Fakhr al-Din (Arabic: فخر الدين) is an Arabic male given name and (in modern usage) a surname, meaning honor/pride of the religion.^[1][2] Alternative transliterations include Fakhruddin, Fakhreddin, Fakhreddine, Fakhraddin, Fakhruddin, Fachreddin, Fexredîn etc.

People

Notable people with the given name, ordered by age of individual:

Given name

• Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani, 11th-century Persian poet
• Fakhr al-Din Shaheed, leader of the early Isma'ili movement in India
• Baba Fakruddin, 12th century Iranian-Indian Sufi saint
• Fakhr ad-Din ar-Razi (1149–1209), Persian Sunni Muslim theologian and philosopher
• Fakhr al-Din ibn al-Shaykh (1210-1250), Ayyubid ruler
• Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi (1213–1289), Persian philosopher and mystic
• Fexredîn, a holy figure in Yezidism
• Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah (fl. 1340), King of Bengal
• Abdallah Fakhr al-Din (died 1407), leader of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community
• Fakhr al-Din I (d. 1506), Druze leader in Mount Lebanon
• Fakhr al-Din II (1572–1635), Druze leader in Mount Lebanon
• Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977), President of India
• Fakhreddin Shadman (1907–1967), Iranian scholar and politician
• Fakhruddin T. Khorakiwala (c. 1918–2011), Indian businessman
• Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim (born 1928), Pakistani lawyer
• Fakhraddin Mousavi Naneh Karani (born 1930), Iranian Cleric & Politician
• Fahrettin Cüreklibatır, known as Cüneyt Arkın (born 1937), Turkish actor and director
• Fakhruddin Ahmed (born 1940), Bangladeshi economist
• Fakhraddin Manafov (born 1955), Azerbaijani and Soviet actor
• Fahrudin Durak (born 1966), Turkish footballer
• Fakhredin Fouad (born 1967), Jordanian athlete in the high jump
• Fakhraddin Atayev (born 1972), Azerbaijani conductor
• Fakhreddine Galbi (born 1984), Tunisian footballer

Surname

• Baba Fakruddin, 12th century Iranian-Indian Sufi saint
• Abdul Rozak Fachruddin (1915–1995), Indonesian Islamic leader
• Mariam Fakhr Eddine (1933–2014), Egyptian actress
• Youssef Fakhr Eddine (1935–2002), Egyptian actor
• Ali Fakhreddine (born 1983), Lebanese basketball player

See also

• All pages with titles containing Fakhr al-Din
• Fakhr / Fakhri / Fakhry / Fahri, disambiguation
• Fakhreddine Mosque, in Deir el Qamar, Chouf, Lebanon
• Fakhreddine Palace, in Deir el Qamar, Chouf, Lebanon
• Fakr Ad-Din Mosque, in Mogadishu, Somalia

References

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