Hafiz (name)

Hafiz or Hafez (Arabic: حافظ, "one who remembers" lit. "keeper") is an Arabic name.

Notable people with the name include:

• Hafez or Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi (1325-1390), a 14th-century Persian mystic and poet. Sometimes credited as "Hafiz" or "Hafiz of Shiraz"
• Abdul Hafiz (VC) (1918–1944), British Indian Army officer and Victoria Cross recipient
• Abdul Hafiz (Guantanamo detainee 1030) (self-identifies as Abdul Qawi)
• Hafiz al-Iraqi (1325–1403), Islamic scholar

• Hafez al-Assad (1930–2000), president of Syria 1971–2000
• Hafez Ibrahim (1871–1932), also referred to as Hafiz, Egyptian poet of the early 20th century
• Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (born 1950), Pakistani Islamist militant, co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the chief of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD), UN-designated terrorist organisations operating mainly from Pakistan

• Hafiz (Malaysian singer) (born 1990), winner of the seventh season of Akademi Fantasia
• Al-Hafiz (died 1149), the eleventh Caliph of the Fatimids
• Hafiz Alam Sairani (1960-2024), Indian politician
• Hafiz Ali Khan (1888–1972), Indian sarod player
• Hafiz Alpuri, Sufi Pashto poet
• Hafiz Hakki (1879–1915), Ottoman general
• Hafiz Hashim, Malaysian badminton player, full name Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (born 1982)
• Hafiz Hussain Ahmed (1951-2025), Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician
• Hafiz Khan (1950-2022), Fijian businessman and politician
• Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (born 1950), Pakistani professor
• Hafiz Rahim (1983–2020), Singaporean footballer
• Hafiz Rahmat Khan (1708/9–1774), ruler and warrior in North India
• Hafiz Siddiqi (1931–2018), Bangladeshi academic

• Hafız Selman İzbeli, Turkish militiawoman

• Abdel Halim Hafez (1929–1977), Egyptian singer and actor
• Bahiga Hafez (1901–1983), Egyptian screenwriter, composer, director, editor, producer and actress
• Nada Hafez (born 1997), Egyptian sabre fencer
• Farid Hafez (born 1981), Austrian political scientist
• Karim Hafez (born 1996), Egyptian footballer
• Mohammed Hafez (born 1970), specialist in Islamist movements, political militancy and violent radicalization
• Mohamed Ali Hafez, administrator with the Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization
• Nevine Hafez (born 1968), Egyptian swimmer
• Randa Hafez (born 1985), Egyptian pop singer
• Salah al-Deen Hafez (1938–2008), Egyptian writer and journalist
• Sherwite Hafez (born 1967), Egyptian swimmer
• Sulayman Hafez, Egyptian lawyer and politician
• Suleiman Hafez (born 1941), Jordanian economist and politician
• Yasser Abdel Hafez (born 1969), Egyptian novelist and journalist
• Yousry Hafez (born 1993), Egyptian amateur boxer

• Helal Hafiz (1948–2024), Bangladeshi poet
• Hisham Hafiz (1931–2006), Saudi Arabian author and newspaper publisher
• Mirza Ghulam Hafiz (1920–2000), Bangladeshi politician
• Nezam Hafiz (1969–2001), Guyanese-American first class cricketer

• Amin al-Hafez (Lebanon) (1926–2009), Lebanese politician, former Prime Minister of Lebanon
• Amin al-Hafiz (or Amin Hafez; 1921–2009), Syrian politician, General and member of the Ba'ath Party who served as the President of Syria from 27 July 1963 to 23 February 1966