Masoud (; ) is a given name and surname, with origins in Persian and Arabic. The name is found in the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Russia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and China. Masoud has spelling variations possibly due to transliteration, including

Masud Masud (, ) is a given name and a surname, commonly found in the Middle East and Asia. It has a variety of spellings including Masoud, Massoud, Massoude, Massudeh, Masood, Masʽud, Masud, Mashud, Messaoud, Mesut, Mesud, or Mosād. People with the na ...

Massoud Massoud (, ) is a given name and a surname, commonly found in the Middle East and Asia. It has a variety of spellings including Masoud, Masud, Massoude, Massudeh, Masood, Masʽud, Masud, Mashud, Messaoud, Mesut, Mesud, or Mosād. People with the ...

, Massoude, Massudeh, Masood, Masʽud, Mashud, Messaoud, Mesut, Mesud, Massood, or Mosād. Notable people and characters with the name include:

Given name

Masoud

Masoud (musician) Masoud (, born Masoud Fouladi Moghaddam (); May 22, 1985) is an Iranian record producer, artist, and DJ living in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran. He is known for leading the electronic dance music artist community in Iran.

, Iranian music producer, artist, and DJ *

Masoud Kazerouni Sadid al-Din Muhammad ibn Mas‘ud al-Kazaruni was a 14th-century Persian physician from Kazerun, Fars, Iran. He was a popular commentator on earlier medical writings, and composed a commentary titled ''al-Mughni fi sharh al-Mujiz'' on the epitom ...

, 14th-century Persian physician *

Masoud Barzani Masoud Barzani (; born 16 August 1946) is a Kurdish politician who has been leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, and was President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq from 2005 to 2017. Early life and career Barzani was bo ...

, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan region from 2005 to 2017 *

Masoud Juma Masoud Juma Choka (born 3 February 1996) is a Kenyan footballer who plays as a forward Kenya national team. Club career Early years Born and raised in Isiolo, Juma began playing football at Tumaini Primary School. He then led his Isiolo Bar ...

, Kenyan footballer *

Masoud Shojaei Masoud Soleimani Shojaei (; born 9 June 1984) is an Iranian coach and former professional footballer. Shojaei played mainly as an attacking midfielder, he could also play as a winger or forward. After playing in his country for two clubs and ...

, Iranian footballer *

Masoud Bastani Masoud Moradi Bastani (born 12 May 1978 in Arak) is an Iranian reformist journalist. Throughout his career, he was arrested several times, the last of which was on July 5, 2009, during protests after the disputed Iranian presidential election. ...

, Iranian journalist

Mas'ud

* Masud I of Ghazni, ''sultan'' of the Ghaznavid Empire from 1030 to 1040 * Masud Hai Rakkaḥ, Chief rabbi of Tripoli

Masood

* Masood Abbas, Pakistani politician * Masood Ahmad, Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh * Masood Ahmad Azizi, Afghan politician and diplomat * Masood Ahmed (economist), Pakistan-born British economist * Masood Ahmed Barkati (1933–2017), Pakistani writer and editor * Masood Ahmed Janjua, Pakistani businessman who disappeared in 2005 *

Masood Ahmed Khan Masood Ahmed Khan (June 1918–date of death unknown) was a Pakistani field hockey player. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, ...

(1918–?), Pakistani Olympic field hockey player *

Masood Akhtar (cricketer) Syed Masood Akhtar (born 18 August 1946) is a former international cricketer who represented the United States national team between 1979 and 1982. He was born in present-day India, and played first-class cricket in Pakistan before emigrating to ...

(born 1946), Pakistani-American cricketer who played for the United States national team *

Masood Akhtar (actor) Masood Akhtar (; 5 September 1940 – 5 March 2022) was a Pakistani film and television actor who was considered one of the versatile actors of the industry. Early life and education Masood Akhtar was born in Sahiwal on 5 September 1940. After ...

(1940–1922), Pakistani actor * Masood Akhtar (politician), Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh * Masood Ali Khan (born 1947), Indian scholar, historian and a writer on Islamic history, culture, and religion *

Masood Ali Khan (politician) Sardar Masood Ali Khan Luni is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Balochistan The Provincial Assembly of Balochistan is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province o ...

, Pakistani politician from Balochistan *

Masood Anwar Masood Anwar (born 10 December 1967) is a Pakistani former cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a crick ...

(born 1967), Pakistani Test cricketer *

Masood Ashar Masood Ahmad Khan (Urdu: ‎; Masʻūd Ashʻar; 10 February 1931 – 5 July 2021), better known as Masood Ashar, was a Pakistani Urdu short story writer, novelist, journalist, columnist and translator. On 23 March 2010, he was awarded the ...

