Ayub (name)
Ayub or Ayoub is a masculine given name in Arabic. It appears in the Quran: see Job in Islam.
The spread of the name among Muslims is partly due to the fame of Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, whose name in Arabic is Salạ̄hu d-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb.- Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a companion of Muhammad
- Ayub Ali Master, early British-Bangladeshi social reformer, politician and entrepreneur
- Ayub Shah Durrani, Afghan ruler
- Ayub Khan, second President of Pakistan
- Ayub Afridi, Pakistani drug lord turned politician
- Ayub Ommaya, a Pakistani neurosurgeon
- Ayub Shah Bukhari, Pakistani Sufi
- Ayub Thakur, Kashmiri freedom activist
- Master Ayub, a Pakistani teacher who runs an open air, free of cost, school in Islamabad since 1986
- Ayub Khan Din, British-Pakistani actor and writer
- Ayub Bachchu, Bangladeshi rock musician
- Ayub Khan , Indian actor
- Ayub Daud, Somali footballer
- Ayub Masika, Kenyan footballer
- Captain Ayub, Israeli intelligence officer and interrogator
Places
- Ayub National Park
