Jawad (Arabic & Persian: جواد), ; ; ; ; ) is an Arabic

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

that means generous, liberal, magnanimous, merciful, and open-handed. The name is common in the Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, Morocco and South Asia.

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Jaouad Achab Jaouad Achab (born 20 August 1992) is a taekwondo practitioner from Belgium. He won the gold medal at the 2014 European Championships Men's 63 kg, and at the 2015 World Championships, becoming Belgium's first World Taekwondo champion. In 2019 ...

(born 1992), Belgian taekwondo practitioner of Moroccan origin * Jawad (born 1970), Pakistani singer and musician *

Jaouad Akaddar Jaouad Akaddar ( ar, جواد أقدار) (September 9, 1984October 20, 2012) was a Moroccan footballer. Jaouad died on 20 October 2012 after a heart attack immediately after the end of a match. Club career Akaddar played for Olympique Khourib ...

(1984–2012), Moroccan footballer * Jawad Akeel (born 1978), Dutch-Qatari footballer * Javad Alizadeh (born 1953), Iranian cartoonist * Javad Allahverdi (born 1954), Iranian footballer *

Jawad Anani Jawad Anani (born 1943) is a Jordanian economist and politician. After working for the Central Bank of Jordan in the 1960s and 1970s he held high ranking positions in the civil service. He has held several ministerial posts since 1979, including ...

(born 1943), Jordanian economist and politician * Jawad El Andaloussi, Moroccan footballer * Jawad Al Arrayed (born 1940), Bahraini politician * Jawad al-Assadi (born 1947), Iraqi theatre director and playwright * Jawad Bashir, Pakistani director, actor, and singer * Jawad Blunt (born 1995), Pakistani freestyle football champion * Jawad Botmeh, Palestinian student convicted of the 1994 attack in the London Israeli embassy *

Jawad al-Bulani Jawad al-Bulani ( ar, جواد البولاني) (also spelled Al-Bolani; born in 1960) served as the Interior Minister of Iraq within the Council of Ministers under Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from 8 June 2006 to 21 December 2010. Bulan ...

(born 1960), Iraqi politician and minister * Jaouad Chiguer (born 1985), French amateur boxer * Cevat Cobanli (1870-1938), Turkish commander and politician *

Jawad Rumi Daini Major General Jawad Rumi Daini (born ca. 1948) is a former general in the Iraqi Army who currently lives in exile in Egypt. Daini fought in the Iran–Iraq war, and served in the Iraqi Army under the Baathist government until he was forced into r ...

(born 1948), Iraqi Army general *

Javad Davari Javad Davari ( fa, جواد داوری , born April 25, 1983) is president of Islamic Republic of Iran Basketball Federation from February 2022. He was former Iranian professional basketball player, played as a point guard for Foolad Mahan in the ...

(born 1983), Iranian basketball player * Jawad Dawood (born 1982), Pakistani-Canadian cricketer *

Javad Fakoori Javad Fakoori ( fa, جواد فکوری, 3 January 1936 – 29 September 1981) was a prominent military figure who served as the 4th defence minister of Iran in September 1980 to August 1981. Career Fakoori was a commander of the Islamic Republ ...

(1938–1981), Iranian Air Force officer *

Javad Gharavi Aliari Grand Ayatollah Mirza Javad Gharavi Aliari Tabrizi ( ar, آيت الله العظمى میرزا جواد غروى علياري تبريزى ) (1935-2018) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. He was born in Tabriz, Iran. He migrated to Najaf to ...

(born 1935), Iranian Grand Ayatollah * Jaouad Gharib (born 1972), Moroccan runner *

Jawad Ghaziyar Jawad Ghaziyar ( fa, جواد غازيار) is a popular Afghan singer. He is one of the 1980s era singers who took refuge in United States after the fall of Afghanistan government in 1992. Jawad was also a special judge in Season 8 of ''Afghan ...

, Afghan singer *

Cevat Güler Cevat Güler (born 12 March 1959 in Perşembe, Ordu Province) is a Turkish former football player and coach. Coaching career After Karl Heinz Feldkamp resigned at the end of 2007–08 season, he took over the managership and became the first ...

