Abu Zayd could refer to:
- Abū Zayd ‘Abdu r-Raḥman bin Muḥammad bin Khaldūn Al-Hadrami (1332–1406), Arab polymath
- Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (b. 850), Persian Muslim polymath
- Abu Zayd Hassan, 9 c. merchant known for leaving an account on the Guangzhou massacre
- Abu Zayd al-Hilali, 11th-century Arab leader
- ’Abū Zayd Ḥunayn ibn ’Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī (809–873), Nestorian scholar, physician, and scientist
- Abū Zayd ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Zayd (fl. 1186 - 1219), Persian potter
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