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Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani (رشيد عالي الكيلاني) was an Iraqi politician, born in Baghdad in 1892, who led the nationalist government that brought Iraq into war with Britain in May 1941.
Rashid Bashir
Rashid Bashir is a bioengineer working in BioMEMS, biosensors, and bionanotechnology, and the 15th dean of the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2018.
Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum
Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum (1981-2015), eldest son of Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; former heir apparent, endurance-riding double gold medalist at Doha 2006, Zabeel Racing owner; died of a heart attack at 33.
Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum
Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (راشد بن سعيد آل مكتوم, 1912–1990), Ruler of Dubai 1958–1990, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister, co-founder of the 1971 union with Sheikh Zayed, and builder of Port Rashid, Dubai airport, and Jebel Ali Port.
Rashid Buttar
Rashid Buttar (1966-2023) was an American osteopathic physician from North Carolina, Center for Advanced Medicine founder, chelation promoter, twice reprimanded by the NC Medical Board, and a CCDH 'Disinformation Dozen' member known for COVID-19 and anti-vaccine misinformation.
Rashid Hassan
Rashid Hassan, full name Rashid Mekki Hassan, was a Sudanese and South African environmental economist who founded and directed CEEPA at the University of Pretoria until 2016.
Rashid Jahan
Rashid Jahan (رشید جہاں) was an Indian Urdu short-story writer, playwright, and one of India's earliest Muslim women doctors, known for the banned 1932 anthology Angarey.
Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan Arman (born 1998, Nangarhar) is Afghanistan's right-arm leg-spin and googly bowler, record holder for most men's T20I wickets (193), youngest international captain, and 2022 IPL champion with Gujarat Titans.
Rashid Khan (musician)
Ustad Rashid Khan (राशिद ख़ान, 1968–2024), Hindustani khayal vocalist of the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana, trained by Nissar Hussain Khan at ITC SRA; famed for tarana and Yaad piya ki aaye, film songs like Aaoge Jab Tum, and Padma Shri (2006), Padma Bhushan (2022).
Rashid Latif (راشد لطیف)
Rashid Latif (راشد لطیف) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played as a wicketkeeper-batsman in Tests and ODIs from 1992 to 2003, captained Pakistan, and later became a coach and selector.
Rashid Minhas
Rashid Minhas, known as Rashid Minhas Shaheed, was a Pakistan Air Force pilot officer honored posthumously with the Nishan-e-Haider for crashing his hijacked jet in 1971.
Rashid Sunyaev
Rashid Sunyaev (Рашид Сюняев), born 1943 in Tashkent, is a Russian and German astrophysicist known for the Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect and the Shakura–Sunyaev accretion disk theory.
Rashid Zia
Rashid Zia is a nanophotonics researcher at Brown University who was Dean of the College from 2018 to 2025, studying light emission from quantum emitters.
Rashid-2
Rashid-2, also written Rashid Rover 2, is the UAE's second lunar rover, built by MBRSC to fly to the Moon's far side on Firefly's Blue Ghost lander.
Rashida Jones
Rashida Jones, American actress born 1976 in Los Angeles to Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton; known for Karen Filippelli on The Office and Ann Perkins on Parks and Recreation; also screenwriter of Celeste & Jesse Forever and co-director of Quincy. Distinct from MSNBC president Rashida Jones.
Rashida Olayiwola
Rashida "Sheedz" Olayiwola, Chicago-born comedian, actress, and writer; played bailiff Officer Nikki Wilder in Emmy-nominated Jury Duty, wrote for South Side and award shows, voices Lashes by Lisa in Good Times, and appears in Marvel's Ironheart.
Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib, Democratic U.S. Representative for Michigan's 12th District since 2019 (first the 13th), first Palestinian American woman in Congress, one of the first two Muslim women elected with Ilhan Omar, censured by the House in November 2023.
Rashidi dynasty
Rashidi dynasty (Al Rashid, آل رشيد): Shammar tribal dynasty ruling Ha'il and Jabal Shammar in northern Arabia 1835–1921, allied with the Ottomans 1880–1918 and chief rivals of the House of Saud until Ibn Saud took Riyadh in 1902.
Rashidi Kawawa
Rashidi Mfaume Kawawa was a Tanzanian politician and trade union leader who served as Prime Minister of Tanganyika and, from 1972 to 1977, of Tanzania.
Rashidi Yekini
Rashidi Yekini (1963-2012), Nigerian striker nicknamed the Goalsfather; all-time Super Eagles top scorer with 37 goals in 58 caps, scorer of Nigeria's first World Cup goal (Bulgaria, 1994), 1993 African Footballer of the Year.
Rashidun (الراشدون)
Rashidun (الراشدون, al-khulafa al-rashidun, "rightly guided caliphs") is the Sunni designation for the first four successors of Muhammad: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali, who ruled the caliphate of 632–661 CE.
Rashidun Caliphate (الخلافة الراشدة)
Rashidun Caliphate (الخلافة الراشدة), the first Islamic caliphate, 632–661 CE, ruled by Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali; called the Rightly-Guided caliphate in Sunni tradition, it saw conquest of the Persian and Roman armies before the Umayyads took power in 661.
Rashim Bali
Lieutenant General Rashim Bali is an Indian Army officer of the Sikh Light Infantry who commanded Leh-based 14 Corps (Fire and Fury Corps) from March 2023 to July 2024, led India at the 18th Corps Commander talks with China, and was named Military Secretary.
Rashmeet Kaur (ਰਸ਼ਮੀਤ ਕੌਰ)
Rashmeet Kaur (ਰਸ਼ਮੀਤ ਕੌਰ), Indian singer-songwriter fusing Punjabi folk and Sufi poetry with hip-hop, R&B, and electronic music; winner of The Remix, known for Bajre Da Sitta, Nadiyon Paar, and albums KAURA and Parinda.
Rashmi Rocket
Rashmi Rocket (रश्मि रॉकेट) is a 2021 Hindi sports drama directed by Akarsh Khurana, starring Taapsee Pannu as a Kutch sprinter banned after a gender test; ZEE5 premiere 15 October 2021, inspired by Dutee Chand's case.
Rashmika Mandanna (ರಶ್ಮಿಕಾ ಮಂದಣ್ಣ)
Rashmika Mandanna (ರಶ್ಮಿಕಾ ಮಂದಣ್ಣ), born 1996, Indian actress working across Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi cinema; debut Kirik Party (2016), known for Pushpa, Animal, Chhaava; nicknamed "national crush".
Rashmika Mandanna deepfake
The Rashmika Mandanna deepfake was a viral AI face-swap video from early November 2023 that made celebrity deepfakes a national policy issue in India, prompting government advisories and an arrest.
Rashmirathi
Rashmirathi (रश्मिरथी) is a 1952 Hindi epic poem by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar that retells the life of Karna, the tragic Mahabharata warrior, in seven cantos. Its title means "the Sun's charioteer."
Rashōmon (short story)
Rashōmon (羅生門) is Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's 1915 short story, from Konjaku Monogatari, in which a dismissed servant robs an old woman under Kyoto's ruined gate; distinct from "In a Grove" and the 1950 Kurosawa film.
Rashomon (羅生門)
Rashomon (羅生門) is Akira Kurosawa's 1950 Daiei black-and-white film, based on Akutagawa's "In a Grove", in which four witnesses give contradictory accounts of a rape and murder; it won the 1951 Venice Golden Lion and an Academy Honorary Award.