Farooq (also transliterated as Farouk, Faruqi, Farook, Faruk, Faroeq, Faruq, or Farouq, Farooqi, Faruque or Farooqui; ) 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

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

See also

• Al-Farooq (disambiguation)

• Farook College, Calicut