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Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus '' trans-'' + '' liter-'') in predictable ways, such as Greek → , Cyrillic → , Greek → the digraph , Armenian → or ...
as Haroon or Haroun ( ar, هارون, ) is a common male given name of Arabic origin, related to the Hebrew name of the Prophet
Aaron
According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron ''′aharon'', ar, هارون, Hārūn, Greek (Septuagint): Ἀαρών; often called Aaron the priest ()., group="note" ( or ; ''’Ahărōn'') was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of ...
. Both are most likely of Ancient Egyptian origin, from ''aha rw'', meaning "warrior lion".
Given name
Haroon
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Haroon (singer)
Aaron Haroon Rashid simply known as Haroon, is a British-born Pakistani Peabody award winning singer-songwriter, music producer, composer, director and social activist.
Formerly a member of the pop band ''Awaz'' in the 1990s, Haroon has sold ...
, a Pakistani pop singer
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Haroon Khan
Haroon Iqbal "Harry" Khan (born 10 May 1991) is a Pakistan-British professional boxer, and Commonwealth Games Bronze medallist.
Personal life
Khan was born in Bolton, England, to a Pakistani Punjabi family with roots in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. ...
, British boxer
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Haroon Rahim
Haroon Rahim (born 12 November 1949) is a Pakistani former tennis player. The former Pakistan and Asian No. 1, Rahim was the youngest tennis player ever to play for Pakistan in the Davis Cup at 15 years of age. He was also the highest ranking P ...
, Pakistani former tennis player
* Haroon Rasheed, a former Pakistani cricketer
Haron
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Haron Din
Haron bin Din ( Jawi: هارون بن دين; 18 August 1941 – 15 September 2016) was a Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric. He was the 3rd Spiritual Leader of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from March 2015 after the death of his ...
, Malaysian politician (1940-2016)
Harun
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Harun al-Rashid
Abu Ja'far Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi ( ar
, أبو جعفر هارون ابن محمد المهدي) or Harun ibn al-Mahdi (; or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Harun al-Rashid ( ar, هَارُون الرَشِيد, translit=Hārūn ...
(died 809), famous Abbasid caliph, reigned from 786 until his death in 809
* Harun ibn Muhammad, better known by his regnal name ''al-Wathiq bi'llah'', Abbasid caliph who reigned from 842 until his death in 847
* Harun ibn Ahmad al-Mu'tadid, son of the Abbasid caliph
Al-Mu'tadid
Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa al-Muwaffaq ( ar, أبو العباس أحمد بن طلحة الموفق), 853/4 or 860/1 – 5 April 902, better known by his regnal name al-Muʿtaḍid bi-llāh ( ar, المعتضد بالله, link=no, ...
(r. 892–902).
* Harun ibn Jaʿfar al-Muqtadir, Abbasid prince and son of Abbasid caliph
al-Muqtadir
Abu’l-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn Ahmad al-Muʿtaḍid ( ar, أبو الفضل جعفر بن أحمد المعتضد) (895 – 31 October 932 AD), better known by his regnal name Al-Muqtadir bi-llāh ( ar, المقتدر بالله, "Mighty in God"), wa ...
(r. 908–932)
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Harun Babunagari
Harun Babunagari (; 1902–1986; often referred to as Buzurgo Saheb) was a Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, Sufism, Sufi and an exegete of the Quran. He was the founder and first Principal of Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Ba ...
(1902-1986), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
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Harun Çabuk
Harun Çabuk (born 1997) is a Turkish motorcycle racer. He competes for Kawasaki Puccetti Racing team on a Kawasaki Ninja 300.
Private life
Harun Çabuk was born into a motorcycle-related family in Denizli, western Turkey in 1997. His father Ya ...
(born 1997), Turkish motorcycle racer
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Harun Doğan
Harun Doğan (1 January 1976 in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey) is a Turkish retired World and European champion sports wrestler competing in the -58 kg division of men's freestyle wrestling. He was coached by Avni Tarhan. In 2005 he was banned fr ...
(born 1976), Turkish sport wrestler
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Harun Erdenay
Hakkı Harun Erdenay (born 27 May 1968 in Ankara) (nickname: "Pegasus") is a Turkish former professional basketball player, and former President of the Turkish Basketball Federation. As a player, he was famous for his spectacular 3-point shootin ...
(born 1968), Turkish former basketball player
* Harun ibn Altun Tash (died 1035), governor of Khwarezm
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Harun ibn Khumarawayh
Harun ibn Khumarawayh ( ar, هارون بن خمارويه; died 30 December 904) was the fourth Tulunid Emir of Egypt (896–904). He succeeded his elder brother Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh, who had been murdered by army chiefs. He left state affairs to ...
(died 904), fourth Tulunid Emir of Egypt
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Harun Karadeniz Harun Karadeniz (1942, in Armutlu, Alucra – 15 August 1975, in Istanbul) was a Turkish political activist and author. He was the student leader of the late 1960s generation in Turkey and the chair of the Student Union of Istanbul Technical Univers ...
(1942–1975), Turkish activist
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Harun Tekin
Sami Harun Tekin (born 28 June 1977) is a Turkish singer, musician, and poet. He is one of the founding members and the vocalist of the Turkish rock band Mor ve Ötesi.
Biography
In 1988, while being a student at German High School in Istanb ...
(born 1977), Turkish singer
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Harun Yahya
Adnan Oktar (; born 2 February 1956), also known as Adnan Hoca or Harun Yahya, is a Turkish religious sex cult leader, creationist/ anti-evolutionist, conspiracy theorist, preacher and pamphleteer.Filiu, ''Apocalypse in Islam'', 2011: p.171 In ...
