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:

• 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