Memon may refer to:
Ethnic group and language
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Memon people
The Memon are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that originated in the Sindh region of Pakistan. The majority of the Memon people around the world follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. The Memon people have cultural similarities with the Khoja, Khat ...
, an ethnic group originating in the ancient Sindh (modern day Pakistan)
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Memoni language
Memoni (ميموني, મેમોની) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by Kathiawari Memons from the Kathiawar region of Gujarat, India.
Memon people are a subgroup or an ethnic group that originated in north-western India. After the Indi ...
, the language of Memon people historically associated with Kathiawar, Gujarat, India
People with the surname
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Abdul Jalil Memon Abdul Jalil Memon (born in Karachi, Pakistan 21 September 1970 - 28 December 2009) was an agriculturist by profession and an active politician from the District of Thatta, Province of Sindh, Pakistan. He and his family had strong affiliations with ...
(born 1970), Pakistani agriculturist and politician
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Jan Muhammad A. Memon (born 1949), Pakistani medical professional and educationist
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Marvi Memon
Marvi Memon ( ur, ; born 21 July 1972) is a Pakistani politician who recently served as Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme, from February 2015 until June 2018. She had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from M ...
(born 1972), Pakistani politician
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Muhammad Umar Memon
Muhammad Umar Memon (Urdu: محمد عمر میمن) Professor Emeritus of Urdu Literature and Arabic Studies, (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Memon was an accomplished scholar, translator, Urdu Short Story writer, and the editor of ''The A ...
(born 1939), Pakistani literature scholar, translator, poet, and writer
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Nasrullah Memon
Nasrullah Memon (born 2 March 1978) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occup ...
(born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
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Nisar Memon
Nisar Memon (born 31 December 1942; ur, نثار میمن, sd, نثار ميمڻ ) is a politician from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. He was a member of the Senate of Pakistan, belonging to Pakistan Muslim League (Q) during the Pervez Musharraf ...
(born 1942), Pakistani politician
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Nasir Memon
Nasir Memon is a computer scientist based in Brooklyn, New York. Memon is a professor and chair of the New York University Tandon School of Engineering computer science and engineering department and affiliate faculty at the computer science dep ...
, American computer scientist
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Sattar Memon
Sattar ( ar, ستار ) is a male Muslim given name and surname.
It occurs in the compound form
* Abdul Sattar, where further details can be found.
People with the name in its simple form include:
Given name
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(born 1947), Indian physician and author
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Sharjeel Memon
Sharjeel Inam Memon (Urdu: ), sd, شرجیل انعام ميمڻ , born 14 June 1974) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from June 2008 to May 2018.
Early life and education
He was born on 14 June 197 ...
, Pakistani politician
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Sirajul Haq Memon
Sirajul Haq Memon (24 October 1933 – 2 February 2013) was a Pakistani Sindhi language novelist, journalist, historian, scholar, linguist, story-writer, and advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He was born in Tando Jam town, Hyderabad D ...
(1933–2013), Pakistani writer and scholar
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Saud Memon
Saud Memon (circa 1961 – 18 May 2007) was a Pakistani businessman from Karachi dealing in yarn and textiles. Memon was said to own the Al-Qaeda safe house in Karachi where American journalist Daniel Pearl was killed. Memon was wanted by law-e ...
(1963–2007), Pakistani businessman
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Tiger Memon
Ibrahim Mushtaq Abdul Razzaq Memon (born 24 November 1960), better known by the nickname Tiger Memon, is a gangster and terrorist, reputed to be one of the masterminds behind the 1993 Mumbai bombings. He is wanted by Interpol and the Central Bur ...
(born 1960), Indian gangster
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Yakub Memon
Yakub or Yaqub ( ar, يعقوب, Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb , links=no, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form ''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb'' may be direct from the Hebrew or indirec ...
(1962–2015), Indian gangster
See also
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