(born 1959), Turkish footballer and coach * Cevat Abbas Gurer (1887-1943), Turkish officer and politician * Jawad El Hajri (born 1979), French footballer *

Javad Hakimli Senior Lieutenant Javad Hakimli was an Azerbaijani-Soviet guerrilla who commanded a Soviet POW battalion of the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II. He is most noted for being the commander of Mehdi Huseynzade, a Hero of the Soviet Union whos ...

(1914-2016), Soviet Azerbaijani Partisan during WWII *

Jawad Hameed Jawad Hameed (born 31 August 1976) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who played for Rawalpindi cricket team Rawalpindi was a first-class cricket side that competed in domestic competitions in Pakistan. Rawalpindi's List A and Twenty20 sides ...

(born 1976), Pakistani cricketer *

Javad Hamidi Javad Hamidi (1918 – 2002) was an Iranian Modernist painter, poet, and educator. He was a pioneer in modern art in Iran. Biography Javad Hamidi was born in 1918 in Hamadan, Qajar Iran. Hamidi studied in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran Un ...

(born 1918), Iranian painter and poet * Javad Hashemi (born 1966), Iranian actor and director *

Javad Heyat Javad Heyat ( fa, جواد هیئت; 25 May 1925 – 12 August 2014) was an Iranian surgeon and writer. He performed the first open heart surgery in Iran, and was Ayatollah Khamenei's personal physician when the latter was President of Iran in the ...

(1925-2014), Iranian Azerbaijani surgeon and Writer *

Jawad Hussain Raza Jawad Hussain (20 April 1939 – 26 April 2008), commonly known as Joe Hussain, was an Indian cricketer. He played only one first-class match, for Tamil Nadu against Andhra in the 1964–65 Ranji Trophy. He scored 17 in his only inning ...

(1939–2008), Indian cricketer *

Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (17 April 1890 – 13 October 1973; born Musa Cevat Şakir; pen-name "The Fisherman of Halicarnassus", tr, Halikarnas Balıkçısı) was a Cretan Turkish writer of novels, short-stories and essays, as well as a ke ...

(1886-1973), Turkish writer *

Jawad Kadhim Jawad Kadhim (born 14 October 1993) is an Iraqi footballer who currently plays for Al-Minaa in the Iraqi Premier League. International career Jawad Kadhim was called up to the senior Iraq squad for a 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Saudi ...

(born 1993), Iraqi footballer *

Dževad Karahasan Dževad Karahasan (born 25 January 1953) is a Bosnian writer, essayist and philosopher. Karahasan was awarded with Herder Prize and Goethe Medal for his writings. In 2020, the city of Frankfurt awarded him the Goethe Prize. Early life Karahas ...

(born 1953), Bosnian writer and philosopher *

Javad Kazemian Javad Kazemian ( fa, جواد كاظميان, born 23 April 1981 in Kashan, Iran) is an Iranian football winger. He is commonly mistaken for a striker as he is frequently involved in running towards the opposing box, but his preferred positio ...

(born 1981), Iranian footballer *

Xhevat Kelmendi Xhevat Kelmendi (born January 1955) is an ethnic Albanian singer from Kosovo. Xhevat Kelmendi is from Peja Peja ( Indefinite Albanian form: ''Pejë'' ) or Peć ( sr-Cyrl, Пећ ) is the fourth largest city of Kosovo and seat of Peja Munic ...

(born 1955), Kosovar singer * Javad Khan (died 1804), member of the royal Qajar family *

Cevat Kula Cevat Kula (7 July 1902 – 20 April 1977) was a Turkish equestrian. He competed in two events at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Ol ...

(1902-1977), Turkish equestrian *

Javad Malik-Yeganov Javad Irzabey oglu Malik-Yeganov ( az, Cavad Məlik-Yeqanov) (1878, Tuğ – 1942, Karelia) was an Azerbaijani politician and Governor-General of Lankaran during Azerbaijan's independence in 1918–1920. Early life Malik-Yeganov was born in th ...

