Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933–1981), Iranian theologian and politician Mohammad Jawad Balaghi (1865–1933), Iraqi Shia Muslim religious authority Mohamad Jawad Chirri (1905–1994), Lebanese founder of the Islamic Center of America Mufid Mohammad Jawad al-Jazairi (born 1939), Iraqi journalist and politician Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh, Lebanese politician and minister of health Mohammad-Javad Larijani (born 1951), Iranian politician, hard-line cleric and mathematician Zayn Javadd Malik (born 1993), Pakistani-English singer and songwriter Syed Jawad Naqvi (born 1952), Pakistani Twelver Shia Muslim cleric Hossam Jawad Al-Sabah (born 1948), Lebanese actor Ali Jawad al-Sheikh (1997–2011), Bahraini boy killed in the Bahraini uprising Ali Jawad Al Taher (c. 1911–1996), Iraqi literary scholar and critic Ridha Jawad Taqi, Iraqi politician and member of Parliament Abu Mohammad Jawad Walieddine (1916–2012), Lebanese regional Druze spiritual leader Ali Jawad Zaidi (1916–2004), Indian Urdu poet and scholar Mohammad Javad Zarif (born 1960), Iranian diplomat, academic, and foreign minister