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

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that means generous, liberal, magnanimous, and open-handed. The name is common in the

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* Jaouad Achab (born 1992), Belgian taekwondo practitioner of Moroccan origin * Jawad Ahmad (born 1970), Pakistani singer and politician * Jaouad Akaddar (1984–2012), Moroccan footballer * Jawad Akeel (born 1978), Dutch-Qatari footballer *

Jawad Ali Jawad Ali (1907–1987) was an Iraqi historian and academic who specialized in the history of both Islam and the Arabs. He is best known for his work ''al-Mufassal fi Tarikh al-Arab Qabl al-Islam'' (''The Abridged History of the Arabs before Is ...

(1907–1987), Iraqi historian * Javad Alizadeh (born 1953), Iranian cartoonist * Javad Allahverdi (born 1954), Iranian footballer * Jawad Anani (born 1943), Jordanian economist and politician * Jawad El Andaloussi (born 1955), Moroccan footballer * Jawad Al Arrayed (born 1940), Bahraini politician * Jawad al-Assadi (born 1947), Iraqi theatre director and playwright * Jawad Bashir (born 1970), 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 () (also spelled Al-Bolani; born in 1960) served as the Ministry of Interior (Iraq), Interior Minister of Iraq within the Council of Ministers of Iraq, Council of Ministers under Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from 8 June 20 ...

(born 1960), Iraqi politician and minister * Jaouad Chiguer (born 1985), French amateur boxer * Cevat Cobanli (1870-1938), Turkish commander and politician * Jawad Rumi Daini (born 1948), Iraqi Army general * Javad Davari (born 1983), Iranian basketball player * Jawad Dawood (born 1982), Pakistani-Canadian cricketer * Javad Fakoori (1938–1981), Iranian Air Force officer * Javad Gharavi Aliari (1935-2018), Iranian Grand Ayatollah *

Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib (, born 22 May 1972 in Khenifra, Morocco) is a Morocco, Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. Winner of the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championshi ...

(born 1972), Moroccan runner * Jawad Ghaziyar, Afghan singer * Cevat Güler (born 1959), Turkish footballer and coach * Cevat Abbas Gurer (1887–1943), Turkish officer and politician * Jawad El Hajri (born 1979), French footballer * Javad Hakimli (1914–2016), Soviet Azerbaijani Partisan during WWII * Jawad Hameed (born 1976), Pakistani cricketer * Javad Hamidi (1918-2002), Iranian painter and poet * Javad Hashemi (born 1966), Iranian actor and director * Javad Heyat (1925-2014), Iranian Azerbaijani surgeon and Writer * Jawad Hussain (1939–2008), Indian cricketer * Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (1886–1973), Turkish writer * Jawad Kadhim (born 1993), Iraqi footballer * Dževad Karahasan (1953-2023), Bosnian writer and philosopher * Javad Kazemian (born 1981), Iranian footballer * Xhevat Kelmendi (born 1955), Kosovar singer *

Javad Khan Javad Khan (); 1748 – 1804) was a member of Ziyadoghlu Qajar, a clan of the Qajars (tribe), Qajar tribe, as well as the sixth and the last Khan (title), khan of the Ganja Khanate from 1786 to 1804 before it was lost to Russian Empire, Russia. ...

(1748-1804), member of the royal Qajar family * Cevat Kula (1902–1977), Turkish equestrian * Javad Malik-Yeganov (1878–1942), Azerbaijani politician and Governor-General of Lankaran *

Javad Maroufi Javād Ma'roufi (), (1912 in Tehran – December 7, 1993, in Tehran) was an Iranian composer and pianist. Biography Javād Ma'roufi was born in Tehran to the musician father Musā Ma'roufi and mother Ozrā Ma'roufi (or ''Ezra'' Ma'roufi) who w ...

(1912–1993), Iranian composer and pianist * Javad Mojabi (born 1939), Iranian poet and literary critic *

Javad Nekounam Javad Nekounam (; born 7 September 1980) is an Iranian Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as a midfielder. He holds the record for the most appearances for the Iran national football tea ...

(born 1980), Iranian footballer *

Javad Nurbakhsh Javad Nurbakhsh (; 10 December 1926 – 10 October 2008) was the Master ('' pir'') of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order from 1953 until his death. He was also a psychiatrist and a successful writer in the fields of both psychiatry and Sufi mysticism. ...

