Baz is a surname, given name and nickname, often a short form (hypocorism) of Basil or Barry in English. Origins vary depending on language. It may refer to:

• Ben-Hur Baz (1906–2003), Mexican painter of pin-up art
• Cristian Baz (born 1987), Argentine footballer
• Gustavo Baz Prada (1894–1987), Mexican politician
• Ignacio Baz (1826–1887), Argentine portrait painter
• Jamil Baz, chief investment strategist of GLG Partners, a London-based hedge fund, and economics professor
• Loris Baz (born 1993), French motorcycle racer
• Marysole Wörner Baz (1936–2014), Mexican painter and sculptor
• Molly Baz, American chef and food writer
• Nabil Baz (born 1987), Algerian racing cyclist
• Shane Baz (born 1999), American baseball player
• Rashid Baz, perpetrator of the 1994 Brooklyn Bridge shooting

• Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (fl. 2007–2009), Deputy Minister of Interior for Counter-Narcotics and former Governor of Badakhshan, Afghanistan
• Baz Bamigboye, British journalist
• Baz Muhammad Khan (fl. 1988–present), Pakistani politician
• Baz Moffat (born 1978), British female rower

• Baz Ashmawy (born 1975), Irish television personality
• Sebastian Bach (born 1968), Canadian heavy metal singer
• Baz Bastien (1919–1983), Canadian National Hockey League goaltender, head coach and general manager
• Barry Du Bois (born 1960), Australian designer, building expert, television presenter and author
• Baz Luhrmann (born 1962), Australian filmmaker
• Brendon McCullum (born 1981), New Zealand cricketer
• Baz Nagle (1933–1997), Canadian Football League player
• Barry North (born 1959), British Royal Air Force air marshal
• Basil O'Meara (1892–1971), Canadian sports journalist
• Barry Thomson, guitarist and co-founder of the British death metal band Bolt Thrower
• Baz Warne (born 1964), lead and bass guitarist and vocalist of the punk rock band The Stranglers

List of people with the same nickname

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• Baz Pitch, in the novel Carry On by Rainbow Rowell, boyfriend to Simon Snow
• Simon Baz, a DC Comics character
• Barbara "Baz" Wilder, a former character on the British TV series Casualty
• The Baz, a recurring character in Divekick and other kickstarter indie games

• All pages with titles beginning with Baz
• All pages with titles containing Baz
• Barrington Patterson (1965–2022), English kickboxer and mixed martial artist nicknamed "One Eye Baz"
• Mar Narsai D'Baz (1940–2010), Metropolitan of Lebanon, Syria and all Europe in the Assyrian Church of the East
• El-Baz, an Arabic surname and, as Elbaz, a Hebrew surname

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