Hafiz

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Hafiz or Hafez (Arabic: حافظ ‎) may mean:

  • Hafiz (Quran), a term used by Muslims for people who have completely memorized the Qur'an
  • Hafez or Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi, a 14th-century Persian mystic and poet. Sometimes credited as "Hafiz" or "Hafiz of Shiraz".
  • Hafiz, a Malaysian singer
  • Al-Hafiz (d. 1149), the eleventh Caliph of the Fatimids
  • Abdel Halim Hafez (1929–1977), Egyptian singer and actor
  • Hafez al-Assad (1930–2000), president of Syria 1971–2000
  • Helal Hafiz, Bangladeshi poet
  • Suleiman Hafez (born 1941), Jordanian economist and politician
  • Hafiz (horse), French Thoroughbred racehorse
  • Hafez, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
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