Nizami (name)

Nizami, also spelled Nezami, is both a surname and a given name of Iranian origin. It is popular in the Middle East, South Asia and the Caucasus. Notable people with the name include:

• Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami, descendant of Nizamuddin Auliya and a Sufi
• Khwaja Hasan Nizami, descendant of Nizamuddin Auliya and a Sufi
• Kamaluddin Nizami, Afghan politician
• Farhan Nizami (born before 1977), Islamic scholar at the University of Oxford
• Hameed Nizami (1915–1962), Pakistani journalist
• Saghar Nizami (1905–1983), Indian poet
• Majid Nizami (born 1928), Pakistani editor and publisher
• Hamid Nizami (1915–1962), Pakistani journalist
• Khalid Nizami, Pakistani comedian and actor
• Arif Nizami (1948–2021), Pakistani Journalist
• Motiur Rahman Nizami (born 1943), Bangladeshi politician
• Saifur Rahman Nizami (born 1916) , Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
• Hasan Nizami, Persian language poet and historian
• Z.A. Nizami (1931–2013), Pakistani educationist
• Ayaz Nizami, Pakistani blogger and political prisoner

• Feroz Nizami (1910–1975), Pakistani filmmaker
• K. A. Nizami (1925–1997), Indian historian and diplomat
• Moeen Nizami (born 1965), Pakistani Urdu poet
• Bari Nizami, lyricist from West Punjab
• Khwaja Hasan Nizami (1878–1955), Indian sufi saint

• Nezami Qunavi, 15th-century poet
• Nizami Aruzi (fl. 1110–1161), writer of Persian prose and poetry in the 12th century, famous for the Chahar Maqala
• Nizami Bahmanov (1948–2008), Azerbaijani politician
• Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209), considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian history
• Nizami Hajiyev (born 1988), Azerbaijani football midfielder
• Nizami Pashayev (born 1981), Azerbaijani weightlifter