Ayoub is the Arabic name of the biblical figure

Job Work or labor (or labour in British English) is intentional activity people perform to support the needs and wants of themselves, others, or a wider community. In the context of economics, work can be viewed as the human activity that contr ...

. Ayoub or Ayyoub or Ayub or Ayoob and other variants is also a given name and a surname. Eyüp is the Turkish variant of the same name. Ejub is the Bosnian variant of the same name.

Given name

Ayoub

* Ayoub Abdellaoui (born 1993), Algerian footballer *

Ayoub Azzi Ayoub Azzi ( ar, أيوب عزي; born 14 September 1989 in Ouargla) is an Algerian footballer. He plays primarily for Al-Markhiya as a centre-back but has also been used as a right-back. Club career In the summer of 2014, Azzi joined MC Alger, ...

(born 1989), Algerian footballer *

Ayoub Baninosrat Ayyub Baninosrat ( fa, ایوب بنی‌نصرت is an Iranian wrestler born in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan in Iran. Education Baninosrat received his bachelor's degree in physical education at the University of Tabriz and then received a maste ...

, Iranian wrestler *

Ayoub Barzani Ayoub Barzani is a Kurdish writer and critic. He is the son of Babo Barzani, Ahmed Barzani's (The head of Barzan tribe) nephew and the first-cousin of Massoud Barzani, the former President of Iraqi Kurdistan. He took refuge in Iran after the col ...

, Kurdish writer and critic * Ayoub Boukhari (born 1997), Dutch footballer of Moroccan descent * Ayoub El Jamal (born 1992), Moroccan director and filmmaker * Ayoub El Kaabi (born 1993), Moroccan footballer * Ayoub Latrèche (born 1989), Algerian footballer *

Ayoub Odisho Ayoub Odisho Barjam ( ar, أيوب اوديشو; born 15 December 1960), is an Iraqi Assyrian people, Assyrian former football player and coach of Al-Zawraa SC, Al Zawraa in the Iraqi Premier League. Playing career Ayoub was a tough tackling f ...

(born 1960), Iraqi Assyrian footballer *

Ayoub Ouadrassi Ayoub Ouadrassi (Arabic:أيوب الودراسي) (born 23 May 1991) is a Qatari born- Moroccan footballer. He currently plays for Muaither Muaither ( ar, معيذر) is a district of Al Rayyan City in Qatar, located in the municipality of A ...

(born 1991), Moroccan footballer *

Ayoub Al-Mas Ayoub Al-Mas ( ar, أيوب الماس; born December 15, 1978) is an Emirati former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Al-Mas competed for the United Arab Emirates in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Syd ...

(born 1978), Emirati swimmer * Ayoub Mousavi (born 1995), Iranian weightlifter * Ayoub Murshid Ali Saleh, Yemeni citizen held in extrajudicial detention in the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba *

Ayoub Pourtaghi Ayoub Pourtaghi Ghoushchi (; 1 January 1973 – 29 September 2021) was an amateur boxer from Iran, who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Light heavyweight (81 kg) division and lost in the first round to Jean-Louis Mandengue Jean-Lo ...

(born 1973), Iranian amateur boxer *

Ayoub Rachane Ayoub Rachane (born 12 July 1988) is a Moroccan footballer who last plays for Yverdon-Sport FC Yverdon-Sport FC is a Swiss football team from the town of Yverdon-les-Bains. The club plays in a green and white strip, and were promoted from the ...

(born 1988), Moroccan footballer *

Ayoub-Farid Michel Saab Ayoub-Farid Michel Saab (or just Farid Saab) (born 14 July 1939) is a Lebanese banker. Early life Saab was born 14 July 1939 in Tehran, Iran and moved to Lebanon at the age of 12. He studied economics at the American University of Beirut and spea ...

(or just Farid Saab) (born 1939), Lebanese banker * Ayoub Sørensen (born 1988), Danish-Moroccan footballer * Ayoub Tabet (1884–1951), Lebanese Protestant politician and acting president of Lebanon during the French Mandate of Lebanon from 18 March to 22 July 1943 *

Ayoub Zolfagari Ayoub Zolfagari ( fa, ايوب ذوالفقاري, born 1959 in Tabriz, Iran) is a retired Iranian professional football player and manager. He played all of his professional career for Tractor. References External links Ayoub Zolfagariat IRIF ...

