Sajjad is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ( ar, علي بن الحسين زين العابدين), also known as al-Sajjād (, ) or simply as Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (), , was an Imam in Shiʻi Islam after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ...

), 4th Imam of Shia Islam * Syed Sajjad Haider Yaldram (1880–1943), Urdu short story writer, travel writer, translator, linguist, essayist, and humorist *

Sajjad Afghani Muhammad Sajjad Khan was a Pakistani militant and Commander-in-Chief of Harkat ul-Ansar. He was known as Sajjad Afghani, due to his participation in the Soviet-Afghan War. Early life He was born in the village of Baibakh, Rawalakot, in the ...

, Kashmiri militant and Commander-in-Chief of Harkat Ul Ansar *

Sajjad Akbar Sajjad Akbar (born 1 March 1961) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played two One Day Internationals in 1990. A middle-order batsman and off-spin bowler, he played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1978–79 to 2000–01. In the 1989–90 ...

(born 1961), Pakistani cricketer *

Sajjad Ali Sajjad Ali (born 1962) is a Pakistani semi-classical, pop and rock singer, poet, actor, film director as well as a film producer from Karachi, Pakistan.Sajjad Anoushiravani Sajjad Anoushiravani Hamlabad ( fa, سجاد انوشیروانی حمل‌آباد, born 12 May 1984 in Ardabil) is an Iranian weightlifter in the +105 kg category . He was the head coach of Iran's weightlifting team at Rio Olympics in s ...

(born 1984), Iranian weightlifter * Sajjad Fazel (born 1991), Tanzanian clinical pharmacist, public health researcher, health columnist * Sajjad Ganjzadeh (born 1992), Iranian karateka *

Sajjad Gul Agha Sajjad Gul ( ur, آغا سجاد گل) is a producer, director and one of the biggest media moguls in Pakistan. He is the youngest of the sons of renowned film studio owner and a pioneer of Pakistan film industry, the late Agha G. A. Gul (1 ...

, Pakistani film producer, media mogul * Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1980), Indian cricketer *

Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1986) Sajjad Hussain (born 1 September 1986) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It oc ...

, Pakistani cricketer * Sajjad Hussain (composer), Indian music director *

Sajjad Karim Sajjad Haider Karim (born 11 July 1970) is a British politician. He served as a Member of the European Parliament for the North West England between 2004 and 2019. Sajjad is one of 10 members of the executive of European Movement UK and Chair o ...

, British Asian politician * Sajjad Gharibi (born 1991), Iranian bodybuilder * Sajjad Ghani Lone (born 1967), Indian Kashmiri politician, and former Member of the Legislative Assembly *

Sajjad Mardani Sajjad Mardani ( fa, سجاد مردانی, born 1 July 1988 in Shahrekord, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to ...

(born 1988), Iranian taekwondo player * Sajjad Haider Nadeem, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab *

Sajjad Hussain Qureshi Makhdoom Sajjad Alshatit (Punjabi and ur, ) (September 1923 – 23 January 1998) was the Governor of Punjab from 30 December 1985 to 9 December 1988. He did his Matriculation from Pilot Secondary School and B.A. from Govt. Emerson College. M ...

(1923–1998), politician, Governor of Punjab 1985-1988 *

Sajjad Shar Sajjad Shar (Sindhi: سجاد شر) (born 1 March 1986), is the current Secretary General of banned Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz; A political organization working for freedom of Sindhudesh from occupation of Pakistan and was first president of JS ...

(born 1986), Secretary General of banned organization Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz *

Sajjad Zaheer Syed Sajjad Zaheer ( ur, ) (5 November 1899 – 13 September 1973) was an Indian Urdu writer, Marxist ideologue and radical revolutionary who worked in both India and Pakistan. In the pre-independence era, he was a member of the Communist ...

, Urdu writer, Marxist thinker and revolutionary

Middle name

Aasim Sajjad Akhtar Aasim Sajjad Akhtar is a teacher, left wing politician and columnist based in Pakistan. Akhtar is associate professor of political economy at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. He served as the president of the Awami Workers Party's Pun ...

, Pakistani professor, politician and columnist *

Aamer Sajjad Aamer Sajjad (born 5 February 1981) is a Pakistani former first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler, he played first-class cricket from 2002 to 2018. In 2009–10 he scored more runs than anybody else in the Pak ...

(born 1981), Pakistani cricketer *

Razia Sajjad Zaheer Razia Sajjad Zaheer (15 October 1918, Ajmer – 18 December 1979, Delhi) was an Indian writer in the Urdu language, a translator, and a prominent member of the Progressive Writers Association. She won the Uttar Pradesh Sahitya Akademi Award as ...

(1918–1979), Indian writer in the Urdu language, translator

Surname

Enver Sajjad Anwar Sajjad, more commonly known as Enver Sajjad (27 May 1935 – 6 June 2019) was a Pakistani playwright and fiction writer. Because he was a novelist, playwright, actor, director, producer, voice-over artist, columnist, painter, dancer an ...

(1935–2019), Pakistani playwright and fiction writer *

Pervez Sajjad Pervez Sajjad Hasan (Urdu: پرویز سجاد حسن; born 30 August 1942, Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1964 to 1973. Family He was one of seven brothers. One of his brothers was the Pakistan Test ...

, Pakistani cricketer *

Wasim Sajjad Wasim Sajjad ( ur, ; born 30 March 1941) is a Pakistani conservative politician and lawyer who served as the acting president of Pakistan for two non-consecutive terms and as the Chairman of the Senate between 1988 and 1999. Born in Ja ...

, Pakistani lawyer, former President of Pakistan {{Given name, type=both Arabic-language surnames Arabic masculine given names Pakistani masculine given names