Irfan (also
transliterated
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as Erfan, ar, عرفان) is an Arabic/Persian male given name, meaning "knowledge", "awareness" and "learning".
Given name
Irfan
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Irfan_Khan _ (born 1982) pakistani Singer
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Irfan Ahmed
Irfan Ahmed (born 20 November 1989) is a Pakistani-born international cricketer who has played four One Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals for Hong Kong.
In January 2016 he was provisionally suspended by the International Cr ...
(born 1989), Pakistani cricketer
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Irfan Bachdim
Irfan Haarys Bachdim (born 11 August 1988) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Liga 1 club Persis Solo.
Early life
Irfan father, Noval, is an Indonesian national of Arab descent born in ...
(born 1988), Indonesian footballer
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İrfan Başaran (born 1989), Turkish footballer
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Irfan Habib
Irfan Habib (born August 10, 1931) is an Indian historian of ancient and medieval India, following the methodology of Marxist historiography in his contributions to economic history. He identifies as a Marxist and is well known for his strong ...
(born 1931), Indian Marxist historian of ancient and medieval India
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Irfan Husain
Irfan Husain ( ur, عرفان حسین) (5 July 1944 – 16 December 2020) was a Pakistani newspaper columnist and civil servant.
He wrote weekly columns for ''Dawn'' newspaper. Husain wrote on a wide range of subjects for newspapers in Pa ...
, Pakistani writer and journalist
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Irfan Khan (actor)
Irrfan Khan () (born Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan; 7 January 196729 April 2020), also known simply as Irrfan, was an Indian actor who worked in Indian cinema as well as British and American films. Widely regarded as one of the finest actors in In ...
, Indian actor
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Irfan Khoosat
Irfan Khoosat ( Punjabi, ur, ) (born 9 June 1946) is a Pakistani actor, producer and a well-known comedian. He is famous for his comic role as ''Hawaldar Karamdad'' in the TV series Andhera Ujala
(1984-1985) in which he portrayed a simpleton ...
, Pakistani actor, producer and comedian
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Irfan Ljubijankić
Irfan Ljubijankić (26 November 1952 – 28 May 1995) was a Bosnian facial surgeon, classical music composer, politician and diplomat. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 30 October 1993 until ...
, Bosnian doctor and surgeon, classical music composer, politician and diplomat
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Irfan Makki
Irfan Makki ( ur, عرفان مکی; born October 30, 1975) is a Pakistani Canadian Muslim singer-songwriter.
Career
After signing with Awakening Records, he released the album ''I Believe'', with 13 tracks. The title track "I Believe", featuri ...
, Canadian Muslim singer, songwriter of Pakistani origin
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Irfan Mensur
Irfan Mensur ( sr-cyr, Ирфан Менсур; born Irfan Kurić, sr-cyr, Ирфан Курић; 19 January 1952) is a Serbian theatre, television, and film actor of Bosnian descent.
Early life
Born to father Mensur Kurić from Niš whose fami ...
(born Irfan Kurić, 1952), Bosnian theatre, television and film actor
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Irfan Orga
İrfan Orga (October 31, 1908 – November 29, 1970) was a Turkish fighter pilot, staff officer, and author, writing in English. He published books on many areas of Turkish life, cookery, and history, as well as a life of Atatürk, and a unive ...
, Turkish fighter pilot, staff officer and author
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Irfan Pardesi
Irfan Pardesi is a Pakistani serial entrepreneur and investor. He has founded a number of companies including ACM Gold, Zee Foundation and Uprise Waterfront and serves as the chairman of Next Cellular. In July 2018, he was named to the board of ...
, Pakistani Entrepreneur, Investor and Politician
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Irfan Pathan
Irfan Pathan (; born 27 October 1984) is a former Indian cricketer turned Commentator, Cricket Analyst, Actor and Dancer. He was a bowling all rounder and a member of the Indian cricket team that won the inaugural 2007 ICC Twenty20 World Cup a ...
, Indian cricketer
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Irfan Shahid
In Islam, ‘Irfan (Arabic/Persian/Urdu: ; tr, İrfan), literally ‘knowledge, awareness, wisdom’, is gnosis. Islamic mysticism can be considered as a vast range that engulfs theoretical and practical and conventional mysticism, but the c ...
