Samad

Samad or Samed (صمد, Ṣamad) is an Arabic male given name.

Given name

 * Abd al-Samad ibn Ali, Abbasid governor of Jazira in 780s.
 * Samad bey Mehmandarov (born 1855), Azerbaijani General
 * Samed Abdul Awudu (born 1984), Ghanaian football player
 * Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (born 1983), Iranian basketball player
 * Samad Behrangi (1939–1967), Iranian teacher, folklorist and writer
 * Samad Marfavi (born 1965), Iranian football player
 * Samad bey Mehmandarov (1855–1931), Azerbaijani-Russian general
 * Samad Rustamov, Uzbek Sambo player
 * Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh (1869–1955), Iranian diplomat
 * Samad Shohzukhurov (born 1990), Tajik football player
 * Samad Taylor, American baseball player
 * Samad Vurgun (1906–1956), Azerbaijani-Soviet poet
 * Samed Yeşil (born 1994), Turkish-German football player

Middle name

 * Abdul Samad Ismail (1924–2008), Malaysian journalist
 * Abdul Samad Rabiu (born 1960), Nigerian businessman
 * Abdul Samad of Selangor (1804–1898), Sultan of Selangor

Surname

 * Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad 1927–1988), Egyptian Quran reciter
 * Abdus Samad Azad (1922–2005), Bangladeshi diplomat and politician
 * Hamed Abdel-Samad (born 1972), German-Egyptian writer
 * Mohammad Samad (born 2000), Indian actor
 * Mohammad Ridzwan bin Samad, a convicted rioter and gang member of Salakau in Singapore
 * Nabil Samad (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer
 * Omar Samad, Afghan diplomat
 * Sahal Abdul Samad (born 1997), Indian football player
 * Saleh Ali al-Sammad (1979–2018), Yemeni politician
 * Samad (UAV), an Iranian suicide drone named after Saleh Ali al-Sammad
 * Ziad Al-Samad (born 1978), Lebanese football player

In fiction

 * Samad, a character played by Ameet Chana in the British web series Corner Shop Show.
 * Samad, a fictional character played by Iranian actor Parviz Sayyad.
 * Samad Iqbal, a main character in the novel White Teeth by Zadie Smith.