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 International A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team ...

(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.

, Pakistani semi-classical, pop singer, film actor, director and producer * Sajjad Anoushiravani (born 1984), Iranian weightlifter * Sajjad Fazel (born 1991), Tanzanian clinical pharmacist, public health researcher, health columnist *

Sajjad Ganjzadeh Sajjad Ganjzadeh ( fa, سجاد گنج‌زاده, also Romanized as "Sajjād Ganjzādeh"; born 4 January 1992 in Tehran) is an Iranian karateka. Competing in the above 84 kg kumite division he won gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2014 an ...

(born 1992), Iranian karateka * Sajjad Gul, Pakistani film producer, media mogul *

Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1980) Sajjad Hussain (born Mohamamd Sajjad Zaheer Hussain; 1 April 1974 is an Indian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, e ...

, Indian cricketer * Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1986), Pakistani cricketer *

Sajjad Hussain (composer) Sajjad Hussain (15 June 1917 – 21 July 1995) was an Indian film score composer. He was also an accomplished mandolinist, playing the mandolin as a "Top Grade" player for the Indian film industry in Mumbai for more than five decades, reputed t ...

, Indian music director * Sajjad Karim, British Asian politician *

Sajjad Gharibi Sajad Gharibi (born 19 December 1991) is an Iranian bodybuilder and mixed martial arts practitioner. His nickname is "the Iranian Hulk" or "Persian Hercules". He is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 385 pounds. Career Gharibi rose to fame on Inst ...

(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 ...

(born 1988), Iranian taekwondo player *

Sajjad Haider Nadeem Sajjad Haider Nadeem is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023. Early life and education He was born on 28 June 1957 in Sheikhupura, Pakistan. He received a degre ...

, 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 (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 P ...

, Urdu writer, Marxist thinker and revolutionary

Middle name

* Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, 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 (1918–1979), Indian writer in the Urdu language, translator

Surname

* Enver Sajjad (1935–2019), Pakistani playwright and fiction writer * Pervez Sajjad, 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 Jala ...

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