Irfan (also
transliterated
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as Erfan, ar, عرفان) is an Arabic/Persian male given name, meaning "knowledge", "awareness" and "learning".
Given name
Irfan
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Irfan_Khan _ (born 1982) pakistani Singer
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Irfan Ahmed
Irfan Ahmed (born 20 November 1989) is a Pakistani-born international cricketer who has played four One Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals for Hong Kong.
In January 2016 he was provisionally suspended by the International Cr ...
(born 1989), Pakistani cricketer
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Irfan Bachdim
Irfan Haarys Bachdim (born 11 August 1988) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Liga 1 club Persis Solo.
Early life
Irfan father, Noval, is an Indonesian national of Arab descent born in ...
(born 1988), Indonesian footballer
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İrfan Başaran (born 1989), Turkish footballer
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Irfan Habib
Irfan Habib (born August 10, 1931) is an Indian historian of ancient and medieval India, following the methodology of Marxist historiography in his contributions to economic history. He identifies as a Marxist and is well known for his strong ...
(born 1931), Indian Marxist historian of ancient and medieval India
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Irfan Husain, Pakistani writer and journalist
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Irfan Khan (actor), Indian actor
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Irfan Khoosat
Irfan Khoosat (Punjabi, ur, ) (born 9 June 1946) is a Pakistani actor, producer and a well-known comedian. He is famous for his comic role as ''Hawaldar Karamdad'' in the TV series Andhera Ujala
(1984-1985) in which he portrayed a simpleton a ...
, Pakistani actor, producer and comedian
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Irfan Ljubijankić, Bosnian doctor and surgeon, classical music composer, politician and diplomat
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Irfan Makki
Irfan Makki ( ur, عرفان مکی; born October 30, 1975) is a Pakistani Canadian Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider th ...
, Canadian Muslim singer, songwriter of Pakistani origin
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Irfan Mensur
Irfan Mensur ( sr-cyr, Ирфан Менсур; born Irfan Kurić, sr-cyr, Ирфан Курић; 19 January 1952) is a Serbian theatre, television, and film actor of Bosnian descent.
Early life
Born to father Mensur Kurić from Niš whose fami ...
(born Irfan Kurić, 1952), Bosnian theatre, television and film actor
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Irfan Orga
İrfan Orga (October 31, 1908 – November 29, 1970) was a Turkish fighter pilot, staff officer, and author, writing in English. He published books on many areas of Turkish life, cookery, and history, as well as a life of Atatürk, and a unive ...
, Turkish fighter pilot, staff officer and author
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Irfan Pardesi
Irfan Pardesi is a Pakistani serial entrepreneur and investor. He has founded a number of companies including ACM Gold, Zee Foundation and Uprise Waterfront and serves as the chairman of Next Cellular. In July 2018, he was named to the board o ...
, Pakistani Entrepreneur, Investor and Politician
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Irfan Pathan
Irfan Pathan (; born 27 October 1984) is a former Indian cricketer turned Commentator, Cricket Analyst, Actor and Dancer. He was a bowling all rounder and a member of the Indian cricket team that won the inaugural 2007 ICC Twenty20 World Cup a ...
, Indian cricketer
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Irfan Shahid
In Islam, ‘Irfan (Arabic/Persian/Urdu: ; tr, İrfan), literally ‘knowledge, awareness, wisdom’, is gnosis. Islamic mysticism can be considered as a vast range that engulfs theoretical and practical and conventional mysticism, but the c ...
, American orientalist
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Irfan Smajlagić
Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and current coach, who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.
In 1988 he was part of the ...
(born 1961), Croatian handball player
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Irfan Talib (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
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Irfan Toker, Turkish judoka
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Irfan Yusuf
Irfan Yusuf () (born in 1969) is an Australian social commentator and author of the memoir ''Once Were Radicals: My years as a teenage Islamo-fascist''.Irfan Yusuf (2009''Once were radicals – My years as a teenage Islamo-fascist'' Allen and Unwin ...
(born 1969), Pakistani-Australian author
Erfan
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Erfan Ali, Qatari basketball player
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Erfan Hajrasuliha, Iranian rapper and producer
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Erfan Nasajpour, Iranian-Canadian basketball player
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Erfan Zamani (1999–2022), Iranian killed during the
Mahsa Amini protests
Civil unrest and protests against the government of Iran associated with the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini ( fa, مهسا امینی) began on 16 September 2022 and are ongoing as of December 2022. Amini had been arrested by the Guida ...
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Erfan Zeneli, Finnish footballer
Middle name
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Mohammad Irfan Ali
Mohammed Irfan is an Indian playback singer who sings predominantly in Hindi. He has also sung in Tamil, Kannada, Odia, Telugu, Bengali and Marathi.
Life and career
Early life
Irfan was born in Hyderabad and completed his schooling at ...
, Indian singer
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Mohd Irfan Fazail (born 1991), Malaysian footballer
Surname
Irfan
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Kareem Irfan, American Islamic community leader
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Mohammed Irfan (Guantanamo detainee 101) (born 1979)
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Mohammed Irfan (Guantanamo detainee 1006) (born 1982)
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Mohammad Irfan (born 1982), Pakistani cricketer
See also
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Irfan (disambiguation)
References
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Arabic-language surnames
Arabic masculine given names
Iranian masculine given names
Turkish masculine given names