# Kazis of Bengal

Kazi is a family name in Bengal, it originates from the Arabic qadi meaning judge and is typically used among Muslims. Kazi (Bengali: কাজী), also spelt Qazi and Quazi, is a title awarded to Islamic judges, commonly used hereditarily in Bengal as a family name.

## Individuals

* Abdur Rahim Quazi (born 1968), West Bengal legislator
* Daulat Qazi (c. 1600–1638), poet
* Faruk Quazi (1949–2020), journalist and law reporter
* Khan Bahadur Nawab Sir Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui (1891–1984), knight and politician
* Qazi Heyat Mahmud (1693–1760), poet and judge
* Qazi Muhammad Junaid Babunagari (1953–2021), Islamic scholar
* Kazi Mohammed Shafiullah (1934-2025), former Chief of Army Staff
* Kazi Shahidun Nabi (1941–2018), 9th Attorney General of Bangladesh
* Kairan Quazi (born 2009), software engineer
* Kazi Abdul Baset (1935–2002), painter
* Kazi Abdul Majid, former MNA
* Kazi Abdul Odud (1894–1970), Bangladeshi writer
* Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara (born 1962), politician
* Kazi Abdur Rashid (1932–2014), politician
* Qazi Abu Zafar Mohammed Hasan Siddiqui (1940–2012), cultural activist
* Kazi Abul Kasem (1913–2003), Indian cartoonist and writer
* Kazi Abul Kashem, politician
* Kazi Akbar Uddin Mohammad Siddique (1924–2004), founding member of the Bangladesh Awami League
* Kazi Alauddin, politician
* Kazi Anis Ahmed (born 1970), publisher and businessman
* Kazi Anowar Hossain (1941–2007), painter
* Kazi Anwar Hossain (born 1957), footballer
* Kazi Aref Ahmed (1942–1999), president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
* Kazi Azizul Islam (died 1971), civil servant
* Kazi Bashir, actor
* Kazi Dawa Samdup (1868–1923), Indian translator and writer
* Kazi Firoz Rashid (born 1947), politician
* Kazi Golam Mahbub (1927–2006), Bangladeshi politician
* Kazi Golam Morshed, politician
* Kazi Habibul Awal (born 1956), 13th Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh
* Kazi Hasibul Haque (born 1986), cricketer
* Kazi Hayat (born 1947), Bangladeshi film director
* Kazi Jalil Abbasi (1912–1996), Indian politician
* Kazi Jasimuddin Ahmed Joshi (born 1963), cricketer
* Kazi Kader Newaj (1909–1983), Bangladeshi poet
* Kazi Kamrul Islam (born 1987), cricketer
* Kazi Kamruzzaman, paediatric surgeon and social worker
* Kazi Kaniz Sultana (born 1961), politician
* Kazi Keramat Ali (born 1954), former State Minister of Technical Education
* Kazi Khademul Islam (1925–1990), politician and doctor
* Kazi Khaleda Khatun (1939–2013), language activist
* Kazi Khaleed Ashraf (born 1959), architect, urbanist and architectural historian
* Kazi Khalek (1915–1970), actor
* Kazi Lhendup Dorjee (1904–2007), Indian politician
* Kazi Muhammad Badruddoza (1927-2023), scientist
* Kazi Masum Akhtar (born 1971), educator
* Kazi Muhammad Anowar Hossain (1955–2017), politician
* Kazi Muhammad Ejarul Haque Akhand (born 1971), High Court justice
* Kazi Misbahun Nahar, doctor
* Kazi Mobin-Uddin (1930–1999), American surgeon
* Kazi Mofazzal Hossain Shaikat (born 1986), footballer
* Kazi Monirul Huda, advocate and politician
* Kazi Monirul Islam Manu (born 1952), politician
* Kazi Morshed (1950–2014), film director
* Kazi Mozammel Haque, politician
* Kazi Nabil Ahmed (born 1969), director of Gemcon Group and vice-president of Bangladesh Football Federation
* Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899–1976), Bangladeshi poet
* Kazi Nuruzzaman (1927–2017), politician
* Kazi Nuruzzaman Bir Uttom (1925–2011), lieutenant colonel
* Kazi Rabbi-ul-Hasan, politician
* Kazi Rafiqul Islam, politician
* Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad (born 1943), former Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh
* Kazi Abu Bakar Siddiky Riton (born 1977), director, producer and actor
* Kazi Sahabuddin Ahmed, advocate and politician
* Kazi Sahera Anwara Shammi Sheer, politician
* Kazi Salahuddin (born 1953), Bangladeshi football player and manager
* Kazi Sarwar Hossain, rear admiral
* Kazi Sekendar Ali Dalim (1945–2020), politician
* Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad (born 1956), politician
* Kazi Shamsur Rahman (1937–2006), politician
* Kazi Sharif Kaikobad (born 1965), former director general of Bangladesh Ansar and the Village Defence Party
* Kazi Sirajul Islam (born 1940), politician
* Kazi Yunus Ahmed (born 1980), kabaddi player
* Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1939–2015), Bangladeshi politician and Prime Minister
* Kazi Zainul Abedin (1892–1962), Pakistani poet
* Kazi Zaker Husain (1931–2011), zoologist
* Qazi Manzaral Islam Rana (1984–2007), Bangladeshi cricketer
* Mizanur Rahman Kazi (born 1976), doctor and MLA
* Kazi Muhammad Monzur-i-Mowla (1940–2020), author and former director general of Bangla Academy
* Qazi Nur Ahmed Saudagar (1890–1964), politician and lawyer
* Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan (born 1993), cricketer
* Qazi Abdul Alim (1933–2007), athlete and sports organiser
* Qazi Afsaruddin Ahmed (1921–1975), journalist and writer
* Khan Bahadur Qazi Azizul Haque (1872–1935), inventor
* Qazi Azizul Mowla, 5th vice-chancellor of Leading University
* Qazi Fazilat (1541–1545), governor of Bengal
* Qazi Fazlur Rahman, former Minister of Irrigation
* Khan Bahadur Qazi Imdadul Haq (1882–1926), writer and educationist
* Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad (born 1940), thinker and chairman of Dhaka School of Economics
* Qazi Mahabub Ahmed, politician
* Qazi Mu'tasim Billah (1933–2013), Islamic scholar and principal of Jamia Shariyyah Malibagh
* Qazi Onik (born 1999), cricketer
* Quazi Deen Mohammad, founding director of National Institute of Neurosciences
* Quazi Golam Dastgir (1932–2008), army general and diplomat
* Quazi Saleemul Huq Kamal (born 1951), businessman
* Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque (born 1958), High Court justice
* Quazi Rosy (1949–2022), poet and parliamentarian
* Kazi Sanaul Hoq (born 1961), former chairman of Rupali Bank
* Quazi Sazzad Ali Zahir (born 1951), army officer
* Quazi Sazzad Hossain (born 1968), former vice-chancellor of Khulna University of Engineering & Technology
* Quazi Syque Caesar (born 1990), gymnast and coach
* Quazi Tarikul Islam (born 1954), physician and academic
* Kazi Abu Zafar Muhammad Lutfar, advocate and politician
* Shilpacharya Kazi Zainul Abedin (1914–1976), painter
* Qazi Ziaur Rashid Rupam (born 1968), cricketer
* Zohra Begum Kazi (1912–2007), physician

