Fawaz (sometimes, Fawwaz or Fawez) is a masculine Arabic given name and a surname. Its literal meaning is "winner", as it is the masculine adjective from the verb ''fāz'', meaning "he won". Therefore, it can be thought of as the equivalent to the given name

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Fawaz Akhras Fawas Akhras ( ar, فواز أخرس) (born September 1946) is a Syrian–English cardiologist known for being the father-in-law of Bashar al-Assad and chairman of the British Syrian Society. Biography Akhras qualified in medicine in 1973. Akh ...

, London-based Syrian cardiologist and father-in-law of Bashar Al Assad *

Fawaz Damra Fawaz Mohammed Damrah ( ar, فواز ضمرة, ''Fawwāz Damra'') was the imam of the Islamic Center of Parma, the largest mosque in the Cleveland area and taught at Cleveland State University and the local community college. Damra was born in the W ...

, imam who lived near Cleveland, Ohio * Fawaz Gerges (born 1958), Lebanese American academic and author *

Fawwaz Haddad Fawwaz Haddad (Arabic: فواز حدّاد) (born 1947) is a Syrian novelist. He was born in Damascus and studied law at Damascus University. He held several jobs before taking up writing full-time. Haddad published his first novel ''Mosaic, ...

, Syrian novelist *

Fawaz Al-Hasawi Fawaz Mubarak Al-Hasawi (born 25 October 1968) is a Kuwaiti businessman and was the owner and chairman of Nottingham Forest Football Club. Biography Qadsia SC Between 2010 and 2012, Fawaz was president of Qadsia SC, one of the largest sporti ...

(born 1968), Kuwaiti businessman and owner of

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Fawaz Hussain Fawaz Hussain or Fawaz Husên (born 1953), is a contemporary Kurdish writer and translator. He was born in northeastern Syria. He pursued his studies in Sorbonne from 1978 to 1992, and received PhD in French language and literature in 1988. He is a ...

(born 1953), contemporary Kurdish writer and translator *

Fawaz Naman Hamoud Abdullah Mahdi The United States has held a total of 115 Yemeni citizens at Guantanamo Bay, forty-two of whom have since been transferred out of the facility. Only Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia had a greater number of their citizens held in the Guantanamo Bay dete ...

, citizen of Yemen held in extrajudicial detention in the US Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba *

Fawaz Mando Fawaz Mando ( ar, فواز مندو) (born 27 December 1971) is a former Syrian footballer who played for Al-Karamah and Syria national football team. Career Mando spent his entire career in Al-Karamah, from 1988 until 2000. He won the Syria ...

(born 1971), Syrian footballer *

Fawaz al-Nashimi Fawaz bin Mohammed al-Nashimi ( ar, فواز بن محمد النشمي, ; died June 2004), also known as Turki bin Fuheid al-Muteiry (, ), was a member of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and was identified by the group as the 20th hijacker of th ...

(died 2004), member of Al-Qaeda, the 20th hijacker of the September 11th attacks *

Fawaz al-Rabeiee Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeiee (1979 – 1 October 2006) was an al-Qaeda terrorist, sentenced to death in 2004 by a Yemeni court for his part in the 2002 attack on the French tanker ''Limburg''.

(1979–2006), al-Qaeda terrorist sentenced to death in 2004 by a Yemeni court *

Fawaz al-Rabihi Fawaz al-Rabihi is a citizen of Yemen who played a role in the terrorist attack on the French supertanker MV Limburg ''Maritime Jewel'' was a double-hulled oil tanker launched in 1999 and completed in 2000. Entering service that year, the ship w ...

, citizen of Yemen believed to have played a role in the terrorist attack on the MV Limburg * Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi royal * Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Syrian professor of electrical engineering and computer science *

Fawaz Younis Fawaz Younis (born 1959), also known as Fawaz Yunis and Nazeeh, is a Lebanese hijacker who was arrested in international waters pursuant to an arrest warrant issued in the United States. He was transported to the US and convicted; he was sentenced ...

(born 1959), Lebanese skyjacker who was arrested and imprisoned by the United States *

Fawaz Zureikat Fawaz Abdullah Zureikat (also known as Zuraiqat or Zurayqat, born 1955 - died 2010) was a Jordanian businessman. Zureikat was implicated in the United Nations Oil-for-Food scandal relating to corruption surrounding Iraq's oil exports. Business ...

(born 1955), Jordanian businessman

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* Sherif Fawaz Sharaf (born 1938), Jordanian diplomat

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Bilal Fawaz Bilal Kelvin Fawaz (born 3 April 1988) is a UK-based professional boxer of mixed Lebanese and Benin origin. He came to England when he was 14 years old. He was crowned the Amateur Boxing Association of England light middleweight champion. He has re ...

, also known as Kelvin Fawaz, UK-based Nigerian born boxer of Lebanese/Benin descent * Fadi Fawaz George Michael's partner * Florence Fawaz childhood name of Australian soprano *

Khalid al-Fawwaz Khalid Abdulrahman al-Fawwaz ( ar, خالد الفواز; kunya: Abu Omar al-Sebai ())Daily TelegraphWorldwide trail of bloodshed that leads to suburban London September 19, 2001 is a Saudi who was under indictment in the United States from 199 ...

convicted member of al-Qaeda *

Leila Tarazi Fawaz Leila Fawaz is a Lebanese historian and academician. She is the founding director of The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies from 2001 to 2012. Fawaz was born in Sudan to Greek-Orthodox Lebanese parents and raised in Lebanon. She took ...

, Lebanese historian, director of The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (2001–2012) * Mimi Fawaz, Nigerian-Lebanese journalist * Ramzi Fawaz, American academic of Egyptian descent {{DEFAULTSORT:Fawaz Arabic masculine given names Surnames from given names