Hafiz (name)
Hafiz or Hafez (Arabic: حافظ, "one who remembers" lit. "keeper") is an Arabic name.
Notable people with the name include:
Mononym
- 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
Given name
Hafez
- Hafez Ahmadullah (1941–2025), Bangladeshi 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
- 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 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 Pashayev, Azerbaijani politician
- 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
- Hafız Selman İzbeli, Turkish militiawoman
Surname
Hafez
- Abdel Halim Hafez (1929–1977), Egyptian singer and actor
- Bahiga Hafez (1901–1983), Egyptian screenwriter, composer, director, editor, producer and actress
- Farid Hafez (born 1981), Austrian political scientist
- Karim Hafez (born 1996), Egyptian footballer
- Mohamed Ali Hafez (died 2026), administrator with the Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization
- Mohammed Hafez (born 1970), specialist in Islamist movements, political militancy and violent radicalization
- Nada Hafez (born 1997), Egyptian sabre fencer
- Nevine Hafez (born 1968), Egyptian swimmer
- 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
Hafiz
- 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
Al Hafez / Al Hafiz
- 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