Gul is a common name in Persian ( ) and Turkish () languages, meaning ''rose''.
Gul is used as a family name in
Europe
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Central
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Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
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and
South Asia
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Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
* A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark
* Culture of Denmark
* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...
, and
Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including ...
languages as a short form of Guðólfr ( Godwulf).
The name is also an abbreviation used in the
medieval
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William
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conq ...
(derived from FrenchGuillaume), for example in the signature "''Gul: Ebor''" for
William Dawes
William Dawes Jr. (April 6, 1745 – February 25, 1799) was one of several men who in April 1775 alerted colonial minutemen in Massachusetts of the approach of British army troops prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord at the outset ...
, Archbishop of York.Deeds of Londesborough and area Lease for years MD239/35, 1 Jul 1715. The National Archives, UK. Retrieved 19 November 2010
Gul Hameed Bhatti
Gul Hameed Bhatti (1947 – 4 February 2010) was a Pakistani journalist, editor and a leading sports writer. Known as Pakistan's "Encyclopaedia of Cricket", Bhatti wrote for ''The Cricketer'', published from Karachi.
, Pakistani journalist
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Gul Chaman
According to the United States Department of Defense, it held more than two hundred Afghan detainees in Guantanamo prior to May 15, 2006.
They had been captured and classified as enemy combatants in warfare following the US and allies' invasion ...
, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
* Gul Haider, Afghan politician
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Gul Mohammed Jangvi
Mullah Gul Mohammed Jangvi (also known as Gul Mohammed) is a Taliban field commander.Alam Gul Kuchi, Afghan politician
* Gul Mohammad, Indian/Pakistani cricketer
* Gul Mohammed, Guinness world record holder as the shortest human being
* Gul Mudin (1994–2010), Afghan child premeditatedly murdered by United States troops
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Gul Rahman
Gul Rahman ( ps, ګل رحمان; died November 20, 2002) was an Afghan man, suspected by the United States of being a militant, who was a victim of torture. He died in a secret CIA prison, or black site, located in northern Kabul, Afghanistan k ...
* Gül Gölge (born 1981), Turkish model and actress
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Gul Panag
Gul Panag (born Gulkirat Kaur Panag, 3 January 1979; Chandigarh, India) is an Indian actress, voice actress, model, and former beauty queen who competed in the Miss Universe pageant. Panag began her career in Bollywood with the 2003 film ''Dhoo ...
(born 1979), Indian Bollywood actress
* Gul Panra (born 1989), Pakistani singer
Surname
Notable people with the surname Gul or Gül include:
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Abdullah Gül
Abdullah Gül (; ; born 29 October 1950) is a Turkish politician who served as the 11th President of Turkey, in office from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurrently served as both ...
, President of the Republic of Turkey ın years 2007-2014.
* Aftab Gul, Pakistani cricketer
* Ajab Gul, Pakistani actor-turned-director
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Amir Gul
Amir Gul Chhutto (born on 7 April 1990) is a retired Pakistani footballer who played as a goalkeeper for National Bank from 2003 to 2016. He made his international debut against Malaysia in 2008 and competitive debut on 4 April 2009 against Chin ...
, Pakistani footballer
* Awal Gul, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
* Dawd Gul, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
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Faruk Gül
Faruk R. Gül is a Turkish American economist, a professor of economics at Princeton University and a Fellow of the Econometric Society.
Gül did his undergraduate studies at Boğaziçi University, and received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1 ...
, Turkish American economist
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Gerardus Gul
Gerardus Gul (27 October 1847 – 9 February 1920) served as the seventeenth Archbishop of Utrecht from 1892 to 1920. He is known for his role in assisting the persons who would later found the Polish National Catholic Church in the United State ...
, Dutch bishop of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands
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Hamid Gul
Lieutenant General Hamid Gul ( ur, ; 20 November 1936 – 15 August 2015) was a three-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army and defence analyst. Gul was notable for serving as the Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligenc ...
, former Director General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence
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Khi Ali Gul
According to the United States Department of Defense, it held more than two hundred Afghan detainees in Guantanamo prior to May 15, 2006.
They had been captured and classified as enemy combatants in warfare following the US and allies' invasio ...
, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
*
Meirchion Gul
{{more citations needed, date=September 2018Meirchion Gul was probably a late 5th-century king of Rheged, a Brythonic realm in the area of Sub-Roman Britain known as the ''Hen Ogledd'' (in the North of England and Southern Scotland today).
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, 5th-century king of Rheged (modern-day northern England)
* Mohammad Gul, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
* Roman Gul, Russian émigré writer
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Sahar Gul
Sahar Gul (born c.1998) is an Afghan former teenager who was subjected to torture and abuse by her husband's family in the town of Puli Khumri when she was illegally married as a child bride. Her case became notable in Afghanistan and internationa ...
, Afghan child bride tortured by her husband's family
* Sajjad Gul, Pakistani CEO
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Umar Gul
Umar Gul (Urdu: , ps, عمر گل) (born 15 October 1982 ) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who is the current bowling coach of Quetta Gladiators.
He played all three formats of the game as a right arm fast medium bowler for ...
Gul (disambiguation)
Gul may refer to:
Places
* Gul, South Khorasan, Iran
* Gul, West Azerbaijan, Iran
* Gul Circle, Singapore
Other uses
* Great Liberal Union (Spanish: '; GUL), a Nicaraguan political party
* ''Gul'' (design), a design element in oriental ...
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Gull (surname) Gull is a surname found in people of British origin. Spelling variations of this family name include: Gull, Gul, Guil, Guile, Guille, etc.
* Arthur Gull (1867–1951), Australian politician
* Cameron Gull (1860–1922), Liberal Unionist politician ...