Zaheer () is an Urdu male given name and surname, a variant of Arabic
Zahir.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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Zaheer Abbas
Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani PP, (in Punjabi and Urdu: سید ظہیر عباس کرمانی; born 24 July 1947), popularly known as Zaheer Abbas, is a Pakistani former cricketer. He is among the few professional cricketers who used to wear spect ...
(born 1947), Pakistani cricketer
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Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad, American film director, writer and producer
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Zaheer Ahmad (1948–2011), Pakistani American medical doctor, chief executive of the Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad
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Zaheer Ali (born 1981), Trinidadian cricketer
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Zaheer-ul-Islam (born 1956), former Director-General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
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Anwar Zaheer Jamali (born 1951), Pakistani jurist, 24th Chief Justice of Pakistan
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Zaheer Khan
Zaheer Khan (born 8 October 1978) (''Zaheer's official records say he was born in Shrirampur, Maharashtra on October 7. But as it turns out, his actual birth date is October 8, 1978'') is an Indian former professional cricketer who played all f ...
(born 1978), Indian cricketer
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Zaheer Khan (Pakistani cricketer) (born 1979), Pakistani cricketer
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Zaheer Maqsood (born 1985), Emirati cricketer
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Zaheer Mohamed (born 1985), Guyanese cricketer
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Syed Zaheer Rizvi (born 1968), Pakistani music director and teacher
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Zaheer Sher
Zaheer Abbas Sher (born 13 January 1975) is an English cricketer. Sher is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Slough, Berkshire. His nickname is Bobby.
Sher made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 1999 Minor ...
(born 1975), English cricketer
Surname
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Ehsan Elahi Zaheer (1945–1987), Pakistani Islamic theologian, leader of the Ahl-i Hadith movement
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S. M. Zaheer (born 1947), Indian actor
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Sajjad Zaheer (1905–1973), Urdu writer, Marxist ideologue and radical revolutionary in both India and Pakistan
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Syed Ali Zaheer (1896-1983), Indian politician and a minister in the first cabinet formed by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
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Syed Husain Zaheer, Indian chemist, politician, director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
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Syed Iqbal Zaheer (born 1944), Indian Islamic scholar and writer
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Zafar Zaheer (born 1974), Bahraini cricketer
See also
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Zaheer (''The Legend of Korra''), major recurring character in Nickelodeon's animated television series ''The Legend of Korra''
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Dr. S. Hussain Zaheer Memorial High School
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Zaheera
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Zahir (disambiguation)
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