Kazmi

Kazmi, Kazemi or Kazimi is a surname, originally from the family of Muhammad's great-grandson Imam Musa al-Kadhim. Kazmis belong to the Sayyid community. People belonging to the Kazmi family can be found all over the world especially in Iran, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and India.

Notable people with this surname

• Syed Ali Akbar Kazimi, first Indian education minister who was sent to Kenya for upliftment of education there. He was also a famous Marsiyakhwan (Tehtul Lafz) and was considered best during his era, he also wrote a Marsiya on his ancestors struggle in Azadari movement. He was from Ali Nagar Pali, Jehanabad district of Bihar, India.
• Sir Syed Sultan Ahmad KCSI, he also traced his lineage from Imam Musa Al-Kazim, but didn't wrote Kazimi after his name as it was not a fashion during his era. He was from Ali Nagar Pali, Jehanabad district of Bihar, India.
• Ahmad Saeed Kazmi, Sufi scholar of international fame from Multan, Pakistan
• Arsalan Kazemi, Iranian basketball player
• Farhad Kazemi, Iranian football manager
• Ghulam Murtaza Shah Kazmi (G. M. Syed), Sindhi nationalist, leftist, revolutionary and Sufi
• Hadi Kazemi, Iranian actor
• Hossein Kazemi (born 1979), Iranian footballer
• Iqbal Kazmi, human rights activist and journalist
• Mithaq Kazimi, filmmaker
• Sayed Mustafa Kazemi (1962–2007), Afghan politician
• Nasir Kazmi, Urdu poet from Pakistan
• Nikhat Kazmi, film critic from India
• Pratima Kazmi, Indian television actress
• Rahat Kazmi, Pakistani television actor, talk-show anchor and academic
• Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi (Bari Imam), Sufi poet and philosopher
• Shah Seyyed Ali Kazemi (?–1984), Iranian tribal leader and public official
• Tahir Kazmi, Pakistani cricketer
• Zahra Kazemi (1949–2003), Iranian-Canadian journalist
• Zhaleh Kazemi (1944–2005), Iranian painter and news anchor