(1878–1942), Azerbaijani politician and Governor-General of Lankaran * Javad Maroufi (1912–1993), Iranian composer and pianist *

Javad Mojabi Javad Mojabi ( fa, جواد مجابی , born 14 October 1939 in Qazvin, Iran) is an Iranian poet, writer, researcher, and literary and art critic. Mojabi is one of Iran's most prominent modern writers and poets, and has published over 50 literary ...

(born 1939), Iranian poet and literary critic * Javad Nekounam (born 1980), Iranian footballer * Javad Nurbakhsh (1926–2008), Iranian Sufi leader and psychiatrist *

Jawad Ouaddouch Jawad Ouaddouch (born 4 October 1981) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who plays as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward ...

(born 1981), Moroccan footballer *

Dževad Prekazi Dževad Prekazi (, , ; born 18 August 1957) is a former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Mitrovica to ethnic Albanian parents, Prekazi made his first football steps at his local club Remont, being registered for their ...

(born 1957), Yugoslav Kosovar footballer *

Dževad Poturak Dževad Poturak (born September 20, 1977) is a Bosnian heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Jumruk Gym in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is the former WAKO Pro World Low-Kick champion and K-1 Fighting Network Prague 2007 tournament cham ...

(born 1977), Bosnian super heavyweight kickboxer *

Javad Razavian Seyed Javad Razavian ( fa, سید جواد رضویان) is an Iranian film actor, voice actor, presenter and director and television actor, known mainly for appearing in popular sitcom series. Filmography * ''Harf too harf'' * ''Sib-e Khandeh' ...

, Iranian actor * Javad Razzaghi (born 1982), Iranian footballer *

Jawad Jabbar Sadkhan Al-Sahlani Jawad Jabber Sadkhan is a citizen of Iraq who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. Sadkhan's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 433. Jawad's lawyers dispute that Jawad should have ...

, Iraqi man held at Guantanamo *

Jawad Saleem Jewad Selim (1919–1961) ( ar, جواد سليم) was an Iraqi painter and sculptor born in Ankara, Ottoman Empire in 1919. He became an influential artist through his involvement with the Iraqi Baghdad Modern Art Group, which encouraged artists ...

(1919–1961), Iraqi painter and sculptor *

Jawad Salehi Jawad A. Salehi, IEEE Fellow, ( fa, جواد صالحی) born in Kazemain (Kadhimiya), Iraq, on December 22, 1956, is an Iranian electrical and computer engineer, pioneer of optical code division multiple access (CDMA) and a highly cited rese ...

(born 1956), Iranian electrical and computer engineer *

Dževad Šećerbegović Dževad Šećerbegović (born 15 July 1955) is a Bosnian retired footballer who played for SFR Yugoslavia. Club career Born in Gornji Rahić, Brčko, Šećerbegović spent most of his football career playing for local side FK Sloboda Tuzla. At ...

(born 1955), Yugoslav Bosnian footballer *

Cevat Seyit Cevat Seyit (17 July 1906 – 23 November 1945) was a Turkish footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the I ...

(1906-1945), Turkish footballer *

Javad Shamaqdari Javad Shamaqdari ( fa, جواد شمقدری; born January 5, 1960) is an Iranian filmmaker and the former deputy culture minister of film under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He has attacked the film ''300'' as psychological warfare and accused A ...

(born 1960), Iranian filmmaker and politician * Javad Khan Shiravanski (1809-1882), Major General of the Russian Imperial Army and Azerbaijani Noble * Javad Shirzad (born 1982), Iranian footballer *

Javad Tabatabai Seyyed Javad Tabatabai ( fa, سید جواد طباطبایی; born 14 December 1945 in Tabriz, Iran) is an Iranian philosopher and political scientist. He was Professor and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University o ...

(born 1945), Iranian political philosopher and historian * Jawad Tabrizi (1926–2006), Iranian Ayatollah *

Dževad Turković Dževad Turković (born 17 June 1972) is a former Croatian football player. He capped 6 times for Croatia. He was champion of the Prva HNL in 1993, 1996 and 1997. Club career Turković played domestically for Dinamo Zagreb and Osijek and for ...