(born 1959), Iranian footballer

Ayyoub

Ayyoub Allach Ayyoub Allach (born 28 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Virton Virton (; Gaumais: ''Viertån''; wa, Vierton) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is ...

(born 1998), Belgian-born Moroccan footballer

Ayoob

Ayub

Ayub Khan Ayub Khan is a compound masculine name; Ayub is the Arabic version of the name of the Biblical figure Job, while Khan or Khaan is taken from the title used first by the Mongol rulers and then, in particular, their Islamic and Persian-influenced s ...

, a number of individuals with the name

Eyüp

Surname

Ayoub

* Ahmed Ayoub (born 1971), Egyptian footballer * Elizabeth Ayoub, Venezuelan singer and actress of Lebanese descent *

François Ayoub François Ayoub (born on 11 July 1899 in Aleppo, Syria - died on 2 June 1966) was a Syrian Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo and the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus. Life On 16 May 1925, Françoise Ayoub was ordained ...

(1899–1966), Syrian Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo * George Ayoub (born 1963), Australian professional rugby union referee * Joelle Ayoub (born 2002), Trablos el-Mina * Liam Ayoub, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player *

Lucy Ayoub Lucy Ayoub ( ar, لوسي ايوب; he, לוסי איוב; born 21 June 1992) is an Israeli television presenter, poet and radio host, formerly of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) and currently working for Keshet Media Group. ...

(born 1992), Israeli television presenter, poet and radio host * M. M. Ayoub, Egyptian Professor of Industrial Engineering * Mouna Ayoub (born 1957), French socialite and businesswoman of Lebanese origin * Nawal Ayoub Colombian beauty queen of Lebanese ancestry * Philippe Ayoub, Canadian bilingual actor *

Sam Ayoub Sam Ayoub is an Australian rugby league manager for players such as Johnathan Thurston and Robbie Farah. He established Ultra Management (Sports) in 1988 where he is still a director. Ayoub was one of the first player managers in the Australian ...

, Australian rugby league player-manager * Samiha Ayoub, Egyptian actress *

Serge Ayoub Serge Élie Ayoub (born 29 October 1964), also known under the alias ''Batskin'', is a French political activist associated with the far-right and formerly the hooligan movement. Biography Ayoub was born in Bagnolet. His French mother was a ...

(born 1964), French activist of Lebanese descent associated with the French extreme right *

Souheil Ayoub Souheil Ayoub (born 19 February 1936) is a Lebanese fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Ol ...

(born 1936), Lebanese fencer *

Susanne Ayoub Susanne Ayoub (born 1956 in Baghdad) is an Austrian-Iraqi writer, journalist and filmmaker. She is known primarily for her crime novels, such as '' Engelsgift'' (2004), published by Hoffmann und Campe in Hamburg, which became an international succ ...

(born 1956), Austrian-Iraqi writer, journalist and filmmaker * Wadi Ayoub (1927–1976), Lebanese Greco–Roman style wrestler best known as

Sheik Ali Wadi Ayoub (20 April 1927 - 29 September 1976) was a champion Greco–Roman style wrestler in Lebanon and then a professional wrestler, best known as Sheik Ali, in Australia and touring internationally. He was famous for his headbutts and his m ...

, in Australia and internationally *

Yassin Ayoub Yassin Ayoub ( ar, ياسين ايوب; born 6 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Excelsior. Born in Morocco, he represented the Netherlands at youth level. Club career In January 2018, Ayoub ...

(born 1994), Moroccan-Dutch footballer * Salahuddin Ayyub (1138–1193), Sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty, Liberator of Jerusalem. Kurdish-Syrian(Levant) descent

Ayyoub

Ali Abdullah Ayyoub General Ali Abdullah Ayyoub ( ar, علي عبد الله أيوب, ʿAlī ʿAbd Allāh Ayyūb) (born 28 April 1952 in Latakia) is the current Deputy Prime Minister of Syria, senior Syrian Arab Army officer and former Ministry of Defense (Syria), ...

(born 1952), Syrian politician, senior Syrian Arab Army officer *

Habib Ayyoub Habib Ayyoub (real name Abdelaziz Benmahdjoub, born 15 October 1947 in Takdempt) is an Algerian writer, journalist, and film-maker, notable for his novels in French. He lives in Dellys. Biography After studying sociology, then filmmaking a ...

(born 1947), Algerian writer * Tareq Ayyoub (1968–2003), Palestinian Arab television reporter

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