Hafiz or Hafez may mean:

• Hafiz (Qur'an), a term used by Muslims for people who have completely memorized the Qur'an
• Hafez or Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi, an Iranian mystic and poet. Hafith or Hafiz ( Arabic: حافظ قرآن or حافظ plural huffaz) literally meaning 'guardian' is a term used by Muslims in modern Khwāja Šamsu d-Dīn Muḥammad Hāfez-e Šīrāzī, or simply Hāfez ( was a Persian mystic and Poet. Sometimes credited as "Hafiz" or "Hafiz of Shiraz".
• al-Hafiz (d. Al-Ḥāfiz (الحافظ) (died 1149 was the eleventh Caliph of the Fāṭimids (r 1149), the eleventh Caliph of the Fatimids
• Hafez al-Assad (1930-2000), president of Syria from 1971 to 2000

Hafez al-Assad (حافظ الأسد) ( October 6, 1930 &ndash June 10, 2000) was president of Syria, for three

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