(1931–2021), Pakistani Urdu short story writer, novelist, journalist, columnist and translator *

Masood Ashraf Raja Masood Ashraf Raja (Urdu: مسعود اشرف راجہ) is a Pakistani-born American writer. Previously, he was an associate professor of postcolonial literature and theory at the University of North Texas. He is also the editor of '' Pakistani ...

, Pakistani-born American writer *

Masood Aslam Muhammad Masood Aslam (Urdu: ; born 1 September 1952) is a retired three-star general who served in the Pakistan Army for 39 years. His last post in the Army was serving as the commander of the XI Corps, fighting TTP forces in the North-Wes ...

(born 1952), Pakistan Army general *

Masood Azhar Muhammad Masood Azhar Alvi (born 10 July or 7 August 1968) is a Pakistani militant leader, who is the founder and current leader of militant organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed, a Pakistan-based Islamic Deobandi jihadist organisation. His actions a ...

(born 1968), Pakistani radical Islamist and terrorist *

Masood Dakik Masood Dakik (born 19 August 1967) is a German Afghan entrepreneur and lobbyist. Early life and career Dakik was born on 19 August 1967 in Kabul, Afghanistan, to father Abdul Khaliq Khan. In 1984, he graduated from Lycée Esteqlal. In an int ...

(born 1967), Afghan-German entrepreneur and lobbyist *

Masood Fakhri Masood Fakhri (; 16 November 1932 – 6 September 2016) was a Pakistani professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Winger, left winger. A former Pakistan national football team, Pakistani intern ...

(1932–2016), Pakistani international footballer *

Masood Helali Masood Helali is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He was elected a member of parliament from Kishoreganj-3 in February 1996. Career Masood Helali is a former general secretary and advisor of Kishoreganj district BNP. He was elected ...

, Bangladeshi politician *

Masood Iqbal Masood Iqbal Qureshi (17 April 1952 – 31 October 2003) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in a single One-day International (ODI) match in 1984. A wicket-keeper, he toured Australia and New Zealand in 1972/73 and England in 1978, but did ...

(1952–2003), Pakistani cricketer * Masood Jan, Pakistani blind cricketer * Masood Kamandy (born 1981), American artist * Masood Kausar, Pakistani politician, 28th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa * Masood Khadarpoosh (1916–1985), Pakistani bureaucrat, activist, agricultural reformist and a champion of the Punjabi language *

Masood Khan Masood Khan () is a retired Pakistani-Kashmiri diplomat who served as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States. Khan also served as the 27th President of Azad Kashmir. Khan joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1980. From August 2003 to ...

, Pakistani-Kashmiri diplomat, 27th President of Azad Kashmir *

Masood Madani Masood Asad Madani (born 1 April 1967) is an Indian politician and Deobandi leader who had served as a Minister of State in the ND Tiwari Ministry in Government of Uttarakhand from 2002 to 2007. He is the younger brother of former Rajya Sabha Mem ...

(born 1967), Indian politician from Uttarakhand * Masood Mufti (1934–2020), Pakistani scholar of Urdu language, short story writer, novelist, dramatist, columnist and civil servant *

Masood Parvez Masood Parvez (1918 10 March 2001), also spelled as Masud Pervaiz, was a Pakistani film director known for his work in Lollywood. He also worked in Indian films before partition of India and after migrating to Pakistan, he produced most of hi ...

(1918–2001), Pakistani film director *

Masood Rana Masood Rana (), (6 August 1941 – 4 October 1995) was a Pakistani film playback singer. He began his singing career in 1962 with the film ''Inqalab'', became one of the top male singers in Urdu and Punjabi films for more than three decade ...

(1941–1995), Pakistani film playback singer * Masood Salahuddin (1915–2006), Pakistani cricket umpire * Masood Shafqat, Pakistani politician from the Punjab * Masood Shahrukh Khan (born 1995), known as Shahrukh Khan, Indian cricketer * Masood Sharif Khan Khattak (1950–2023), Pakistani politician, civilian intelligence officer and the first Director General of the Intelligence Bureau * Masood-ul-Hasan (born 1945), Pakistani cricketer * Masood ul-Mulk, Pakistani expert on humanitarian aid and a development practitioner * Masood ur Rehman Usmani (1968–2024), Pakistani Islamic scholar and religious leader

Other variations of spellings

Mesud Pezer Mesud Pezer (born 27 August 1994) is a Bosnian shot putter. He holds both national records in the shot put discipline. He competed at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympics and is the 2018 Mediterranean Games bronze medalist. Career Pezer won ...

