Yazid
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There were several notable persons named Yazid:
- Yazid I (born c. 645, died 683), second Umayyad Caliph upon succeeding his father Muawiyah.
- Yazid Ibn Abu Sufyan (died 640), brother of the early Umayyad leader Muawiyah I.
- Yazid Ibn Al-Muhallab, Umayyad governor.
- Zinedine Yazid Zidane, French Algerian footballer.