Hafiz (disambiguation)
The Arabic word Hafiz (also Hafez , Hafis , Hafid ) denotes
- a person who knows the Koran by heart, see Hafiz
- the Fatimid ruler al-Hafiz (1130–1149),
- the Persian poet Schams od-Dīn Hafis Mohammed-e Schirāzī (around 1320 to around 1389),
- the Grand Vizier Hafiz (Istanbul / Constantinople around 1631) under Sultan Murad IV. (1623-1640)
The surname appears as the first name at:
- Hafiz Pasha (died around 1840), general of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mahmud II (1808 to 1839). Hafiz commanded the concentrated on the Euphrates troops and marched on Mahmud's command in Syria, where he of Ibrahim Pasha was beaten
- Hafiz al-Assad (1930–2000), long-time President of Syria
- Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohammed (1952–2013), Egyptian professional soldier
- Hafez Modirzadeh (* 1962), American musician, musicologist and university professor
Hafiz appears as a surname for the following names :
- Abdel Halim Hafez , Egyptian singer
- Abdul Hafiz (* 1995), Indonesian javelin thrower
- Al-Habib Omar bin Mohammed bin Salim bin Hafiz (* 1963), Yemeni dean of Dar al Mustafa for Islamic Studies in Tarim, Yemen
- Amin al-Hafiz (1921–2009), Syrian politician
- Amin al-Hafez (1926–2009), Lebanese general and politician (Ba'ath Party)
- Elektro Hafız , a Turkish musician, singer and composer
- Farid Hafez (* 1981), Austrian political scientist
- Kai Hafez (* 1964), German communication scientist and university professor
- Karim Hafez (* 1996), Egyptian soccer player
- Mohamed Abdel Hafiz (* 1939), Egyptian water polo player
- Mohamed Essam Hafiz (* 1976), Egyptian squash player
- Sami Hafez Enan (* 1948), Egyptian professional soldier
- Sheikh Khalid Hafiz (1938-1999), Imam
