Riaz (name) explained
Riyaz ansari(Arabic: رياض) is a Central and South Asian masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin. Riyaj
Given name
- Riaz Hassan (1937–2022), Australian academic
- Riyaz Punjabi (1947–2021), professor and vice chancellor at the University of Kashmir
- Riaz Ahsan (1951–2008), Pakistani statistician
- Riyaz Ahmad (1958–2021), Indian politician
- Riaz Shahid (died 1972), Pakistani filmmaker and journalist
- Riaz Bagwan (born 1960), Indian cricketer
- Riaz Poonawala (born 1961), former cricketer
- Riaz Basra (1967–2002), Pakistani militant
- Riaz Farcy (born 1967), Hong Kong cricketer
- Riyaz Khan (born 1960), Indian actor and bodybuilder
- Riaz (actor) (born 1972), Bangladeshi film actor
- Riaz Afridi (born 1985), Pakistani cricketer
- Riaz Amin (born 1998), English professional martial artist
- Riyaz Kharrat, Iranian chemical engineer
- Reaz Rahman, Bangladeshi former State Minister of Foreign Affairs
Surname
Arabic-based compound names with Riaz as an element
See also
- Riaz, municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
- Riaz Gujjar, a 1991 Pakistani film