List of Famous people named Hafiz

Hafez Ibrahim was a well known Egyptian poet of the early 20th century. He was dubbed the "Poet of the Nile", and sometimes the "Poet of the People", for his political commitment to the poor. His poetry took on the concerns of the majority of ordinary Egyptians, including women’s rights, poverty, education, as well as his criticism of the British Empire and foreign occupation.

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed is a Pakistani Islamic militant, who is a co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the chief of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD), operating mainly from Pakistan. In April 2012, the United States announced a bounty of $10 million on Saeed for his alleged role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 civilians. While India supported the US move, there were protests against it in Pakistan.

Maulana Hafiz Hamdullah Saboor is a Pakistani politician who previously served as the member of Senate of Pakistan.

Hafiz Saeed Khan was an Islamic militant who served as the Islamic State emir for its Khorasan province, which is active in Afghanistan and Pakistan, from January 2015 until his death in July 2016. Prior to 2015, Khan was a senior commander in the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and initially a member of the Afghan Taliban.

Hafiz Faizal is an Indonesian badminton player from Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club.

Hafiz Wahba was an Egyptian diplomat who was then naturalised in Saudi Arabia. Fuad Hamza and he were the first ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, the former in France and the latter in the United Kingdom.

Hafiz Hakki Pasha, was a general of the Ottoman Army.