(born 1956), pseudonym of Turkish cult leader and Islamic creationist Adnan Oktar
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Harun Farocki
Harun Farocki (9 January 1944 – 30 July 2014) was a German filmmaker, author, and lecturer in film.
Early life and education
Farocki was born as Harun El Usman FaroqhiMargalit Fox (3 August 2014)''New York Times''. in Neutitschein, which is n ...
(1944–2014), German filmmaker
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Harun Idris
Harun bin Idris (22 December 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Malaysian politician and the 8th Menteri Besar of Selangor. Apart from his career in politics, Harun Idris (as he is informally known) was heavily involved in sports particularly org ...
(1925–2003), Malaysian politician
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Harun Thohir
Harun Thohir or Harun Bin Said (birth name Tahir Bin Mandir) (1943–1968) was an Indonesian soldier born in Bawean Island, East Java, on 4 April 1943 to Mahdar and Aswiyani, while another source stated that he was born on 14 April 1943.
He was ...
or Harun Said, birth name Tahir bin Mandir, was an Indonesian soldier and terrorist who carried out the MacDonald House bombing on 10 March 1965. He was executed in 1968 alongside his comrade and accomplice
Usman bin Haji Muhammad Ali
Second Sergeant Usman bin Haji Muhammad Ali (18 March 1943 – 17 October 1968), also spelt Osman bin Haji Mohamed Ali, was an Indonesian marine and convicted murderer. He uses the aliases Janatin or Usman Janatin during his task of bombing the ...
for the murders of three people as resulted from the bombing.
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Harun Ripin
On 22 April 1972, Poon Sai Im, a 58-year-old provisions shop owner who lived in Pulau Ubin, Singapore, was ambushed by two men, who had gone from the mainland to the island to rob her of money, cigarettes and gold items. When one of Poon's attacke ...
, former accomplice of
Mohamed Yasin Hussin
On 22 April 1972, Poon Sai Im, a 58-year-old provisions shop owner who lived in Pulau Ubin, Singapore, was ambushed by two men, who had gone from the mainland to the island to rob her of money, cigarettes and gold items. When one of Poon's attacke ...
. Harun was imprisoned for 12 years between 1973 and 1985 in
Changi Prison
Changi Prison Complex, often known simply as Changi Prison, is a prison in Changi in the eastern part of Singapore.
History First prison
Before Changi Prison was constructed, the only penal facility in Singapore was at Pearl's Hill, beside t ...
for robbing a inhabitant on
Pulau Ubin
Pulau Ubin, also simply known as Ubin, is an island situated in the north east of Singapore, to the west of Pulau Tekong. The granite quarry used to be supported by a few thousand settlers on Pulau Ubin in the 1960s, but only about 38 villagers ...
; the same one whom Yasin raped and killed during the robbery
Haroun
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Haroun Kabadi
Haroun Kabadi ( ar, هارون كبادي '; born 29 April 1949) is a Chadian politician. He was Prime Minister of Chad from June 2002 to June 2003 and was the President of the National Assembly of Chad from June 2011 to April 2021.
Politics
K ...
, Chadian politician
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Haroun (rapper)
Scred Connexion is a French rap collective launched in the 1990s composed by Fabe, Koma, Haroun, Mokless and Morad, with the assistance of Butch. Fabe decided to quit his rapping career in 2000 and quit the collective after releasing one additiona ...
, a French rapper in Scred Connexion
Surname
Haron
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Idris Haron
Idris bin Haron (born 13 May 1966) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 10th Chief Minister of Melaka from May 2013 to May 2018, Member of the Melaka State Executive Council (EXCO) from March 2020 to resignation in October 2021, Memb ...
Yusuf Haroon
Muhammad Yusuf Abdullah Haroon (1916 – 12 February 2011) was a Pakistani businessman and politician who served as the 5th Governor of West Pakistan and 3rd Chief Minister of Sindh.Tariq Haroon, Pakistani cricketer
Haroun
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Ali Haroun
Mohamed Ali Haroun ( ar, علي هارون; born 8 February 1927) is an Algerian politician. He was a member of the High Council of State from 14 January 1992 to 30 January 1994.
References
1927 births
Living people
National Liberation Fr ...
, Algerian lawyer, first minister of human rights in the Arab world and member of the Algerian High State committee (collegial presidency) from 1992 to 1994
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Ahmed Haroun
Ahmed Mohammed Haroun (also spelled Ahmad Harun, ar, أحمد هارون; born 1964) is one of five Sudanese men wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Despite international press ...
, Sudanese politician wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court
* Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer
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Nadjim Haroun
Nadjim Haroun (born 10 June 1988) is a Chadian footballer who plays for Bierbeek HO in Belgium and the Chad national team. He is the younger brother of Faris Haroun, a footballer playing in Royal Antwerp
Royal Antwerp Football Club, ofte ...
, Belgian footballer
Harun
* Art Harun, Malaysian Speaker of Parliament, former activist
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Aminuddin Harun
Dato' Seri Aminuddin bin Harun ( Jawi: أمين الدين بن هارون; born 2 January 1967) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 11th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan since May 2018 and Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legis ...
, Malaysian politician
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Dilara Harun
Dilara Harun ( – 14 April 2012) was a Bangladeshi freedom fighter and politician from Brahmanbaria belonging to Bangladesh Awami League. She was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad.
Biography
Harun took part in the Liberation War of Bangladesh in ...
, Bangladeshi politician
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Idrus Harun
Idrus bin Azizan Harun ( Jawi: إدروس بن عزيزان هارون; born 2 February 1955) is a Malaysian lawyer who has served as the ninth Attorney General of Malaysia since March 2020.
Early life and education
Idrus was born in Kampun ...
, Malaysian Attorney General
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Rina Harun
Rina binti Mohd Harun ( Jawi: رينا بنت محمد هارون) is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Women, Family and Community Development for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime M ...