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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'.

Given name

* Rashid III ibn Ahmad Al Mu'alla, former ruler of Umm al-Quwain, part of the United Arab Emirates *

Rashid Ali Rashid Ali al-Gaylaniin Arab standard pronunciation Rashid Aali al-Kaylani; also transliterated as Sayyid Rashid Aali al-Gillani, Sayyid Rashid Ali al-Gailani or sometimes Sayyad Rashid Ali el Keilany ("Sayyid, Sayyad" serves to address higher st ...

, Danish cricketer *

, Singer, Musician and composer *

Rashied Ali Rashied Ali, born Robert Patterson (July 1, 1933 – August 12, 2009) was an American free jazz and avant-garde drummer best known for playing with John Coltrane in the last years of Coltrane's life. Biography Early life Patterson was born and ...

, 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, 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 Pla ...

, 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, Finnish Tatar hockey player *

Rashid Khan (actor) Rashid Khan Was an Indian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films between 1949 and 1976. His best roles were played with Dev Anand right from Afsar, Navketan Films's first production and went on to work together in hits like ''Tere Ghar Ke ...

, 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) Ustad Rashid Khan (born 1 July 1968) is an Indian classical musician in the Hindustani music tradition. He belongs to the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana, and is the great-grandson of gharana founder Inayat Hussain Khan. He is married to Soma Khan. ...

, 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 Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco, also known as Prince Moulay Rachid ben al-Hassan, ( ar, الأمير مولاي رشيد بن الحسن; born ) is a member of the Alawi dynasty. He was the youngest male child of the late King Hassan II and h ...

Al-Rashid of Morocco Moulay Al-Rashid ibn Sharif ( ar, مولاي الرشيد بن شريف), known as Moulay Al-Rashid or Moulay Rachid (also spelt Mulay, Mulai or Mawlay; b. 1631 – d. 9 April 1672) ( ar, مولاي الرشيد), was Sultan of Morocco from 1666 ...

, Sultan of Morocco from 1666 to 1672 *

Rashid Latif Rashid Latif (born 14 October 1968), is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team in Tests and One Day Internationals from 1992 to 2003 as a right-handed wicket-keeper batsman. He also serve ...

, Pakistani cricket player *

Rashid Mahazi Rashid Mahazi is a Kenyan-Australian football (soccer) player who last played as a midfielder for Incheon United FC. A natural defensive minded player, Mahazi also played as a right back or as a defensive midfielder as he primarily did in the ...

, Australian footballer *

Rashid Al Marikhi Shaikh Rashid Bin Ibrahim Al Muraikhi ( ar, الشيخ راشد بن ابراهيم المريخي) is a prominent Sufi Sunni Islamic scholar and teacher in Bahrain. He used to be the khateeb of the Shaikh Isa Bin Ali Mosque in Muharraq until 1988. ...

, Sufi shaikh in Bahrain *

Rashid Nezhmetdinov Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov (Tatar language, Tatar: , ; russian: Раши́д Гибя́тович Нежметди́нов; December 15, 1912 – June 3, 1974) was a Soviet Union, Soviet chess player, chess writer, and checkers player. Thou ...

, 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 Rashid Ramzi ( ar, رشيد رمزي) (born July 17, 1980) is a Moroccan-Bahraini track and field athlete competing internationally for Bahrain in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. Ramzi was investigated by the IAAF after the 2008 Summer Olympics ...

, Moroccan athlete *

Rashid Rana Rashid Rana ( ur, ) is a Pakistani artist. He has been included in numerous exhibitions in Pakistan and abroad with his works in abstractions on canvas, collaborations with a billboard painter, photographic/video performances, collages using ...

, Pakistani visual artist *

Rashid Rauf Rashid Rauf (ca. 1981 – 22 November 2008) was an alleged Al-Qaeda operative. He was a dual citizen of Britain and Pakistan who was arrested in Bhawalpur, Pakistan in connection with the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot in August 2006, a day b ...

, alleged Al-Qaeda operative * Rashid Sarwar, 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, French-Algerian rock-rai musician and activist *

Rasheed Wallace Rasheed Abdul Wallace (born September 17, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. A native of Philadelphia, Wallace played college basketball at the University of North Carolina before declaring for the draft in 199 ...

, 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 ...

Surname

* Abdullah Rasheed *

Adil Rashid Adil Usman Rashid (born 17 February 1988) is an English cricketer who plays for England in One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, and previously played for the Test team. In domestic cricket, he represents York ...

, English cricketer * Shaun Rashid, English cricketer *

Ahmad Baba Rachid Rachid Baba Ahmed ( ar, رشيد بابا أحمد; 20 August 1946 – 15 February 1995) was an Algerian record producer, composer, and singer involved in the regional genre known as raï. He was credited with the international popularization of ...

, Algerian musician *

Ahmed Rashid Ahmed Rashid (Urdu:; born 1948 in Pakistan) is a journalist and best-selling foreign policy author of several books about Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia. Life and career Ahmed Rashid was born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He attended Ma ...

, 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 Abu Ja'far Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi ( ar , أبو جعفر هارون ابن محمد المهدي) or Harun ibn al-Mahdi (; or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Harun al-Rashid ( ar, هَارُون الرَشِيد, translit=Hārūn ...

, Caliph of Baghdad (lived 763-809) *

Al-Rashid (12th century) Abu Ja'far al-Mansur ibn al-Faḍl al-Mustarshid bi'llah ( ar, أبو جعفر المنصور بن الفضل المسترشد بالله; 1109 – 6 June 1138) usually known by his regnal name Al-Rashid bi'llah ( ar, الراشد بالله) wa ...

, Caliph of Baghdad (ruled 1135–1136) * Kameelah Janan Rasheed, 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 Karim Rashid (born 1960) is an Egyptian-born and Canadian raised industrial designer. His designs include luxury goods, furniture, lighting, surface design, brand identity and packaging. ''Time'' magazine has described him as the "most famous ind ...

, American industrial designer * Khalid Rashid, 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 Mamunur Rashid (born 29 February 1948) is a Bangladeshi actor, director and scriptwriter. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2012 and Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1982 by the Government of Bangladesh. Early life and education Rashid was born o ...

, Bangladeshi actor, director, scriptwriter * Mohamed Al Rashed, 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, Pakistani hockey player (b. 1941) *

Muhammad Rashid (field hockey) Mohammad Rashid is a field hockey player from Pakistan. He was the member of Pakistani team in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India. See also Pakistan national field hockey team The Pakistan national field hockey team ( ur, ) r ...

, 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