Farooq

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'''Farooq''' (also transliterated as '''Farouk''', '''Faruqi''', '''Farook''', '''Faruk''', '''Faroeq''', '''Faruq''', or '''Farouq''', '''Farooqi''', '''Faruque''' or '''Farooqui'''; {{langx|ar|فاروق|Fārūq}}) is a common Arabic given and family name. ''Al-Fārūq'' literally means "the one who distinguishes between right and wrong."

==Given name==

===Farouk=== *Farouk of Egypt (1920–1965), King of Egypt and the Sudan *Farouk El-Baz (born 1938), scientist *Farouk Hosny (born 1938), painter *Farouk Janeman (1953–2013), Fijian athlete *Farouk Kaddoumi (1931-2024), Palestinian leader *Farouk Kamoun (born 1946), Tunisian scientist *Farouk Lawan (born 1962), Nigerian politician *Farouk Seif Al Nasr (1922–2009), Egyptian politician *Farouk Shami, Palestinian-American businessman *Farouk al-Sharaa (born 1938), Syrian politician *Farouk Tebbal, Algerian politician

===Farouq=== *Farouq Farkhan (born 1988), Singaporean footballer *Farouq Limouri (born 2003), Dutch-Moroccan footballer *Farouq Qasrawi (1942-2021), former Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs *Farouq Molloy (born 1957), British artist

===Farooq===

*Farooq Abdullah (born 1937), Indian politician *Farooq Hamid (1945-2025), Pakistani cricketer *Farooq Kathwari (born 1944), United States businessman *Farooq Kperogi (born 1973), Nigerian academic *Farooq Leghari (1940–2010), eighth President of Pakistan from November 14, 1993 until December 2, 1997 *Farooq Mughal, American politician from Georgia *Farooq Naek (born 1950), Pakistani lawyer *Farooq Sheikh (1948–2013), Indian actor *Farooq Shah (born 1985), Pakistani footballer *Faarooq (born 1958), ring name of professional wrestler Ron Simmons (born 1958) *Farooque (1948–2023), Bangladeshi actor

===Farooqi=== *Muhammed Sharif al-Faruqi (1891-1920), Responsible for initiating Arab revolt from the Ottomans.

===Faruq=== *Faruq Z. Bey (1942-2012), American jazz saxophonist

===Faruk=== *Faruk Çelik (born 1956), Turkish politician *Faruk Cömert (born 1946), Turkish military officer *Faruk Gül, Turkish and American economist and academic *Faruk Fatih Özer (1993/94–2025), Turkish cryptocurrency trader and convicted fraudster *Faruk Šehić (born 1970), Bosnian poet *Faruk Sükan (1921–2005), Turkish physician and politician *Faruk Süren (born 1945), Turkish businessman *Faruk Türünz (born 1944), Turkish luthier *Faruk Yiğit (born 1968), Turkish footballer

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==Surname== ===Farouk=== *Bakhtier Farouk, engineer and published author *El Amry Farouk (1970–2024), Egyptian businessman and politician *Nabil Farouk (1956–2020), Egyptian novelist

===Farouq=== *Sadiya Umar Farouq (born 1974), Nigerian politician *Naureen Farouq Ibrahim, Pakistani politician

===Farook=== *Hunais Farook (born 1973), a Sri Lankan politician *Syed Rizwan Farook (1987–2015), a perpetrator of the 2015 San Bernardino attack

===Farooq=== *Jalil Farooq (born 2001), American football player *Mohammad Farooq or Muhammad Farooq, several people **Mohammad Farooq (cricketer, born 1938) (born 1938), Pakistani cricketer **Muhammad Farooq Khan (1956–2010), Pakistani psychiatrist *Mir Waiz Umar Farooq (born 1973), Kashmiri separatist leader. *Ravee Farooq (born 1982), Maldivian actor, director, editor and choreographer

{{surname|Farooq or Farouk}}

==See also== *Al-Farooq (disambiguation) *Farook College, Calicut

Category:Arabic-language surnames Category:Arabic-language masculine given names Category:Turkish masculine given names Category:Masculine given names