Zakariyya Ahmad (Arabic: زكريا أحمد; born 1896 in Faiyum, Egypt[1] –1961) was an Egyptian musician and composer.

He mainly sang religious songs as a member of several groups from 1919 to 1929, having studied recitation of the Qur'an under the well-known Egyptian Quranic reciter Mohamed Salama.

He became well-known, however, when he expanded his repertory into popular music, especially those expressing patriotism for the new nation-state of modern Egypt.

Well-known works include solo pieces and film scores, and in 1931 he began composing sentimental and Egyptian patriotic songs for Umm Kulthum.

[2] His father was Egyptian and his mother was Turkish,[2] and influenced his early interest in music.