Fawaz

Fawaz (sometimes, Fawwaz or Fawez) is a male, Arabic given name. It can be translated to a person who wins, as it is the adjective from the verb (faz فاز) meaning (had won). Therefore, it can be thought of as the equivalent to Victor or Victorious.

Given name[]

• Fawaz Akhras, London-based Syrian cardiologist and father-in-law of Bashar Al Assad
• Fawaz Damra, imam who lived near Cleveland, Ohio
• Fawaz Gerges, academic, author, and network news analyst, with expertise on the Middle East
• Fawaz Gruosi, Lebanese-Italian jeweller and founder of De Grisogono
• Fawwaz Haddad, Syrian novelist
• Fawaz Al-Hasawi (born 1968), Kuwaiti businessman and owner of Nottingham Forest Football Club
• Fawaz Hussain (born 1953), contemporary Kurdish writer and translator
• Fawaz Naman Hamoud Abdullah Mahdi, citizen of Yemen held in extrajudicial detention in the US Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba
• Fawaz Mando (born 1971), Syrian footballer
• Fawaz al-Nashimi (died 2004), member of Al-Qaeda, the 20th hijacker of the September 11th attacks
• Fawaz al-Rabeiee (1979–2006), al-Qaeda terrorist sentenced to death in 2004 by a Yemeni court
• Fawaz al-Rabihi, citizen of Yemen believed to have played a role in the terrorist attack on the MV Limburg
• Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Syrian professor of electrical engineering and computer science
• Fawaz Younis (born 1959), Lebanese skyjacker who was arrested and imprisoned by the United States
• Fawaz Zureikat (born 1955), wealthy Jordanian businessman

Surname[]

• Bilal Fawaz, also known as Kelvin Fawaz, UK-based Nigerian born boxer of Lebanese/Benin descent
• Fadi Fawaz George Michael’s partner
• Florence Fawaz childhood name of Australian soprano
• Khalid al-Fawwaz convicted member of al-Qaeda
• Leila Tarazi Fawaz, Lebanese historian, director of The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (2001-2012)
• Mimi Fawaz, Nigerian-Lebanese journalist
• Ramzi Fawaz, American academic of Egyptian descent