Samad

Given name

Abd al-Samad ibn Ali, Abbasid governor of Jazira in 780s.

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 (born 1998), 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

Abdul Samad Abdulla (1946–2013), Maldivian foreign affairs minister

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 (fictional character), played by Iranian actor Parviz Sayyad

Samad Iqbal, a main character in the novel White Teeth by Zadie Smith