Lutfi (also spelled Lotfi or Luthfi, from ), is a male given name and surname meaning "kind" or "gracious". It may refer to:

Given name

Lotfi

* Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017), Azerbaijani electrical engineer * Lotfi Akalay (1943-2019), Moroccan writer * Lotfi Nezzar, Algerian businessman

Lutfi, Lütfi

First name

* Lutfi (court official), Ottoman court official * Lütfi Doğan (politician, born 1930) (1930–2023), theologian and politician * Lütfi Doğan (politician, born 1927) (1927–2018), Turkish academic, theologian and politician * Lutfi Haziri (born 1969), Kosovar politician * Lutfi Lepaja (born 1945), Albanian writer * Lütfi Pasha (1488-1564), Ottoman statesman * Lütfi Akadlı (1902–1988), Turkish judge * Lütfi Arıboğan (born 1961), Turkish basketball player * Lütfi Elvan (born 1962), Turkish mining engineer, politician and government minister * Lutfi Kabirova (1932-2013), Tajikistani opera singer

Middle name

* Ömer Lütfi Akad (1916–2011), Turkish film director * Metin Lütfi Baydar (born 1960), Turkish medical scientist * Mohammed Lutfi Farhat (born 1945), Libyan politician * Fevzi Lütfi Karaosmanoğlu (1900–1978), Turkish politician and journalist *

Ali Lutfi Mahmud Aly Lotfy Mahmoud (; 6 October 1935 – 27 May 2018) was an Egyptian politician and prime minister. He was the minister responsible for finance from 1978 to 1980. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt A prime number (or a prime) is a natu ...

(1935–2018), Egyptian politician * Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti (1876-1924), Egyptian writer *

Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed or Aḥmad Luṭfī Sayyid Pasha () (15 January 1872 – 5 March 1963) was a prominent Egyptian nationalist, intellectual, anti-colonial activist and the first president of Cairo University. He was an influential person i ...

(1872–1963), Egyptian intellectual

Luthfi

* Muhammad Luthfi bin Yahya (born 1947), Indonesian Shaikh

Surname

Abdolali Lotfi Abdolali Lotfi, also known as ''Sheikh Abdolali Khan'', (23 January 1880–15 September 1956) was an Iranian politician and judge. He was the minister of justice in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. Lotfi also served as th ...

(1880–1956), Iranian judge and politician *

Amer Husni Lutfi Amer Husni Lutfi (; 1956 – March 2018) was head of the State Planning Commission of Syria. He served as the minister of economy and trade between 2004 and 2010. Lutfi held a PhD in economic analysis, which he received from Université libre de ...

(1956-2018), Syrian politician *

Huda Lutfi Huda Lutfi (Arabic: هدى لطفي) is a visual artist and cultural historian from Cairo, Egypt. Lutfi's works include paintings, collages, and installations that reflect a diverse style including pharaonic, Coptic, Western, Islamic, and contemp ...

(born 1948), Egyptian artist and historian *

Ibtisam Lutfi Ibtisam Lutfi (, born 1950) is a blind Saudi singer. She was born Khayriyyah Qurban () in Ta'if in Saudi Arabia, and is one of the first female singers of the country. She began her career singing at wedding feasts in the city of Jeddah in the 1 ...

(born 1950), Saudi Arabian singer * João Lutfi, known professionally as

Sérgio Ricardo (director) João Lutfi (18 June 1932 – 23 July 2020), known professionally as Sérgio Ricardo, was a Brazilian film director and composer. He directed five films between 1964 and 1974. Born in the city of Marília, São Paulo, his father, Abdalla Lutfi ...

(1932–2020), Brazilian film director *

Mohammad-Reza Lotfi Mohammad-Reza Lotfi (; 1 January 1947 – 2 May 2014) was an Iranian classical musician renowned for his mastery of the tar and setar. He collaborated with singers such as Mohammad-Rezā Shajarian, Hengameh Akhavan, Shahram Nazeri and Alireza ...

(1947–2014), Persian classical musician *

Nadia Lutfi Nadia Lutfi or Nadia Lotfi (; born Paula Mohamed Mostafa Shafik (); 3 January 1937 – 4 February 2020), was an Egyptian actress. During the apex of her career, she was one of the most popular actresses of Egyptian cinema's golden age. Early ...

(1938–2020), Egyptian actress *

Saeid Lotfi (footballer, born 1981) Saeid Lotfi (born February 25, 1981, in Tehran, Iran) is a former Iranian football player, who played in IPL team Esteghlal and Paykan. He usually played as a defender. Biography Lotfi has a handful of appearances for '' Team Melli''. He ha ...

(born 1981), Iranian footballer *

Saeid Lotfi (footballer, born 1992) Saeid Lotfi (; born 16 July 1992) is an Iranian former football defender. Club career Lotfi joined Saba Qom in 2012 after spending the previous year at Shahrdari Arak. In the summer of 2014 Lotfi signed a two-year contract with Naft Tehran. ...

(bon 1992), Iranian footballer * Sam Lutfi, former manager of Britney Spears * Tariq Lutfi (born 1951), Pakistani footballer

Places

Lutfi, Iran Kahriz-e Lotfi (, also Romanized as Kahrīz-e Loţfī; also known as Loţfī and Lutfi) is a village in Rezvaniyeh Rural District, in the Central District of Tiran and Karvan County, Isfahan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islami ...

* Lotfabad