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 Victor.

Given name

First name

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. Akhr ...

, London-based Syrian cardiologist and father-in-law of Bashar Al Assad * Fawaz Damra, imam who lived near Cleveland, Ohio * Fawaz Gerges (born 1958), Lebanese American academic and author * Fawwaz Haddad, 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

Nottingham Forest Football Club Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tr ...

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, 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, 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 Fawwaz T. Ulaby ( ar, فواز علبي) is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and formerly the Founding Provost and Executive Vice President of the King Abdullah ...

, Syrian professor of electrical engineering and computer science * Fawaz Younis (born 1959), Lebanese skyjacker who was arrested and imprisoned by the United States * Fawaz Zureikat (born 1955), Jordanian businessman

Middle name

* Sherif Fawaz Sharaf (born 1938), Jordanian diplomat

Surname

* Bilal Fawaz, 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 convicted member of al-Qaeda * Leila Tarazi Fawaz, Lebanese historian, director of The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (2001–2012) *

Mimi Fawaz Mimi Fawaz is a Nigerian-Lebanese sports journalist, show host and presenter who currently works as a sports presenter on Focus on Africa, a BBC news programme broadcast on BBC World News alongside BBC Africa and BBC Sports. She has worked for ...

, Nigerian-Lebanese journalist *

Ramzi Fawaz Ramzi Fawaz is an American associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he teaches courses in queer and feminist theory, American cultural studies, and LGBTQ literature. He is the author o''The New Mutants: Su ...

, American academic of Egyptian descent {{DEFAULTSORT:Fawaz Arabic masculine given names Surnames from given names