th-century Persian physician from Samarqand. Samarqandi died during the Mongol attack on Herat, in Afghanistan, in 1222CE. He was a prolific medical writer and expositor of medica ...

(died 1222), Persian physician

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Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi Abū al-Najīb Abd al-Qādir Suhrawardī ( fa, ابوالنجیب عبدالقادر سهروردی) (1097–1168) was a Sunni PersianQamar al-Huda, ''Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi'', ed. Josef W. Meri, Jere L. Bacharach, Medieval Islamic Civilization: ...

(1097–1168), Persian Sufi *

Ahmad Najib al-Hilali Ahmed Naguib el-Hilaly (1 October 1891 – December 1958) was an Egyptian lawyer and educator who served as Prime Minister of Egypt twice in 1952.Goldschmidt, Arthur Jr. (2000). ''Biographical dictionary of modern Egypt.'' Lynne Rienner Publishers ...

(1891–1958), Prime Minister of Egypt *

Ahmad Najib Aris Ahmad Najib bin Aris (1976 – 23 September 2016) was a Malaysian convicted murderer who in 2003 raped and killed Canny Ong, a US-based Malaysian information technology (IT) analyst. The crime made headlines across Malaysia. He was sentenced to d ...

, Malaysian convicted murderer and rapist *

Baraa Najib al-Ruba'i Baraa Najib al-Ruba'i is an Iraqi politician and a member of the National Assembly of Iraq who was proposed as a possible Defense Minister in May 2006. He comes from a princely family that oversees the Rabi’a tribe. His father, Muhammad Najib a ...

, Iraqi politician *

Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i Muhammad Najib Ar-Ruba'i ( ar, محمد نجيب الربيعي) (also spelled Al-Rubai) (1904–1965) was the first president of Iraq (Chairman of Sovereignty Council), from July 14, 1958 to February 8, 1963. Together with Abdul Karim Qassi ...

(1904–1983), President of Iraq *

Philippe Najib Boulos Philippe Najib Boulos (1902–1979) was a lawyer and an active figure of Lebanon's politics in the 20th century. He worked as a lawyer and involved in Lebanon's politics from 1941 until his death. During that period, he was named as the cabinet ...

(1902–1979), Lebanese lawyer and politician

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Najeeb Ahmed Syed Najeeb Ahmed (17 November 1963 – 11 April 1990) also known as ''Quaid e Talba'' (Leader of Students) was a leftist Pakistani student activist who was murdered in 1990. Born to a Muhajir family in Karachi, Ahmed was a PSF (student wing ...

(died 1990), Pakistani student leader *

Najeeb Amar Najeeb Amar (born 25 September 1971) is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer. Najeeb made his One Day International debut for Hong Kong in the 2004 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. As of May 2005 he has played two One Day Internationals for Hong Kong, b ...

(born 1971, Pakistan-born Hong-Kong cricketer *

Nageeb Arbeely Nageeb Arbeely, (July 1863 - January 28, 1904) was a Syrian-born naturalized-American, appointed by President Grover Cleveland to the post of Consul in Jerusalem in 1885. Though Arbeely was popular among the American Colony, he was deemed unaccep ...

(1861–1904), American Consul to Jerusalem, founder of the newspaper ''Kawkab America'' *

Najeeb Jung Najeeb Jung (born 18 January 1951) is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer who served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Delhi from July 2013 to December 2016. He previously served as the 13th Vice-Chancellor of the Jamia Millia Islam ...

, Indian academic administrator *

Najeeb Halaby Najeeb Elias "Jeeb" Halaby Jr. ( ar, نجيب إلياس حلبي; November 19, 1915 – July 2, 2003) was an American businessman, government official, aviator, and the father of Queen Noor of Jordan. He is known for making the first transconti ...

(1915–2003), American businessman and government official *

Najeeb Qahtan Al-Sha'abi Najeeb Qahtan al-Shaabi (born 1953 in Sha'ab, Lahj, Yemen – died 24 May 2021 in Aden, Yemen) was a Yemeni politician who was a candidate in the 1999 presidential election in Yemen. He ran as an Independent, despite being a member of the Genera ...

, Yemeni politician

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