In sport

Athletics

• Abdelkader Zaddem (born 1944), Tunisian runner
• Abdelkader El Mouaziz (born 1969), Moroccan runner
• Abdelkader Hachlaf (born 1979), Moroccan runner
• Abdalla Abdelgadir (born 1988), Sudanese runner

Cricket

• Abdul Kadir (cricketer) (1944–2002), Pakistani cricketer
• Abdul Qadir (cricketer) (born 1955), Pakistani cricketer
• Abdul Kadeer Ali (born 1983), English cricketer
• Abdul Cader (cricketer) (born 1995), Sri Lankan cricketer

Football

• Abdelkader Ben Bouali (1912–1997) French footballer
• Abdul Kadir (Indonesian footballer) (1948–2003), Indonesian footballer
• Abdulqadir Hassan (born 1962), Emirati footballer
• Abdelkader El Brazi (born 1964), Moroccan footballer
• Abdelkader Ferhaoui (born 1965), Algerian footballer
• Badr Abdelgadir (born 1974), Sudanese football referee
• Azizon Abdul Kadir (born 1980), Malaysian footballer
• Abdul Kader Keïta (born 1981), Ivorian footballer
• Abdelkader Laïfaoui (born 1981), Algerian footballer
• Abdoul Kader Camara (born 1982), Guinean footballer
• Abdelkader Besseghir (born 1978), Algerian footballer
• Mohamed Abdel-Kader Coubadja-Touré, otherwise Mohamed Kader (born 1979), Togolese footballer
• Abdou Kader Mangane (born 1983), Senegalese footballer
• Zainurin Abdul Kadir (born 1983), Malaysian footballer
• Abdelkader Ghezzal (born 1984), French-Algerian footballer
• Abdulkader Dakka (born 1985), Syrian footballer
• Abdulkadir Özgen (born 1986), Turkish-German footballer
• Abdelkader Kraichi (born 1989), French footballer
• Abdel Kader Rifai (born 1973), Syrian footballer
• Abdülkadir Kayal? (born 1991), Turkish footballer
• Anwar Abdalqader, Syrian football manager
• Abdelkader Freha, Algerian footballer

Martial arts

• Syed Abdul Kadir (born 1948), Singapore boxer
• Abdülkadir Koçak (born 1981), Turkish boxer
• Abdelkader Zrouri (born 1976), Moroccan Taekwondo athlete
• Abdelkader Bouhenia (born 1986), French boxer
• Abdulqader Hikmat (born 1987), Qatari Taekwondo practitioner
• Abdelkader Chadi (born 1988), Algerian boxer

Other sports

• Omer Abdelqader (born 1983), Qatari basketball player
• Hisham Abdulqader Abdulla (born 1976), Bahraini volleyball player
• Abdel Kader Sylla (born 1990), Seychelles basketball player
• Justin Abdelkader (born 1987), American ice-hockey player

In the arts

• Abd al-Qadir Maraghi (middle of 14th century – 1435), Persian poet, musician and artist
• Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680), Moroccan writer
• Abdul Qader Al Raes (born 1951), UAE artist
• Abdulkadir Ahmed Said (born 1953), Somali film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor
• Abd El Gadir Salim (born ca. 1955), Sudanese folk-singer
• Abdelkader Benali (born 1975), Moroccan-Dutch writer and journalist
• Abdul-Q?dir B?dil (1642–1720), Indian-Persian poet and Sufi
• Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir (1796–1854), Malayan writer
• Abdul Qadir Al Rassam (1882–1952), Iraqi painter
• Ibrahim Abdel-Kader el-Mazni (1890–1949), Egyptian novelist, short story writer, essayist, translator, and poet
• Abdul Quadir (1906–1984), Bangladeshi poet
• `Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni (1540 – c. 1615), Indo-Persian historian and translator
• Kozhikode Abdul Kader (1916–1977), Indian playback singer
• Abdelkader Alloula (1929–1994), Algerian playwright

Politicians and secular leaders

From Africa

• Abd al-Qadir II (fl. 1603/4–1606), ruler of the Kingdom of Sennar (Sudan)
• Abd al-Qadir (Sokoto) (fl. 1842–1859), Sokoto (Nigeria) Grand Vizier
• Abdul Qadir al-Badri (1921–2003), Libyan politician
• Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa (born 1936), Nigerian politician
• Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué (born 1939), Chadian politician
• Mohamed Abdoulkader Mohamed (born 1951), Djiboutian politician
• Abdulkadir Abdi Hashi, Somali politician
• Abdoulkader Cissé (born 1955), Burkinabe politician
• Abdelkader Hachani (1956–1999), Algerian Islamist politician
• Abdulqadir al-Baghdadi (died 2011), Libyan diplomat in Embassy in London when WPC Yvonne Fletcher was shot
• Abdelkader Taleb Omar, Sahrawi politician
• Abdelkader Lecheheb, Moroccan diplomat
• Abdulkadir Kure, Nigerian politician
• Abdulkadir Isse Ahmed Salah, Somali sultan

From the Middle East

• Abdul Qader al-Keilani (1874–1948), Syrian nationalist, statesman and religious authority
• Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini, otherwise Faisal Husseini (1940–2001), Palestinian politician
• Abdülkadir Aksu (born 1944), Turkish politician
• Abdul Qadir Bajamal (born 1946), Yemeni politician
• Abd al-Qadir Qaddura, Syrian politician
• Abdul Qadir Obeidi, Iraqi politician

From Southeast Asia and the Subcontinent

• Zambry Abdul Kadir (born 1962), Malaysian politician
• Abdul Kadir Yusuf (1915–1992), Malaysian politician
• Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir, Malaysian politician
• Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed (1928–1999), Sri Lankan diplomat and political figure
• A.R.M. Abdul Cader (born 1936), Sri Lankan politician and businessman
• Abdul Qadir Alam, Afghan politician
• Abdul Qadir Baloch, Pakistani politician and retired military general
• Abdul Qadir Imami Ghori (born 1954), Afghan politician
• Abdul Qadir (Muslim leader) (1872–1950), leader of Muslims during the British Raj
• Abdul Qadir Patel (born 1968), Pakistani politician
• Abdul Qadir Nuristani, Afghan policeman and Minister of Interior during the Republic of Afghanistan

From elsewhere

• Abdul Kadir (politician) (ca. 1952–2018), Guyanese politician and conspirator in a planned attack of JFK Airport

In religion

• Abdul-Qadir Gilani (1077–1166), Persian Sufi saint
• Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaqrun (died 1801 or 1804), Moroccan religious scholar
• Abdelkader El Djezairi (1808–1883), also commonly known as Emir Abdelkader, Algerian Sufi saint and military leader
• Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004), Albanian-Syrian Islamic scholar
• Abdalqadir as-Su