Fazal or Fazl ( ar, فضل ) is a given name meaning ''grace''. Notable people with the name include: *

Abul Fazal Muhammad Ahsanuddin Chowdhury Abul Fazal Mohammad Ahsanuddin Chowdhury (1 July 1915 – 30 August 2001) was a Bengali public servant and judge who served as the president of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1983. Biography Chowdhury was born in 1915. He graduated and obtained his LL.B ...

or A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, the ninth President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh *

Abul Fazal (writer) Abul Fazal (1 July 1903–4 May 1983) was a Bangladeshi writer and academic. He served as the 4th vice-chancellor of University of Chittagong. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1962 and Independence Day Award in 2012 (posthumou ...

(1903–1983), Bangladeshi author and novelist *

Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, also known as Abul sharma, Abu'l Fadl and Abu'l-Fadl 'Allami (14 January 1551 – 22 August 1602), was the grand vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar, from his appointment in 1579 until his death in 1602. He was the auth ...

(1551–1602), the vizier of the great Mughal emperor Akbar *

Ali Fazal Ali Fazal (born 15 October 1986) is an Indian actor and model who primarily appears in Hindi films. He made his screen debut with a small role in the English language film ''The Other End of the Line'' before appearing in the American television ...

(born 1986), Indian actor in movies and on stage * Anwar Fazal (born 1941), Malaysian grassroots environmental activist * Azra Fazal Peechoho or Azra Peechoho (born 1953), politician and physician in Sindh, Pakistan *

Faiz Fazal Faiz Yakub Fazal (born 7 September 1985) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Vidarbha cricket team and Lisburn Cricket Club (NCU Premier League, Northern Ireland, UK), having previously played for Central Zone, India Red, India Under-19s, R ...

, full name Faiz Yakub Fazal, (born 1985), Indian cricketer * Fazal Akbar (born 1903), sixth Chief Justice of Pakistan * Fazal Ali (1886–1959), governor of Assam and Orissa, and a judge * Fazal Ali Qureshi, Islamic scholar and the leading Naqshbandi shaikh of colonial India in the early twentieth century * Fazal Dad Khan (1929–1999), Pakistani politician born in Dagai * Fazal Dad Khan Dagai (1929–1999), activist of the Pakistan freedom movement * Fazal Din (1921–1945), Punjabi Muslim recipient of the Victoria Cross * Fazal Haq Khaliqyar (1934–2004), Afghan politician, briefly Chairman of the Council of Ministers *

Fazal Haq Mujahid Fazal Haq Mujahid ( ps, فضل الحق مجاهد; 1954–1997) was a military and political leader in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union. An active military and political involvement earned him a respected role in the country diverse politic ...

(born 1954), Mujahideen commander during the Soviet war in Afghanistan * Fazal Hayat (1974–2018), leader of a banned Pakistani militant group *

Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry Fazal Elahi Chaudhry ( ur, ; 1 January 1904 – 2 June 1982) was a Pakistani politician who served as the fifth president of Pakistan from 1973 until 1978, prior to the martial law led by Chief of Army Staff General Zia-ul-Haq. He also serv ...

(1904–1982), the fifth President of Pakistan *

Fazal Inayat-Khan Fazal Inayat-Khan ( ur, فضل عنایت خان ) (July 20, 1942 – September 26, 1990), also known as Frank Kevlin, was a psychotherapist and poet who led the Inayati Order from 1968 to 1982. He was the author of ''Old Thinking, New Thinking ...

(1942–1990), also known as Frank Kevlin, son of Hidayat Inayat Khan, grandson of Hazrat Inayat Khan *

Fazal Khan Fazal Khan Advocate ( ps, فضل خان) is a lawyer, human rights activist, and a leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). He is also the president of the Army Public School Peshawar Shuhada (Martyrs) Forum. He has set up Sahibzada Umar Khan ...

, Pakistani lawyer and Pashtun human rights activist *

Fazal Mahmood Fazal Mahmood PP, HI (18 February 1927 – 30 May 2005) was a Pakistani international cricketer. He played in 34 Test matches and took 139 wickets at a bowling average of 24.70. The first Pakistani to pass 100 wickets, he reached the landm ...

(1927–2005), Pakistani cricketer * Fazal Mohammad, citizen of Afghanistan and formerly a Taliban militia commander *

Fazal Nawaz Jung Nawab Fazal Nawaz Jung Bahadur (-1964) was a noted Hyderabadi politician and financier during the period of the Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII. Birth and Family He was born Syed Fazlullah in Hyderabad, India to a family ...

(1894–1964), Hyderabadi politician and financier *

Fazal Niyazai Fazal Niazai (born 1 February 1990) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2019. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. Domestic career Niyazai made his Twenty ...

, Afghan cricketer * Fazl ur Rahman (disambiguation), several people *

Fazal Shah Syed Fazal Ali Shah Jilani is a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Khairpur District, Sindh. He is affiliated with the Pakistan Peoples Party. He has also been elected on Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of ...

, member of National Assembly from Khairpur District, Sindh, Pakistan *

Fazal Shah Sayyad Fazal Shah Sayyad (1827–1890) was a Punjabi poet known for his qissas (long poems) on tragic romances such as Sohni Mahiwal, Heer Ranjha and Laila Majnu. Of this body of work, the poem ''Sohni Mahiwal'' "has been considered his best". He was b ...

(1827–1890), Punjabi poet known for his qissas (long poems) on tragic romances *

Fazal Sheikh Fazal Sheikh (born June 27, 1965 in New York City) is an artist who uses photographs to document people living in displaced and marginalized communities around the world. Life and career Fazal Sheikh is an artist who uses photographs to document ...

(born 1965), American photographer *

Fazal-e-Haq Lieutenant General Fazle Haq (Pashto/ Urdu language: فضل حق; (10 September 1928 – 3 October 1991)), was a high-ranking general in the Pakistan Army, and the former martial law administrator (MLA) of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakis ...

or Fazle Haq, high-ranking general in the Pakistan Army *

Mohammed Fazal Mohammed Fazal (2 July 1922 – 4 September 2014) was an Indian politician who was the Governor of Maharashtra from 10 October 2002 to 5 December 2004. Born in a well-known ''zamindari'' (landlord) family, he studied at the Allahabad Univers ...

(born 1922), Governor of Maharashtra 2002–2004 *

Fazal Khan Changawi Maulawi Muhammad Fazal Khan Changawi (1868–1938) was a writer in British India, who wrote numerous books on Islam, and was the translator of '' Futuhat Makkiya'' by Ibn Arabi and some of his other works. His best known original contribution to ...

(1868–1938), Punjabi writer of numerous books on Islam *

Said Fazal Akbar Said Fazal Akbar was the first Governor of Kunar province in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. He was an ex-Mujahideen who was running a clothing store in Oakland, California when he was appointed Governor by President Hamid Karz ...

, the first Governor of Kunar province in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban in 2001 * Sohail Fazal (born 1967), Pakistani cricketer who played two ODIs in 1989 *

Zahid Fazal Zahid Fazal (born November 10, 1973) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 9 Tests and 19 ODIs from 1990 to 1995. A right-handed batsman, he made his first-class debut in February 1990 for Pakistan Automobiles Corporation, scoring a half ...

(born 1973), Pakistani cricketer

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