Riyaz ansari() is a Central and South Asian masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin. Riyaj

Given name

Riaz Hassan Riaz Hassan Order of Australia, AM, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, FASSA (1937–2022) was an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Sociology, Flinders University. Career I ...

(1937–2022), Australian academic * Riyaz Punjabi (1947–2021), professor and vice chancellor at the University of Kashmir * Riaz Ahsan (1951–2008), Pakistani statistician * Riyaz Ahmad (1958–2021), Indian politician *

Riaz Shahid Riaz Shahid (1927 – 1 October 1972) was a Pakistani filmmaker, film writer, and a journalist. Influenced by poet Habib Jalib, who would later become a friend, Shahid frequently engaged with political activists at socialist gatherings in ...

(died 1972), Pakistani filmmaker and journalist * Riaz Bagwan (born 1960), Indian cricketer *

Riaz Poonawala Riaz Husein Poonawala (born 8 May 1961) is an Indian-born cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. Poonawala started his first-class cricket career playing for his native Maharashtra for whom he played 28 games b ...

(born 1961), former cricketer *

Riaz Basra Riaz Basra (1967 – 14 May 2002) was a Pakistani militant leader, who in 1996 founded the militant organization Lashkar-e-Jhangvi alongside Malik Ishaq and Akram Lahori. Early life and career Riaz Basra was born to Ghulam Muhammad and Jalal ...

(1967–2002), Pakistani militant * Riaz Farcy (born 1967), Hong Kong cricketer *

Riyaz Khan Riyaz Khan is an Indian actor and bodybuilder. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Tamil cinema, Tamil films and television series, besides acting in a few Telugu language, Telugu and Kannada cinema, Kannada films, as well ...

(born 1960), Indian actor and bodybuilder *

Riaz (actor) Riaz Uddin Ahamed Siddique (, ; born 26 October 1974), popularly known as Riaz, is a Bangladeshi film actor, producer, and television presenter who has appeared in more than 100 Bengali films in genres ranging from romance to action to comedies. ...

(born 1972), Bangladeshi film actor *

Riaz Afridi Riaz Afridi (; born 21 January 1985) is a Pakistani cricket coach and cricketer. He is the elder brother of Pakistani fast bowler Shaheen Afridi, Shaheen Shah Afridi. He was a right-handed batting (cricket), batsman and a right-arm seam bowling ...

(born 1985), Pakistani cricketer *

Riaz Amin Riaz Amin (; born 27 February 1998) is a British Bangladeshi martial artist who practices Shotokan Karate and Filipino Martial Arts. He is the current World Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation (WEKAF) World Championships champion. Early life Amin ...

(born 1998), English professional martial artist * Riyaz Kharrat, Iranian chemical engineer *

Reaz Rahman Reaz Rahman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament who was state minister of Foreign Affairs. Career Rahman served in the foreign service of Pakistan. He stayed in West Pakistan during the Bangladesh Libe ...

, Bangladeshi former State Minister of Foreign Affairs

Surname

Fahmida Riaz Fahmida Riaz () (28 July 1946 – 21 November 2018) was an Urdu writer, poet and activist from Pakistan. She authored many books, such as ''Godaavari'', ''Khatt-e Marmuz'', and ''Khana e Aab O Gil'' in addition to the first translation in rhyme ...

(born 1946), Urdu writer *

Mohammed Riaz Riaz Nabi Mohammed (born 5 May 1972 in Madras, Tamil Nadu) is a former captain of the Indian field hockey team. He represented India at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the Arjuna award in 1998 for his outs ...

(born 1972), Indian field hockey player *

Hussain Riyaz The Maldives competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, from 19 July to 4 August 1996. The delegation's participation in the Atlanta Olympics marked the Maldives' third appearance at the Summer Olympics since their debut a ...

(born 1974), Maldivian sprinter *

Wahab Riaz Wahab Riaz (; born 28 June 1985) is a Pakistani former cricketer and cricket administrator who was chief selector of Pakistan national cricket team from November 2023 to July 2024. Riaz was a left-arm fast bowler and a right-handed batsman. H ...

(born 1985), Pakistani cricketer *

Adeeba Riyaz Adeeba Riyaz, born in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, is an English language poet. She is the youngest author from the Union Territory Among the states and union territories of India, a Union Territory (UT) is a region that is di ...

, Kashmiri poet

Arabic-based compound names with ''Riaz'' as an element

*''Riaz al-Din'', multiple people ** Riazuddin (1930–2013), Pakistani theoretical physicist ** Riazuddin (1958–2019), Pakistani cricket umpire ** Shaikh Riazuddin (born 1971), Indian cricketer ** Hamza Riazuddin (born 1989), British-Pakistani cricketer ** Riyaz Uddin, Indian painter ** ''Riaz al-Din Ahmad'', multiple people *''Riaz al-Hasan'' ** Mirza Riyaz Ul Hassan Effendi (born 1977) *''Riaz

Al Haqq Names of God in Islam () are 99 names that each contain Attributes of God in Islam, which are implied by the respective names. These names usually denote his praise, gratitude, commendation, glorification, magnification, perfect attributes, ...

'' ** A. F. Mohammad Reazul Huq Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician ** Reyazul Haque Raju (born 1965), Indian politician *''Riaz al-Huda'' ** Riyazul Huda, Bangladeshi cricketer *''Riaz al-Mawla'' ** Reazul Mowla Rezu (born 1985), Bangladeshi film director, producer and screenplay writer

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Surname

Arabic-based compound names with ''Riaz'' as an element

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