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Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz (, from Middle Persian: ''Pērōz''), also known in modern Persian-language sources as () or (), was a Sasanian Persian slave who assassinated Umar ibn al-Khattab (), the second Islamic caliph, in November 644. After having been capture ...

, also known as Firuz Nahavandi, Persian slave who killed the second caliph Umar *

Feroze Gandhi Feroze Jehangir Gandhi (12 September 1912 – 8 September 1960) was an Indian freedom fighter, politician and journalist. He served as a member of the provincial parliament between 1950 and 1952, and later a member of the Lok Sabha, the Lower ...

, an Indian politician and journalist * Firoz Khan, known as Arjun, Indian actor * Feroz Khan, an Indian actor, film editor, producer and director * Feroze Khan (field hockey), a field hockey player who represented British India in the Olympics *

Feroz Abbasi Feroz Abbasi (born 1979) is one of nine British men who were held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. He was released from detention and repatriated in 2005 and released by the British gover ...

, a British man held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba *

Feroz Khan Noon Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon (7 May 18939 December 1970) , best known as Feroze Khan, was a Pakistani politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Pakistan from 16 December 1957, until being removed when the President Iskandar ...

, a politician from Pakistan *

Feroz Abbas Khan Feroz Abbas Khan is an Indian theatre and film director, playwright and screenwriter, who is most known for directing plays like Mughal-e-Azam, ''Saalgirah'', '' Tumhari Amrita'' (1992), ''Salesman Ramlal'' and ''Gandhi Viruddh Gandhi''. Ca ...

, an Indian theatre and film director, playwright and screenwriter *

Firouz Firouz (sometimes referred to as Ruzbah) was a wealthy Armenian Christian convert to Islam and armor maker who held a high post in Yaghi-Siyan's Seljuk Turkish government during the Crusades. Notably, he also served as a spy for Bohemond durin ...

– a wealthy Armenian Christian convert to Islam who held a high post in Yaghi-Siyan's Seljuk Turkish government. *

Firuz Shah Tughlaq Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309 – 20 September 1388), also known as Firuz III, was Sultan of Delhi from 1351 until his death in 1388. He succeeded his cousin Muhammad bin Tughlaq following the latter's death at Thatta, Sindh. His father was ...

(r. 1351–1388 CE), a ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty in India *

Firuz Kanatlı Firuz Kanatlı (1932 – 18 October 2017) was a Turkish businessman and founder and honorary president of the well known company Eti. He was born in Eskişehir, Turkey in 1932. He attended primary school until the third school year, after whic ...

Turkish businessman, founder of Eti. *

Firuz Kazemzadeh Firuz Kazemzadeh (; October 27, 1924 – May 17, 2017) was a Russian-born American historian who was professor emeritus of history at Yale University. Biography Firuz Kazemzadeh was born in Moscow to an Iranian father and a Russian mother. His fat ...

, a professor emeritus of history at Yale University *

Firuz-Shah Zarrin-Kolah Firuzshah Zarrin-Kolah ( Kurdish:پیرۆز شای کڵاو زێڕین) was a Kurdish dignitary and seventh in the ancestral lineage of Safi-ad-Din Ardabili, the eponym of the Safavid dynasty ruling Safavid Iran. Genealogy In the pre-Safavid w ...

, an Iranian dignitary with Kurdish origin *

Peroz I Peroz I () was the Sasanian Empire, Sasanian King of Kings () of History of Iran, Iran from 459 to 484. A son of Yazdegerd II (), he disputed the rule of his elder brother and incumbent king Hormizd III (), eventually seizing the throne after a ...

, a king of Iran from the house of Sassanids who ruled 457–484 *

Peroz II Peroz II (, ), also known as Gushnasp-Bandeh was king of Persia. He was son of Mah-Adhur Gushnasp and Kahar-dukht, who was daughter of Yazdandad son of Khosrau I. Peroz II reigned only for a short time in 631 CE, until he was killed by Sasanian ...

, a king of Iran from the house of Sassanids who ruled Oct. to Dec. 631 AD *

Piruz Khosrow Piruz Khosrow (Middle Persian: ''Pērōz Khusraw''), also known as Piruzan or Firuzan, was a powerful Persian aristocrat who was the leader of the ''Parsig'' (Persian) faction that controlled much of the affairs of the Sasanian Empire during the ...

, Persian aristocrat who murdered Queen Boran *

Peroz III Peroz III ( ''Pērōz''; ) was son of Yazdegerd III, the last King of Kings of Sasanian Empire, Sasanian Iran. After the death of his father, who legend says was killed by a miller at the instigation of the governor of Marw, he retreated to territ ...

, exiled Persian prince who traveled to Tang dynasty China and became a general and governor *

Peruz Terzekyan Peruz (1866 in SivasM. Nihat Özön, Baha Dürder (ed.), ''Türk Tiyatrosu Ansiklopedisi'', Yükselen Matbaası, 1967, p. 345. – c. 1920 in Istanbul) also known as Peruz Hanım or Kantocu Peruz, Yılmaz Öztuna, ''Türk Musikisi Ansiklopedisi'', ...

, b.

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1866, a kanto singer * Pirouz Davani, an Iranian leftist activist * Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh, an Iranian political scientist and historian *

Farooq Feroze Khan Farooq Feroze Khan ( ; born: 17 August 1939 – 9 October 2021), best known as Feroze Khan, was a Pakistani military officer who served as the 6th four-star air officer in the Pakistan Air Force and also served as the 8th Chairman Joint Chief ...

, a Pakistan Air Force officer * Jam Feroz, the last ruler of the Samma dynasty of Sindh *

Jalal ud din Firuz Khalji Jalal-ud-Din Khalji, also known as Firuz al-Din Khalji, Jalaluddin Khilji or Firuz II ( Persian; جلال الدین خلجی c. 1220 – 19 July 1296, ) was the founder and first Sultan of the Khalji dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate of ...

, the first Indian ruler of the Delhi Sultanate and the founder of the Khalji dynasty * Alauddin Firuz Shah I, the son and successor of sultan Shihabuddin Bayazid Shah * Alauddin Firuz Shah II, the son and successor of sultan Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah * Rukn ud din Firuz, a Muslim Turkic ruler and the fourth Sultan of Delhi in medieval India *

Fairuz Nouhad Wadie Haddad (, ; born November 20, 1934 or November 21, 1935), known as Fairuz (, ), is a Lebanese singer. She is widely considered an iconic vocalist and one of the most celebrated singers in the history of the Arab world. She is pop ...

, a Lebanese singer * Pherozeshah Mehta *

Shamsuddin Firoz Shah Shamsuddin Firuz Shah (, , ''Shams Ad-Dīn Firūz Shāh''; reigned: 1301–1322) was the independent ruler of the Lakhnauti Kingdom. He ascended the throne with the title of ''Al-Sultan Al-Azam Shams Al-Duniya wa Al-Din Abu Al-Muzaffar Firuz Shah ...

, Sultan of

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from 1301 to 1322

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* Hajji Firuz, the traditional herald of Nowruz

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Pirouz (cheetah) Male Asiatic cheetah

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