Barkat is a surname and a given name. Notable persons with that name include:

Persons with the given name

* Barkat Gourad Hamadou (born 1930), Djibouti politician and Prime Minister *

Barkat Siddiqui Barkat Siddiqui is a veteran Pakistani television director, producer and actor. He is best known for his directing drama serial ''Ahsaas'' on PTV in 2001 and ''Mujhe Khuda Pe Yaqeen Hai'' on Hum TV in 2013 for which he earned nominations as Bes ...

, Pakistani television director, producer and actor *

Barkat Sidhu Barkat Sidhu (18 September 1946 – 17 August 2014) was a Sufi singer from Moga district, Punjab, India, and a fine exponent of the Patiala Gharana The Patiala ''gharana'' (, ) is one of the vocal (tradition, school, or style of music) of Hin ...

(1946–2014), Indian Punjabi singer *

Barkat Virani Barkat Ali Ghulam Hussain Virani, known by his pen name Befām, was Gujarati author and poet especially known for his ghazals. Life Barkat Ali was born on 25 November 1923 in Ghanghali village near Sihor in Bhavnagar district. He was interested ...

, Indian Gujarati author and poet

Persons with the surname

Abul Barkat Abul Barkat ( bn, আবুল বরকত ) (June 16, 1927 – February 21, 1952) was a protester killed during the Bengali Language Movement protests which took place in the erstwhile East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh), in 1952. He is consi ...

(1927–1952), Bengali-Pakistani demonstrator killed during protests *

Abul Barkat (economist) Abul Barkat (born September 27, 1954) is a Bangladeshi economist and a professor in the Department of Economics, University of Dhaka. In addition to his teaching, from 2009 to 2014 he was the former chairman of Janata Bank Ltd. He is the present ...

(born 1954), Bangladeshi economist and professor *

Alona Barkat Alona Barkat ( he, אלונה ברקת; born 24 June 1969) is an Israeli businesswoman, and owner of the football team Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Biography Alona Akwa ( he, אלונה אקווע) was born and raised in Ashkelon, Israel, to Mizrahi Je ...

(born 1969), Israeli businesswoman and football team owner *

Behzad Barkat Behzad Barkat (in fa, بهزاد برکت) is an Iranian University Professor of Literature and Linguistics at Guilan University, and a translator. He is the author and translator of quite a number of books and articles. He also teaches at R ...

, Iranian translator and professor *

Nir Barkat Nir Barkat ( he, נִיר בַּרְקָת; born 19 October 1959) is an Israeli businessman and politician. He served as mayor of Jerusalem between the years 2008–2018. Biography Nir Barkat was raised in Jerusalem. His father, Zalman, was a ...

(born 1959), Israeli businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist; two-term mayor of Jerusalem * Reuven Barkat (1906–1972), Israeli politician *

Sidi Mohamed Barkat Sidi Mohamed Barkat (born 1948 in Oran) is an Algerian philosopher employed in Paris. He was an associate researcher at the psychology of work and action laboratory at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers. After several years of emplo ...

(born 1948), Algerian philosopher * Waqas Barkat (born 1990), Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer

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