Ziad (also transliterated as Ziyad, Zyad, Zeyad, or Zijad ar, زياد) is an Arabic

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surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

Given name

Actors

Zeyad Errafae'ie Zeyad Errafae'ie ( ar, زياد الرفاعي; born May 12, 1967 – died August 26, 2009) was a Syrian television actor and voice actor. Early life Three years studied sociology and then won the certificate literal electronics, he was his fir ...

, Syrian television actor and voice actor

Athletes

Zeyad Abdulrazak Zeyad Abdulrazak Al-Khudhur Al-Enazy (born 18 July 1969) is a Kuwaiti hurdler. He competed in the 110 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 19 ...

, Kuwaiti hurdler *

Zeyad Mater Zeyad Mater (born December 18, 1991) is a Yemeni judoka. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and a ...

, Yemeni judoka * Zyad Chaabo, Syrian footballer * Ziad Jaziri, Tunisian football striker *

Ziad Richa Ziad Richa (born September 25, 1967) is a Lebanese skeet shooter who has represented his nation at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished twenty-ninth out of forty-one shooters in the men's skeet event. Richa was also the flag b ...

, Lebanese skeet shooter *

Ziad Tlemçani Hamed Ziad Tlemçani ( ar, زياد التلمساني, born 10 May 1963) is a retired Tunisian Association football, footballer who played for Espérance Sportive de Tunis, Espérance in Tunisia, Vitória S.C. in Portugal and Vissel Kobe in Jap ...

, Tunisian footballer * Ziad Al-Muwallad, Saudi Arabian football defender *

Ziad Agha Ziad (also transliterated as Ziyad, Zyad, Zeyad, or Zijad ar, زياد) is an Arabic given name and surname. Given name Actors * Zeyad Errafae'ie, Syrian television actor and voice actor Athletes * Zeyad Abdulrazak, Kuwaiti hurdler * Zeyad M ...

, Palestinian rugby and rugby league player *

Ziyad Tariq Aziz Brisam Ziyad Tariq Aziz Brisam is a former Iraqi footballer who played as a defender for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Karkh, Al-Shorta and Al-Zawra'a. He also played for the Iraq national team. Ziyad played in Al-Zawraa's 2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup tra ...

, Iraqi football defender * Ziyad Al-Kord, Palestinian footballer * Ziyad Al-Sahafi, Saudi Arabian footballer *

Zyad Jusić Zyad Jusić (born 29 February 1980) is a Bosnian-Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. Early and personal life Jusić was born in Ljubovija, then a part of SFR Yugoslavia, and he holds dual Bosnian-Dutch citizenship. Club ...

, Dutch football striker

Businessmen

Ziad Takieddine Ziad Takieddine ( ar, زياد تقي الدين ; born 14 June 1950) is a Lebanese-French businessman, described by '' The Telegraph'' as an "arms broker".

Lebanese-French businessman, alleged arms broker * Ziad Makkawi, Lebanese American investor *

Ziyad Cattan Ziyad Cattan is a dual citizen of Poland and Iraq. He earned a PhD in economics. During the twenty years he lived in Poland Cattan operated both a used car and a pizza companies. According to an article published in ''The Independent'', on 19 ...

, Iraqi Polish businessman, alleged arms dealer * Ziad Abdelnour (financier), Lebanese-born American investment banker and financier

Film directors

* Ziad Antar, Lebanese filmmaker and photographer * Ziad Doueiri, Lebanese film director *

Ziad Hamzeh Ziad (also transliterated as Ziyad, Zyad, Zeyad, or Zijad ar, زياد) is an Arabic given name and surname. Given name Actors * Zeyad Errafae'ie, Syrian television actor and voice actor Athletes * Zeyad Abdulrazak, Kuwaiti hurdler * Zeyad Ma ...

, American film director *

Ziad Touma Ziad Touma is a Lebanese Canadian film director, producer and screenwriter born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1974 and residing in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the founder of the film, television and digital media production company Couzin Films ...

, Lebanese Canadian film director

Writers

Ziad Majed Ziad Majed ( ar, زياد ماجد) is a Lebanese/French political researcher and university professor. He holds a PhD in political sciences from Sciences Po Paris. He teaches Middle Eastern studies and International Relations at the American ...

, Lebanese political researcher *

Ziyad Marar Ziyad Marar is an author and President of Global Publishing at SAGE Publishing. He was born in 1966 in Iraq, and moved to London aged 10. He has published four books combining his interests in psychology and philosophy. His fourth ''Judged: The V ...

, Iraqi writer and publisher

Musicians

* Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese composer, pianist, playwright, and political commentator

Poets

Ziyād al-Aʿd̲j̲am Ziyād al-Aʿd̲j̲am was an Arabic poet of the Umayyad period The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates establis ...

, poet of the Umayyad period of Persian origin

Politicians

* Ziad Aboultaif, Canadian politician *

Ziad Abs Ziad Raymond Abs (زياد ريمون عبس) (born August 2, 1972 in Beirut) is an activist in the Lebanese political party Free Patriotic Movement (Lebanon) and public affairs. Joining the march of former Lebanese Army Commander (1984-1988) and ...

