Samad or Samed (Arabic: صمد, Ṣamad) is an Arabic male given name.

• Abd al-Samad ibn Ali, Abbasid governor of Jazira in 780s.
• Samad bey Mehmandarov (born 1855), Azerbaijani General
• Samed Abdul Awudu (born 1984), Ghanaian football player
• Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (born 1983), Iranian basketball player
• Samad Behrangi (1939–1967), Iranian teacher, folklorist and writer
• Samad Marfavi (born 1965), Iranian football player
• Samad bey Mehmandarov (1855–1931), Azerbaijani-Russian general
• Samad Rustamov, Uzbek Sambo player
• Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh (1869–1955), Iranian diplomat
• Samad Shohzukhurov (born 1990), Tajik football player
• Samad Taylor, American baseball player
• Samad Vurgun (1906–1956), Azerbaijani-Soviet poet
• Samed Yeşil (born 1994), Turkish-German football player

• Abdul Samad Ismail (1924–2008), Malaysian journalist
• Abdul Samad Rabiu (born 1960), Nigerian businessman
• Abdul Samad of Selangor (1804–1898), Sultan of Selangor

• Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad 1927–1988), Egyptian Quran reciter
• Abdus Samad Azad (1922–2005), Bangladeshi diplomat and politician
• Hamed Abdel-Samad (born 1972), German-Egyptian writer
• Mohammad Samad (born 2000), Indian actor
• Mohammad Ridzwan bin Samad, a convicted rioter and gang member of Salakau in Singapore
• Nabil Samad (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Omar Samad, Afghan diplomat
• Sahal Abdul Samad (born 1997), Indian football player
• Saleh Ali al-Sammad (1979–2018), Yemeni politician
• Ziad Al-Samad (born 1978), Lebanese football player

• Samad, a character played by Ameet Chana in the British web series Corner Shop Show.
• Samad, a fictional character played by Iranian actor Parviz Sayyad.
• Samad Iqbal, a main character in the novel White Teeth by Zadie Smith.

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