Siddiqui
Siddiqui Arabic : صدیقی ) are a Muslim community, found mainly in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, and in communities in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa.
It is also an Islamic-based common name in reference to the 1st Rashidun Caliph Abu Bakr who was known as Al-Siddiq and is considered the common ancestor of Siddiquis.
Notable people with the name include:
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Surname
Siddiqui
Aafia Siddiqui (born 1972), Pakistani scientistAbul Lais Siddiqui (1916–1994), Pakistani author and linguistAbdul Latif Siddiqui (born 1943), Bangladeshi politician, serving as a member of Jatiya SangsadAbdul Samad Siddiqui , Indian politicianAdnan Siddiqui (born 1969), Pakistani actor and modelAftab Siddiqui , Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly of PakistanAhmed Siddiqui (American youth) (born 1996), American who was kidnapped as a childAkhtar Hameed Siddiqui (1947–2017), Bangladeshi politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya SangsadAli Jehangir Siddiqui (born 1976), Pakistani politician, administrator and ambassadorArifa Siddiqui , Pakistani actressAsad Siddiqui , Pakistani actorAshraf Siddiqui (1927–2020), Bangladeshi poet, researcher, folklorist and essayistAtaullah Siddiqui , British academicAusaf Umar Siddiqui (born 1966), also known as Omar Siddiqui, Pakistani business executiveAziza Siddiqui (born c. 1983), Afghan women's rights activistBari Siddiqui (1954–2017), Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, flutist, and folk musicianBarkat Siddiqui , Pakistani television director, producer and actorFawad Siddiqui , American actor, improvisational comedian, journalist and cartoonistHammad Siddiqui , Pakistani politicianHaroon Siddiqui , Indo-Canadian newspaper journalist, columnist and a former editorIqbal Siddiqui (born 1974), Indian cricketerIslam A. Siddiqui , American lobbyist of Indian descentIshrat Ali Siddiqui , Indian gandhian, poet of Urdu literature and editorJahangir Siddiqui , Pakistani businessman and philanthropistJaved Siddiqi (born 1942), Indian screenwriterKhalid Siddiqui (born 1958), Indian film and television actorKhalid Maqbool Siddiqui , Pakistani politician and government ministerKalim Siddiqui (1931–1996), Pakistani-British writer and Islamic activistKamal Uddin Siddiqui , Bangladeshi economist and social scientistMohsin Siddiqui , Pakistani politician and businessmanMona Siddiqui (born 1963), British academic and professor of Islamic and Interreligious StudiesMuhammad Alauddin Siddiqui (1936–2017), Islamic Sufi scholar from Nerian Sharif Azad Kashmir PakistanMuhammad Ali Siddiqui (1938–2013), Indian scholar of Urdu literatureMuhammad Ibrahim Siddiqui , Indian Islamic scholarMuhammad Shafi Siddiqui (born 1965), Pakistani jurist and Justice of the Sindh High CourtMuhammad Shoaib Siddiqui , Pakistani politician and Member of the Provincial Assembly of the PunjabMuneeba Ali Siddiqui (born 1997), Pakistani female cricketerNaeem Siddiqui (1916–2002), Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer and politicianNasimuddin Siddiqui (born 1959), Indian Uttar Pradesh politician, member of Indian National CongressNawazuddin Siddiqui (born 1974), Indian film actorNazim Hussain Siddiqui (born 1940), Pakistani jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of PakistanObaidur Rahman Siddiqui (born 1964), Indian historianQamar Siddiqui , Pakistani poetRasheed Ahmad Siddiqui (1892–1977), Urdu writer and a professorRauf Siddiqui , Pakistani politician and a Member of the Provincial Assembly of SindhSadiya Siddiqui , Indian film and television actressSadaf Siddiqui (born 1985), Pakistani track and field sprint athleteSaeeduzzaman Siddiqui (1939–2017), Pakistani jurist and legislator, former Chief Justice of PakistanSalimuzzaman Siddiqui (1897–1994), Pakistani organic chemist specialising in natural product chemistrySaghar Siddiqui (1928–1974), Pakistani poet in UrduShahid Siddiqui , Indian politician and journalist, former member of the Rajya SabhaShaukat Siddiqui (1923–2006), Pakistani writer of fictionShaukat Aziz Siddiqui (born 1959), Pakistani jurist and former senior Justice of the Islamabad High CourtShakeel Siddiqui , Pakistani television stand-up comedianSultana Siddiqui , Pakistani television director, producer and businesspersonTasneem Siddiqui , Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly of PakistanTooba Siddiqui , Pakistani modelUroosa Siddiqui , Pakistani television actress and comedianZeeshan Siddiqui (born 1975), Pakistani-born Norwegian cricketerZillur Rahman Siddiqui (1928–2014), Bangladeshi writer, academic and educationistMohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi (1910–1952), 8th Nawab of Pataudi
Siddiqi
Abul Hasan Siddiqi (1943–2020), Indian mathematician and Professor of Applied MathematicsAbdul Wahab Siddiqi (1942–1994), Pakistani Sunni Muslim religious scholar and Sufi masterAijaz Siddiqi (1911–1978), Urdu writer and poetAnis Siddiqi (born 1959), Pakistani cricketerAsif Azam Siddiqi , Bangladeshi American space historianA. Y. B. I. Siddiqi (1945–2021), Bangladeshi Inspector General of PoliceHafiz Siddiqi (1931–2018), Bangladeshi academicImran Siddiqi (born 1957), Indian geneticistIrfan Siddiqi , American physicist and currently a Professor of Physics at the Quantum NanoscienceJameela Siddiqi , British novelist, journalist, broadcaster, linguistJavaid Siddiqi (born 1977), American educatorJaved Siddiqi (born 1942), Indian Hindi and Urdu writerJawed Siddiqi , Pakistani British computer scientist and software engineerKamal Siddiqi , Australian journalist of Pakistani originKashif Siddiqi (born 1986), English footballerof Indian descentL. K. Siddiqi (1939–2014), Bangladeshi politician and philanthropist and member of parliamentManzoor Ul Haq Siddiqi (1917–2004), Indian educationist, historian and an authorMuhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954), Indian Islamic scholarMustafizur Rahman Siddiqi (1925–1992), Bangladeshi entrepreneur, politician and diplomatNasir Siddiqi (born 1965), Pakistani Emirati cricketerNawab Khwaja Abid Siddiqi , also known as Kilich Khan, Nawab under AurangzebObaid Siddiqi (1932–2013), Indian geneticistRavish Siddiqi (1911–1971), Urdu Ghazal and Nazm writerShujauddin Siddiqi (1919–2003), Indian cricketerSumaiya Siddiqi (born 1988), Pakistani cricketer
See also
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