Gul is a common name in

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

( ),

Pashto Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...

(ګل Gwal) and Turkish () languages, meaning ''rose''. Gul is used as a family name in

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, Central and

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. It is also a Nordic given name, used in Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian languages as a short form of Guðólfr ( Godwulf). The name is also an abbreviation used in the

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(derived from French

Guillaume Guillaume may refer to: People * Guillaume (given name), the French equivalent of William * Guillaume (surname), the French equivalent of Williams Places * Guillaume (crater), Moon, Earth-Moon System, Solar System * Guillaumes, Vence, Nice, Alpes ...

), for example in the signature "''Gul: Ebor''" for

William Dawes William Dawes Jr. (April 6, 1745 – February 25, 1799) was an American soldier, and was one of several men who, in April 1775, alerted minutemen in Massachusetts of the approach of British regulars prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concor ...

, Archbishop of York.Deeds of Londesborough and area
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Given name

Males

* Gul Bakhsh, Bengali poet * Gul Hameed Bhatti, Pakistani journalist * Gul Chaman, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base * Gul Haider, Afghan politician * Gul Mohammed Jangvi, Afghan Taliban field commander * Haji Alam Gul Kuchi, Afghan politician * Gul Mohammad, Indian/Pakistani cricketer * Gul Mohammed, Guinness world record holder as the shortest human being * Gul Mudin (1994–2010), Afghan child premeditatedly murdered by United States troops * Gul Rahman, Afghan torture victim * Gul Hameed Khan Rokhri, Pakistani politician * Gul Agha Sherzai, Afghan politician * Gul Mohamad Zhowandai, Afghan poet * Gul Rahman Qazi, Pashtun Afghan scholar, peace activist and politician

Females

* Gül Gölge (born 1981), Turkish model and actress * Gul Panag (born 1979), Indian Bollywood actress *

Gul Panra Mehnaz, known professionally as Gul Panra (sometimes spelled Gulpanra; ; ; born 6 September 1989), is a Pakistani Pakistani folk music, folk singer and Concert tour, touring artist, mainly associated with Pashto music, Pashto language music indu ...

(born 1989), Pakistani Pashto singer * Gul Rukhsar, Pakistani Pashto Singer * Gulalai Wazir, Pashtun Politician * Gulalai Ismael, Human Rights Activist * Gul Wareenah, a common pashtun girl name

Surname

Notable people with the surname Gul or Gül include: *

Abdullah Gül Abdullah Gül (; ; born 29 October 1950) is a Turkish politician who served as the 11th president of Turkey from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister of Turkey, Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurrently s ...

(born 1950), Turkish politician and 11th President of Turkey * Aftab Gul, Pakistani cricketer *

Ajab Gul Ajab Gul (Pashto: عجب گل) is a Pakistani actor, film director, producer and music director who predominantly works in Pashto-language cinema. He has also worked in Urdu-language as well Punjabi-language cinema. Early life and education ...

, Pakistani actor-turned-director * Amir Gul, Pakistani footballer * Awal Gul, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base * Dawd Gul, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base * Fahim Gul (born 1956), Pakistani squash player * Faruk Gül, Turkish American economist * Gerardus Gul, Dutch bishop of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands * Hamid Gul, former Director General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence * Khi Ali Gul, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base *

Meirchion Gul {{more citations needed, date=September 2018Meirchion Gul was probably a late 5th-century king of Rheged, a Brythonic realm in the area of Sub-Roman Britain known as the ''Hen Ogledd'' (in the North of England and Southern Scotland today). Next ...

, 5th-century king of Rheged (modern-day northern England) * Mohammad Gul, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base * Roman Gul, Russian émigré writer * Sahar Gul, Afghan child bride tortured by her husband's family * Sajjad Gul, Pakistani CEO * Shabnum Gul (born 1963), Pakistani writer * Umar Gul, Pakistani cricketer * Yekta Yılmaz Gül (born 1978), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler

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