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Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: فرحان ''farḥān'') is a name of Persian origin meaning "happy, joyful, blessed, happy, delightful, rejoicing, merry, inclined to hopefulness". The name is the male variant from the female stem given name Farah, and is widely used in
West Asia Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of the larger geographical region of Asia, as defined by some academics, UN bodies and other institutions. It is almost entirely a part of the Middle East, and includes Ana ...
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North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...
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SouthEast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
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Farhan Akhtar Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, playback singer, producer, and television host who works in Hindi films. Born in Mumbai to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he grew up under the influen ...
(born 1974), Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, playback singer and television host *
Farhan Farhan Farhan Farhan (born 24 October 1996) is a Bahraini swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. After placing 58th in the heats, he did not qualify for the semifinals. He was the flag bearer for Bahrai ...
(born 1996), Bahraini swimmer *
Farhan Khan (actor) Farhan Khan is an Indian model and television actor. He is mostly known for his brief role in Sony TV's '' Chhanchhan''. Overview Farhan Khan was born in Burhanpur. He comes from a family of people with a film, TV and stage background. His gr ...
(born 1983), Indian actor *
Farhan Lalji Farhan Lalji is a Vancouver-based sports reporter and the Vancouver Bureau Reporter for TSN's SportsCentre. He previously anchored ''SportsDesk'' between 1997 and 2000. Career Lalji joined TSN in 1997 as an anchor of TSN's flagship sports ...
, Canadian sports reporter *
Farhan Nizami Farhan Nizami CBE, is a historian of South Asia. Early life and education Nizami is the youngest of five children of the late K. A. Nizami and late Razia Nizami. Nizami completed his B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. in history at Aligarh Muslim Univer ...
, South Asian historian *
Farhan Saeed Farhan Saeed Butt is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor, music video director, and entrepreneur. Saeed is the former lead vocalist of the Pakistani band Jal and owns the restaurant ''Cafe Rock'' in Lahore. He sings in Urdu and Punjabi. Perso ...
(born 1984), Pakistani singer-songwriter and actor * Farhan Saleh (born 1947), Lebanese writer and militant *
Farhan Zaidi Farhan Zaidi (born November 11, 1976) is a Canadian-American baseball executive who is currently the President of Baseball Operations for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. Zaidi is one of two Muslim executives in Major League Bas ...
(born 1976), Canadian-American baseball executive of Pakistani descent


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Farhaan Behardien Farhaan Behardien (born 9 October 1983) is a South African former international cricketer who played ODIs and T20Is. On 10 January 2017, Behardien was appointed as the T20I captain for the Sri Lanka tour. Early and domestic career He also p ...
(born 1983), South African cricketer *
Farhaan Faasil Ismail Fazil (born 26 May 1990), better known by his stage name Farhaan Fazil, is an Indian actor working in Malayalam cinema. He debuted in 2014 with ''Njan Steve Lopez'' directed by Rajeev Ravi. He is the younger son of filmmaker Fazil and ...
, stage name of Ismail Fazil (born 1990), Indian actor in Malayalam cinema *
Farhaan Sayanvala Farhaan Sayanvala (born 8 July 1997) is a South African cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Gauteng against Eastern Province in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 23 September 2016. Prior to his T20 debut he was named in South Africa's squad for ...
(born 1997), South African cricketer {{given name