(born 1972), Yugoslav and Croatian footballer *

Jawad Williams Jawad Hason Williams (born February 19, 1983) is a former American professional basketball player. At 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in), he plays as a small forward-power forward. He played high school basketball at St. Edward High School of Lakewood, Ohio ...

(born 1983), American basketball player * Javad Yasari (born 1947), Persian singer *

Cevat Yerli Cevat Yerli (born 1978 in Coburg, Germany to Turkish immigrants from Giresun) is a computer game developer. He co-founded Crytek, one of the largest video game developers in Germany, and served as its CEO and President until February 2018. Cry ...

(born 1978), Turkish and German computer game developer *

Jaouad Zairi Jaouad Zairi ( ar, جواد الزايري; born 17 April 1982) is a Moroccan professional footballer who played as a winger. He played for the Morocco national team between 2000 and 2009, making 34 appearances and scoring six goals. Early l ...

(born 1982), Moroccan footballer *

Javad Zarincheh Javad Zarincheh ( fa, جواد زرینچه, born July 23, 1966) is a former Iranian football player, coach and a football administrator. He is currently team manager of Esteghlal. He played for the Iran national football team and was a particip ...

(born 1966), Iranian football player and coach *

Jawad Ali Jawad Ali (1907–1987) was an Iraqi historian and academic specializing in Islamic and Arabic history. He received his doctorate from Hamburg University in 1939 and is known for his book, ''The history of the Arabs before Islam'' which became ...

(born 2005)

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Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mohammad-Javad Bahonar ( fa, محمدجواد باهنر, 5 September 1933 – 30 August 1981) was a Shia Iranian theologian and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Iran for less than one month in August 1981. Bahonar and other member ...

(1933–1981), Iranian theologian and politician * Mohammad Jawad Balaghi (1865–1933), Iraqi Shia Muslim religious authority * Migjen Xhevat Basha (born 1987), Kosovar Albanian footballer *

Mohamad Jawad Chirri Imam Mohamad Jawad Chirri ( ar, محمد جواد شري; October 1, 1905 – November 10, 1994) was the founder and director of the Islamic Center of America until his death. Books authored In addition to writing The Shi'ites Under Attack: Bo ...

(1905–1994), Lebanese founder of the Islamic Center of America * Mufid Mohammad Jawad al-Jazairi (born 1939), Iraqi journalist and politician *

Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh Mohamed Jawad Khalifed (born November 7, 1961) is a Lebanese surgeon. He was minister of Public Health of Lebanon from 2004 to 2010. Biography Mohamed Jawad Khalifed was born on November 7, 1961, in Sarafand, Lebanon. He was the son of Jawad K ...

, Lebanese politician and minister of health * Mohammad-Javad Larijani (born 1951), Iranian politician, hard-line cleric and mathematician * Zayn Javadd Malik (born 1993), Pakistani-English singer and songwriter * Syed Jawad Naqvi (born 1952), Pakistani Twelver Shia Muslim cleric * Hossam Jawad Al-Sabah (born 1948), Lebanese actor * Ali Jawad al-Sheikh (1997–2011), Bahraini boy killed in the Bahraini Uprising * Ali Jawad Al Taher (c. 1911–1996), Iraqi literary scholar and critic *

Ridha Jawad Taqi Rida Jawad Taqi is an Iraqi politician and served until 2010 as a member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq for the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council. He was elected to the Council in December 2005 as part of the United Iraqi Alliance coalitio ...

, Iraqi politician and Member of Parliament *

Leman Cevat Tomsu Leman Cevat Tomsu (1913–1988) was a Turkish architect. Together with Münevver Belen, she was one of the first Turkish women to qualify as an architect when she graduated in 1934 from the Academy of Fine Arts, Istanbul. She was also the first ...

(1913-1988), Turkish architect and academic * Mohammad Javad Tondguyan (1950–1991), Iranian engineer and politician *

Abu Mohammad Jawad Walieddine Sheikh Abu Mohammad Jawad Walieddine (1916 – April 27, 2012) was regarded as the highest spiritual authority amongst the Druze community encompassing Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْ� ...

