Obed () is a given name, following the biblical figure Obed. It may also serve as a surname. Notable people with the name include:

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John Obed Howard James Obed Howard, alias ''Richie "Kid" Howard'' (October 9, 1928 – January 4, 1975), was a lightweight professional boxer from Canada. Personal life James Howard was born in Terrace Bay, Nova Scotia, but his residence is given by boxrec.com a ...

(born 1928), a lightweight professional boxer from Canada * Obed Ariri (born 1956), a former American football placekicker *

Obed Asamoah Obed Yao Asamoah (born 6 February 1936) is a Ghanaian lawyer, academic and politician. Asamoah was the longest serving foreign minister and Attorney General of Ghana under Jerry Rawlings from 1981 to 1997. Asamoah was educated at King's Coll ...

(born 1936), a politician from Ghana *

Obed Cétoute Obed Cétoute (born January 7, 1983) is a former Canadian football wide receiver. He was drafted in the fourth round with the 31st pick in the 2006 CFL Draft by the Toronto Argonauts and signed with the team on May 27, 2007. Cétoute played co ...

(born 1983), a Canadian footballer * Obed Crosby Haycock (1901–1983), a scientist and educator *

Obed Dlamini Prince Obed Mfanyana Dlamini (4 April 1937, in Mhlosheni – 18 January 2017 at Milpark Hospital) was Prime Minister of Swaziland from 12 July 1989 to 25 October 1993. Career He was later a member of Liqoqo (king's advisory council), and was o ...

(born 1937), Prime Minister of Swaziland 1989–1993 * Obed Enamorado (born 1985), a Honduran football goalkeeper *

Obie Fernandez Obie Fernandez is a Ruby and Ruby on Rails developer from Georgia He has authored ''The Rails Way'' and has become the editor of Addison-Wesley's Professional Ruby series. His vocal advocacy of Ruby over Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ ...

, author, computer programmer, American *

Obed Gómez Obed Gómez a.k.a. "The Puerto Rican Picasso" (born 1966) is a Puerto Rican artist of modern art. Early years Gómez was born and raised in Santurce, a section of in San Juan, the capital city of Puerto Rico. His grandmother was the first to ...

(born 1966), a Puerto Rican artist of modern art *

Obed Hall Obed Hall (December 23, 1757 – April 1, 1828) was an American politician and a United States representative from New Hampshire. Early life Born in Raynham in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Hall later moved to Madbury and then to Bartle ...

(1757–1828), a United States Representative from New Hampshire *

Obed Hussey Obed Hussey (1792–1860) was an American inventor. His most notable invention was a reaping machine, patented in 1833, that was a rival of a similar machine, patented in 1834, produced by Cyrus McCormick. Hussey also invented a steam pl ...

(1792–1860), an American inventor *

Obed Mlaba Obed Thembinkosi Mlaba (born 9 September 1943) is the former High Commissioner of South Africa to the United Kingdom and served as mayor of Durban, one of the largest and most commercially active cities in South Africa. Early life and career M ...

, mayor of the eThekwini, South Africa *

Obed Mutanya Obed Mutanya (born 10 August 1981 in Chingola) is a Zambian long-distance and cross country runner. He was a two-time All-American in outdoor track for the University of Arizona and competed in cross-country and indoor track for the Wildcats as we ...

(born 1981), a Zambian long-distance and cross country runner *

Obed Nicholls Obed Nicholls (1885–1962) was an English artist in copper repousseObed NICHOLLS
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(1885–1962), a Cornish artist in copper repousse *

Obed Sullivan Obed Benjamin Sullivan (born January 17, 1968) is an American former professional boxer. Nicknamed "The Fighting Marine", Sullivan was at times a highly ranked heavyweight who fought many significant fighters of his era. Sullivan turned pro in 1 ...

, (born 1968), a heavyweight boxer *

Obed Vargas Obed Gomez Vargas (born August 5, 2005) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC. Club career Born in Anchorage, Alaska, Vargas began his career with Cook Inlet S ...

(born 2005), an American professional soccer player

Surname

Elisha Obed Everette Ferguson British Empire Medal, BEM (21 February 1952 – 28 June 2018), better known as Elisha Obed was a Bahamian light middleweight Boxer (boxing), boxer. He is the only professional world boxing champion in history to come from the Ba ...

(born 1952), a Bahamanian boxer * Z. Obed, a politician from Nagaland, India

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