Khalid
Khalid is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal", and it also appears as a surname.Notable people
; Politics and military
- Khalid ibn al-Walid, Muslim military commander and Companion of Muhammad.
- Khalid al-Qasri, Umayyad governor of Mecca and Iraq
- Khalid ibn Barmak, member of the Persian Barmakids family
- Prince Khalid Abdullah, first cousin of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and brother-in-law of the late King Fahd
- Khalid Ibrahim, Malaysian politician
- Khaled al-Attiyah, Iraqi politician
- Khaled bin Abdullah, son of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
- Khaled Mashal, member of Hamas
- Khaled al-Harbi, associate of Osama Bin Laden
- Khalid El-Masri, German citizen detained and interrogated by the CIA
- Khaled Ben Mustapha, former detainee at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
- Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah, current Foreign Minister of Bahrain
- Khalid al-Mihdhar, Saudi hijacker in the September 11 attacks
- Khaled Mosharraf, Bangladeshi war hero
- Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, assassinated ruler of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates
- Khalid Islambouli, assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat
- Khalid Bakdash, former leader of the Syrian Communist Party
- Khalid Abdul Muhammad, former Nation of Islam member and Black Nationalist
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, terrorist claimed to be responsible for masterminding the September 11 attacks
- Khaled Qasim, Yemeni citizen detained in Guantanamo Bay
- Khalid Raad, Syrian economist and politician
; Film, television, theatre
; Music
- DJ Khaled, American DJ, record producer and radio personality
- Khaled, formerly known as Cheb Khaled, Algerian raï musician
- Khalid, American singer and songwriter
; Sports
- Khalid Abdel-Gabar, Saudi Arabian basketball player
- Khaled Badra, Tunisian football player
- Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch football player
- Khaled Fadhel, Tunisian football player
- Khalid Kareem, American football player
- Khalid Khan, Hong Kong cricketer
- Khalid Khannouchi, Moroccan American marathoner
- Khalid Lachheb, French pole vaulter
- Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricket player
- Khaled Mashud, Bangladeshi cricket player
- Khaled Mouelhi, Tunisian football player
- Khalidou Sissokho, Senegalese footballer
- Khalid Skah, Moroccan athlete
; Various
- Khaled bin Sinan, historic figure of pre-Islamic Arabia, and a disputed prophet in Islam
- Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal, Saudi entrepreneur and prince of the House of Saud
- Khalid bin Mahfouz, Saudi Arabian businessman suspected of having links to terrorism
- Ahmad Khaled Towfeq, Egyptian novelist
- Khaled Abou Al-Fadl, professor at the UCLA School of Law
- Khaled Abu Toameh, Israeli journalist
- Khalid Adem, American convict
- Khalid Amayreh, Palestinian journalist
- Khâlid-i Baghdâdî, Ottoman mystic founding the Khalidi branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi order
- Khaled Hosseini, Afghan-American physician and author
- Khalid ibn Yazid, seventh century alchemist
- Khaled Mardam-Bey, creator of mIRC
- Khalid Sharrouf, Australian Arab hate speaker and terror suspect
- Khalid hammad
Surname
- Aisha Khalid, Pakistani artist
- Amr Khaled, Islamic preacher
- Hassan Khaled, former leader of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community
- Leila Khaled, former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- Nazim Khaled, French singer, songwriter and composer
- Waleed Khaled, journalist killed by American soldiers during the Iraq War
