Farooqui (Arabic: الفاروقي); also transliterated as Farooqi, Faruki or Al Farooqui), is a given name or surname of Arabic origin.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Umar, second Caliph of Islam, associate of Muhammad
- Hafsa bint Umar, wife of Muhammad
- Abdullah ibn Umar, brother-in-law of Muhammad
- Farooque (1948–2023), Bangladeshi actor
- Farouk Ruzimatov, Russian ballet dancer
- Farouk Shami, Palestinian-American businessman
- Farouk al-Sharaa, Syrian politician
- Farooq, ring name of American professional wrestler Ron Simmons (born 1958)
- Khwaja Ghulam Farid, Sufi poet
- Mian Mir, Sufi saint
- Baba Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Sufi venerated by Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs
- Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi, Indian Sufi and Islamic scholar
- Muhibullah Allahabadi, Sufi scholar
- Ibrahim ibn Adham, Sufi saint
- Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher
- Sachal Sarmast, Sufi saint
- Shaikh Salim Chisti, Sufi saint
- Naseer Ahmad Faruqui, Islamic scholar
- Nisar Ahmed Faruqi, Islamic scholar
- Musharraf Ali Farooqui, Canadian writer
- Shad Saleem Faruqi, Malaysian legal scholar
- Shah Abdul Aziz, Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and Sufi saint
- Khan Bahadur Nawab Sir Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui (1891–1984), Bengali knight and politician
- Khaliq Ahmad Nizami, Indian historian and diplomat
- Mahmood Ahmed Ghazi, jurist and scholar
- Sami Pasha al-Farouqi, Ottoman commander
- Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Sheikh of Islam and imam of India
- Shah Ismail Dehlvi, Mujahid and Muslim scholar
- Munawar Faruqui, Indian stand-up comedian, singer, influencer, writer, rapper, reality show winner (Lock Upp)
- Abdul Aleem Farooqui, Indian Islamic scholar
See also
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