## Families

* Qazi family of Lakhnauti
* Qazi family of Tetulia, Satkhira
* Qazi family of Bagmara, Rajbari
** Kazi Abdul Wadud (1894–1970), essayist and critic
** Qazi Motahar Hossain (1897–1981), writer and scientist
** Qazi Sanjida Khatun (born 1933), musicologist
** Qazi Anwar Hussain (1936–2022), novelist
** Qazi Fahmida Khatun, singer
* Kazi family of Baligaon, Feni
** Kazi Ebadul Haque (1936–2022), judge
** Kazi Zinat Hoque (born 1974), High Court justice
* Kazi family of Tungipara, Gopalganj
** Qazi Abu Yusuf, physician and politician
** Kazi Zafarullah (born 1947), politician
** Kazi Shahidullah (died 2025), chairman of University Grants Commission
* Qazi family of Bilbilash, Patuakhali
** Sher-e-Bangla Qazi Abul Kasem Fazlul Haq (1873–1962), Prime Minister of Bengal
** Qazi Abul Kalam Faezul Huq (1944–2007), politician and lawyer
* Qazi family of Bhirich Khan, Munshiganj
** Qazi Azizul Haque (1919–2012), first translator of Sahih al-Bukhari into Bengali
** Qazi Mahfuzul Haque (born 1969), Islamic scholar
** Qazi Mamunul Haque (born 1973), Islamic scholar
* Qazi family of Cheora, Comilla
** Nawab Qazi Musharraf Hussain (1871–1966), lawyer and philanthropist
** Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1939–2015), Prime Minister of Bangladesh
** Kazi Zahirul Qayyum, politician
* Kazi family of Churulia, Burdwan
** Qazi Nazrul Islam (1899–1976), national poet of Bangladesh
** Kazi Sabyasachi (1928–1979), elocutionist
** Khilkhil Kazi, singer
* Qazi family of Manoharpur, Jhenaidah
** Qazi Golam Mostofa (1897–1964), writer and poet
** Qazi Mustafa Monwar (born 1935), painter, sculptor, radio performer and professor
* Qazi family of Mullahbari, Natore
** Mullah Qazi Muhammad Shamez Uddin Ahmed (1913–1968), Qazi of Natore
** Qazi Muhammad Shahid Sarwar Azam Shah Jahan (born 1952), retired colonel
** Sahibzada Qazi Sanwar Azam Sunny (born 1989), environmental activist
* Kazi family of Nilphamari
** Kazi Abdul Kader (1914–2002), Minister of Agriculture
** Kazi Faruque Kader, politician
* Kazi family of Rajapur, Faridpur
** Nawab Kazi Abdul Lateef (1828–1893), aristocrat and educator
** Kazi Abu Muhammad Abdul Ghafur Nassakh (1834–1889), magistrate and writer
** Kazi Abul Monsur (1918–1996), microbiologist and physician
** Kazi Salahuddin (born 1953), president of South Asian Football Federation
** Kazi Shahidul Alam (born 1955), photojournalist and social activist
* Kazi family of Tarail, Gopalganj
** Kazi Hayat (born 1947), film director, producer, writer and actor
** Kazi Maruf (born 1983), film actor