Rais is a Muslim title.

Rais may also refer to:

People

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Given name

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  • Rais Abin (1926–2021), Indonesian military officer and diplomat
  • Rais Bhuiyan (born 1973), Bangladeshi American hate crime victim who forgave his shooter
  • Rais Hamidu (1773–1815), Algerian corsair
  • Rais Khan (1939–2017), Indian sitar player
  • Raïs M'Bolhi (born 1986), Algerian footballer
  • Rais Sitdikov (born 1988), Russian footballer
  • Rais Yatim (born 1942), Information, Communications, and Culture Minister of Malaysia

Surname

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  • Amber Rais (born 1981), American professional cyclist
  • Amien Rais (born 1944), Indonesian politician
  • Gilles de Rais (1405–1440), leader of the French army and companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc, and serial killer of children
  • Julia Rais (born 1971), Malaysian actress and princess
  • Karel Václav Rais (1859–1926), Czech novelist
  • Muhammad Rais, Indonesian terrorist
  • Salih Reis or Rais (c. 1488-1568), Turkish privateer and Ottoman Empire admiral

Other

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  • Rais, founder of the Raisani, a Pakistani tribe
  • Rais people, one of Nepal's most ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic groups
  • Saint Rais (died 303), Christian saint

Places

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Other uses

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See also

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