Rani Hamid (born 14 July 1944) is a Bangladeshi chess player.

[6] Starting from 1984, Hamid played in all World Chess Olympiads (three times in the general team).

She was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1985 and won the British Women's Championship in 1983 (jointly with Helen Milligan), 1985 and 1989.

She was the Zonal Champion in 2018 and won the "Journalists Choice Award" at the Chess World Cup 2018 in Russia.

In September 2024, at the age of 80, Hamid defeated Springer Leshay of Barbados in the 3rd round match of the 45th Chess Olympiad, in Budapest, Hungary as Bangladesh's women's team beat Barbados with a 3.5-0.5 score.