Harun

Harun

Pronunciation	Arabic: [hɑːˈruːn, hɑːˈroːn]
Gender	Male
Language	Arabic
Origin
Word/name	Ancient Egyptian
Meaning	Leader, Strength, warrior Lion
Region of origin	Arabian Peninsula
Other names
Alternative spelling	Haroon, Haroun and Hamroun
Related names	Aaron, Haron

Harun (Arabic: هارون, Hārūn), also transliterated as Haroon or Haroun or Hamroun,^{[citation needed]} is a common male given name of Arabic origin, related to the Hebrew name of the Prophet Aaron. Both are most likely of Egyptian origin, from ꜥḥꜣ rw, meaning "warrior lion".

Given name

Harun

• Harun al-Rashid (died 809), famous Abbasid caliph, reigned from 786 until his death in 809
• Harun ibn Altun Tash (died 1035), governor of Khwarazm
• Harun ibn Khumarawayh (died 904), fourth Tulunid Emir of Egypt
• 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 (r. 892–902).
• Harun ibn Jaʿfar al-Muqtadir, Abbasid prince and son of Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir (r. 908–932)
• Harun Babunagari (1902-1986), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
• Harun Çabuk (born 1997), Turkish motorcycle racer
• Harun Doğan (born 1976), Turkish sport wrestler
• Harun Erdenay (born 1968), Turkish former basketball player
• Harun Farocki (1944–2014), German filmmaker
• Harun Idris (1925–2003), Malaysian politician
• Harun Karadeniz (1942–1975), Turkish activist
• Harun Mut (born 2000=, Turkish para-alpine skier and amputee football player
• Harun Tekin (born 1977), Turkish singer
• Harun Yahya (born 1956), pseudonym of Turkish cult leader and Islamic creationist Adnan Oktar
• Harun Thohir (1943–1968), Indonesian soldier and terrorist who carried out the MacDonald House bombing in Singapore on 10 March 1965, executed in 1968
• 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

• Haroon (singer) (born 1973), a Pakistani pop singer
• Haroon Khan (boxer) (born 1991), British boxer
• Haroon Khan (senator), Pakistani politician
• Haroon Akhtar Khan, Pakistani politician
• Haroon Rahim (born 1949), Pakistani former tennis player
• Haroon Rasheed (born 1953), Pakistani cricketer

Haroun

• Haroun Tazieff (1914-1988) Franco-Belgian volcanologist and geologist
• Haroun Kabadi (born 1949), Chadian politician
• Haroun (rapper), French rapper and member of the Scred Connexion rap collective

Surname

Harun

• Andi Harun (born 1972), Indonesian politician and Mayor of Samarinda
• Art Harun (born 1962), Malaysian Speaker of Parliament, former activist
• Aminuddin Harun (born 1967), Malaysian politician
• Dilara Harun (1946–2012), Bangladeshi politician
• Idrus Harun (born 1955), Malaysian Attorney General
• Rina Harun (born 1973), Malaysian politician

Haroon

• Hussain Haroon (born 1950), Pakistani politician
• Yusuf Haroon (1916–2011), Pakistani politician
• Tariq Haroon (born 1977), Pakistani cricketer

Haroun

• Ali Haroun (born 1927), Algerian lawyer, first minister of human rights in the Arab world and member of the Algerian High State committee
• Ahmed Haroun (born 1964), Sudanese politician and war criminal
• Faris Haroun (born 1985), Belgian footballer
• Nadjim Haroun (born 1988), Belgian footballer

Hamroun

• Jugurtha Hamroun (born 1989), Algerian footballer

See also

• Harun, İskilip, village in Turkey
• Haron, given name and surname
• Haroun and the Sea of Stories, children's novel by Salman Rushdie
• Haroonabad (disambiguation), cities and towns in Pakistan
• Islamic view of Aaron