Haider (surname)
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Haider is a South Asian, Arabic, and German surname. The German surname is a variant of Heider, and may be a habitation name for someone living on a heath, or a reference to a place-name with similar meanings.
Arabic-derived
Adil Haider (born 1973), Pakistani-American trauma surgeon
Afzaal Haider (born 1971), Pakistani-born Hongkonger cricketer
Ali Haider (cricketer) (born 1988), Pakistani cricketer
Ali Haider, Pakistani singer and actor
Daud Haider (1952–2025), Bangladeshi poet
Farooq Haider Khan (born 1955), 12th Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Ghazi-ud-Din Haider (born c. 1769 – 1827), last nawab wazir of Oudh (1814–1818) and first King of Oudh (1818–1827)
Ghulam Haider, music composer well known in both India and Pakistan
Iqbal Haider (1945–2012), advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, co-chair of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Izhar Haider (1944–2009), Urdu poet, social worker, and broadcaster
Jalila Haider (born 1988), human rights attorney and political activist
Moinuddin Haider (born 1942), Pakistani general
Mohsin Abbas Haider, Pakistani singer, actor, writer and TV presenter
Nasiruddin Haider (born c.
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