, Lebanese politician * Ziad Abu Amr Palestinian politician, author, and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council *

Ziad Abu Ein Ziad Abu Ein, also spelled Ziad Abu Ain, ( ar, زياد أبو عين; 22 November 1959 – 10 December 2014) was a Palestinian politician. He was a member of the Fatah political party, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and a senior minis ...

, Palestinian politician *

Ziad Bahaa-Eldin Ziad Ahmed Bahaa-Eldin (born 30 August 1964) is an Egyptian economist, commercial lawyer and politician. Biography Ziad Bahaa-Eldin was born on 30 August 1964 and is the son of the journalist and writer Ahmad Baha-Eldin. He was educated at Cair ...

, Egyptian politician *

Ziyad Baroud Ziyad Baroud ( ar, زياد بارود ; born 29 April 1970) is a French Lebanese civil servant and civil society activist. He served as minister of interior and municipalities, considered to be one of the most powerful positions in the country, ...

, Lebanese civil servant and civil society activist * Ziad Durrani, Pakistani politician *

Ziad Makhzoumi Ziad Makhzoumi (born in Beirut, Lebanon on January 20, 1955) is a public speaker, coach and business executive currently serving as the chief executive officer of Fakih IVF. Education and career He hold a BSc in Electronic Engineering and an ...

, Lebanese British businessman and public speaker * Ziyad Sabbagh (born 1960), Syrian politician

Military

* Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan, Muslim general * Ziyad ibn Abih (622–673 AD), Muslim general and administrator *

Ziad Fahd Ziad Fahd ( ar, زياد فهد) is a Free Syrian Army brigadier general, who defected from the Syrian Army to the FSA on March 28, 2012. He currently holds the position of deputy chief of staff in the Southern Front. He is also a former member o ...

, Free Syrian Army brigadier general * Ziad al-Hariri, Syrian senior officer and defence minister *

Zijad Subašić Zijad Subašić (d. 1992) was a Bosnian Muslim paramilitary leader in Višegrad during the early stage of the Bosnian War (1992–95). He was a founding member of the Patriotic League in Višegrad. After being wounded in a street battle with Serb m ...

, Bosniak military leader in Višegrad during the early stage of the Bosnian War (1992–95)

Other

Ziad Abuzayyad Ziad Ali Khalil AbuZayyad ( ar, زياد علي خليل أبو زياد) (born April 3, 1940) is a Palestinian lawyer, journalist and politician. Biography Ziad Ali Khalil AbuZayyad is an attorney at Law who graduated from Damascus University i ...

, Palestinian lawyer, journalist *

Ziad Rafiq Beydoun Ziad Rafiq Beydoun (1924–1998) was a Lebanese petroleum geologist, leading authority on the geology of the Middle East and Emeritus Professor at the American University of Beirut (AUB). Background and education Born in Beirut in 1924, Ziad (" ...

, petroleum geologist and professor *

Ziad Fazah Ziad Youssef Fazah ( ar, زياد فصاح; born 10 June 1954) is an alleged Liberian-born Lebanese polyglot. Fazah has falsely claimed to speak 59 languages and maintains that he has proved this in several public appearances in which he suppo ...

, Lebanese polyglot *

Ziad el-Doulatli Ziad el-Doulatli ( aeb, زياد الدولاتلي) is a Tunisian activist affiliated with the Islamist Ennahda Movement, for which he is an executive. Background Ziad el-Doulati obtained his doctorate degree in pharmacology from the University ...

, Tunisian activist *

Ziad al-Khasawneh Ziyad Al-Khasawneh is a Jordanian lawyer who headed a team of over 3000 defense lawyers for former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was a ...

, Jordanian lawyer who headed a team of twenty-two defence lawyers for former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. * Ziad Jarrah, Lebanese hijacker pilot involved in the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 *

Ziyad Khaleel Ziyad Khaleel, also known as Khalil Ziyad, Ziyad Sadaqa, and Ziyad Abdulrahman, was a Palestinian-American al-Qaeda member, based in the United States, primarily in Colorado, Florida, Michigan and Missouri. He had been identified as a "procureme ...

, also known as Khalil Ziyad, Ziyad Sadaqa, and Ziyad Abdulrahman, was a Palestinian-American al-Qaeda member * Zijad Delić, Bosnian Canadian imam, activist, teacher, scholar and public speaker * Ziad Andraous, Lebanon's best human

Surname

Howar Ziad Howar Ziad was the ambassador of Iraq to Canada. He is also a senior advisor to Jalal Talabani, the current president of Iraq. Prior to his diplomatic career, Ziad and his family had a long history of participation in the Kurd ug:كۇردلار ...

, Iraqi politician and ambassador *

Hussein Ziad Hussein Ziad Odtallah ( ar, حسين زياد عودت الله; born January 1, 1985) is a Jordanian footballer of Palestinian origin who is a left winger for That Ras That Ras is a football club based in Al Karak which competes in the Jorda ...

, Jordanian footballer * Tawfiq Ziad (1929–1994), Palestinian politician well known for his "poetry of protest".