Ghazy Abdulwahed Makky (غازي بن عبد الواحد مكي; March 15, 1949 - present), also rendered as Ghāzī ʻAbd al-Wāḥid Makkī, is a geographer, cartographer, and diplomat who has spent most of his career at the King Saud University Department of Geography. Makky was born in Medina and received a bachelor's degree in geography at King Saud University in 1972. Afterwards, he attended Michigan State University for graduate studies, receiving a master's degree and doctorate in urban geography with a focus on accommodations for hajj pilgrims in Mecca (later revised and published in English by the Hajj Research Center in 1978 as Mecca: The Pilgrimage City - a Study of Pilgrim Accommodation). Following his studies in the U.S. Makky returned to his alma mater, where he would teach for many years afterwards. As he gained more prominence in his field, Makky also took on several roles with the government, including the Saudi Arabian Cultural Missions in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain. He also served on a committee tasked with naming or renaming streets in Riyadh and assigning new house numbers as the city grew at an explosive rate. Makky married in 1976 and has five children with his wife.
