# Khalid

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**Khalid** (variants include **Khaled** and **Kalid**; [Arabic](/source/Arabic): خالد) is a popular [Arabic](/source/Arabic) male [given name](/source/Given_name) meaning "eternal, everlasting, immortal". It also appears as a [surname](/source/Surname).[1]

## Notable persons

### Politics and military

- [Khalid ibn al-Walid](/source/Khalid_ibn_al-Walid) (died 642), Arab military commander in the service of the Rashidun Caliphate
- [Khalid of Saudi Arabia](/source/Khalid_of_Saudi_Arabia) (1913–1982), the fourth king of Saudi Arabia
- [Khalid bin Mohammed Al Angari](/source/Khalid_bin_Mohammed_Al_Angari) (born 1952), Saudi politician
- [Khalid Anwer](/source/Khalid_Anwer) (1938–2025), Pakistani lawyer and jurist
- [Khaled al-Attiyah](/source/Khaled_al-Attiyah) (born 1949), Iraqi politician
- [Khalid Bakdash](/source/Khalid_Bakdash) (1912–1995), leader of the Syrian Communist Party
- [Khalid ibn Barmak](/source/Khalid_ibn_Barmak) (705–782), first prominent member of the Barmakid family
- [Khalid Farooqi](/source/Khalid_Farooqi), Afghan politician
- [Khalid Al Hud Al Gargani](/source/Khalid_Al_Hud_Al_Gargani) (1882–1971), Libyan royal advisor in Saudi Arabia
- [Khaled al-Harbi](/source/Khaled_al-Harbi) (born 1963), associate of Osama Bin Laden
- [Khalid Ibrahim](/source/Khalid_Ibrahim) (1946–2022), Malaysian politician
- [Khalid Islambouli](/source/Khalid_Islambouli) (1955–1982), assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat
- [Khaled Kelkal](/source/Khaled_Kelkal) (1971–1885), affiliated with Armed Islamic Group of Algeria
- [Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah](/source/Khalid_ibn_Ahmad_Al_Khalifah) (born 1960), current Foreign Minister of Bahrain
- [Khaled Mashal](/source/Khaled_Mashal) (born 1956), Palestinian politician, former head of Hamas
- [Khalid El-Masri](/source/Khalid_El-Masri) (born 1963), German citizen detained and interrogated by the CIA
- [Khalid al-Mihdhar](/source/Khalid_al-Mihdhar) (1975–2001), Saudi hijacker in the September 11 attacks
- [Khaled Mosharraf](/source/Khaled_Mosharraf) (1937–1975), Bangladeshi war hero
- [Khalid Abdul Muhammad](/source/Khalid_Abdul_Muhammad) (1948–2001), Nation of Islam member and Black Nationalist
- [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed](/source/Khalid_Sheikh_Mohammed) (born 1964), terrorist claimed to be responsible for masterminding the September 11 attacks
- [Khaled Qasim](/source/Khaled_Qasim) (born 1977), Yemeni citizen detained in Guantanamo Bay
- [Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi](/source/Khalid_bin_Mohammed_Al_Qasimi) (1931–1972), assassinated ruler of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates
- [Khaled Ben Mustapha](/source/Khaled_Ben_Mustapha) (born 1972), former detainee at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
- [Khalid al-Qasri](/source/Khalid_al-Qasri) (died 743), Umayyad governor of Mecca and Iraq
- [Khalid Raad](/source/Khalid_Raad), Syrian economist and politician
- [Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud](/source/Khalid_bin_Abdullah_Al_Saud_(1937%E2%80%932021)) (1937–2021), Saudi royal
- [Khaled bin Abdullah Al Saud](/source/Khalid_bin_Abdullah_Al_Saud_(born_1950)) (born 1950), Saudi royal
- [Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud (born 1951)](/source/Khalid_bin_Bandar_Al_Saud_(born_1951)) (born 1951), Saudi royal

### Film, television, theatre

- [Khalid Abdalla](/source/Khalid_Abdalla) (born 1988), British actor
- [Khalid Butt (actor)](/source/Khalid_Butt_(actor)) (1946–2024), Pakistani actor
- [Khalid Gonçalves](/source/Khalid_Gon%C3%A7alves) (born 1971), American actor
- [Khaled El Sayed](/source/Khaled_El_Sayed) (born 1948), Lebanese actor and voice actor

### Music

- [DJ Khaled](/source/DJ_Khaled) (born 1975), American DJ, record producer and radio personality
- [Khaled (musician)](/source/Khaled_(musician)) (born 1960), Algerian raï musician
- [Khaleedthefirst](/source/Khaleedthefirst) (born 2001), real name Khalid Suleiman Chibuikem, Nigerian singer and songwriter
- [Khalid (American singer)](/source/Khalid_(American_singer)) (born 1998), American singer and songwriter
- [Khalid (Bangladeshi singer)](/source/Khalid_(Bangladeshi_singer)) (1963/64-2024), Bangladeshi singer
- [Nazim Khaled](/source/Nazim_Khaled) (born 1986), French singer, songwriter and composer

