Yazid (disambiguation)

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There were several notable persons named Yazid:

  • Yazid ibn Abu Sufyan (died 640), brother of the early Umayyad leader Muawiyah I
  • Yazid I—Yazid ibn Muawiyah ibn Abu Sufyan (born c. 645, died 683), second Umayyad Caliph upon succeeding his father Muawiyah
  • Yazid ibn al-Muhallab, Umayyad governor.
  • Zinedine Zidane (Zinedine ibn Yazid ibn Zidane), French international footballer of Algerian descent.

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