Siddiqui () 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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Siddiqui Ahmed Khan (1914–?), Indian sarangi player
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Siddiqui
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Aafia Siddiqui (born 1972), Pakistani scientist
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Abul Lais Siddiqui (1916–1994), Pakistani author and linguist
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Abdul Latif Siddiqui (born 1943), Bangladeshi politician, serving as a member of Jatiya Sangsad
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Abdul Samad Siddiqui, Indian politician
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Adnan Siddiqui (born 1969), Pakistani actor and model
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Aftab Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
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Ahmed Siddiqui (American youth) (born 1996), American who was kidnapped as a child
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Akhtar Hameed Siddiqui (1947–2017), Bangladeshi politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad
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Ali Jehangir Siddiqui (born 1976), Pakistani politician, administrator and ambassador
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Arifa Siddiqui, Pakistani actress
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Asad Siddiqui, Pakistani actor
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Ashraf Siddiqui (1927–2020), Bangladeshi poet, researcher, folklorist and essayist
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Ataullah Siddiqui, British academic
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Ausaf Umar Siddiqui (born 1966), also known as Omar Siddiqui, Pakistani business executive
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Aziza Siddiqui (born c. 1983), Afghan women's rights activist
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Bari Siddiqui (1954–2017), Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, flutist, and folk musician
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Barkat Siddiqui, Pakistani television director, producer and actor
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Fawad Siddiqui, American actor, improvisational comedian, journalist and cartoonist
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Hammad Siddiqui, Pakistani politician
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Haroon Siddiqui, Indo-Canadian newspaper journalist, columnist and a former editor
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Iqbal Siddiqui (born 1974), Indian cricketer
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Islam A. Siddiqui, American lobbyist of Indian descent
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Ishrat Ali Siddiqui, Indian gandhian, poet of Urdu literature and editor
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Jahangir Siddiqui, Pakistani businessman and philanthropist
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Javed Siddiqi (born 1942), Indian screenwriter
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Khalid Siddiqui (born 1958), Indian film and television actor
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Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and government minister
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Kalim Siddiqui (1931–1996), Pakistani-British writer and Islamic activist
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Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, Bangladeshi economist and social scientist
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Mohsin Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and businessman
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Mona Siddiqui (born 1963), British academic and professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies
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Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui (1936–2017), Islamic Sufi scholar from Nerian Sharif Azad Kashmir Pakistan
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Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (1938–2013), Indian scholar of Urdu literature
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Muhammad Ibrahim Siddiqui, Indian Islamic scholar
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Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui (born 1965), Pakistani jurist and Justice of the Sindh High Court
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Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
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Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (born 1997), Pakistani female cricketer
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Naeem Siddiqui (1916–2002), Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer and politician
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Nasimuddin Siddiqui (born 1959), Indian Uttar Pradesh politician, member of Indian National Congress
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui (born 1974), Indian film actor
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Nazim Hussain Siddiqui (born 1940), Pakistani jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
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Obaidur Rahman Siddiqui (born 1964), Indian historian+
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Qamar Siddiqui, Pakistani poet
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Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui (1892–1977), Urdu writer and a professor
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Rauf Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
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Sadiya Siddiqui, Indian film and television actress
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Sadaf Siddiqui (born 1985), Pakistani track and field sprint athlete
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Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui (1939–2017), Pakistani jurist and legislator, former Chief Justice of Pakistan
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Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (1897–1994), Pakistani organic chemist specialising in natural product chemistry
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Saghar Siddiqui (1928–1974), Pakistani poet in Urdu
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Shahid Siddiqui, Indian politician and journalist, former member of the Rajya Sabha
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Shaukat Siddiqui (1923–2006), Pakistani writer of fiction
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Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui (born 1959), Pakistani jurist and former senior Justice of the Islamabad High Court
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Shakeel Siddiqui, Pakistani television stand-up comedian
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Sultana Siddiqui, Pakistani television director, producer and businessperson
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Tasneem Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
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Tooba Siddiqui, Pakistani model
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Uroosa Siddiqui, Pakistani television actress and comedian
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Zeeshan Siddiqui (born 1975), Pakistani-born Norwegian cricketer
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Zillur Rahman Siddiqui (1928–2014), Bangladeshi writer, academic and educationist
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Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi (1910–1952), 8th Nawab of Pataudi
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Sheheryar Munawar Siddiqui (born 1988), Pakistani actor and model
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Major Farrukh Ahmad Siddiqui (Retd). A social worker, known public figure.
Siddiqi
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Abul Hasan Siddiqi (1943–2020), Indian mathematician and Professor of Applied Mathematics
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Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (1942–1994), Pakistani Sunni Muslim religious scholar and Sufi master
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Aijaz Siddiqi (1911–1978), Urdu writer and poet
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Anis Siddiqi (born 1959), Pakistani cricketer
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Asif Azam Siddiqi, Bangladeshi American space historian
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A. Y. B. I. Siddiqi (1945–2021), Bangladeshi Inspector General of Police
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Hafiz Siddiqi (1931–2018), Bangladeshi academic
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Imran Siddiqi (born 1957), Indian geneticist
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Irfan Siddiqi, American physicist and currently a Professor of Physics at the Quantum Nanoscience
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Jameela Siddiqi, British novelist, journalist, broadcaster, linguist
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Javaid Siddiqi (born 1977), American educator
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Javed Siddiqi (born 1942), Indian Hindi and Urdu writer
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Jawed Siddiqi, Pakistani British computer scientist and software engineer
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Kamal Siddiqi, Australian journalist of Pakistani origin
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Kashif Siddiqi (born 1986), English footballerof Indian descent
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L. K. Siddiqi (1939–2014), Bangladeshi politician and philanthropist and member of parliament
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Manzoor Ul Haq Siddiqi (1917–2004), Indian educationist, historian and an author
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Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954), Indian Islamic scholar
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Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi (1925–1992), Bangladeshi entrepreneur, politician and diplomat
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Nasir Siddiqi (born 1965), Pakistani Emirati cricketer
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Nawab Khwaja Abid Siddiqi, also known as Kilich Khan, Nawab under Aurangzeb
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Obaid Siddiqi (1932–2013), Indian geneticist
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Ravish Siddiqi (1911–1971), Urdu Ghazal and Nazm writer
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Shujauddin Siddiqi (1919–2003), Indian cricketer
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Sumaiya Siddiqi (born 1988), Pakistani cricketer
See also
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Amblyseius siddiqui, a species of mite in the family Phytoseiidae
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Daniel Seddiqui, American traveler and writer