Farooq Explained
Farooq (also transliterated as Farouk, Faruqi, Farook, Faruk, Faroeq, Faruq, or Farouq, Farooqi, Faruque or Farooqui; Arabic: 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 (born 1931), 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
Farooq
- Farooq Abdullah (born 1937), Indian politician
- Farooq Kathwari, United States businessman
- Farooq Kperogi, 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, ring name of professional wrestler Ron Simmons (born 1958)
- Farooque (1948–2023), Bangladeshi actor
Farooqi
Faruk
Surname
Farouk
Farook
Farooq
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