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Abd al-Samad ibn Ali Abd al-Samad ibn Ali al-Hashimi () was an eighth century Abbasid personage. He served as the governor of al-Jazira for the Abbasid Caliphate. Abd al-Samad was the son of Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas. He was a paternal uncle of the first two Abb ...

, Abbasid governor of Jazira in 780s. * Samed Abdul Awudu (born 1984), Ghanaian football player *

Samad Nikkhah Bahrami Mohammad Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (, born 11 May 1983) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian former professional basketball player. Pro career He previously played for Saba Battery BC, Saba Battery as a subsidiary player, teaming with his since-deceased br ...

(born 1983), Iranian basketball player *

Samad Behrangi Samad Behrangi (; June 24, 1939 – August 31, 1968) was a Marxist-Leninist Iranian teacher, social activist and critic, folklorist, translator, and short story writer of Iranian Azerbaijani descent. He is famous for his children's books, partic ...

(1939–1967), Iranian teacher, folklorist and writer *

Samad Marfavi Abdolsamad Marfavi (; born May 18, 1964, in Khorramshahr), better known as Samad Marfavi (Persian: ), is an Iranian football coach and former player. Club career He played the majority of his playing career for IPL giants Esteghlal. Internat ...

(born 1965), Iranian football player *

Samad bey Mehmandarov Samad bey Sadykh bey oghlu Mehmandarov (, ; 16 October 1855 – 12 February 1931) was an Azerbaijani General of the Artillery in the Russian Imperial Army, a member of the Independence faction of the Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic R ...

(1855–1931), Azerbaijani-Russian general * Samad Rustamov, Uzbek Sambo player * Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh (1869–1955), Iranian diplomat *

Samad Shohzukhurov Samad Shohzukhurov (born 8 February 1990) is a Tajikistani footballer who last played for Barki Tajik. He is a member of the Tajikistan national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. He also joined the 2007 FIFA U-1 ...

(born 1990), Tajik football player * Samad Taylor (born 1998), American baseball player *

Samad Vurgun Samad Vurgun ( ; born Samad Yusif oghlu Vekilov; March 21, 1906 – May 27, 1956) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet poet, dramatist, public figure, first People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1943), academician of Azerbaijan National Academy of Scie ...

(1906–1956), Azerbaijani-Soviet poet *

Samed Yeşil Samed Yeşil (, born 25 May 1994) is a German footballer who plays as a striker for ATS Krefeld. Formed at Bayer Leverkusen, he moved as a teenager to Liverpool in 2012. In 2015, he was loaned to FC Luzern. Yeşil has represented Germany up t ...

(born 1994), Turkish-German football player

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Abdul Samad Ismail Tan Sri Abdul Samad bin Ismail (18 April 19244 September 2008), who often went by the moniker Pak Samad, was a Malaysian journalist, writer and editor.He was also one of the founding members of the People's Action Party in Singapore. Early life ...

(1924–2008), Malaysian journalist *

Abdul Samad Rabiu Abdul Samad Isyaku Rabiu (; born 4 August 1960) is a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist. , he is the second richest man in Nigeria. His late father, Khalifah Isyaku Rabiu, was one of Nigeria's foremost industrialists in the 1970s and 198 ...

(born 1960), Nigerian businessman *

Abdul Samad of Selangor Sultan Sir Abdul Samad ibni Almarhum Raja Bendahara Raja Abdullah ( Jawi: سلطان عبد الصمد ابن المرحوم راج عبد الله; born Raja Abdul Samad bin Raja Abdullah, 1804 ''–'' 6 February 1898) was the fourth Sultan ...

(1804–1898), Sultan of Selangor *

Abdul Samad Abdulla Dr. Abdul Samad Abdulla, (1946 – 25 August 2013) was a Maldivian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs until his death in office from kidney failure. He previously served as the Maldivian High Commissioner to B ...