, Bosnian Olympic shot putter *

Messaoud Bellemou Messaoud Bellemou () is an Algerian musician and one of the most influential performers of modern raï music. He is considered by some people to be one of the fathers of Modern Raï Music. Messaoud began his career playing the trumpet but soon be ...

, Algerian musician *

Messaoud Ould Boulkheir Messaoud Ould Boulkheir (; born 1943) is a political figure from Mauritania and a leader in the Haratine community. Messaoud also contributed towards the end of the 1989 events in Mauritania, protecting the right of the victims and the emancipa ...

, Mauritanian politician * Moshood K. O. Abiola, politician and philanthropist from Nigeria *

Mesut of Menteşe Mesut was a bey of Menteshe, one of the Anatolian beyliks (principalities). Background In the second half of the 13th century, the Seljuks of Anatolia became the puppet of the Mongols and the vassal Turkmen tribes began to act independently. M ...

(died 1319), Turkish bey *

Mesut Bakkal Mesut Bakkal (born 19 March 1964) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player, currently coaching Sakaryaspor. A midfielder, he played for Denizlispor, and later was manager of Ankaragücü, Denizlispor, Gaziantepspor, Gen ...

(born 1964), Turkish football manager *

Mesut Cemil Mesut Cemil (; 1902 – October 31, 1963) was a Turkish composer, and a notable ''tanbur'' lute and cello player. His father was Tanburi Cemil Bey. He participated in the 1932 Cairo Congress of Arab Music. Cemil took cello and violin lessons ...

(1902–1963), Turkish composer and musician *

Mesut Doğan Mesut Doğan (born 4 October 1984) is a Turkish-Austrian futsal player. He currently plays for Stella Rossa Vienna and previously played for FAC Vienna. He is a member of the Turkey national futsal team in the UEFA Futsal Championship The UE ...

(born 1982), Turkish Austrian futsal player *

Mesut İktu Mesut İktu (Ankara, 22 May 1947) is a Turkish operatic baritone, administrator and voice teacher. He was manager and artistic director of the Turkish State Opera and Ballet 1987-1991 and again 2001-2003. Discography * ''Türk ezgileri'' - Turkish ...

(born 1947), Turkish voice musician *

Mesut Mert Mesut Mert (born 18 March 1978) is a football coach and former player who serves as head coach of the Saint Mary's University men's soccer team. Born in Bulgaria, he represented Canada internationally. He was an assistant coach for HFX Wandere ...

(born 1978), Bulgarian football player *

Mesut Özgür Mesut Özgür (born 23 January 1990) is a Turkish footballer. As of 2009 he played for the club Mudanyaspor and was one of the young players of Bursaspor whom coach Güvenç Kurtar trusted and gave the opportunity to play in the 2008–2009 se ...

(born 1990), Turkish football player *

Mesut Özil Mesut Özil (, ; born 15 October 1988) is a German former professional association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Known for his ball control, technical skills, creativity, passing skills, and vision, he is widely re ...

(born 1988), German football player *

Mesut Yılmaz Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz () (6 November 1947 – 30 October 2020) was a Turkish politician. He was the leader of the Motherland Party (, ANAP) from 1991 to 2002, and served three times as Prime Minister of Turkey. His first two prime-ministerial term ...

(1947–2020), Turkish politician

Surname

Masud Ahmed

* Moez Masoud, Egyptian Muslim cleric

Masood

Shan Masood Shan Masood Khan (Urdu: شان مسعود; born 14 October 1989), also spelled as Shaan Masood, is a Pakistani international cricketer. He is the current captain of the Pakistan Test cricket team. He is a left-handed batsman and an occasional r ...

, Pakistani cricketer * Syed M. Masood, Pakistani-American author

Other variations of spellings

* Rükneddin Mesud, King Mesud I * Mohamed Messaoud, Algerian footballer

Fictional characters

Masud Rana Masud Rana is a fictional character created in 1966 by the writer Qazi Anwar Hussain, who featured him in 472 books (325 novels and 6 short stories). Qazi Anwar Hussain created the adult spy-thriller series Masud Rana, at first modeled after J ...

, in the Bengali spy thriller series of the same name * Masood Ahmed, fictional character in ''EastEnders'', and his family, including: **

Zainab Masood Zainab Masood (also Khan) is a character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Nina Wadia.

** Syed Masood ** Amira Masood ** Shabnam Masood ** Tamwar Masood ** Afia Masood ** Kamil Masood **

Yasmin Masood The following are characters who first appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' during 2011 listed by order of first appearance. New characters were introduced by Bryan Kirkwood, executive producer. The first regular character to be anno ...

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