Harun (, ), also
transliterated
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as Haroon or Haroun or Hamroun, is a common male given name of Arabic origin, related to the Hebrew name of the Prophet
Aaron
According to the Old Testament of the Bible, Aaron ( or ) was an Israelite prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. Information about Aaron comes exclusively from religious texts, such as the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament ...
. Both are most likely of
Egyptian
''Egyptian'' describes something of, from, or related to Egypt.
Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to:
Nations and ethnic groups
* Egyptians, a national group in North Africa
** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of year ...
origin, from ''
ꜥḥꜣ rw'', meaning "warrior lion".
Given name
Harun
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Harun al-Rashid
Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ar-Rāshīd (), or simply Hārūn ibn al-Mahdī (; or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Hārūn al-Rāshīd (), was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from September 786 unti ...
(died 809), famous Abbasid caliph, reigned from 786 until his death in 809
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Harun ibn Altun Tash (died 1035), governor of Khwarezm
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Harun ibn Khumarawayh
Harun ibn Khumarawayh (; died 30 December 904) was the fourth Tulunid vassal Emir of Egypt (896–904). He succeeded his elder brother Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh, who had been murdered by army chiefs. He left state affairs to the vizier, Abu Ja'far i ...
(died 904), fourth Tulunid Emir of Egypt
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Harun ibn Muhammad, better known by his regnal name ''al-Wathiq bi'llah'', Abbasid caliph who reigned from 842 until his death in 847
* Harun ibn Ahmad al-Mu'tadid, son of the Abbasid caliph
Al-Mu'tadid
Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn (), 853/4 or 860/1 – 5 April 902, better known by his regnal name al-Muʿtaḍid bi-llāh (), was the caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from 892 until his death ...
(r. 892–902).
* Harun ibn Jaʿfar al-Muqtadir, Abbasid prince and son of Abbasid caliph
al-Muqtadir
Abū’l-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn Al-Mu'tadid, Aḥmad ibn Al-Muwaffaq, Ṭalḥa ibn Al-Mutawakkil, Jaʿfar ibn al-Mu'tasim, Muḥammad ibn Harun al-Rashid, Hārūn Al-Muqtadir bi'Llāh () (895 – 31 October 932 AD), better known by his regnal name a ...
(r. 908–932)
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Harun Babunagari (1902-1986), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
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Harun Çabuk (born 1997), Turkish motorcycle racer
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Harun Doğan (born 1976), Turkish sport wrestler
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Harun Erdenay (born 1968), Turkish former basketball player
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Harun Farocki (1944–2014), German filmmaker
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Harun Idris (1925–2003), Malaysian politician
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Harun Karadeniz (1942–1975), Turkish activist
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Harun Mut (born 2000=, Turkish para-alpine skier and amputee football player
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Harun Tekin (born 1977), Turkish singer
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Harun Yahya (born 1956), pseudonym of Turkish cult leader and Islamic creationist Adnan Oktar
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Harun Thohir (1943–1968), Indonesian soldier and terrorist who carried out the MacDonald House bombing in Singapore on 10 March 1965, executed in 1968
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Harun Ripin (born 1946), former accomplice of
Mohamed Yasin Hussin, imprisoned for 12 years between 1973 and 1985 in
Changi Prison for robbing a inhabitant on
Pulau Ubin
Haroon
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Haroon (singer) (born 1973), a Pakistani pop singer
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Haroon Khan (boxer) (born 1991), British boxer
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Haroon Khan (senator), Pakistani politician
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Haroon Akhtar Khan, Pakistani politician
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Haroon Rahim (born 1949), Pakistani former tennis player
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Haroon Rasheed (born 1953), Pakistani cricketer
Haroun
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Haroun Tazieff (1914-1988) Franco-Belgian volcanologist and geologist
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Haroun Kabadi (born 1949), Chadian politician
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Haroun (rapper), French rapper and member of the
Scred Connexion rap collective
Surname
Harun
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Art Harun (born 1962), Malaysian Speaker of Parliament, former activist
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Aminuddin Harun (born 1967), Malaysian politician
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Dilara Harun (1946–2012), Bangladeshi politician
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Idrus Harun (born 1955), Malaysian Attorney General
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Rina Harun (born 1973), Malaysian politician
Haroon
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Hussain Haroon (born 1950), Pakistani politician
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Yusuf Haroon (1916–2011), Pakistani politician
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Tariq Haroon (born 1977), Pakistani cricketer
Haroun
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Ali Haroun (born 1927), Algerian lawyer, first minister of human rights in the Arab world and member of the Algerian High State committee
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Ahmed Haroun (born 1964), Sudanese politician and war criminal
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Faris Haroun (born 1985), Belgian footballer
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Nadjim Haroun (born 1988), Belgian footballer
Hamroun
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Jugurtha Hamroun (born 1989), Algerian footballer
See also
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Harun, İskilip, village in Turkey
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Haron, given name and surname
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Haroonabad (disambiguation), cities and towns in Pakistan
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Islamic view of Aaron
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Arabic-language masculine given names
Bosniak masculine given names
Turkish masculine given names
Masculine given names