Farooq

Farooq (also transliterated as Farouk, Faruqi, Farook, Faruk, Faroeq, Faruq, or Farouq, Farooqi, Faruque or Farooqui; فاروق) is a common Arabic given and family name. Al-Fārūq literally means "the one who distinguishes between right and wrong."

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

 * Muhammed Sharif al-Faruqi Responsible for initiating Arab revolt from the Ottomans.

Faruk

 * Faruk Cömert (born 1946), Turkish military officer
 * Faruk Çelik (born 1956), Turkish politician
 * Faruk Gül, Turkish and American economist and academic
 * Faruk Šehić (born 1970), Bosnian poet
 * Faruk Sükan (1921–2005), Turkish physician and politician
 * Faruk Süren (born 1945), Turkish businessman
 * Faruk Türünz (born 1944), Turkish luthier
 * Faruk Yiğit (born 1968), Turkish footballer

Farouk

 * Bakhtier Farouk, engineer and published author
 * El Amry Farouk (1970–2024), Egyptian businessman and politician
 * Nabil Farouk (1956–2020), Egyptian novelist

Farook

 * Hunais Farook (born 1973), a Sri Lankan politician
 * Syed Rizwan Farook (1987–2015), a perpetrator of the 2015 San Bernardino attack

Farooq

 * Mohammad Farooq or Muhammad Farooq, several people
 * Mohammad Farooq (cricketer, born 1938), Pakistani cricketer
 * Muhammad Farooq Khan (1956–2010), Pakistani psychiatrist
 * Mir Waiz Umar Farooq, Kashmiri separatist leader.
 * Ravee Farooq, Maldivian actor, director, editor and choreographer