### Sports

- [Khaled Badra](/source/Khaled_Badra) (born 1973), Tunisian football player
- [Khalid Boulahrouz](/source/Khalid_Boulahrouz) (born 1981), Dutch football player
- [Khalid Duke](/source/Khalid_Duke) (born 2001), American football player
- [Khaled Fadhel](/source/Khaled_Fadhel) (born 1976), Tunisian football player
- [Khalid Kareem](/source/Khalid_Kareem) (born 1998), American football player
- [Khalid Khan](/source/Khalid_Khan_(Hong_Kong_cricketer)) (born 1971), Hong Kong cricketer
- [Khalid Khannouchi](/source/Khalid_Khannouchi) (born 1971), Moroccan American marathoner
- [Khalid Lachheb](/source/Khalid_Lachheb) (born 1975), French pole vaulter
- [Khaled Mahmud](/source/Khaled_Mahmud) (born 1971), Bangladeshi cricket player
- [Khaled Mashud](/source/Khaled_Mashud) (born 1976), Bangladeshi cricket player
- [Khaled Mouelhi](/source/Khaled_Mouelhi) (born 1981), Tunisian football player
- [Khalidou Sissokho](/source/Khalidou_Sissokho) (born 1978), Senegalese footballer
- [Khalid Skah](/source/Khalid_Skah) (born 1967), Moroccan athlete

### Other

- [Khalid](/source/Khalid_(writer)) (1930–1994), Indian novelist in Malayalam-language
- [Khaled bin Sinan](/source/Khaled_bin_Sinan) (520–588), historic figure of pre-Islamic Arabia, and a disputed prophet in Islam
- [Khalid bin Mahfouz](/source/Khalid_bin_Mahfouz) (1949–2009), Saudi Arabian businessman suspected of having links to terrorism
- [Khaled Abou Al-Fadl](/source/Khaled_Abou_Al-Fadl) (born 1963), professor at the UCLA School of Law
- [Khaled Abu Toameh](/source/Khaled_Abu_Toameh) (born 1963), Israeli journalist
- [Khalid Adem](/source/Khalid_Adem) (born 1975), American convict
- [Khalid Amayreh](/source/Khalid_Amayreh) (1957–2023), Palestinian journalist
- [Khalid Basalamah](/source/Khalid_Basalamah) (born 1975), Indonesian preacher
- [Khâlid-i Baghdâdî](/source/Kh%C3%A2lid-i_Baghd%C3%A2d%C3%AE) (1779–1827), Ottoman mystic founding the Khalidi branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi order
- [Khaled Hosseini](/source/Khaled_Hosseini) (born 1965), Afghan-American physician and author
- [Khalid ibn Yazid](/source/Calid) (668–704), seventh century alchemist
- [Khaled Mardam-Bey](/source/Khaled_Mardam-Bey), Jordanian-born British programmer, creator of mIRC
- [Khaled bin Alwaleed Al Saud](/source/Khaled_bin_Alwaleed_Al_Saud) (born 1978), Saudi entrepreneur and royal
- [Khalid bin Talal Al Saud](/source/Khalid_bin_Talal_Al_Saud) (born 1962), Saudi royal and businessman
- [Khalid Sharrouf](/source/Khalid_Sharrouf) (born 1981), Australian Arab hate speaker and terror suspect
- Khalid, the true name of the character [Claude](/source/Claude_von_Riegan) from *[Fire Emblem: Three Houses](/source/Fire_Emblem:_Three_Houses)*
- [Khalid (Baldur's Gate)](/source/Khalid_(Baldur's_Gate)), one of the companion characters in *[Baldur's Gate](/source/Baldur's_Gate)*

### Middle name

- [Ahmad Khaled Towfeq](/source/Ahmad_Khaled_Towfeq) (1962–2018), Egyptian novelist

## Surname

- [Aisha Khalid](/source/Aisha_Khalid) (born 1972), Pakistani artist
- [Amr Khaled](/source/Amr_Khaled) (born 1967), Islamic preacher
- [Asma Khalid](/source/Asma_Khalid) (born 1983), political correspondent and journalist
- [DJ Khaled](/source/DJ_Khaled) (born 1975), Palestinian-American journalist and writer
- [Hassan Khaled](/source/Hassan_Khaled) (1921–1989), leader of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community
- [Jameela Ali Khalid](/source/Jameela_Ali_Khalid), Maldivian diplomat
- [Leila Khaled](/source/Leila_Khaled) (born 1944), member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- [Rehman Khalid](/source/Rehman_Khalid) (born 1993), Pakistani baseball player
- [Waleed Khaled](/source/Waleed_Khaled) (died 2005), journalist killed by American soldiers during the Iraq War
- [Ismael Khalid](/source/Johnny_Somali) (born 2000), American-Somali influencer and Kick streamer known as Johnny Somali

## Notable animals

- [Khaled (horse)](/source/Khaled_(horse)), a Thoroughbred racehorse
- [Khaled 5](/source/Khaled_5), an Arabian horse noted as a major sire in the early 1900s

## References

1. [*Khalid*](http://www.behindthename.com/name/khalid); Behind the Name; accessed February 2016

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