Khalid

Khalid (variants include Khaled and Kalid; Arabic: خالد) is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal, everlasting, immortal". It also appears as a surname.
Notable persons
Politics and military
Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1913–1982), the fourth king of Saudi Arabia
Khalid bin Mohammed Al Angari (born 1952), Saudi politician
Khaled al-Attiyah (born 1949), Iraqi politician
Khalid Bakdash (1912–1995), former leader of the Syrian Communist Party
Khalid ibn Barmak (705–782), first prominent member of the Barmakid family
Khalid Al Hud Al Gargani (1882–1971), Libyan royal advisor in Saudi Arabia
Khaled al-Harbi (born 1963), associate of Osama Bin Laden
Khalid Ibrahim (born 1946), Malaysian politician
Khalid Islambouli (1955–1982), assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat
Khaled Kelkal, soldier in the Armed Islamic group of Algeria; he was also responsible for carrying out some bombings in France
Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (1960–), current Foreign Minister of Bahrain
Khaled Mashal (born 1956), member of Hamas
Khalid El-Masri (born 1963), German citizen detained and interrogated by the CIA
Khalid al-Mihdhar (1975–2001), Saudi hijacker in the September 11 attacks
Khaled Mosharraf (1937–1975), Bangladeshi war hero
Khalid Abdul Muhammad (1948–2001), former Nation of Islam member and Black Nationalist
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (born 1964), terrorist claimed to be responsible for masterminding the September 11 attacks
Khaled Qasim, Yemeni citizen detained in Guantanamo Bay
Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi (1931–1972), assassinated ruler of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates
Khaled Ben Mustapha (born 1972), former detainee at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Khalid al-Qasri (died 743), Umayyad governor of Mecca and Iraq
Khalid Raad, Syrian economist and politician
Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud (1937–2021), Saudi royal
Khaled bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1950), Saudi royal
Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud (born 1951), Saudi royal
Khalid ibn al-Walid (died 642), Muslim military commander in the service of the Rashidun Caliphate
Film, television, theatre
Khalid Abdalla (born 1988), British actor
Khalid Gonçalves (born 1971), American actor
Khaled El Sayed, Lebanese actor and voice actor
Music
DJ Khaled (born 1975), American DJ, record producer and radio personality
Khaled (musician) (born 1960), Algerian raï musician
Khalid (singer) (born 1998), American singer and songwriter
Nazim Khaled (born 1986), French singer, songwriter and composer
Sports
Khaled Badra (born 1973), Tunisian football player
Khalid Boulahrouz (born 1981), Dutch football player
Khaled Fadhel (born 1976), Tunisian football player
Khalid Kareem (born 1998), American football player
Khalid Khan (born 1971), Hong Kong cricketer
Khalid Khannouchi (born 1971), Moroccan American marathoner
Khalid Lachheb (born 1975), French pole vaulter
Khaled Mahmud (born 1971), Bangladeshi cricket player
Khaled Mashud (born 1976), Bangladeshi cricket player
Khaled Mouelhi (born 1981), Tunisian football player
Khalidou Sissokho (born 1978), Senegalese footballer
Khalid Skah (born 1967), Moroccan athlete
Other
Khalid (1930–1994), Indian novelist in Malayalam-language
Khaled bin Sinan (pre-7th century), historic figure of pre-Islamic Arabia, and a disputed prophet in Islam
Khalid bin Mahfouz (1949–2009), Saudi Arabian businessman suspected of having links to terrorism
Khaled Abou Al-Fadl (born 1963), professor at the UCLA School of Law
Khaled Abu Toameh (born 1963), Israeli journalist
Khalid Adem (born 1975), American convict
Khalid Amayreh (1957–2023), Palestinian journalist
Khâlid-i Baghdâdî, Ottoman mystic founding the Khalidi branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi order
Khaled Hosseini (born 1965), Afghan-American physician and author
Khalid ibn Yazid, seventh century alchemist
Khaled Mardam-Bey, creator of mIRC
Khaled bin Alwaleed Al Saud (born 1978), Saudi entrepreneur and royal
Khalid bin Talal Al Saud (born 1962), Saudi royal and businessman
Khalid Sharrouf (born 1981), Australian Arab hate speaker and terror suspect
Middle name
Ahmad Khaled Towfeq (1962–2018), Egyptian novelist
Surname
Aisha Khalid (born 1972), Pakistani artist
Amr Khaled (born 1967), Islamic preacher
Hassan Khaled (1921–1989), leader of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community
Leila Khaled (born 1944), member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Waleed Khaled (died 2005), journalist killed by American soldiers during the Iraq War
Ismael Khalid (born 2000), influencer and Kick streamer.
Notable animals
Khaled (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse
Khaled 5, an Arabian horse noted as a major sire in the early 1900s.
References
Arabic-language masculine given names
Masculine given names
Arabic-language surnames
Bosniak masculine given names