Famous People with Name Rashid

Rashid Maidin            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Rashid Maidin: was a senior leader of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM). He was born in Kampung Gunung Mesah, Gopeng, Perak. He is the eldest brother of 7 brothers and 1 sister. He received his early education at the Gunung Panjang Malay School and the Kampung Gunung Mesah Madrasah, which were both in Gopeng. He graduated at standard 5 in a Malay school. However, due to poverty Rashid dropped out of school in 1929.

Rashid Karim            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Rashid Karim: a modern and popular novelist of Bangladesh.

Rashid Choudhury            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Rashid Choudhury: Rashid Choudhury completed his five-year course in fine arts from the Charukala Institute in 1954 and attended a teachers' training certificate course at Asutosh Museum of the Calcutta University. He did his post-graduate studies with a scholarship from Spanish government and studied sculpture at the Central Escula des Bellias Artes de San Fernando in Madrid from 1956-57. He also studied sculpture, fresco and tapestry at the Academy of Jullian and Beaux Arts in Paris from 1960-64. He was also honoured with the Leadership Grant Award by the US government in 1975.

Rashid Behbudov            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Rashid Behbudov: was an Azerbaijani singer and actor. He sang in Azerbaijani, Russian, Persian, Turkish, Hindi, Armenian, Urdu and Bengali among other languages.Rashid Behbudov was born in Tbilisi, Georgia in 1915. His father, Majid Behbudov was a singer as well. In 1938 - 1944, Rashid worked at Yerevan State Philharmonia and Opera House, and in 1945, upon the invitation of Tofig Guliyev, Rashid Behbudov moved to Baku.

Rashid Sidek            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Rashid Sidek: was a Malaysian national badminton player, and a prominent world-class singles player during the 1990s. He is the youngest of the five Sidek Brothers.

Saman Rashid            Origin/Culture/Country: Pakistan

Saman Rashid: is an International field hockey player. She is the leading goalkeeper of the Pakistan Women?s Hockey Team. Saman has received various Best Goalkeeper awards in many National and International tournaments. She represents Pakistan Wapda domestically. Her f

J.M. Aaron Rashid            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

J.M. Aaron Rashid: is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Periyakulam constituency of Tamil Nadu, in the 14th Lok Sabha, and now represents the Theni constituency and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.