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Farrokh (name)

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Farrokh or Farokh (Persian: فرّخ, meaning fortunate and happy),[citation needed] also transliterated as Farrukh, is a popular masculine given name of Persian origin and also a common surname in Iran, Central Asia and among Muslims and Zoroastrians in South Asia. Some prominent individuals with the name include:

People with the mononym

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  • Farrukh Beg (c. 1545 – c. 1615), a Persian born Mughal painter
  • Farrukh Pasha, a 16th and 17th-century Ottoman statesman based in Palestine
  • Farrukh-Shah (died 1196), the amir of Kerman, in southeast of Iran from 1195 until his death

People with the given name

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  • Ahmad-i Farrokh, a 12th-century Persian physician
  • Farrokh Khan, a high-ranking Persian official, and vice premier to the court of shah Fath-Ali Shah Qajar. He is also known by his title of Amin od-dowleh
  • Farrokh Ayazi, an American Iranian professor and electrical engineer
  • Farrokh Bulsara (1946-1991), known as Freddie Mercury, a British rock musician and founding member of the band Queen
  • Farrokh Ghaffari (1921–2006), an Iranian film director, actor, critic and author
  • Farrokh Khambata, an Indian entrepreneur, restaurateur, chef and caterer.
  • Farrokh Negahdar, an Iranian political activist
  • Farrokh Saidi (born 1929), an Iranian surgeon, academician

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People with the surname

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