# Imran

Imran, also transliterated as Emran (Arabic: عمران ʿImrān) is an Arabic name. The name Imran is found in the Quranic chapter called Family of ʿImrān (āl ʿImrān).
It may refer to:

## Given name

* Imran, father of Mary in the Quran: see Joachim (Imran)
* Imran, father of Moses in the Quran: see Amram
* āl ʿimrān, the 3rd Chapter in the Quran
* Imran (cricketer), Afghan cricketer
* Imran Abbas, Pakistani actor
* Imran Abbas (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
* Imran Amed, Canadian-British fashion expert and founder of The Business of Fashion
* Imran Arif, Pakistani-born English cricketer
* Imran Aslam (actor), Pakistani television actor
* Imran Aslam (journalist), Pakistani journalist and media personality
* Imran Awan, Pakistani-American Information Technology worker
* Imran Awan (cricketer), Pakistani born American cricketer
* Emran Barakzai, Afghani-Dutch football player
* Emran bin Bahar, Bruneian diplomat
* Imran Farhat (born 1982), Pakistani cricketer
* Imraan Faruque, American designer and author
* Imran Garda, Qatari news anchor
* Emraan Hashmi, Indian actor
* Imran Hashmi (footballer), Pakistani footballer
* Imran ibn Husain, one of the companions of Muhammad and a narrator of Hadith
* Imran Hussain (footballer), Pakistani footballer
* Imran Jafferally, West Indies cricketer
* Omran Jesmi, Emirati footballer
* Imran Ullah Khan, Pakistani Army General
* Imraan Khan, South African cricketer
* Imran Riaz Khan (born 1975), Pakistani journalist and YouTuber
* Imran Khan (born 1952), Pakistani cricketer and 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan
* Imran Khan (cricketer, born 1984), West Indian cricketer
* Imran Khan (Bollywood actor) (born 1983), American actor
* Imran Khan (singer), Dutch-born Pakistani Punjabi singer
* Emran Mian, British Pakistani author
* Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (549–619), uncle of Muhammad; his first name is believed to be Imran
* Imran Majid, English pool player
* Imran Mohamed, Maldivian footballer
* Imran Niazi, Pakistani footballer
* Imran Nazir (cricketer) (born 1981), Pakistani cricketer
* Imran Nazir (politician), Pakistani politician
* Imran Nazir (writer), Pakistani writer
* Imran Parvez, Bangladeshi cricketer
* Imran Shahid, ringleader of gang responsible for the murder of Kriss Donald in Scotland
* 'Imran ibn Shahin, Nabataean founder of a state in the Batihah
* Imran Sherwani, English field hockey player
* Imran Tahir, Pakistani-born South African cricketer
* Imran Usmanov, Chechen musician
* Imran Yusuf, Kenyan-born British stand-up comedian
* Omran al-Zoubi, Syrian politician

## Surname

* Ahmed Omran, Egyptian footballer
* Aseel Omran, Saudi singer
* Mohammad Reithaudin Awang Imran, Malaysian footballer
* Muhammad Imran, Pakistani hockey player
* Muhammad Umran, Syrian defense minister
* Nabil Omran, Libyan futsal player
* Tariq Imran, Pakistani Olympic field hockey player
* Sheikh Tushar Imran (born 1983), Bangladeshi cricketer

## Fictional characters

* Ali Imran, the protagonist of the Imran series
* Imran Habeeb, in British soap opera Coronation Street
* Imran Zakhaev, the main antagonist of the game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
* Imran Maalik, in British soap opera Hollyoaks
* Imran Shinowa, minor character in GTA V.