# Nawaz

Nawaz (Persian: نواز, romanized: one who caresses; transliterations vary) may refer to:

## Given name

* Gharib Nawaz (1143–1236), Indian Sufi saint
* Bande Nawaz (1321–1422), Indian Sufi saint
* Gharib Niwaz Pamheiba (1690–1751), King of Manipur
* Samsam ud Daula Shah Nawaz Khan (1700–1758), Mughal courtier and historian
* Ali Nawaz Jung Bahadur (born 1877), Hyderabadi civil engineer
* Moin Nawaz Jung, Hyderabadi finance minister
* Shah Nawaz Bhutto (1888–1957), dewan of Junagadh
* Mehdi Nawaz Jung (1894–1967), Hyderabadi bureaucrat
* Qazi Qader Newaz (1909–1983), Bangladeshi poet
* Shah Nawaz Khan (1914–1983), Indian general
* Muhammad Nawaz (1924–2004), Pakistani javelin thrower
* Khaleque Nawaz Khan (1926–1971), Bangladeshi politician and lawyer
* Asif Nawaz Khan Janjua (1937–1993), Pakistani army chief
* Nawaz Khizar (borrn 1942), Pakistani hockey player
* Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi (born 1943), Pakistani justice
* Muhammad Nawaz Khan (born 1943), Pakistani writer
* Fareed Nawaz Khan Noohani Baloch (1946–2001), Pakistani television and radio artist
* Sarfraz Nawaz Malik (born 1948), Pakistani cricketer
* Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti (1948–2006), Pakistani high court judge
* Nawaz Sharif (born 1949), former Prime Minister of Pakistan
* Moin Nawaz Warraich (born 1949), Pakistani military officer
* Rai Hassan Nawaz (born 1955), Pakistani politician
* Arshad Nawaz (born 1955), Pakistani cricketer
* Muhammad Nawaz (1957–2011), Pakistani major general
* Shahnawaz Bhutto (1958–1985), Pakistani democracy activist
* Md. Nobi Newaz (born 1966), Bangladeshi politician
* Mohammad Nawaz Alam (born 1967), Indian politician
* Shahid Nawaz (born 1970), Pakistani cricketer
* Mohammad Nawaz (born 1970), Pakistani cricketer
* Muhammad Nawaz Irfani (1970–2014), Pakistani politician and supreme leader of Parachinar
* Ali Nawaz Khan Mahar (born 1972), Pakistani politician
* Naveed Nawaz (born 1973), Sri Lankan cricketer
* Nawazuddin Siddiqui (born 1974), Indian actor
* Mohammad Nawaz (born 1974), Pakistani cricketer
* Nawaz Haq (born 1981), Pakistani track and field athlete
* Fazrul Nawaz (born 1985), Singaporean footballer
* Nawaz Dad Khan (born 1985), Pakistani boxer
* Nawaz Ahmed (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
* Nabib Newaz Jibon (born 1990), Bangladeshi footballer
* Mohammad Nawaz (born 1994), Pakistani cricketer
* Shahid Nawaz (born 1996), Pakistani cricketer
* Mohammad Nawaz (born 2000), Manipuri footballer
* Hassan Nawaz (born 2004), Pakistani cricketer
* Muhammad Shah Newaz Chowdhury (died 1997), Bangladeshi politician
* Hamid Nawaz Khan (died 2014), Pakistani army general
* Mohammad Nawaz Khokhar (died 2021), Pakistani politician
* Ali Nawaz Chowhan (died 2023), former Chief Justice of Gambia
* Adnan Nawaz, British-Pakistani television presenter
* Ahmed Nawaz Baloch, Pakistani politician
* Ali Nawaz Awan, Pakistani politician
* Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam, Bangladeshi politician
* Gohar Nawaz Khan, Pakistani politician
* Muhammad Nawaz Khan Allai, Pakistani politician
* Muhammad Nawaz Khan Kakar, Pakistani politician
* Newaz Halima Arli, Bangladeshi politician
* Raja Rab Nawaz, Pakistani navy admiral
* Shah Newaz, Bangladeshi communist

## Surname

* Amna Nawaz (born 1979), American broadcast journalist
* Danish Nawaz Khan Noohani Baloch (born 1978), Pakistani comedian
* Dilip Nawaz, Sri Lankan puisne justice of the Supreme Court
* Maajid Usman Nawaz (born 1977), British-Pakistani political activist
* Sana Nawaz, Pakistani film actress and model
* Tawfique Nawaz, Bangladeshi advocate
* Yasir Nawaz Khan Noohani Baloch (born 1970), Pakistani director, producer and screenwriter

## Fictional characters

* Alya Nawaz, fictional character from Ackley Bridge
* Farida Nawaz. fictional character from Ackley Bridge
* Riz Nawaz, fictional character from Ackley Bridge
* Sadiq Nawaz, fictional character from Ackley Bridge

## Places

* Khaja Bandanawaz University, Karnataka
* Masjid Ghareeb Nawaz, Manipur
* Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan
* Nawaz Sharif Medical College, Pakistan

## Transport

* Kishanganj–Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express, India
* Bangalore City–Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express, India
* Ranchi–Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express, India