Farooq
Farooq 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, King of Egypt and the Sudan
- Farouk El-Baz, scientist
- Farouk Hosny, painter
- Farouk Janeman, Fijian athlete
- Farouk Kaddoumi, Palestinian leader
- Farouk Kamoun, Tunisian scientist
- Farouk Lawan, Nigerian politician
- Farouk Shami, Palestinian-American businessman
- Farouk al-Sharaa, Syrian politician
Farooq
- Faarooq, ring name of professional wrestler Ron Simmons
- Farooque, Bangladeshi actor
- Farooq Abdullah, Indian politician
- Farooq Kathwari, United States businessman
- Farooq Kperogi, Nigerian academic
- Farooq Leghari, eighth President of Pakistan from November 14, 1993 until December 2, 1997
- Farooq Naek, Pakistani lawyer
- Farooq Sheikh, Indian actor
- Farooq Shah, Pakistani footballer
Farooqi
- Muhammed Sharif al-Faruqi Responsible for initiating Arab revolt from the Ottomans.
Faruk
- Faruk Cömert, Turkish Air Force general
- Faruk Çelik, Turkish politician
- Faruk Gül, Turkish and American economist, a professor of economics at Princeton University
- Faruk Süren, Turkish businessman and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray
- Faruk Türünz, Turkish luthier
- Faruk Yiğit, Turkish footballer
Farukh/Farrukh/Farokh/Farrokh
This is actually a different name of Persian origin meaning fortunate and happy and is unrelated to Farooq.
Farouk
- Bakhtier Farouk, engineer
- El Amry Farouk, Egyptian businessman and politician
- Nabil Farouk, Egyptian novelist
Farook
- Hunais Farook, a Sri Lankan politician
- Syed Rizwan Farook, a perpetrator of the 2015 San Bernardino attack
Farooq
- Mohammad Farooq or Muhammad Farooq, several people
- *Mohammad Farooq, Pakistani cricketer
- *Muhammad Farooq Khan, Pakistani psychiatrist
- *Mohammad Farooq, Pakistani cricketer for Quetta
- *Mohammad Farooq, Pakistani cricketer for Rawalpindi
- *Muhammad Farooq , Pakistani journalist and Naat Khawan
