Farooq (also transliterated as Farouk, Faruqi, Farook, Faruk, Faroeq, Faruq, or Farouq, Farooqi, Faruque or Farooqui; ar, فاروق, Fārūq) is a common Arabic given and family name. ''Al-Fārūq'' literally means "the one who distinguishes between right and wrong."
Given name
Farouk
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Farouk of Egypt (1920–1965), King of Egypt and the Sudan
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Farouk El-Baz (born 1938), scientist
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Farouk Hosny
Farouk Hosny (or Hosni) ( ar, فاروق حسنى; born 1938) is an Egyptian abstract painter who was Minister of Culture from 1987 to 2011.
Early life and career
Hosny was born and grew up in Alexandria. He graduated from Alexandria University' ...
(born 1938), painter
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Farouk Janeman
Mohammed Farouk Bhamji (Janeman) (17 February 1953 – 27 September 2013) was a Fijian football player and coach.
Janeman was a star soccer player representing the premier Fiji Football Association team of Ba in the 1970s. After his retire ...
(1953–2013), Fijian athlete
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Farouk Kaddoumi
Farouk al-Kaddoumi (alternative transliteration: Faruq al-Qaddumi; ar, فاروق القدومي; born 18 August 1931), also known by his kunya, Abu al-Lutf, was until 2009 Secretary-General and between 2004 and 2009 Chairman of Fatah's centr ...
(born 1931), Palestinian leader
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Farouk Kamoun (born 1946), Tunisian scientist
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Farouk Lawan (born 1962), Nigerian politician
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Farouk Seif Al Nasr (1922–2009), Egyptian politician
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Farouk Shami, Palestinian-American businessman
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Farouk al-Sharaa (born 1938), Syrian politician
Farooq
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Farooq Abdullah (born 1937), Indian politician
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Farooq Kathwari, United States businessman
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Farooq Kperogi, Nigerian academic
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Farooq Leghari (1940–2010), eighth President of Pakistan from November 14, 1993 until December 2, 1997
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Farooq Naek (born 1950), Pakistani lawyer
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Farooq Sheikh
Farooq Shaikh (25 March 1948 − 28 December 2013) was an Indian actor, philanthropist and television presenter. He was best known for his work in Hindi films from 1973 to 1993 and for his work in television between 1988 and 2002. He returned to ...
(1948–2013), Indian actor
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Farooq Shah (born 1985), Pakistani footballer
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Faarooq, ring name of professional wrestler Ron Simmons (born 1958)
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Farooque
Akbar Hossain Pathan (born 18 August 1948), known by the stage name Farooque, is a Bangladeshi actor, politician, businessman, producer, member of parliament and a freedom fighter. He is known as 'Mia Bhai' (respected brother) to mass people. He a ...
(born 1948), Bangladeshi actor
Farooqi
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Muhammed Sharif al-Faruqi Responsible for initiating Arab revolt from the Ottomans.
Faruk
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Faruk Cömert (born 1946), Turkish military officer
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Faruk Çelik (born 1956), Turkish politician
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Faruk Gül, Turkish and American economist and academic
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Faruk Sükan (1921–2005), Turkish physician and politician
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Faruk Süren (born 1945), Turkish businessman
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Faruk Türünz
Faruk Türünz (born 28 June 1944 in Adana, Turkey) is a Turkish luthier who specializes in ouds and is considered one of the best oud makers. His shop is in Istanbul, Turkey.
Having worked as a primary school teacher for 10 years, Türünz starte ...
(born 1944), Turkish luthier
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Faruk Yiğit (born 1968), Turkish footballer
Surname
Farouk
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Bakhtier Farouk
Bakhtier Farouk is an engineer, currently the J. Harland Billings Professor at Drexel University, and also a published author. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Education and academic career
Farouk earned his Bachel ...
, engineer and published author
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El Amry Farouk, Egyptian businessman and politician
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Nabil Farouk
Nabil Farouk Ramadan Bayoumi Ramadan ( ar, نبيل فاروق رمضان بيومي رمضان ) (9 February 1956 – 9 December 2020) was an Egyptian novelist. best known for his books in the '' Rewayāt Masreyya Lel Gēb'' (''Egyptian Pocket ...
(1956–2020), Egyptian novelist
Farook
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Hunais Farook (born 1973), a
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n politician
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Syed Rizwan Farook
Syed Rizwan Farook (June 14, 1987December 2, 2015) and Tashfeen Malik / ) (July 13, 1986December 2, 2015) were the two perpetrators of 2015 San Bernardino attack, a terrorist attack at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, on ...
(1987–2015), a perpetrator of the
2015 San Bernardino attack
On December 2, 2015, a terrorist attack, consisting of a mass shooting and an attempted bombing, occurred at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California. The perpetrators, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a married couple ...
Farooq
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Mohammad Farooq or Muhammad Farooq, several people
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Mohammad Farooq (cricketer, born 1938), Pakistani cricketer
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Muhammad Farooq Khan (1956–2010), Pakistani psychiatrist
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Muhammad Farooq (journalist)
Muhammad Farooq ( ur, ) is a journalist, Qari, Naat Khawan and newscaster from Pakistan. He also worked as Joint Executive Editor Daily Mashriq Quetta. Nowadays he is working in Daily Pakistan Lahore as a News Editor. He also had worked for ...
(fl. 1991–2006), Pakistani journalist and Naat Khawan
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Mir Waiz Umar Farooq, Kashmiri separatist leader.
{{surname, Farooq or Farouk
See also
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Al-Farooq (disambiguation)
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Farook College, Calicut
Arabic-language surnames
Arabic masculine given names
Turkish masculine given names