Haider (surname)

Haider is a South Asian, Arabic, and German surname. 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.

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 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 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

• Haider (disambiguation)
• Haider (given name)
• Heider (surname)
• Gaidar (surname)
• Hydari (surname)
• Hyder (name)
• Heydari (name)
• Haydar
• Hajder

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