Rahman (name)

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Rahman (Arabic: رحمن), Raḥmān) is an Arabic Origin surname meaning "gracious", " King " "merciful" or " Lord " With nisba (Arabic onomastic), the name becomes Rahmani, means "descendant of the gracious one" and is also used as a surname. In Islam, Ar-Rahman (The Most Gracious) is one of the Names of God.

Name[]

• Rahman Dadman (1956–2001), Iranian civil engineer and politician

Surname[]

• A. R. Rahman, Oscar Award winning Indian music composer, singer, and songwriter
• Aarif Lee (born Aarif Rahman), Chinese-Canadian singer, songwriter and actor
• Clyde Rahman (1931–2009), Nation of Islam leader
• Emomali Rahmon, the president of Tajikistan
• Hasim Rahman, former heavyweight boxing champion
• Merina Rahman, Bangladeshi Jatiya Party politician and Member of Parliament
• Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman, attempted assassin of Theresa May
• Perween Rahman (1957–2013), Pakistani social activist
• Sheikh Rahman (born 1960), Bangladeshi-American politician serving in the Georgia State Senate
• Talat Rahman, Pakistani physicist
• Talyn Rahman-Figueroa (born 1985), diplomatic director and novelist
• Waheeda Rehman, Indian film actress
• Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladeshi cricket player
• Tahera Rahman, newscaster^[1]
• Tahmidur Rahman (born 1963), Bangladeshi chess player
• (born 2002), Indian Bangladeshi thinker, writer

Alias[]

• Rahman, alias of Iskandar bin Rahmat, Singaporean convicted murderer and former police officer who was under a sentence of death since December 2015 for the 2013 Kovan double murders of Tan Boon Sin and Tan Chee Heong in Singapore.

Second half of compound name[]

See the following pages:

• Abd al-Rahman
• Anisur Rahman
• Ata-ur-Rahman
• Azizur Rahman
• Fazl ur Rahman
• Habib ur Rahman
• Khalil-ur-Rehman
• Lutfur Rahman (disambiguation)
• Mahbubur Rahman
• Matiur Rahman
• Mizanur Rahman
• Saifur Rahman
• Shafiq ur Rahman
• Shamsur Rahman
• Ziaur Rahman

Also the following individual names:

• Abdur Rehman Peshawari (1886–1925), Turkish soldier, journalist and diplomat
• Ahfaz-ur-Rahman (born 1942), Pakistani journalist, writer and poet
• Ahsan ur Rehman Mazari, Pakistani politician
• Akbar-ur-Rehman (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer
• Alaur Rahman (born 1960), Bangladeshi-born British singer
• Asad Ur Rehman, Pakistani politician
• Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman (born 1970), Pakistani Politician
• Fasih Ur Rehman, Pakistani dancer
• Hafeez Ur Rehman, Pakistani politician
• Hafizur Rahman (born 1959), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Hasan Hafizur Rahman (1932–1983), Bangladeshi author and newspaper editor
• Hifz-ur-Rehman (died 1970), Pakistani archaeologist, historian and linguist
• Ijaz-ur-Rehman (born 1983), Pakistani ten-pin bowler
• Latif-ur-Rehman (born 1929), Pakistani field hockey player
• Latifur Rahman (1936–2017), Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Latifur Rahman (businessman) (1945–2020), Bangladeshi businessman
• Montazur Rahman Akbar (born 1957), Bangladeshi film director, screenwriter and producer
• Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975), founding leader of Bangladesh
• Mujibur Rehman, Indian anti-corruption activist
• Mujibur Rahman, a regular Mujibur and Sirajul TV guest
• Muhammad Muneeb ur Rehman, Pakistani grand mufti
• Naimur Rahman (born 1974), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Nasim Ur Rehman, Pakistani industrialist and politician
• Raza-ur-Rehman (born 1985), Canadian cricketer
• Riaz-ur-Rehman (1940–1966), Pakistani cricketer
• Riaz ur Rehman Saghar (1940–2013) Pakistani poet and lyricist active in cinema
• Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai, Indian writer
• Sadiqur Rahman (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri (1943–2006), Indian writer
• Shafi ur Rahman (born 1929), judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan
• Shafiur Rahman (1918–1952), martyr of the Bangladesh language movement
• Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Pakistani newspaper editor
• Tanzil-ur-Rahman (born 1928) Pakistani jurist and Islamic scholar
• Wali-ur-Rehman (c. 1970–2013), Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander
• Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan (born 1952), Bangladeshi businessman
• Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi (born c. 1960), a leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba

See also[]

• Rahma (disambiguation)

References[]

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