(1946–2013), Maldivian foreign affairs minister

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Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927 – 30 November 1988) was an Egyptians, Egyptian Qāriʾ, Quran reciter and Hafiz (Quran), Hafiz. He is part of a quadrumvirate, along with Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi, Siddiq Al-Minshawi, Mustafa Ismail, and Mah ...

(1927–1988), Egyptian Quran reciter *

Abdus Samad Azad Abdus Samad Azad (; 15 January 1922 – 27 April 2005) was a Bangladeshi diplomat and politician. He was elected to Bangladesh's parliament five times from 1970 to 2001. He was also elected Member of Lower Assembly in the Parliament of the then ...

(1922–2005), Bangladeshi diplomat and politician *

Hamed Abdel-Samad Hamed Abdel-Samad (, ''Ḥāmid ʿAbd aṣ-Ṣamad'', ; born 1 February 1972) is a German-Egyptian author critical of Islam. Life Abdel-Samad was born as the third of five children, the son of a Sunni Muslim imam.Mohammad Samad Mohammad Samad (born 7 May 2000) is an Indian actor, who works predominately in Hindi films, including ''Gattu (2012)'', '' Haraamkhor (2015)'', ''Tumbbad (2018)'' and '' Chhichhore'' (2019). He played the lead role of Manju Kumar in the Netfli ...

(born 2000), Indian actor *

Mohammad Ridzwan bin Samad On the early morning of 31 May 2001, 17-year-old national footballer Sulaiman bin Hashim (4 June 1983 – 31 May 2001), along with his two friends were attacked by a group of eight youths from gang 369, known as Salakau, as they were walking a ...

, a convicted rioter and gang member of Salakau in Singapore *

Nabil Samad Nabil Samad (born 9 October 1986) in Dhaka is a Bangladesh cricket team, Bangladeshi cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Sylhet Division cricket team, Sylhet Division. A bowler, he represented Bangladesh in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup ...

(born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer *

Omar Samad Omar Samad is the former Senior Advisor to Abdullah Abdullah, the former Chief Executive of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2020. He served as the Afghan Ambassador to Canada from 2004 to 2009, and to France from 2009 to 2011. He was a Senior Central Asia ...

, Afghan diplomat *

Sahal Abdul Samad Sahal Abdul Samad (born 1 April 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan and the India national team. Club career Early life and youth career Sahal was born in Al Ain, UAE ...

(born 1997), Indian football player *

Saleh Ali al-Sammad Saleh Ali al-Sammad (; 1 January 1979 – 19 April 2018) was a Yemeni political figure from the Houthi movement who served as the chairman of Yemen's Supreme Political Council and the '' de facto'' president of Yemen until his assassination b ...

(1979–2018), Yemeni politician **

Samad (UAV) The Samad () (also spelled Sammad) is a family of long-range UAVs of unidentified origin used in the Middle East. The Samad is available in three variants: The Samad-1, the Samad-2 (also known as "UAV-X"), and the Samad-3. The Samad family of UAV ...

, an Iranian suicide drone named after Saleh Ali al-Sammad *

Ziad Al-Samad Ziad Ali Al Samad (; born 6 August 1978) is a Lebanese professional football coach and former player who is the goalkeeper coach of club Ansar and the Lebanon national under-23 team. As a player, Al Samad played as a goalkeeper. With 47 cap ...

(born 1978), Lebanese football player

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Samad Samad or Samed (, ''Ṣamad'') is an Arabic male given name. Given name *Abd al-Samad ibn Ali, Abbasid governor of Jazira in 780s. * Samed Abdul Awudu (born 1984), Ghanaian football player *Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (born 1983), Iranian basketball p ...

, a character played by Ameet Chana in the British web series ''Corner Shop Show'' * Samad (fictional character), played by Iranian actor Parviz Sayyad *Samad Iqbal, a main character in the novel ''

White Teeth ''White Teeth'' is British author Zadie Smith's debut novel, published in 2000. It focuses on the later lives of two wartime friends—the Bangladeshi Samad Iqbal and the Englishman Archie Jones—and their families in London. The novel centres ...

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