Raza is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

  • Raza Ali Abidi (born 1935), Pakistani journalist
  • Raza Aizad, Pakistani general
  • Raza Ali Dar (born 1987), Pakistani cricketer
  • Raza Nasrullah Ghumman, Pakistani politician
  • Raza Haider (died 2010), Pakistani politician
  • Raza Haroon (born 1965), Pakistani politician
  • Raza Hasan (born 1992), Pakistani cricketer
  • Raza-ul-Hasan (born 1987), Pakistani cricketer
  • Raza Hayat Hiraj (born 1965), Pakistani politician
  • Raza Husain, British human rights lawyer
  • Raza Jaffrey (born 1975), English actor
  • Raza Kazim (1930–2026), Pakistani lawyer, philosopher, inventor, and former politician
  • Raza Ali Khan (born 1962), Indian classical vocalist
  • Raza Ali Khan of Rampur (1908–1966), nawab of Rampur
  • Raza Rabbani Khar, Pakistani politician
  • Raza Mir (1927–2002), Pakistani cinematographer, film producer, and director
  • Raza Muhammad (born 1957), Pakistani general
  • Raza Murad (born 1950), Indian actor
  • Raza Saqib Mustafai (born 1972), Pakistani Islamic preacher and scholar
  • Raza Rabbani (born 1953), Pakistani politician and lawyer
  • Raza-ur-Rehman (born 1985), Zimbabwean-Canadian cricketer
  • Raza Rumi, Pakistani policy analyst
  • Raza Talish, Pakistani actor and director
  • Raza Naqvi Wahi (1914–2002), Indian Urdu-language poet
  • Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856–1921), Indian Islamic scholar

Surname

  • Raheel Raza (born 1949), Canadian author and feminist
  • S. H. Raza (1922–2016), Indian artist
  • Saleem Raza (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Sardar Muhammad Raza (born 1945), Pakistani election commissioner and judge

Fictional characters

  • Raza, a fictional R&AW agent portrayed by Shaji Chaudhary in the 2023 Indian film Pathaan
  • Raza Longknife, a Marvel comic book character

Other

  • Raza (film), a 1942 Spanish film
  • Raza Microelectronics Inc, a private semiconductor company in California
  • Raza Odiada, a 1995 album by Brujeria
  • Raza Unida Party, an American political party
  • Mass (liturgy), liturgy in the Assyrian Church of the East, from the Aramaic

See also

  • Reza (disambiguation)
  • La Raza (disambiguation)