(1926–2008), Iranian Sufi leader and psychiatrist * Jawad Ouaddouch (born 1981), Moroccan footballer * Dževad Prekazi (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 (born 1974), Iranian actor * Javad Razzaghi (born 1982), Iranian footballer * Jawad Jabbar Sadkhan Al-Sahlani, Iraqi man held at Guantanamo * Jawad Saleem (1919–1961), Iraqi painter and sculptor * Jawad Salehi (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 (1906-1945), Turkish footballer * Javad Shamaqdari (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 (1945-2023), Iranian political philosopher and historian *

Jawad Tabrizi Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Mirza Jawad Kubar Tabrizi (; 1926 – November 20, 2006) was an Iranian Shia marja'. Tabrizi was another prominent student of the late grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, and one of the leading religious authoriti ...

(1926–2006), Iranian Ayatollah * Dževad Turković (born 1972), Yugoslav and Croatian footballer *

Jawad Williams Jawad Hason Williams (born February 19, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays as a small forward-po ...

(born 1983), American basketball player * Javad Yasari (born 1947), Persian singer * Cevat Yerli (born 1978), Turkish and German computer game developer * Jaouad Zairi (born 1982), Moroccan footballer * Javad Zarincheh (born 1966), Iranian football player and coach

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Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (, 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 members of Mohammad-Ali Rajai's govern ...

(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 (1905–1994), Lebanese founder of the Islamic Center of America * Mufid Mohammad Jawad al-Jazairi (born 1939), Iraqi journalist and politician * Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh (born 1961), 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 Allama Syed Jawad Naqvi (born 1963) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar, Religious Leader, religious leader and Preacher who is the founder and Chancellor (education), chancellor of Jamia Urwat-ul-Wusqa in Lahore and many Islamic schools. A leading ...

(born 1952), Pakistani Twelver Shia Muslim cleric * Hossam Jawad Al-Sabah (1948-2021), 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, Iraqi politician and Member of Parliament * Leman Cevat Tomsu (1913-1988), Turkish architect and academic * Mohammad Javad Tondguyan (1950–1991), Iranian engineer and politician * Abu Mohammad Jawad Walieddine (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 ...

(1916–2004), Indian Urdu poet and scholar *

Mohammad Javad Zarif Mohammad Javad Zarif (; born 8 January 1960) is an Iranian career diplomat and academic. He served as the vice president for strategic affairs from August 2024 to March 2025.Abdul Sattar Jawad (born 1943), Iraqi-American scholar of Arabic and English literature * Ahmad Javad (1892–1937), Azerbaijani poet * Ali Jawad (born 1989), British paralympic powerlifter * Daniane Jawad (born 1986), Moroccan footballer * Hussain Jawad (born 1987), Bahraini human rights activist *

Kalbe Jawad Kalbe Jawad is a Shia Islam, Shia Muslim cleric from Lucknow, India. Family background He comes from a family of scholars known as ''"Ijtihadi family, Khandan-e-Ijtehad"'', and traces his lineage from Dildar Ali Naseerabadi (also known as Ghu ...

(born 1966), Indian Muslim cleric and scholar * Kashif Jawad (born 1981), Pakistani field hockey player * Mazen Abdul-Jawad (born 1977), Saudi Arabian man arrested for talking publicly about sex * Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad (born 1962), Saudi Arabian footballer * Mohammed Abdel-Jawad (born 1979), Palestinian footballer * Mohamed Jawad (born 1985), Pakistani youth accused and held for attempted murder at Guantanamo *

Muhammad al-Jawad Muhammad al-Jawad (, – ) was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the ninth of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Rida (). He is known by the epithets al-Jawād () and al-Taqī (). Like most of his predecessors, M ...

, (811–835), ninth of the Twelve Imams * Said Tayeb Jawad (born 1958), Afghan diplomat * Saleh Abd al-Jawad (born 1952), Palestinian historian * Shamim Jawad, Afghan activist * Shireen Jawad (born 1971), Bangladeshi-English singer * Suleika Jaouad (born 1988), an American writer and motivational speaker

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