Heidar
# Heidar

Heidar is a name, chiefly in Arabic, with variant spellings such as Haydar, Haider, and Heydar. It may refer to:

## Given name

* Haidar al-Abbadi, Iraqi prime minister
* Haidar Ali (c. 1722 – 1782), ruler of the Indian Kingdom of Mysore
* Heidar Aliev (1923–2003), third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from October 1993 to October 2003
* Haidar Abdel-Shafi (1919–2007), Palestinian physician and community leader
* Haidar Abdul-Amir (born 1982), Iraqi football player
* Haidar Abdul-Jabar (born 1976), Iraqi football player
* Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (born 1982), Iraqi football player
* Haïdar el Ali, Senegalese ecologist and government minister
* Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1939–), Prime Minister of Yemen
* Heidar Arfaa (1919–1976), Conseiller d'État to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
* Haidar Bagir, Indonesian philosopher, entrepreneur, social activist
* Haidar Khan (died c. 1925), leader of one of the Bakhtiari tribes in Iran
* Haidar Mahmoud (born 1973), Iraqi football player
* Haidar Malik (1620s), administrator, and soldier in Kashmir
* Heidar Moslehi (born 1957), Iranian cleric and politician who served as the minister of intelligence from 2009 to 2013
* Haidar Nasir (born 1981), also known as Haider Jabreen, Iraqi discus thrower
* Haidar Obeid (born 1997), Lebanese Roboticist
* Haidar Qassāb (died 1356), head of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar from 1355/56 until his death
* Haidar Sabah (born 1986), Iraqi football player
* Haidar Salim, Afghan singer
* Haidar Al-Shaïbani (born 1984), Algerian-Canadian football (soccer) player

## Middle name

* Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish (1778–1848), Urdu poet
* Maya Haïdar Boustani, Lebanese archaeologist and museum curator
* Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat (1499 or 1500–1551), Chagatai Turko-Mongol military general, ruler of Kashmir

## Surname

* Adnan Haidar (born 1989), Norway-born Lebanese football player
* Ali Haidar (basketball) (born 1990), Canadian basketball player of Lebanese origin
* Ali Haidar (military) (1913–1999), Pakistani Pashtun military personality in British Indian Army
* Ali Haidar (politician) (born 1962), Syrian politician and minister
* Aminatou Heidar (born 1966), Sahrawi human rights activist and an advocate of the independence of Western Sahara
* Dana Haidar (born 1993), Jordanian taekwondo player
* Ensaf Haidar, Indian Human rights activist
* Gul Haidar, former mujahideen commander and official in the Afghan Ministry of Defense
* Haidar Haidar, Syrian writer and novelist
* Knut Heidar (born 1949), Norwegian political scientist
* Mohamad Haidar (born 1989), Lebanese football player
