Abd al-Ghafur

ʻAbd al-Ghafūr (ALA-LC romanization of عبد الغفور) is a male Muslim given name, and, in modern usage, surname, built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Ghafūr, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.

It may refer to:

Artists

 * Reham Abdel Ghafour, Egyptian actress
 * Sarmad Abdul Ghafoor (born 1975), Pakistani guitarist

Politicians

 * Abdul Ghafoor Khan Durrani (1910–2000), Pakistani politician
 * Abdul Ghafoor (politician, born 1918) (1918–2004), chief minister of Bihar, India
 * Abdul Ghafoor (Saharsa politician), legislator in Bihar India
 * Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti (1923–1998), Pakistani politician
 * Abdul Ghafoor Ravan Farhadi, or Ravan A. G. Farhâdi (born 1929), Afghan diplomat
 * Abdul Ghafor Zori (born 1950), Afghan politician
 * Barzan Abd Al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid Al-Tikrit, Iraqi politician
 * Abdul Ghafoor Khan Mayo, Pakistani politician

Sportsmen

 * Abdul Ghafoor (footballer) (born 1941), Pakistani footballer
 * Abdul Ghafoor Yusufzai, Afghan footballer representing the Kingdom of Afghanistan in the 1948 Summer Olympics
 * Ahmad Abdulghafoor (born 1987), Kuwaiti footballer
 * Abdul Ghafoor Murad (born 1989), Qatari footballer

Writers

 * Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur, American writer
 * Abdul Ghafur Nassakh, Bengali writer

Other

 * Abdul Ghafour (died 2007), Afghan, Taliban commander
 * Sabi Jahn Abdul Ghafour (died 2004), Afghan, Taliban commander and former Guantanamo detainee (ISN 363)
 * Abdul Ghafour, Afghan, former Guantanamo detainee (ISN 954)
 * Abdul Ghafaar, Afghan, former Guantanamo detainee (ISN 1032)