Siddiqui (name)

Siddiqui (صدیقی) are a Muslim community, found mainly in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, and in communities in Saudi Arabia, Middle East Region and North African Region

It is also an Islamic-based common name in reference to Abu Bakr who was known as Al-Siddiq

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Siddiqui Ahmed Khan (1914–?), Indian sarangi player

Siddiqui

 * Aafia Siddiqui (born 1972), Pakistani scientist
 * Abul Lais Siddiqui (1916–1994), Pakistani author, researcher, critic, linguist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics
 * Abdul Latif Siddiqui (born 1943), Bangladeshi politician, serving as a member of Jatiya Sangsad
 * Abdul Samad Siddiqui, Indian educationist, former Member of parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Hyderabad - Karnataka region
 * Adnan Siddiqui (born 1969), Pakistani actor and model
 * Aftab Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
 * Ahmed Siddiqui (American youth) (born 1996), American of Pakistani descent who described being kidnapped with his mother and two younger siblings in March 2003
 * Akhtar Hameed Siddiqui (1947–2017), Bangladeshi politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad
 * Ali Jehangir Siddiqui (born 1976), Pakistani politician, administrator and ambassador
 * Arifa Siddiqui, Pakistani actress
 * Asad Siddiqui, Pakistani actor
 * Ashraf Siddiqui (1927–2020), Bangladeshi poet, researcher, folklorist and essayist
 * Ataullah Siddiqui, British academic, Professor of Christian-Muslim Relations and Inter-Faith Understanding
 * Ausaf Umar Siddiqui (born 1966), also known as Omar Siddiqui, Pakistani business executive
 * Aziza Siddiqui (born c. 1983), Afghan women's rights activist
 * Bari Siddiqui (1954–2017), Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, flutist, and folk musician
 * Barkat Siddiqui, Pakistani television director, producer and actor
 * Fawad Siddiqui, American actor, improvisational comedian, journalist and cartoonist
 * Hammad Siddiqui, Pakistani politician
 * Haroon Siddiqui, Indo-Canadian newspaper journalist, columnist and a former editor
 * Iqbal Siddiqui (born 1974), Indian cricketer
 * Islam A. Siddiqui, American lobbyist of Indian descent
 * Ishrat Ali Siddiqui, Indian gandhian, poet of Urdu literature and editor
 * Jahangir Siddiqui, Pakistani businessman and philanthropist
 * Javed Siddiqi (born 1942), Indian screenwriter, dialogue writer and playwright in Hindi and Urdu films
 * Khalid Siddiqui (born 1958), Indian film and television actor
 * Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and government minister
 * Kalim Siddiqui (1931-1996), Pakistani British writer and Islamic activist
 * Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, Bangladeshi economist and social scientist
 * Mohsin Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and businessman
 * Mona Siddiqui (born 1963), British academic and professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies
 * Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui (1936–2017), Islamic Sufi scholar from Nerian Sharif Azad Kashmir Pakistan
 * Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (1938–2013), Indian scholar of Urdu literature, educationist, literary critic and newspaper columnist
 * Muhammad Ibrahim Siddiqui, Indian Islamic scholar
 * Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui (born 1965), Pakistani jurist and Justice of the Sindh High Court
 * Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
 * Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (born 1997), Pakistani female cricketer
 * Naeem Siddiqui (1916-2002), Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer and politician
 * Nasimuddin Siddiqui (born 1959), Indian Uttar Pradesh politician, member of Indian National Congress
 * Nawazuddin Siddiqui (born 1974), Indian film actor
 * Nazim Hussain Siddiqui (born 1940), Pakistani jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
 * Obaidur Rahman Siddiqui (born 1964), Indian historian
 * Qamar Siddiqui, Pakistani poet
 * Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui (1892–1977), Urdu writer and a professor
 * Rauf Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
 * Sadiya Siddiqui, Indian film and television actress
 * Sadaf Siddiqui (born 1985), Pakistani track and field sprint athlete
 * Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui (1939–2017), Pakistani jurist and legislator formerly served as the Chief Justice of Pakistan
 * Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (1897–1994), Pakistani organic chemist specialising in natural product chemistry
 * Sameer Siddiqui (born 1976), Indian writer
 * Saghar Siddiqui (1928-1974), Pakistani poet in Urdu
 * Shahid Siddiqui, member of the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the Indian Parliament representing the state of Uttar Pradesh
 * Shaukat Siddiqui (1923–2006), Pakistani writer of fiction
 * Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui (born 1959), Pakistani jurist and former senior Justice of the Islamabad High Court
 * Shakeel Siddiqui, Pakistani television stand-up comedian
 * Sultana Siddiqui, Pakistani television director, producer and businessperson
 * Tasneem Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
 * Tooba Siddiqui, Pakistani model
 * Uroosa Siddiqui, Pakistani television actress and comedian
 * Zeeshan Siddiqui (born 1975), Pakistani-born Norwegian cricketer
 * Zillur Rahman Siddiqui (1928–2014), Bangladeshi writer, academic and educationist
 * Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi (1910–1952), 8th Nawab of Pataudi

Siddiqi

 * Abul Hasan Siddiqi (1943–2020), Indian mathematician and Professor of Applied Mathematics
 * Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (1942–1994), Pakistani Sunni Muslim religious scholar and Sufi master
 * Aijaz Siddiqi (1911–1978), Urdu writer and poet
 * Anis Siddiqi (born 1959), Pakistani cricketer
 * Asif Azam Siddiqi, Bangladeshi American space historian
 * A. Y. B. I. Siddiqi (1945–2021), Bangladeshi Inspector General of Police
 * Hafiz Siddiqi (1931–2018), Bangladeshi academic
 * Imran Siddiqi (born 1957), Indian geneticist
 * Irfan Siddiqi, American physicist and currently a Professor of Physics at the Quantum Nanoscience
 * Jameela Siddiqi, British novelist, journalist, broadcaster, linguist and specialist in Indian classical music and poetry
 * Javaid Siddiqi (born 1977), American educator
 * Javed Siddiqi (born 1942), Indian Hindi and Urdu screenwriter, dialogue writer and playwright
 * Jawed Siddiqi, Pakistani British computer scientist and software engineer
 * Kamal Siddiqi, Australian journalist of Pakistani origin
 * Kashif Siddiqi (born 1986), English footballerof Indian descent
 * L. K. Siddiqi (1939–2014), Bangladeshi politician and philanthropist and member of parliament
 * Manzoor Ul Haq Siddiqi (1917–2004), Indian educationist, historian and an author**Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954), Indian Islamic scholar
 * Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi (1925–1992), Bangladeshi entrepreneur, politician and diplomat
 * Nasir Siddiqi (born 1965), Pakistani Emirati cricketer
 * Nawab Khwaja Abid Siddiqi, also known as Kilich Khan, Nawab under Aurangzeb
 * Ravish Siddiqi (1911–1971), Urdu Ghazal and Nazm writer
 * Shujauddin Siddiqi (1919–2003), Indian cricketer
 * Sumaiya Siddiqi (born 1988), Pakistani cricketer
 * Obaid Siddiqi (1932–2013), Indian scientific research professor