Haider

For the German surnames, see Haider (surname) and Heider (surname); for the 2014 Bollywood film, see Haider (film)

Haider is a predominantly Arabic name, with alternative spellings such as Haidar, Haydar and Heydar. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Haider Shah 15th-century sultan of Kashmir
• Haider Al-Abadi, Iraqi politician
• Haider Ackermann (born 1971), French fashion designer
• Haider Ali (athlete) (born 1984), all-round Pakistani Paralympic athlete
• Haider Ali (boxer) (born 1979), Pakistani Olympic boxer
• Haider Ali (cricketer) (born 2000), Pakistani batsman
• Haider Ali Kohari (born 17th century), military general and secretary of the Maratha king Shivaji
• Haider Aziz Safwi, Indian politician
• Haider Hussain (singer-songwriter), Bangladeshi singer-songwriter
• Haider Jabreen (born 1981), Iraqi discus thrower, also known as Haidar Nasir (born 1981)
• Haider Mahmoud (born 1942), Jordanian-Palestinian poet
• Haider Nawzad (born 1983), Iraqi rower, also known as Haydar Nozad, Haidar Hama Rashid
• Haider Qureshi (born 1953), Pakistani Urdu poet, writer and journalist
• Haider Rahman, Pakistani musician
• Haider Zaman Khan, Pakistan politician and administrator

Middle name

• Abdulelah Haider Shaye (born c. 1977), Yemeni journalist, also known as Abd al-Ilah Haydar Al-Sha'i
• Ali Haider Khan (1896–1963), Nawab of Longla, Bengali politician
• Ali Haider Multani (1690–1785), Sufi Punjabi poet
• Ghulam Haider Hamidi (1945–2011), mayor of Kandahar, Afghanistan
• Ghulam Haider Wyne, Pakistani politician
• Khaqan Haider Ghazi (born 1965), Punjabi poet
• Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury (1926–1971), Bengali essayist, scholar and educator
• Nawab Haider Naqvi, Pakistani economist and scholar
• Rafique Haider Khan Leghari (born 1951), Pakistani politician, minister

Surname

• Adil Haider, Pakistani–American trauma surgeon
• Afzaal Haider (born 1971), Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer
• Ali Haider (cricketer) (born 1988), Pakistani cricketer
• Ali Haider, Pakistani singer and actor
• Andreas Haider-Maurer (born 1987), Austrian tennis player
• Daud Haider (1952–2025), Bangladeshi poet
• Ernst Haider (1890–1988), German painter and graphic artist
• Farooq Haider Khan, 12th Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
• Ghazi-ud-Din Haider (born c. 1769 – 1827), last nawab wazir of Oudh (1814–1818) and first King of Oudh (1818–1827)
• Ghulam Haider, music composer well known in both India and Pakistan
• Ilse Haider (born 1965), Austrian artist
• Iqbal Haider (1945–2012), advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, co-chair of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
• Izhar Haider (1944–2009), Urdu poet, social worker, broadcaster
• Jalila Haider, a Human rights attorney and political activist
• Jörg Haider (1950–2008), Austrian politician
• Karl Michael Haider (1846–1912), German painter
• Maximilian Haider (born 1950), Austrian physicist
• Michael Lawrence Haider (1904–1986), American petroleum engineer and executive
• Moinuddin Haider (born 1942), Pakistani general
• Mohsin Abbas Haider, Pakistani singer, actor, writer and TV presenter
• Nasiruddin Haider (born c. 1803 – 1837), second King of Oudh (1827–1837)
• Rashid Haider, Bangladeshi author and novelist
• Sajad Haider (1932–2025), Pakistani fighter pilot
• Sajjad Haider (born 1966), Indian journalist media personality
• Sarah Haider, Pakistani-American writer
• Sayed Haider (1925–2020), Bangladeshi physician and Language Movement activist
• Sepp Haider (born 1953), Austrian rally driver
• Shuja Haider, Pakistani singer, songwriter, composer, music director and record producer
• Syed Afzal Haider, Pakistani politician
• Wasim Haider (born 1967), Pakistani cricketer
• Zameer Haider (born 1962), Pakistani international cricket umpire
• Zulqarnain Haider (cricketer) (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer

See also

• Hajder
• Haydar (for more variant spellings)