Heidar

Heidar is a name, chiefly in Arabic, with variant spellings such as Haydar, Haider, and Heydar. It may refer to:

Given name

 * Haidar al-Abbadi, Iraqi prime minister
 * Haidar Ali (c. 1722 – 1782), ruler of the Indian Kingdom of Mysore
 * Heidar Aliev (1923–2003), third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from October 1993 to October 2003
 * Haidar Abdel-Shafi (1919–2007), Palestinian physician and community leader
 * Haidar Abdul-Amir (born 1982), Iraqi football player
 * Haidar Abdul-Jabar (born 1976), Iraqi football player
 * Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (born 1982), Iraqi football player
 * Haïdar el Ali, Senegalese ecologist and government minister
 * Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1939–), Prime Minister of Yemen
 * Heidar Arfaa (1919–1976), Conseiller d'État to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
 * Haidar Bagir, Indonesian philosopher, entrepreneur, social activist
 * Haidar Khan (died c. 1925), leader of one of the Bakhtiari tribes in Iran
 * Haidar Mahmoud (born 1973), Iraqi football player
 * Haidar Malik (1620s), administrator, and soldier in Kashmir
 * Heidar Moslehi (born 1957), Iranian cleric and politician who served as the minister of intelligence from 2009 to 2013
 * Haidar Nasir (born 1981), also known as Haider Jabreen, Iraqi discus thrower
 * Haidar Obeid (born 1997), Lebanese Roboticist
 * Haidar Qassāb (died 1356), head of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar from 1355/56 until his death
 * Haidar Sabah (born 1986), Iraqi football player
 * Haidar Salim, Afghan singer
 * Haidar Al-Shaïbani (born 1984), Algerian-Canadian football (soccer) player

Middle name

 * Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish (1778–1848), Urdu poet
 * Maya Haïdar Boustani, Lebanese archaeologist and museum curator
 * Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat (1499 or 1500–1551), Chagatai Turko-Mongol military general, ruler of Kashmir

Surname

 * Adnan Haidar (born 1989), Norway-born Lebanese football player
 * Ali Haidar (basketball) (born 1990), Canadian basketball player of Lebanese origin
 * Ali Haidar (military) (1913–1999), Pakistani Pashtun military personality in British Indian Army
 * Ali Haidar (politician) (born 1962), Syrian politician and minister
 * Aminatou Heidar (born 1966), Sahrawi human rights activist and an advocate of the independence of Western Sahara
 * Dana Haidar (born 1993), Jordanian taekwondo player
 * Ensaf Haidar, Indian Human rights activist
 * Gul Haidar, former mujahideen commander and official in the Afghan Ministry of Defense
 * Haidar Haidar, Syrian writer and novelist
 * Knut Heidar (born 1949), Norwegian political scientist
 * Mohamad Haidar (born 1989), Lebanese football player