Siddiqui

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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.

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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:

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

  • Aafia Siddiqui (born 1972), Pakistani scientist

  • Abul Lais Siddiqui (1916–1994), Pakistani author and linguist

  • Abdul Latif Siddiqui (born 1943), Bangladeshi politician, serving as a member of Jatiya Sangsad

  • Abdul Samad Siddiqui, Indian politician

  • 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 who was kidnapped as a child

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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, former Chief Justice of Pakistan

  • Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (1897–1994), Pakistani organic chemist specialising in natural product chemistry

  • Saghar Siddiqui (1928–1974), Pakistani poet in Urdu

  • Shahid Siddiqui, Indian politician and journalist, former member of the Rajya Sabha

  • 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

  • Sheheryar Munawar Siddiqui (born 1988), Pakistani actor and model

  • 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

  • Javaid Siddiqi (born 1977), American educator

  • Javed Siddiqi (born 1942), Indian Hindi and Urdu writer

  • 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

  • Obaid Siddiqi (1932–2013), Indian geneticist

  • Ravish Siddiqi (1911–1971), Urdu Ghazal and Nazm writer

  • Shujauddin Siddiqi (1919–2003), Indian cricketer

  • Sumaiya Siddiqi (born 1988), Pakistani cricketer

  • Amblyseius siddiqui, a species of mite in the family Phytoseiidae

  • Daniel Seddiqui, American traveler and writer

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