, American orientalist
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Irfan Smajlagić
Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and current coach, who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.
In 1988 he was part of the ...
(born 1961), Croatian handball player
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Irfan Talib
Irfan Talib (Urdu: ) (born 26 January 1986 in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Mirpur, Azad Kashmir), is a Pakistani cricketer.
Domestic career List A career
Talib made his List A Cricket, List A debut for Islamabad Leopards against Abbottabad Rhinos in t ...
(born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
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Irfan Toker, Turkish judoka
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Irfan Yusuf
Irfan Yusuf () (born in 1969) is an Australian social commentator and author of the memoir ''Once Were Radicals: My years as a teenage Islamo-fascist''.Irfan Yusuf (2009''Once were radicals – My years as a teenage Islamo-fascist'' Allen and Unwin ...
(born 1969), Pakistani-Australian author
Erfan
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Erfan Ali
Erfan Ali Saeed (born December 20, 1983) is a professional basketball player. He plays for El Jaish SC of the Qatar basketball league. He is also a member of the Qatar national basketball team.
Ali competed for the Qatar national basketball team ...
, Qatari basketball player
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Erfan Hajrasuliha
Erfan Hajrasooli (), known professionally as Erfan Paydar (), is an Iranian rapper, songwriter, producer, and label owner. He is one of the pioneers of Persian Rap. Erfan's "Az Khaneh Ta Goor" (Persian: از خانه تا گور) was the one o ...
, Iranian rapper and producer
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Erfan Nasajpour
Erfan Nasajpour ( fa, عرفان نساجپور, born 21 March 1984) is an Iranian-Canadian retired professional basketball player. He played his whole career in the Iranian Basketball Super League.
Early life
Nasajpour was born in Iran and immi ...
, Iranian-Canadian basketball player
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Erfan Zamani
Deaths during the Mahsa Amini protests refer to those people who were killed due to Iran's nationwide protests of 2022, triggered by the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian Jina Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, in a Tehran hospital under sus ...
(1999–2022), Iranian killed during the
Mahsa Amini protests
Civil unrest and protests against the government of Iran associated with the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini ( fa, مهسا امینی) began on 16 September 2022 and are ongoing as of December 2022. Amini had been arrested by the Guida ...
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Erfan Zeneli
Erfan Zeneli (born 28 December 1986) is a Finnish footballer of Kosovar Albanian descent who currently plays for SexyPöxyt as a striker or left winger. Besides Finland, he has played in Israel and Kazakhstan.
Career Club
In February 2016, Zen ...
, Finnish footballer
Middle name
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Mohammad Irfan Ali
Mohammed Irfan is an Indian playback singer who sings predominantly in Hindi. He has also sung in Tamil, Kannada, Odia, Telugu, Bengali and Marathi.
Life and career
Early life
Irfan was born in Hyderabad and completed his schooling at A ...
, Indian singer
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Mohd Irfan Fazail
Mohamad Irfan bin Fazail (born 12 April 1991) is a Malaysian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sabah.
Club career
Irfan Fazail was born in Pontian, Johor. He was raised in Johor Bahru and starting playing football for local clubs. He ...
(born 1991), Malaysian footballer
Surname
Irfan
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Kareem Irfan
Kareem Irfan became Chairman of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago ( CIOGC) in January 2001 and held the position until December 2007. The CIOGC is a broad-based federation that serves over 400,000 Muslim Americans. Prior to ...
, American Islamic community leader
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Mohammed Irfan (Guantanamo detainee 101) (born 1979)
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Mohammed Irfan (Guantanamo detainee 1006)
According to the United States Department of Defense, there were five dozen Pakistani detainees in Guantanamo prior to May 15, 2006.
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp was opened on January 11, 2002. In the summer of 2004, following the United ...
(born 1982)
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Mohammad Irfan
Mohammad Irfan ( Punjabi, ur, ) (born 6 June 1982) is a Pakistani cricketer who has represented Pakistan in Test, ODI and T20 cricket. Known for his height of 7'1" (216 cm), he is the tallest player to play first-class and internatio ...
(born 1982), Pakistani cricketer
See also
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Irfan (disambiguation)
References
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Arabic-language surnames
Arabic masculine given names
Iranian masculine given names
Turkish masculine given names