Abdul Hamid
male given name
ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd (ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: عبد الحميد; Persian: عبدالحمید, romanized: Abdolhamid; Turkish: Abdülhamit), also spelled as Abdulhamid, Abdelhamid, Abd-ul Hamid, and Abd ol-Hamid, is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is a Muslim theophoric name built from the Arabic words ʻabd ('servant') and al-Ḥamīd (one of the names of God in the Qur'an), and thus means 'servant of the All-laudable'.
It may refer to:
Given name
Abd al-Hamid al-Katib (died 749), Umayyad official and Islamic scholar
'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk (fl. 830), Turkish Muslim mathematician
Abdul Hamid Lahori (died 1654), Indian traveller and court historian of Shah Jahan
Abdul Hamid Baba (died c.1732), Pashtun poet
Abdul Hamid I (1725–1789), sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Abdul Hamid (surveyor) (died ?1864), surveyor in Central Asia
Abdul Hamid II (1842–1918), sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah (1864–1943), Sultan of Kedah
Abdul Hamid Madarshahi (1869–1920), Bengali Islamic scholar and author
Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (1880–1976), political leader in Pakistan and Bangladesh
Abdulhamid Bey Gaytabashi (1884–1920), Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Abdul Hamid (politician, born 1886) (1886–1963), former Education Minister of Assam
Abdelhamid Ben Badis (1889–1940), Algerian Muslim scholar
Abdul Hamid Karami (1890–1950), Lebanese politician
Khwaja Abdul Hamied (1898–1972), Indian chemist and businessman
‘Abdu’l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávari (1902–1972), Iranian Bahá'í scholar
Sufi Abdul Hamid (1903–1938), African-American religious and labor leader
Abdelhamid Abdou (1905–1972), Egyptian footballer
Syarif Abdul Hamid Alkadrie (1913–1978), Sultan of Pontianak, Indonesia
Abdul Hamid Khan (general) (1917–1984), Pakistani soldier
Abdelhamid I. Sabra (1924–2013), known as A. I. Sabra, Egyptian-American historian of science
Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj (1925–2013), Syrian soldier and politician
Fouad Abdulhameed Alkhateeb (1925–1995), Saudi Arabian diplomat and businessman
Abdelhamid Mehri (1926–2012), Algerian politician
Abdelhamid Bouchouk (1927–2004), Algerian footballer
Abdul Hamid (field hockey) (1927–2019), Gold medallist for Pakistan in 1960 Olympics
Abdul Hameed (writer) (1928–2011), Pakistani Urdu writer
Abdul Hamid Omar (1929–2009), Malaysian judge
Abdelhamid Kermali (1931–2013), Algerian footballer and football manager
Abdul Hamid (soldier) (1933–1965), Indian soldier and recipient of the Param Vir Chakra
Abd al-Hamid Kishk (1933–1996), Egyptian preacher, scholar of Islam and author
Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush (1933–2007), Libyan politician
Omar Abdul Hamid Karami (1934–2015), known as Omar Karami, Lebanese politician
Abdelhamid Brahimi (1936–2021), Prime Minister of Algeria
Mohsen Abdel Hamid (born 1937), Iraqi politician
Abdelhamid Temmar (born 1938), Algerian politician
Abdelhamid Sharaf (1939–1980), Prime Minister of Jordan
Abdelhamid Slama (1941–2025), Tunisian politician
Abdul Hamid II (field hockey) (born 1942), Silver medallist for Pakistan in 1964 Olympics
Abdul Hameed Dogar (born 1944), Pakistani judge
Abdul Hamid Pawanteh (1944–2022), Malaysian politician
Abdul Hameed Nayyar (born 1945), Pakistani physicist
Molavi Abdul Hamid (born ca. 1946/1947), Iranian cleric
Abdolhamid Fathi (born 1948), Iranian fencer
Abdul Hamid (voice actor) (1948–2022), Indonesian voice actor and puppeteer
Abdul Hamid (Indian politician) (born 1950), Indian politician
Wagdy Abd el-Hamied Mohamed Ghoneim (born c. 1952), Egyptian Islamic preacher and writer
Abdul Hamid Khan (politician) (born 1953), Pakistani politician
Abdellatif Abdelhamid (born 1954), Syrian film director
Gamal Abdelhamid (born 1957), Egyptian footballer (Zamalek)
Abid Al-Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti, or Abid Hamid Mahmud (1957–2012), Iraqi military officer
Abdelhamid Halim Ben-Mabrouk (born 1960), known as Halim Benmabrouk, French-Algerian footballer
Mohamed Fouad Abd El Hamid Hassan (born 1961), known as Mohammad Fouad, Egyptian singer
Abdel Hamid al-Ghazzawi (born 1962), Libyan Guantanamo detainee
Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid (born 1962), Malaysian politician
Ammar Abdulhamid (born 1966), Syrian political activist
Abdul Hamid al-Awak (born 1966), Syrian politician, jurist, and academic
Yushau Abdulhameed Shuaib or Yushau Shuaib (born 1969), Nigerian writer
Abdul Hamid Bassiouny (born 1971), Egyptian footballer (Haras el Hodood)
Wazi Abdul Hamid (born 1971), Malaysian motorcyclist
Abdelhamid Hassan (born 1972), Egyptian footballer
Tamer Abdel Hamid (born 1975), Egyptian footballer (Zamalek)
Abdolhamid Rigi (ca.
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