Gul is a common name in

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

( ),

Pashto Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...

(ګل Gwal) and Turkish () languages, meaning ''rose''. Gul is used as a family name in

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

, Central and

South Asia South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia that is defined in both geographical and Ethnicity, ethnic-Culture, cultural terms. South Asia, with a population of 2.04 billion, contains a quarter (25%) of the world's populatio ...

. It is also a

Nordic Nordic most commonly refers to: * Nordic countries, the northern European countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, and their North Atlantic territories * Scandinavia, a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern ...

given name, used in

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, Danish, and Norwegian languages as a short form of Guðólfr (

Godwulf A number of royal genealogies of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, collectively referred to as the Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies, have been preserved in a manuscript tradition based in the 8th to 10th centuries. The genealogies trace the succession of th ...

). The name is also an abbreviation used in the

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and

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s for

William William is a masculine given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman Conquest, Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle ...

(derived from

French French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), ...

Guillaume Guillaume may refer to: People * Guillaume (given name), the French equivalent of William * Guillaume (surname), the French equivalent of Williams Places * Guillaume (crater), Moon, Earth-Moon System, Solar System * Guillaumes, Vence, Nice, Alpes ...

), for example in the signature "''Gul: Ebor''" for

William Dawes William Dawes Jr. (April 6, 1745 – February 25, 1799) was an American soldier, and was one of several men who, in April 1775, alerted minutemen in Massachusetts of the approach of British regulars prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concor ...

, Archbishop of York.Deeds of Londesborough and area
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Given name

Males

* Gul Bakhsh, Bengali poet * Gul Hameed Bhatti, Pakistani journalist *

Gul Chaman This list of Guantánamo prisoners has the known identities of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, but is compiled from various sources and is incomplete. In official documents, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) co ...

, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base *

Gul Haider Gul Haider (or Gul Haidar) is a former mujahideen commander and official in the ministry of defense of Hamid Karzai's Afghan government.Gul Mohammed Jangvi Mullah Gul Mohammed Jangvi (also known as Gul Mohammed) is a Taliban field commander.Alam Gul Kuchi Hajji Alam Gul Kuchi is an Afghan politician, the parliamentary representative of the Kuchi nomads in the Wolesi Jirga. Parliamentary dispute in 2008 In the 9 April 2008 session of the Afghan parliament The Leadership Council of the Islamic Emi ...

, Afghan politician *

Gul Mohammad Gul Mohammad , sometimes referred to as Gul Mahomed, (15 October 1921 – 8 May 1992) played Test cricket for India and Pakistan. He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore. Gul Mohammad was a small man who stood only 5' 5, but a brilliant a ...

, Indian/Pakistani cricketer *

Gul Mohammed Gul Mohammed (February 15, 1957 – October 1, 1997) of New Delhi, India, according to Guinness World Records, was the shortest adult human being of his time whose existence and height have been independently verified. On July 19, 1990, ...

, Guinness world record holder as the shortest human being * Gul Mudin (1994–2010), Afghan child premeditatedly murdered by United States troops *

Gul Rahman Gul Rahman (; 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 known as the Salt P ...

, Afghan torture victim *

Gul Hameed Khan Rokhri Gul Hameed Khan Rokhri (1 January 1936 – 23 August 2020) was a Pakistani politician. Throughout his political career, he has been a member of the Provincial Assembly, been elected as an MNA, and then later became the Punjab Revenue, Relief & ...

, Pakistani politician *

Gul Agha Sherzai Gul Agha Sherzai (; born 1954), also known as Mohammad Shafiq, is a politician and former warlord in Afghanistan. He is a former governor of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan. He previously served as Governor of Kandahar province, in th ...

, Afghan politician * Gul Mohamad Zhowandai, Afghan poet * Gul Rahman Qazi, Pashtun Afghan scholar, peace activist and politician

Females

* Gül Gölge (born 1981), Turkish model and actress * Gul Panag (born 1979), Indian Bollywood actress *

Gul Panra Mehnaz, known professionally as Gul Panra (sometimes spelled Gulpanra; ; ; born 6 September 1989), is a Pakistani Pakistani folk music, folk singer and Concert tour, touring artist, mainly associated with Pashto music, Pashto language music indu ...

(born 1989), Pakistani Pashto singer * Gul Rukhsar, Pakistani Pashto Singer * Gulalai Wazir, Pashtun Politician * Gulalai Ismael, Human Rights Activist * Gul Wareenah, a common pashtun girl name

Surname

Notable people with the surname Gul or Gül include: *

Abdullah Gül Abdullah Gül (; ; born 29 October 1950) is a Turkish politician who served as the 11th president of Turkey from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister of Turkey, Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurrently s ...

(born 1950), Turkish politician and 11th President of Turkey * Aftab Gul, Pakistani cricketer *

Ajab Gul Ajab Gul (Pashto: عجب گل) is a Pakistani actor, film director, producer and music director who predominantly works in Pashto-language cinema. He has also worked in Urdu-language as well Punjabi-language cinema. Early life and education ...

, Pakistani actor-turned-director * Amir Gul, 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 *

Fahim Gul Fahim Gul (, born 12 August 1956) is a Pakistani former professional squash player. Fahim Gul was born in Rawalpindi. He is the brother of Rahim Gul and Jamshed Gul, two former world ranked players. He represented Pakistan during the 1979 World ...

(born 1956), Pakistani squash player * Faruk Gül, Turkish American economist * Gerardus Gul, Dutch bishop of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands *

Hamid Gul Hamid Gul (20 November 1936 – 15 August 2015) was a Pakistani military officer and defence analyst. A three-star general, Gul was notable for serving as the Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan's premier inte ...

, former Director General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence * Khi Ali Gul, 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). Next ...

, 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 * Sahar Gul, Afghan child bride tortured by her husband's family *

Sajjad Gul Agha Sajjad Gul () is a producer, director and one of the media moguls in Pakistan. He is the youngest of the sons of renowned film studio owner and a pioneer of Pakistan film industry, the late Agha G. A. Gul (1913 – 1983). Aijaz, Riaz ...

, Pakistani CEO * Shabnum Gul (born 1963), Pakistani writer *

Umar Gul Umar Gul (Urdu: , ) (born 15 October 1982) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who is the current bowling consultant of Peshawar Zalmi and interim bowling coach of the Pakistan national cricket team. Gul was a member of the Pakis ...

, Pakistani cricketer * Yekta Yılmaz Gül (born 1978), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler

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