Mahfouz is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Khalid bin Mahfouz Khalid bin Mahfouz ( ar, خالد بن محفوظ; December 26, 1949 – August 16, 2009) was a Saudi Arabian billionaire, banker, businessman, investor and former chairman of the National Commercial Bank (NCB). Khalid is the son of Salem Bin M ...

(1949–2009), Saudi businessman * Naguib Mahfouz, Nobel Prize–winning Egyptian novelist * Naguib Pasha Mahfouz (1882–1974), Egyptian obstetrician and gynecologist * Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar, Algerian-born naturalised Bosnian citizen detained by the United States in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from 2002 to 2009

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