Haider

Haider is an Arabic name and German surname. Alternative spellings for the Arabic name include Haidar, Haydar and Heydar. The German surname is a variant of Heider, and may be a habitation name for someone living on a heath, or a reference to a place-name with similar meanings.

Given name

• Haider Shah (died 1472), 15th-century sultan of Kashmir
• Haider Al-Abadi (born 1952), 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 (1945–2018), Indian politician
• Hyder Husyn (born 1963), 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 (1934–2018), Pakistani 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 (1940–1993), Pakistani politician
• Khaqan Haider Ghazi (born 1965), Punjabi poet
• Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury (1926–1971), Bengali essayist, scholar and educator
• Nawab Haider Naqvi (1935–2024), Pakistani economist and scholar
• Rafique Haider Khan Leghari (born 1951), Pakistani politician, minister

Surname

Arabic-derived

• Adil Haider (born 1973), Pakistani–American trauma surgeon
• Afzaal Haider (born 1971), Pakistani-born Hongkonger cricketer
• Ali Haider (cricketer) (born 1988), Pakistani cricketer
• Ali Haider, Pakistani singer and actor
• Daud Haider (1952–2025), Bangladeshi poet
• Farooq Haider Khan (born 1955), 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
• 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, and broadcaster
• Jalila Haider (born 1988), human rights attorney and political activist
• 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 (1941–2020), Bangladeshi author and novelist
• Sajad Haider (1932–2025), Pakistani fighter pilot
• Sajjad Haider (born 1966), Indian journalist media personality
• Sara Haider, Pakistani singer-songwriter and actress
• Sarah Haider (born 1991), Pakistani-American writer
• Sayed Haider (1925–2020), Bangladeshi physician and Language Movement activist
• Shuja Haider (born 1982), Pakistani singer, songwriter, composer, music director and record producer
• Syed Afzal Haider (1931–2022), Pakistani politician
• Wasim Haider (born 1967), Pakistani cricketer
• Zameer Haider (born 1962), Pakistani international cricket umpire
• Zulqarnain Haider (cricketer) (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer

German-derived

• Andreas Haider-Maurer (born 1987), Austrian tennis player
• Celina Haider (born 2000), German ice-hockey player
• Eduard Haider, Austrian slalom canoeist
• Engelbert Haider (1922–1999), Austrian alpine skier
• Ernst Haider (1890–1988), German painter
• Ilse Haider (born 1965), Austrian artist
• Joe Haider (born 1936), German pianist and jazz educator
• Jörg Haider (1950–2008), Austrian politician
• Karl Michael Haider (1846–1912), German painter
• Markus Haider (born 1974), Austrian singer
• Maximilian Haider (born 1950), Austrian physicist
• Michael Lawrence Haider (1904–1986), American petroleum executive
• Roman Haider (born 1967), Austrian politician
• Sepp Haider (born 1953), Austrian rally driver

See also

• Aidar (disambiguation)
• Aydar (disambiguation)
• Gaidar (surname)
• Haidar
• Hajder
• Heidar
• Heider (surname)
• Haydar
• Heydar
• Hyder (name)
• Hyderi (name)
• Heydari (name)