Farooq
Farooq (also transliterated as Farouk, Faruqi Farook, Faruk, Faroeq, Faruq, or Farouq, or Farooqi, Farooqui; Arabic: فاروق, romanized: Fārūq) is a common Arabic given and family name. Al-Fārūq literally means "the one who distinguishes between right and wrong."
| Pronunciation | Literary Arabic: [fɑːˈruːq, faːˈruːq, fæːˈruːq] Egyptian Arabic: [fɑˈɾuːʔ] Levantine Arabic: [faːˈruːʔ] Persian: [fɒːˈɾuːɣ] English: /fɑːˈruːk/ |
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| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
Given name
Farouk
- Farouk of Egypt (1920–1965), King of Egypt and the Sudan
- Farouk El-Baz (born 1938), scientist
- Farouk Hosny (born 1938), painter
- Farouk Janeman (1953–2013), Fijian athlete
- Farouk Kaddoumi (born 1931), Palestinian leader
- Farouk Kamoun (born 1946), Tunisian scientist
- Farouk Lawan (born 1962), Nigerian politician
- Farouk Shami, Palestinian-American businessman
- Farouk al-Sharaa (born 1938), Syrian politician
Farooq
- Faarooq, ring name of professional wrestler Ron Simmons (born 1958)
- Farooque (born 1948), Bangladeshi actor
- Farooq Abdullah (born 1937), Indian politician
- Farooq Kathwari, United States businessman
- Farooq Kperogi, Nigerian academic
- Farooq Leghari (1940–2010), eighth President of Pakistan from November 14, 1993 until December 2, 1997
- Farooq Naek (born 1950), Pakistani lawyer
- Farooq Sheikh (1948–2013), Indian actor
- Farooq Shah (born 1985), Pakistani footballer
Farooqi
- Muhammed Sharif al-Faruqi Responsible for initiating Arab revolt from the Ottomans.
Faruk
- Faruk Cömert (born 1946), Turkish Air Force general
- Faruk Çelik (born 1956), Turkish politician
- Faruk Gül, Turkish and American economist, a professor of economics at Princeton University
- Faruk Süren (born 1945), Turkish businessman and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray
- Faruk Türünz (born 1944), Turkish luthier
- Faruk Yiğit (born 1968), Turkish footballer
Farukh/Farrukh/Farokh/Farrokh
This is actually a different name of Persian origin (فرّخ) meaning fortunate and happy and is unrelated to Farooq.
- Farrokh Bulsara (1946-1991), Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.
- Others named Farokh and Farrokh, see Farrokh
Surname
Farouk
- Bakhtier Farouk, engineer
- El Amry Farouk, Egyptian businessman and politician
- Nabil Farouk (born 1956), Egyptian novelist
Farook
- Hunais Farook (born 1973), a Sri Lankan politician
- Syed Rizwan Farook (1987–2015), a perpetrator of the 2015 San Bernardino attack
Farooq
- Mohammad Farooq or Muhammad Farooq, several people
- Mohammad Farooq (cricketer, born 1938), Pakistani cricketer
- Muhammad Farooq Khan (1956–2010), Pakistani psychiatrist
- Mohammad Farooq (cricketer, born 1962), Pakistani cricketer for Quetta
- Mohammad Farooq (cricketer, born 1968), Pakistani cricketer for Rawalpindi
- Muhammad Farooq (journalist) (fl. 1991–2006), Pakistani journalist and Naat Khawan
See also
- Farook College, Calicut
- Al-Farooq (disambiguation)
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