Rashid is the

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of two male given names: and (also spelled Rasheed), both meaning 'rightly guided', 'having the true faith', or alternatively, 'the high one'. In Islamic tradition, ''al-Rashid'' is one of the 99 names of Allah, and thus as a personal name is often used with the word '' abd'' (عبد الرشيد, '' ʻAbd al-Rashīd''; "servant of the rightly guided").

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* Rashid III ibn Ahmad Al Mu'alla (1932-2009), former ruler of Umm al-Quwain, part of the United Arab Emirates * Rashid Ali (born 1975), Danish cricketer * Rashid Ali, Indian singer, musician, and composer * Rashied Ali (1933-2009), American avant-garde jazz drummer * Raashid Alvi (born 1956), Indian politician * Rachid Arma (born 1985), Moroccan footballer * Rashid Baz, Lebanese convicted murderer * Rashid Behbudov (1915-1989), Azerbaijani singer * Rachid Bouaita (born 1974), French boxer * Rashed Al Hooti (born 1989), Bahraini footballer * Rashid Khalidi (born 1948), Palestinian-American historian * Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa (born 1954), Bahraini royal * Räshid Hakimsan (1934-1997), Finnish Tatar hockey player * Rashid Khan (actor) (1915-1972), Indian actor * Rashid Khan (cricketer) (born 1998), Afghan cricketer * Rashid Khan (Pakistani cricketer) (born 1959), Pakistani cricketer * Rashid Khan (golfer) (born 1991), Indian golfer * Rashid Khan (musician) (1968-2024), Indian musician * Rashid Khan Gaplanov (1883-1937), Azerbaijani statesman *

Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco (born 20 June 1970) is a member of the Alawi dynasty. He is the younger brother of King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Mohammed VI and the youngest child of the late King Hassan II of Morocco, Hassan II and his wife, Lal ...

(born 1970), Moroccan royal * Al-Rashid of Morocco (1631-1672), Sultan of Morocco from 1666 to 1672 * Rashid Latif (born 1968), Pakistani cricket player * Rashid Mahazi (born 1992), Australian footballer * Rashid Al Marikhi, Sufi shaikh in Bahrain * Rasheed Muhammad (born 1971), Pakistani tissue seller and murderer *

Rashid Nezhmetdinov Rashid Gibyatovich Nezhmetdinov (, Tatar: '', Räşit Hibät ulı Näcmetdinov''; ; 15 December 1912 – 3 June 1974) was a Soviet chess player, chess writer, International Master and checkers player. Although he never attained the title of G ...

(1912-1974), Soviet chess player * Rashid Nurgaliyev (born 1956), Russian military officer * Rashid Ramzi (born 1980), Moroccan athlete * Rashid Rana (born 1978), Pakistani visual artist * Rashid Rauf (1981-2008), alleged Al-Qaeda operative * Rashid Sarwar (born 1965), Scottish footballer * Rashid Shaheed (born 1998), American football player * Rashid Taha (1958-2018), French-Algerian rock-rai musician and activist *

Rasheed Wallace Rasheed Abdul Wallace (born September 17, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. A native of Philadelphia, Wallace played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels before declaring for the draft in 1995. ...

(born 1974), American basketball player * Rashid Yasemi (1895-1951), Iranian poet * Rachid Yazami (born 1953), Moroccan scientist known for his work on lithium batteries * Brother Rachid (born 1971), Moroccan ex-Muslim

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* Abdullah Rasheed (born 1952), Maldivian former leader of the World Scouts Association * Adil Rashid (born 1988), English cricketer * Shaun Rashid, English cricketer * Ahmad Baba Rachid (1946–1995), Algerian musician * Ahmed Rashid (born 1948), Pakistani author and former revolutionary * Amin Abu Rashid (born 1966/67), Palestinian Dutch Hamas leader * Ashraf Rashid (1948–2004), Pakistani general *

Gholam Ali Rashid Major general Gholam Ali Rashid (; 1953 – 13 June 2025) was an Iranian military officer who served as the commander of Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters. He was killed during the Israeli strikes on Iran on 13 June 2025. Early life Rash ...

(1953–2025), Iranian major general *

Harun al-Rashid Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ar-Rāshīd (), or simply Hārūn ibn al-Mahdī (; or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Hārūn al-Rāshīd (), was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from September 786 unti ...

(763/766–809), Caliph of Baghdad (lived 763–809) * Al-Rashid Billah (1109–1138), Caliph of Baghdad (ruled 1135–1136) * Kameelah Janan Rasheed (born 1985), American writer * Kamran Rasheed (born 1949), Pakistani cricketer * Karim Rashid (born 1960), American industrial designer * Khalid Rashid (born 1970), Pakistani Guantanamo detainee * Khalida Rashid Khan (born 1949), first female judge in the Superior Judiciary of Pakistan * Leila Rachid (born 1955), Paraguayan diplomat * Mamunur Rashid (born 1948), Bangladeshi actor, director, scriptwriter * Mohamed Al Rashed (born 1994), Sudanese footballer * Mohammad Rashed (born 1987), Kuwaiti footballer * Muhammad Abdul Rashid (1941–2009), Pakistani hockey player * Muhammad Rashid (field hockey), Pakistani hockey player *

Richard Rashid Richard Farris Rashid is the founder of Microsoft Research, which he created in 1991. Between 1991 and 2013, as its chief research officer and director, he oversaw the worldwide operations for Microsoft Research which grew to encompass more than ...

(born 1951), American computer science researcher * Roger Rasheed (born 1969), Australian tennis coach and commentator

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