Riaz is a male given name and surname from Arabic.

Given name

Riaz (actor) Riaz Uddin Ahamed Siddique (; born 1972), commonly known as Riaz, is a Bangladeshi film actor, producer, and television presenter who has appeared in more than 100 Bengali films in genres ranging from romance to action to comedies. He is the rec ...

(born 1972), Bangladeshi film actor *

Riaz Afridi Riaz Afridi ( ur, ; born 21 January 1985) is a Pakistani cricket coach and cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. In December 2017, his youngest brother Shaheen Afridi was named in Pakistan's squad for t ...

(born 1985), Pakistani cricketer *

Riaz Ahsan Syed Riaz Ahsan (24 December 1951 – 8 September 2008) was a Pakistani statistician and mathematician who has worked in applied statistics, applied analysis, applications of special functions. He was a noted professor of applied statistics in U ...

(1951–2008), Pakistani statistician *

Riaz Amin Riaz Amin ( bn, রিয়াজ আমিন; born 27 February 1998) is an English martial artist who practices Shotokan Karate and Filipino Martial Arts. He is the current World Escrima-Kalis-Arnis Federation (WEKAF) World Championships ...

(born 1998), English professional martial artist *

Riaz Bagwan Riaz Bagwan (born 16 June 1960) was an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Maharashtra. He was born in Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1 ...

(born 1960), Indian cricketer *

Riaz Basra Riaz Basra (1967 – 14 May 2002) was, with Akram Lahori a.k.a. Muhammad Ajmal and Malik Ishaq, a founder of the militant organization Lashkar-e-Jhangvi during 1996. Career Riaz Basra was born to Ghulam Muhammad and Jalal Bibi in Chak Chah Than ...

(1967–2002), Pakistani militant * Riaz Farcy (born 1967), Hong Kong cricketer *

Riaz Hassan Riaz Hassan AM, FASSA (1937–2022) was an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Sociology, Flinders University. In his academic career spanning over 40 years he conducted research in a n ...

, Australian academic *

Riaz Poonawala Riaz Husein Poonawala (born 8 May 1961) is an Indian-born cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. Poonawala started his first-class cricket career playing for his native Maharashtra for whom he played 28 games b ...

(born 1961), former cricketer * Riaz Shahid (died 1972), Pakistani filmmaker and journalist *

Riaz Ahmed Sohee Riaz (; frp, Rua, or ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Riaz is first mentioned in 900 as ''Villa Roda''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Zum Rad'', howe ...

(born 1960), Pakistani bureaucrat

Surname

Fahmida Riaz Fahmida Riaz ( ur, ) (28 July 1946 – 21 November 2018) was a Urdu writer, poet and activist of Pakistan. She authored many books, of which some are ''Godaavari'', ''Khatt-e Marmuz'', and ''Khana e Aab O Gil'' the first translation in rhyme o ...

(born 1946), Urdu writer *

Mohammed Riaz Riaz Nabi Mohammed (born 5 May 1972 in Madras, Tamil Nadu) is a former captain of the Indian field hockey team. He represented India at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the Arjuna award The Arjuna Award, officially known as ...

(born 1972), Indian field hockey player * Wahab Riaz (born 1985), Pakistani cricketer

In fiction

* Riaz, a university student played by Sheplo Mozomil in the British web series '' Corner Shop Show''.

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In fiction

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