Rashid is the transliteration of two male given names: ar, راشد and ar, رشيد (also spelled Rasheed), both meaning 'rightly guided', 'having the true faith'. It also means 'the high one'.

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Rashid III ibn Ahmad Al Mu'alla Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mualla ( ar, الشيخ راشد بن احمد المعلا)‎ (1932 – January 2, 2009) was the ruler or head of state of Umm Al Quwain from 1981 to 2009. His reign commenced when he succeeded his father, Sheik ...

, former ruler of Umm al-Quwain, part of the United Arab Emirates * Rashid Ali, Danish cricketer * Rashid Ali, Singer, Musician and composer * Rashied Ali, American avant-garde jazz drummer *

Raashid Alvi Raashid Alvi (), is an Indian politician who served as a member of the Indian Parliament from both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. He is currently a member of the Indian National Congress party. Early life Raashid Alvi was born in Chandpur, Bi ...

, Indian politician *

Rachid Arma Rachid Arma (born 16 January 1985) is a Moroccan footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie D club Chievo-Sona. Club career Rachid Arma was born in Agadir. In 1989, his father left Morocco to move to San Bonifacio, Italy, for work purp ...

, Moroccan footballer *

Rashid Baz Rashid or Rachid ( ar, راشد ) and Rasheed ( ar, رشيد ), which means "rightly guided", may refer to: *Rashid (name), also Rachid and Rasheed, people with the given name or surname *Rached, a given name and surname *Rashad, a surname Plac ...

, Lebanese convicted murderer *

Rashid Behbudov Rashid Behbudov ( az, Rəşid Məcid oğlu Behbudov, Azerbaijani Cyrillic: Рашид Бейбутов; 14 December 1915 – 9 June 1989) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer and actor. Rashid Behbudov was born in Tbilisi in 1915. His father, ...

, Azerbaijani singer *

Rachid Bouaita Rachid Bouaita (born September 20, 1974 in Maubeuge, Nord) is a retired boxer from France, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. His best result was finishing in fifth place after being defeated b ...

(born 1974), French boxer *

Rashed Al Hooti Rashed Khalil Ebrahim Talha Khalil Al-Hooti (born 24 December 1989) is a Bahraini professional footballer who plays as a defender. He plays for the Bahrain national football team. He was a member of the Bahrain squad at the 2011 and 2015 AFC Asi ...

, Bahraini footballer *

Rashid Khalidi Rashid Ismail Khalidi (; born 1948) is an American historian of the Middle East and the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He served as editor of the ''Journal of Palestine Studies'' from 2002 until 2020, when ...

, Palestinian-American historian *

Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa (born 1954) is a member of the House of Khalifa, Bahraini royal family and since 2004 has been the Ministry of Interior (Bahrain), minister of interior of Bahrain. Family Rashid is the only son of Abdullah bin Ahm ...

, Bahraini royal *

Räshid Hakimsan Räshid Hakimsan (5 April 1934 – 4 September 1997) was a Finnish ice hockey player and a referee. He played in SM-Sarja during 1951-1960 and won the Finnish Championship four times. Hakimsan played eight matches in Finnish junior national tea ...

, Finnish Tatar hockey player * Rashid Khan (actor), Indian actor *

Rashid Khan (cricketer) Rashid Khan Arman ( ps, ; born 20 September 1998) is an Afghan international cricketer and a former captain of the national team. In franchise leagues, he plays for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Adelaide Strikers in Austra ...

, Afghan cricketer *

Rashid Khan (Pakistani cricketer) Rashid Khan (born 15 December 1959) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in four Test matches and 29 One Day Internationals between 1980 and 1985. In 2006 he became the coach of the Chinese cricket team.Rashid Khan (golfer) Rashid Khan (born 15 February 1991) is an Indian professional golfer. As an amateur, Khan played on the Indian team that won the silver medal at the 2010 Asian Games. Khan turned professional later that year and has played on the Professional ...

, Indian golfer * Rashid Khan (musician), Indian musician *

Rashid Khan Gaplanov Rashid Khan Zavid oghlu Gaplanov ('' kum, Raşit-han Zabitni ulanı Qaplan'', az, Rəşid xan Zavid oğlu Qaplanov, ''russian: Рашид хан Завитович Капланов''; 1883–1937), also known as Rashit-han Gaplanov, was a North C ...

, Azerbaijani statesman * Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco * Al-Rashid of Morocco, Sultan of Morocco from 1666 to 1672 * Rashid Latif, Pakistani cricket player * Rashid Mahazi, Australian footballer * Rashid Al Marikhi, Sufi shaikh in Bahrain * Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Soviet chess player *

Rashid Nurgaliyev Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev (russian: Рашид Гумарович Нургалиев tt-Cyrl, Рәшит Гомәр улы Нургалиев) (born 1956) is a Russian general and politician who served as Russia's interior minister from 2003 ...

, Russian military officer * Rashid Ramzi, Moroccan athlete * Rashid Rana, Pakistani visual artist * Rashid Rauf, alleged Al-Qaeda operative *

Rashid Sarwar Rashid Sarwar (born 3 March 1965) is a Scottish former footballer who played for Kilmarnock. He is of Pakistani descent. Although his career at senior level was short and unremarkable, he is notable as one of very few Asian-Scots to have been in ...

, Scottish footballer *

Rashid Shaheed Rashid Shaheed (born August 31, 1998) is an American football wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Weber State and signed with the Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2022 ...

