Ziad (; ) is an Arabic given name and surname.
Given name
Actors Zeyad Errafae'ie (1967–2009), Syrian television actor and voice actor
Athletes Zeyad Abdulrazak (born 1969), Kuwaiti hurdler Zeyad Mater (born 1991), Yemeni judoka Zyad Chaabo (born 1979), Syrian footballer Ziad Jaziri (born 1978), Tunisian football striker Ziad Richa (born 1967), Lebanese skeet shooter Ziad Tlemçani (born 1963), Tunisian footballer Ziyad Tariq Aziz Brisam (born 1977), Iraqi football defender Ziyad al-Kord (born 1974), Palestinian footballer Ziyad al-Sahafi (born 1994), Saudi Arabian footballer Ziyad al-Johani (born 2001), Saudi Arabian footballer Zyad Jusić (born 1980), Dutch football striker
Businessmen Ziad Takieddine (1950–2025), Lebanese-French businessman, alleged arms broker Ziad Makkawi (born 1961), Lebanese American investor Ziyad Cattan, Iraqi Polish businessman, alleged arms dealer
Film directors Ziad Antar (born 1978), Lebanese filmmaker and photographer Ziad Doueiri (born 1963), Lebanese film director Ziad Touma (born 1983), Lebanese Canadian film director
Writers Ziad Majed (born 1970), Lebanese political researcher Ziyad Marar (born 1966), Iraqi writer and publisher
Musicians Ziad Rahbani (1956–2025), Lebanese composer, pianist, playwright, and political commentator
Poets Ziyād al-Aʿd̲j̲am, poet of the Umayyad period of Persian origin
Politicians
Siad Barre (1919–1995), Somalian dictator Ziad Aboultaif (born 1966), Canadian politician Ziad Abs (born 1972), Lebanese politician Ziad Abu Amr (born 1950), Palestinian politician, author, and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council Ziad Abu Ein (1959–2014), Palestinian politician Ziad Bahaa-Eldin (born 1964), Egyptian politician Ziyad Baroud (born 1970), Lebanese civil servant and civil society activist Ziad Durrani (1982–2012), Pakistani politician Ziad Makhzoumi (born 1955), Lebanese British businessman and public speaker Ziyad Sabbagh (born 1960), Syrian politician
Military Ziyad ibn Abihi (622–673), Muslim general and administrator Ziyad ibn Ubayd Allah al-Harthi, Abbasid governor of Medina from 750 to 758. Ziad Fahd, Free Syrian Army brigadier general Ziad al-Hariri (1929–2015), Syrian senior officer and defence minister Zijad Subašić (died 1992), Bosniak military leader in Višegrad during the early stage of the Bosnian War (1992–95)
Other Ziad Abuzayyad (born 1940), Palestinian lawyer, journalist Ziad Rafiq Beydoun (1924–1998), petroleum geologist and professor Ziad Fazah (born 1954), Lebanese polyglot Ziad el-Doulatli, Tunisian activist Ziad al-Khasawneh, Jordanian lawyer who headed a team of twenty-two defence lawyers for former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Ziad Jarrah (1975–2001), Lebanese terrorist hijacker involved in the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 Ziyad Khaleel, also known as Khalil Ziyad, Ziyad Sadaqa, and Ziyad Abdulrahman, was a Palestinian-American al-Qaeda member Zijad Delić (born 1965), Bosnian Canadian imam, activist, teacher, scholar and public speaker
Surname Howar Ziad, Iraqi politician and ambassador Tawfiq Ziad (1929–1994), Palestinian politician well known for his "poetry of protest".
See also Tariq ibn Ziyad (670–720), Umayyad-era commander who led the Muslim conquest of Spain in the 8th century Ziyadid dynasty, a Muslim dynasty that ruled western Yemen from 819 until 1018 from the capital city of Zabid Zayed (disambiguation) Zaid, an Arabic masculine name