Samad
# Samad

Samad or Samed (Arabic: صمد, Ṣamad) is an Arabic male given name.

## Given name

* Abd al-Samad ibn Ali, Abbasid governor of Jazira in 780s.
* Samad bey Mehmandarov (born 1855), Azerbaijani General
* Samed Abdul Awudu (born 1984), Ghanaian football player
* Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (born 1983), Iranian basketball player
* Samad Behrangi (1939–1967), Iranian teacher, folklorist and writer
* Samad Marfavi (born 1965), Iranian football player
* Samad bey Mehmandarov (1855–1931), Azerbaijani-Russian general
* Samad Rustamov, Uzbek Sambo player
* Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh (1869–1955), Iranian diplomat
* Samad Shohzukhurov (born 1990), Tajik football player
* Samad Taylor, American baseball player
* Samad Vurgun (1906–1956), Azerbaijani-Soviet poet
* Samed Yeşil (born 1994), Turkish-German football player

## Middle name

* Abdul Samad Ismail (1924–2008), Malaysian journalist
* Abdul Samad Rabiu (born 1960), Nigerian businessman
* Abdul Samad of Selangor (1804–1898), Sultan of Selangor

## Surname

* Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad 1927–1988), Egyptian Quran reciter
* Abdus Samad Azad (1922–2005), Bangladeshi diplomat and politician
* Hamed Abdel-Samad (born 1972), German-Egyptian writer
* Mohammad Samad (born 2000), Indian actor
* Mohammad Ridzwan bin Samad, a convicted rioter and gang member of Salakau in Singapore
* Nabil Samad (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer
* Omar Samad, Afghan diplomat
* Sahal Abdul Samad (born 1997), Indian football player
* Saleh Ali al-Sammad (1979–2018), Yemeni politician
* Ziad Al-Samad (born 1978), Lebanese football player

## In fiction

* Samad, a character played by Ameet Chana in the British web series Corner Shop Show.
* Samad, a fictional character played by Iranian actor Parviz Sayyad.
* Samad Iqbal, a main character in the novel White Teeth by Zadie Smith.