(born 1998), American football player *

Rashid Taha Rachid Taha ( ar, رشيد طه, Latn, ar, Rashīd Ṭāhā, ; 18 September 1958 – 12 September 2018) was an Algerian singer and activist based in France described as "sonically adventurous". His music was influenced by many different styles i ...

, French-Algerian rock-rai musician and activist * Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player *

Rashid Yasemi Gholamreza Rashid Yasemi ( fa, غلامرضا رشید یاسمی; born 1895 in Gahwareh, Kermanshah Province, Iran – died 1951 in Tehran) was an Iranian-Kurdish poet, translator, academic and literary figure. He finished his primary educatio ...

, Iranian poet *

Rachid Yazami Rachid Yazami is a Moroccan scientist, engineer, and inventor. He is best known for his critical role in the development of the graphite anode (negative pole) for lithium-ion batteries and his research on fluoride ion batteries. Education Yaz ...

, French-Moroccan scientist known for his work on lithium batteries *

Brother Rachid Brother Rachid (born 1971, Morocco) is a Moroccan former Muslim and convert to Christianity whose father is an Imam. He is a Christian apologist and critic of Islam, and hosts a weekly live call-in show on Al Hayat TV where he compares Islam ...

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Abdullah Rasheed Abdullah Rasheed (1952) ( ar, عبد الله رشيد) from Male, Maldives served as the Regional Director of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Scout Bureau, and serves as a Consultant at World Scout Bureau Kuala Lumpur Office. Rasheed is a ...

* Adil Rashid, English cricketer *

Shaun Rashid This is a list of cricketers who have played for Bedfordshire County Cricket Club in List A matches. Bedfordshire, one of the Minor Counties, played 27 List A cricket matches – a one-day, limited overs form of cricket – between 1967 and 2005 ...

, English cricketer * Ahmad Baba Rachid, Algerian musician * Ahmed Rashid, Pakistani author and former revolutionary *

Amin Abu Rashid Amin Abu Rashid, nicknamed "Amin Abu-Ibrahim" (born ), is a Palestinian-Dutch national, best known for his activism for Hamas and Gaza-bound flotillas. According to a U.S. government exhibit and other sources, Rashid was a member of the Al-Aqsa F ...

, Palestinian Dutch Hamas leader *

Ashraf Rashid Major General Ashraf Rashid ( Punjabi, ur, ) (23 May 1948 – 2 October 2004) was a two-star general in the Pakistan Army and the colonel commandant of the Special Service Group division within the Pakistan Army from October 1995 to Septembe ...

, Pakistani general * Harun al-Rashid, Caliph of Baghdad (lived 763-809) * Al-Rashid (12th century), Caliph of Baghdad (ruled 1135–1136) *

Kameelah Janan Rasheed Kameelah Janan Rasheed (born 1985) is an American writer, educator, and artist from East Palo Alto, California. She is 2021 Guggenheim Fellow in Fine Artsknown for her work in installations, book arts, immersive text-based installations, large-sca ...

, American writer *

Kamran Rasheed Kamran Rasheed Khan (born 1949) is a Pakistani American first-class cricketer as well cricket administrator who played for United States of America national cricket team from 1979 to 1990 as well as played domestic cricket for Lahore cricket tea ...

, Pakistani cricketer * Karim Rashid, American industrial designer *

Khalid Rashid Khalid Mehmood Rashid is a Pakistani citizen who was arrested on 31 October 2005, in South Africa. It has been alleged that he was subjected to extraordinary rendition out of South Africa. The South African government stated that Rashid had be ...

, Pakistani Guantanamo detainee *

Khalida Rashid Khan Khalida Rashid Khan is a Pakistani judge who became the first female judge in the Superior Judiciary of Pakistan. She also served as the president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Early life She was born on 25 September ...

, first female judge in the Superior Judiciary of Pakistan * Leila Rachid, Paraguayan diplomat * Mamunur Rashid, Bangladeshi actor, director, scriptwriter *

Mohamed Al Rashed Muhamed Alrasheed Mahamoud Shambaly (born 1 January 1994) is a Sudanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al-Merrikh and the Sudan national football team The Sudan national football team ( ar, منتخب السودان ا ...

, Sudanese footballer *

Mohammad Rashed Mohammad Rashed Sanad Al Fadhli ( ar, محمد راشد سند الفضلي, born 1 July 1987) is a Kuwaiti footballer who is a defender for the Kuwaiti Premier League The Kuwait Premier League (), known as STC Premier League due to sponsorsh ...

, Kuwaiti footballer *Mohammad Rashid, Sierra Leonean footballer *

Muhammad Abdul Rashid Muhammad Rashid, known as Rashid Senior, (14 April 1941 -- 26 January 2009) was a field hockey player from Pakistan. In certain books and other publications, besides on some websites, his name has been shown as Addul Rashid or Muhammad Ab ...

, Pakistani hockey player (b. 1941) * Muhammad Rashid (field hockey), recent Pakistani hockey player *

Richard Rashid Richard Farris Rashid is the founder of Microsoft Research, which he created in 1991. Between 1991 and 2013, as its chief research officer and director, he oversaw the worldwide operations for Microsoft Research which grew to encompass more than ...

, American computer science researcher *

Roger Rasheed Roger Rasheed (born 10 March 1969) is a former Australian rules football player, tennis player, tennis coach and tennis commentator with the Seven Network for 12 years. Rasheed is best known as Grand Slam coach of Australian former World No. 1 ...

, Australian tennis coach and commentator

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