# Refaat

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{{wiktionary|رفعت}}
'''Refaat''' or '''Refat''' is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin ({{langx|ar|رفعت}}). Notable people with the name include:

==Given name==
*[Refaat Alareer](/source/Refaat_Alareer) (1979–2023), Palestinian writer, poet, professor, and activist from the Gaza Strip
*[Refaat Al-Gammal](/source/Refaat_Al-Gammal) (1927–1982), Egyptian spy in Israel for 17 years
*[Refaat El-Sayed](/source/Refaat_El-Sayed) (born 1946), businessman of Egyptian and Swedish nationality
*[Refaat Kaid](/source/Refaat_Kaid) (born 1949), Egyptian sports shooter
*[Refaat R. Kamel](/source/Refaat_R._Kamel), Egyptian surgeon, world president of the International College of Surgeons
* [Refat Amin](/source/Refat_Amin) (born 1953), Bangladesh politician, Member of the Bangladesh Parliament (2014–2018)
* [Refat Appazov](/source/Refat_Appazov) (1920–2008), Soviet and Russian rocket scientist of Crimean-Tatar descent
* [Refat Chubarov](/source/Refat_Chubarov) (born 1957), Ukrainian politician and leader of the Crimean Tatar national movement
* [Refat Mustafaev](/source/Refat_Mustafaev) (1911–1984), Crimean Tatar communist regional party secretary and World War II partisan battalion commissar

==Surname==
*[Ahmed Refaat](/source/Ahmed_Refaat) (1993–2024), Egyptian footballer
*[Hady Refaat](/source/Hady_Refaat) or Hady Shahin (born 1986), Egyptian handball player
*[Mahmoud Refaat](/source/Mahmoud_Refaat) (born 1978), international relations scholar, writer and lawyer
*[Omar Refaat](/source/Omar_Refaat), professional squash player

==See also==
*{{intitle|Refaat}}
*{{intitle|Refat}}
*[Rafat](/source/Rafat_(name)), given name and surname
*[Rahat](/source/Rahat_(disambiguation))
*[Rifat](/source/Rifat), given name and surname
{{Given name|type=both}}
Category:Arabic-language masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Arabic-language surnames

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