Wahid or Waheed is an Arabic masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

, meaning "One", "Absolute One". Al-Wahid is one of the

99 names of Allah Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

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Waheed Akhtar Syed Waheed Akhtar ( ur, ) (12 August 1934, in Aurangabad (Deccan) – 13 December 1996) was an Urdu poet, writer, critic, orator, and a Muslim scholar and philosopher. Works According to Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, "Wahid Akhtar, regarded by ma ...

(1934–1996), *

Waheed Alli, Baron Alli Waheed Alli, Baron Alli (born 16 November 1964) is a British media entrepreneur and politician. He is the co-creator of the television series '' Survivor'' and has held executive positions at several television production companies including the ...

(born 1964), British multimillionaire media entrepreneur and politician *

Waheed Arian Waheed Arian (born 1983) is a British doctor and radiologist, born in Afghanistan, who founded a telemedicine charity called Arian Teleheal. The charity enables doctors in conflict zones and low-resource countries to use their smartphones to rece ...

(born 1983), British doctor and radiologist, born in Afghanistan *

Mohammed Waheed Hassan Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik ( dv, ޑރ. މުޙައްމަދު ވަޙީދު ޙަސަން މަނިކު; Arabic: مُحَمَّد وَحِيد حَسَن مَانِيك; born 3 January 1953) is a Maldivian politician who served as the fifth Presid ...

(born 1953), political figure *

Wahid Hasyim Abdul Wahid Hasyim (June 1, 1914 – April 19, 1953) was the first Minister of Religious Affairs in the government of President Sukarno of Indonesia, a post he held in 1945, and from 1949 to 1952. He was the son of Nahdlatul Ulama founder Hasy ...

(1914–1953), first Minister of Religious Affairs, Indonesia *

Waheed Murad Waheed Murad ( ur, ; 2 October 1938 – 23 November 1983), also known as Chocolate Hero, was a Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer. Famous for his charming expressions, attractive personality, tender voice and unusual talent for a ...

(1938–1983), producer, writer, and protagonist of many film musicals * Waheed Muzdha (1953–2019), Afghan political analyst, writer and a peace activist *

Wahid Omar Waheed Omar (Dari:وحید عمر) (born March 1978) is a politics of Afghanistan, politician in Afghanistan currently serving as President Ghani's Senior Advisor and Director General of Office of Public and Strategic Affairs. From 2016 to 2019 h ...

(born 1978), Afghan politician *

Waheed Qureshi Waheed Qureshi (Urdu: وحید قریشی) (14 February 1925 – 17 October 2009) was a Pakistani noted linguist, literary critic, writer, researcher, educationalist and scholar of Urdu literature and oriental languages. Waheed Qureshi was o ...

(1925–2009), Pakistani linguist, literary critic, educationalist and scholar *

Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani Captain Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani (1910 – April 21, 1995) was a Pakistani saint in the Chishti (Sabri branch) order of Sufis. He was initiated into the Chishtiyya Spiritual Order in 1940 by Maulana Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah (1878-1951). He remained ...

(1910–1995), saint in the Chishti order of Sufis

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* Abdul Wahid (disambiguation), several people *

Abdurrahman Wahid Abdurrahman Wahid ( ; born Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil; 7 September 1940 – 30 December 2009), though more colloquially known as Gus Dur (), was an Indonesian politician and Islamic religious leader who served as the 4th president of Indonesia, from ...

(1940–2009), 4th

President of Indonesia The President of the Republic of Indonesia ( id, Presiden Republik Indonesia) is both the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Indonesia. The president leads the executive branch of the Indonesian government and is ...

Habib Wahid Habib Wahid (born 15 October 1979) is a Bangladeshi composer and singer. He works on modern pop music, EDM and a fusion of traditional Bengali folk music with contemporary techno and urban beats. His music is mainly influenced by British Bang ...

(born 1979), Bangladeshi composer and musician *

Hidayat Nur Wahid Hidayat Nur Wahid (born 8 April 1960 in Klaten, Central Java) was the Speaker of Indonesia People's Consultative Assembly (''Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat''/MPR) for the 2004–2009 period. He resigned as the leader of Prosperous Justice Party ( ...

(born 1960), leader of Indonesia's Constitutional Assembly *

Naushad Waheed Naushad Waheed (born December 15, 1962, in Malé) is a cartoonist and painter from the Maldives. He was detained by the government for four months following the publication of one of his cartoons in the magazine '' Hukuru'' in 1999. In 2001 he wa ...

(born 1962), Maldivian cartoonist and painter *

Nayyirah Waheed Nayyirah Waheed is a poet and author who has published two books of poetry and has been described as "perhaps the most famous poet on Instagram." While Waheed is a reclusive writer who doesn't reveal many details about her life, her poetry is fre ...

, American poet *

Rezia Wahid Rezia Wahid, MBE ( bn, রেজিয়া ওয়াহিদ; born 1975) is a Bangladeshi-born British textile artist and designer. Her work has been exhibited both in the United Kingdom and abroad. Early life Rezia Wahid was born in Bang ...

(born 1975), British textile artist *

Yenny Wahid Zannuba Ariffah Chafsoh, or more popularly known as Yenny Wahid (born 29 October 1974) is an Indonesian Islamic activist, journalist, and politician. She is currently the director of The Wahid Institute, an Islamic research center founded by her ...

(born 1974), Indonesian Islamic activist and politician

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