Farooq (also transliterated as Farouk, Faruqi, Farook, Faruk, Faroeq, Faruq, or Farouq, Farooqi, Faruque or Farooqui; Arabic: فاروق, romanized: Fārūq) is a common Arabic given and family name. Al-Fārūq literally means "the one who distinguishes between right and wrong."

• Farouk of Egypt (1920–1965), King of Egypt and the Sudan
• Farouk El-Baz (born 1938), scientist
• Farouk Hosny (born 1938), painter
• Farouk Janeman (1953–2013), Fijian athlete
• Farouk Kaddoumi (1931-2024), Palestinian leader
• Farouk Kamoun (born 1946), Tunisian scientist
• Farouk Lawan (born 1962), Nigerian politician
• Farouk Seif Al Nasr (1922–2009), Egyptian politician
• Farouk Shami, Palestinian-American businessman
• Farouk al-Sharaa (born 1938), Syrian politician
• Farouk Tebbal, Algerian politician

• Farouq Farkhan (born 1988), Singaporean footballer
• Farouq Limouri (born 2003), Dutch-Moroccan footballer
• Farouq Qasrawi (1942-2021), former Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Farouq Molloy (born 1957), British artist

• Farooq Abdullah (born 1937), Indian politician
• Farooq Kathwari (born 1944), United States businessman
• Farooq Kperogi (born 1973), Nigerian academic
• Farooq Leghari (1940–2010), eighth President of Pakistan from November 14, 1993 until December 2, 1997
• Farooq Mughal, American politician from Georgia
• Farooq Naek (born 1950), Pakistani lawyer
• Farooq Sheikh (1948–2013), Indian actor
• Farooq Shah (born 1985), Pakistani footballer
• Faarooq (born 1958), ring name of professional wrestler Ron Simmons (born 1958)
• Farooque (1948–2023), Bangladeshi actor

• Muhammed Sharif al-Faruqi (1891-2020), Responsible for initiating Arab revolt from the Ottomans.

• Faruq Z. Bey (1942-2012), American jazz saxophonist

• Faruk Cömert (born 1946), Turkish military officer
• Faruk Çelik (born 1956), Turkish politician
• Faruk Gül, Turkish and American economist and academic
• Faruk Šehić (born 1970), Bosnian poet
• Faruk Sükan (1921–2005), Turkish physician and politician
• Faruk Süren (born 1945), Turkish businessman
• Faruk Türünz (born 1944), Turkish luthier
• Faruk Yiğit (born 1968), Turkish footballer

• Bakhtier Farouk, engineer and published author
• El Amry Farouk (1970–2024), Egyptian businessman and politician
• Nabil Farouk (1956–2020), Egyptian novelist

• El Amir Farouq, Egyptian navy warship
• Sadiya Umar Farouq (born 1974), Nigerian politician
• Naureen Farouq Ibrahim, Pakistani politician

• Hunais Farook (born 1973), a Sri Lankan politician
• Syed Rizwan Farook (1987–2015), a perpetrator of the 2015 San Bernardino attack

• Mohammad Farooq or Muhammad Farooq, several people
  • Mohammad Farooq (cricketer, born 1938), Pakistani cricketer
  • Muhammad Farooq Khan (1956–2010), Pakistani psychiatrist
• Mir Waiz Umar Farooq, Kashmiri separatist leader.
• Ravee Farooq, Maldivian actor, director, editor and choreographer

• Al-Farooq (disambiguation)
• Farook College, Calicut