(1916–2012), Lebanese regional Druze spiritual leader *

Ali Jawad Zaidi Syed Ali Jawad Zaidi (10 March 1916 – 6 December 2004) was an Indian Urdu poet, scholar, and author of over 80 books in several languages. He was also an Indian independence activist, lawyer and later, a civil servant, but is best known for hi ...

(1916–2004), Indian Urdu poet and scholar * Mohammad Javad Zarif (born 1960), Iranian diplomat, academic, and foreign minister * Mohammad Jawad Ali Shujah (born 2005)

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* Abdul Sattar Jawad (born 1943), Iraqi-American scholar of Arabic and English literature *

Ahmad Javad Ahmad Javad ( az, Əhməd Məhəmmədəli oğlu Cavad; May 5, 1892 – October 13, 1937) was an Azerbaijani poet who is best known for writing the words of the National Anthem of Azerbaijan used under the 1918–1920 Democratic Republic of Az ...

(1892–1937), Azerbaijani poet *

Ali Jawad Ali Jawad (born 12 January 1989) is a British Paralympic powerlifting, Paralympic powerlifter competing in the −59 kg class. Born without legs, he took up powerlifting at the age of 16. He competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in Londo ...

(born 1989), British paralympic powerlifter * Daniane Jawad (born 1986), Moroccan footballer *

Hussain Jawad Hussain Jawad Parweez ( ar, حسين جواد برويز; born 10 December 1987) is a leading Bahraini human rights activist. He is the Chairman and founder of the European-Bahraini Organisation for Human Rights (EBOHR). He is also one of the foun ...

(born 1987), Bahraini human rights activist *

Kalbe Jawad Kalbe Jawad is a Shia Muslim cleric from Lucknow, India. Family background He comes from a family of scholars known as ''"Khandan-e-Ijtehad"'', and traces his lineage from Dildar Ali Naseerabadi (also known as Ghufran Ma'ab), their ancestors c ...

, Indian Muslim cleric and scholar *

Kashif Jawad Kashif Jawad (born February 7, 1981, in Karachi) is a former field hockey player who represented Pakistan in two Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting ...

(born 1981), Pakistani field hockey player *

Mazen Abdul-Jawad Mazen Abdul-Jawad (born 1977) is a Saudi Arabian man who spoke about his sexual exploits on television in July 2009. He was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes for talking publicly about sex. After the program by the ...

(born 1977), Saudi Arabian man arrested for talking publicly about sex * Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad (born 1962), Saudi Arabian footballer *

Mohammed Abdel-Jawad Mohammed Abdel-Jawad (born May 1, 1979) is a Palestinian footballer who plays as a central defender for Palestine __NOTOC__ Palestine may refer to: * State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia * Palestine (region), a geographic region in Wes ...

(born 1979), Palestinian footballer * Mohamed Jawad (born 1985), Pakistani youth accused and held for attempted murder at Guantanamo * Muhammad al-Jawad, (811–835), ninth of the Twelve Imams * Said Tayeb Jawad (born 1958), Afghan diplomat *

Saleh Abd al-Jawad Saleh Abd al-Jawad ( ar, صالح عبد الجواد, born 1952) is a State of Palestine, Palestinian historian. Born in Al-Bireh, he received his PhD in political science from Paris Nanterre University, Paris X-Nanterre University in 1986 and wo ...

(born 1952), Palestinian historian *

Shamim Jawad Shamim Jawad is the founder and president of the ''Ayenda Foundation'', the Afghan Children Initiative, which works for the welfare, education, health, shelter and safety of Afghan children. She is a member of the ''U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council'', ...

, Afghan activist *

Shireen Jawad Shireen Jawad ( bn, শিরিন জাওয়াদ; born 10 August 1971) is a Bengali singer born and raised in Britain with roots in Bangladesh. Early life Jawad was born and brought up in East London, England. Her first memories are o ...

(born 1971), Bangladeshi-English singer * Sophia Jawad (born 1986), Iraqi actress and model

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