Samad

• 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