Hafiz or Hafez (Persian: حافظ ) may mean:
- Hafez or Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi, a 14th-century Persian mystic and poet. Sometimes credited as "Hafiz" or "Hafiz of Shiraz".
- Hafiz (Quran), a term used by Muslims for people who have completely memorized the Qur'an
- Al-Hafiz (d. 1149), the eleventh Caliph of the Fatimids
- Abdel Halim Hafez (1929-1977), Egyptian singer and actor
- Hafez al-Assad (1930-2000), president of Syria from 1971 to 2000
- Helal Hafiz, Bangladeshi poet