Hany (also ''Hani''; "carefree" and "happy" or in Hawaiian "To move lightly; to touch" ) is a masculine

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, a unisex Hawaiian given name, a Hungarian (a diminutive of Ann), Malay,

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unisex given name. It is also a surname.

Given name

Hani al-Sibai Hani Mohammed Yusuf al-Siba'i (هاني محمد يوسف السباعي) (born 1 March 1961 in Qaylubiyah, Egypt) is an Egyptian Islamic scholar who was a member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad and now lives in London as a political refugee. Effort ...

(born 1961), Egyptian Sunni scholar *

Hani Hanjour Hani Salih Hasan Hanjour (; 30 August 197211 September 2001) was a Saudi terrorist who was the hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 77, crashing the plane into the Pentagon as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001. Hanjour first went ...

(1972–2001), 9/11 terrorist and hijacker/pilot of

American Airlines Flight 77 American Airlines Flight 77 was a scheduled domestic transcontinental passenger flight from Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. The Boeing 757-200 aircraft serving the flig ...

Hany Mukhtar Hany Abubakr Mukhtar (born 21 March 1995) is a Sudanese/German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Nashville SC in Major League Soccer. Club career Hertha BSC Mukhtar began playing football at a very early age, ini ...

(born 1995), German footballer *

Hani Naser Hani Naser (; March 2, 1950 – November 16, 2020) was a Jordanian-American musician. He specialized in the oud and hand percussion instruments, particularly the goblet drum and djembe. Naser was considered by critics to be a master in his fiel ...

(1950–2020), Jordanian-American musician *

Hani Mohsin Hani Mohsin Mohd. Hanafi (18 June 1965 – 25 July 2006) was a Malaysian actor, host and producer. He best known as the host of the popular TV game show '' Roda Impian'', the Malaysian version of '' Wheel of Fortune''. He died on 25 July 200 ...

(1965-2006), Malaysian actor, host and producer *

Hany Shaker Hany Shaker (, ; born December 21, 1952) is an Egyptian singer, actor and composer. His first public appearance was when he sang with Abd El Halim Hafez Choral Group in "Sora", then he played the young Sayed Darwish in the movie '' Sayed Darwi ...

(born 1952), Egyptian singer *

Hany Soh Hany Soh Hui Bin ( zh, s=苏慧敏, p=Sū Huìmǐn; born 24 June 1987) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Woodgrove divisi ...

(born 1987), Singaporean politician and lawyer * Hani Bahjat Tabbara (born 1939), Jordanian diplomat *

Hani ibn Urwa Hani ibn Urwa was a Kufan leader who hosted Muslim ibn Aqil and was killed by Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, the governor of Kufa, due to ibn Ziyad enmity towards Ahl al-Bayt. Hani is buried behind the Great Mosque of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq, alongside Mukhtar ...

(died 680), Kufan leader

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Chris Hani Chris Hani (28 June 194210 April 1993; born Martin Thembisile Hani ) was a South African military commander, politician and revolutionary who served as the leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and chief of staff of uMkhonto we S ...

(1942–1993), assassinated South African politician *

Don Hany Don Hany (born 18 September 1975) is an Australian film, television and stage actor. He has received a number of accolades and nominations. He won a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor, playing the protagonist, Zane Malik, in the SBS serie ...

(born 1975), Australian actor * Jean Hani (1917–2012), French philosopher *

Nadine Hani Nadine Hani (), is a Lebanese Senior Business News presenter on Al Arabiya News Channel, she is also a journalist on An-Nahar newspaper; she writes a weekly article on it. Career Nadine studied Master of Business Administration at the American ...

(born 1973), Lebanese television presenter {{given name, type=both Arabic-language surnames Arabic-language masculine given names Masculine given names