Masud (, ) is a given name and a surname, commonly found in the Middle East and Asia. Notable people with the name include:
Given name Masʽud I (998–1040), sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire Masud Ahmad (1943–2018), Pakistani theoretical physicist Masud Ahmed (born 1955), Bangladeshi bureaucrat Masud Akhond (born 1972), Bangladeshi actor, director, and writer Masud Alioghlu (1928–1973), Azerbaijani writer Masud Arun, Bangladeshi politician Masud Choudhary (1944–2022), Indian civil servant, educator, social reformer, thinker, and politician Masud Uddin Chowdhury (born 1954), Bangladeshi Army general Masud ibn Davud, Azerbaijani architect Masud Gharahkhani (born 1982), Iranian-born Norwegian politician Masud Ghnaim (born 1965), an Israeli Arab politician Masud Husain, British neurologist and neuroscientist Masud Jani, 13th century governor of Bengal Masʽud El-Jibril, Nigerian politician Masud Karim (1936–1996), Bangladeshi lyricist Masud Khan (1924–1989), British psychoanalyst Masud Ali Khan (1929–2024), Bangladeshi actor Masud Husain Khan (1919–2010), Indian linguist Masud Minhas (1911–1936), Indian field hockey player Masud Bin Momen, Bangladeshi diplomat Masud ibn Namdar, Kurdish document collector and writer Masud Naraghi (died 2020), Iranian-born American nuclear physicist and engineer Masud Pathik (born 1979), Bangladeshi filmmaker, poet, and lyricist Masʽud Hai Rakkaḥ (1690–1768), Sephardi Jewish Hakham and shadar Masud Hassan Rizvi (1893–1975), Indian author Masud Sabri (1886–1952), Uyghur governor of Xinjiang Masud Sa'd Salman (died 1121), Persian poet Masud Sezan, Bangladeshi television series and telefilm director Masud Shah (died 1246), sultan of the Delhi Sultanate Masʽud ibn Muhammad Sijzi, Persian physician Masud Yunus (1952–2020), Indonesian politician
Surname Faisal Masud (1954–2019), Pakistani endocrinologist Khalid Masud (1935–2003), Pakistani Islamic scholar Mohammad Masud (1905–1948), Iranian journalist Muhammad Khalid Masud (born 1939), Pakistani judge and Islamic scholar Naiyer Masud (1936–2017), Indian Urdu short-story writer and literary critic Rahmad Mas'ud (born 1976), Indonesian politician and the current mayor of Balikpapan, East Kalimantan Zafar Masud (air commodore) (1927–2003), Pakistan Air Force personnel