Riad (name)

Riad (also spelled Riyad or Riyadh, Arabic: رياض‎, pronounced [riːˈɑːdˤ]) is a masculine Arabic given name and an Arabic surname. Notable persons with that name include:

People with the given name

• Riad Shehata (–1942), Egyptian photographer
• Riyad al-Turk (born 1930), Syrian politician
• Riyad Hassan El-Khoudary (born 1943), Palestinian academic
• Riyad Naasan Agha (born 1947), Syrian politician
• Riad Ismat (born 1947), Syrian politician
• Riyad al-Maliki, Palestinian politician
• Riaad Moosa (born 1977), Indian-born South African comedian
• Riyadh Al-Azzawi, Iraqi-born British kickboxer
• Riad Yassin, Yemeni Foreign Minister.

People with the surname

• Mahmoud Riad (1917–1992), Egyptian diplomat
• Wael Riad (born 1982), Egyptian footballer