# Siddiqui

Siddiqui (Arabic: صدیقی) are a Muslim community, found mainly in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, and in communities in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa.
It is also an Islamic-based common name in reference to the 1st Rashidun Caliph Abu Bakr who was known as Al-Siddiq and is considered the common ancestor of Siddiquis.
Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

* Siddiqui Ahmed Khan (1914–?), Indian sarangi player

## Surname
### Siddiqui

* Aafia Siddiqui (born 1972), Pakistani scientist
* Abul Lais Siddiqui (1916–1994), Pakistani author and linguist
* Abdul Latif Siddiqui (born 1943), Bangladeshi politician, serving as a member of Jatiya Sangsad
* Abdul Samad Siddiqui, Indian politician
* Adnan Siddiqui (born 1969), Pakistani actor and model
* Aftab Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
* Ahmed Siddiqui (American youth) (born 1996), American who was kidnapped as a child
* Akhtar Hameed Siddiqui (1947–2017), Bangladeshi politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad
* Ali Jehangir Siddiqui (born 1976), Pakistani politician, administrator and ambassador
* Arifa Siddiqui, Pakistani actress
* Asad Siddiqui, Pakistani actor
* Ashraf Siddiqui (1927–2020), Bangladeshi poet, researcher, folklorist and essayist
* Ataullah Siddiqui, British academic
* Ausaf Umar Siddiqui (born 1966), also known as Omar Siddiqui, Pakistani business executive
* Aziza Siddiqui (born c. 1983), Afghan women's rights activist
* Bari Siddiqui (1954–2017), Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, flutist, and folk musician
* Barkat Siddiqui, Pakistani television director, producer and actor
* Fawad Siddiqui, American actor, improvisational comedian, journalist and cartoonist
* Hammad Siddiqui, Pakistani politician
* Haroon Siddiqui, Indo-Canadian newspaper journalist, columnist and a former editor
* Iqbal Siddiqui (born 1974), Indian cricketer
* Islam A. Siddiqui, American lobbyist of Indian descent
* Ishrat Ali Siddiqui, Indian gandhian, poet of Urdu literature and editor
* Jahangir Siddiqui, Pakistani businessman and philanthropist
* Javed Siddiqi (born 1942), Indian screenwriter
* Khalid Siddiqui (born 1958), Indian film and television actor
* Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and government minister
* Kalim Siddiqui (1931–1996), Pakistani-British writer and Islamic activist
* Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, Bangladeshi economist and social scientist
* Mohsin Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and businessman
* Mona Siddiqui (born 1963), British academic and professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies
* Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui (1936–2017), Islamic Sufi scholar from Nerian Sharif Azad Kashmir Pakistan
* Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (1938–2013), Indian scholar of Urdu literature
* Muhammad Ibrahim Siddiqui, Indian Islamic scholar
* Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui (born 1965), Pakistani jurist and Justice of the Sindh High Court
* Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
* Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (born 1997), Pakistani female cricketer
* Naeem Siddiqui (1916–2002), Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer and politician
* Nasimuddin Siddiqui (born 1959), Indian Uttar Pradesh politician, member of Indian National Congress
* Nawazuddin Siddiqui (born 1974), Indian film actor
* Nazim Hussain Siddiqui (born 1940), Pakistani jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
* Obaidur Rahman Siddiqui (born 1964), Indian historian
* Qamar Siddiqui, Pakistani poet
* Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui (1892–1977), Urdu writer and a professor
* Rauf Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
* Sadiya Siddiqui, Indian film and television actress
* Sadaf Siddiqui (born 1985), Pakistani track and field sprint athlete
* Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui (1939–2017), Pakistani jurist and legislator, former Chief Justice of Pakistan
* Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (1897–1994), Pakistani organic chemist specialising in natural product chemistry
* Saghar Siddiqui (1928–1974), Pakistani poet in Urdu
* Shahid Siddiqui, Indian politician and journalist, former member of the Rajya Sabha
* Shaukat Siddiqui (1923–2006), Pakistani writer of fiction
* Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui (born 1959), Pakistani jurist and former senior Justice of the Islamabad High Court
* Shakeel Siddiqui, Pakistani television stand-up comedian
* Sultana Siddiqui, Pakistani television director, producer and businessperson
* Tasneem Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
* Tooba Siddiqui, Pakistani model
* Uroosa Siddiqui, Pakistani television actress and comedian
* Zeeshan Siddiqui (born 1975), Pakistani-born Norwegian cricketer
* Zillur Rahman Siddiqui (1928–2014), Bangladeshi writer, academic and educationist
* Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi (1910–1952), 8th Nawab of Pataudi

### Siddiqi

* Abul Hasan Siddiqi (1943–2020), Indian mathematician and Professor of Applied Mathematics
* Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (1942–1994), Pakistani Sunni Muslim religious scholar and Sufi master
* Aijaz Siddiqi (1911–1978), Urdu writer and poet
* Anis Siddiqi (born 1959), Pakistani cricketer
* Asif Azam Siddiqi, Bangladeshi American space historian
* A. Y. B. I. Siddiqi (1945–2021), Bangladeshi Inspector General of Police
* Hafiz Siddiqi (1931–2018), Bangladeshi academic
* Imran Siddiqi (born 1957), Indian geneticist
* Irfan Siddiqi, American physicist and currently a Professor of Physics at the Quantum Nanoscience
* Jameela Siddiqi, British novelist, journalist, broadcaster, linguist
* Javaid Siddiqi (born 1977), American educator
* Javed Siddiqi (born 1942), Indian Hindi and Urdu writer
* Jawed Siddiqi, Pakistani British computer scientist and software engineer
* Kamal Siddiqi, Australian journalist of Pakistani origin
* Kashif Siddiqi (born 1986), English footballerof Indian descent
* L. K. Siddiqi (1939–2014), Bangladeshi politician and philanthropist and member of parliament
* Manzoor Ul Haq Siddiqi (1917–2004), Indian educationist, historian and an author
* Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954), Indian Islamic scholar
* Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi (1925–1992), Bangladeshi entrepreneur, politician and diplomat
* Nasir Siddiqi (born 1965), Pakistani Emirati cricketer
* Nawab Khwaja Abid Siddiqi, also known as Kilich Khan, Nawab under Aurangzeb
* Obaid Siddiqi (1932–2013), Indian geneticist
* Ravish Siddiqi (1911–1971), Urdu Ghazal and Nazm writer
* Shujauddin Siddiqi (1919–2003), Indian cricketer
* Sumaiya Siddiqi (born 1988), Pakistani cricketer