Faris (disambiguation)
Faris may refer to:
People
- Given name
- Faris ad-Din Aktai (d. 1254, Cairo), an Emir (prince) and the leader of the Mamluks of the Bahri dynasty.
- Faris al-Zahrani, on Saudi Arabia's list of 'most-wanted' suspected terrorists, later executed
- Faris al-Ansari, Afghani who was seventeen years old when captured and held in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention center
- Faris Al-Sultan, Iraqi-German professional triathlete
- Faris Badwan (born 1986), English musician, lead vocalist of The Horrors, and half of Cat's Eyes
- Faris Glubb (1939–2004), British- Jordanian writer, journalist, translator and publisher
- Faris Haroun (born 1985), Belgian football player
- Faris McReynolds (born 1977), American artist and musician
- Faris Odeh (1985–2000), Palestinian boy shot dead by the Israel Defense Forces near the Karni crossing in the Gaza Strip while throwing stones in the second month of the Al-Aqsa Intifada
- Surname
- Abu Inan Faris (1329–1358), a Marinid ruler of Morocco
- Anna Faris (born 1976), American actress and producer
- Ellsworth Faris (1874–1953), American sociologist
- George W. Faris (1854–1914), American politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Herman P. Faris (1858–1936), committed proponent of the temperance movement
- Iyman Faris (born 1969), Pakistani American who served for months as a double agent for the FBI before pleading guilty in May 2003 of providing material support to Al Qaeda
- Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (born 1957 and 1958 respectively), team of American film directors and music video directors
- Muhammed Faris (born 1951), Syrian military aviator and first Syrian and the second Arab in space
- Peter Faris, Australian criminal lawyer, media commentator and former radio broadcaster
- Sadeg Faris Libyan prolific inventor and entrepreneur
- Sean Faris (born 1982), American actor, model, and producer
Places
- Al-Faris, district capital of Al-Faris District in the Salah al-Din Governorate in Iraq
- Faris, Greece
- Faris Island, Nunavut, Canada
Other uses
See also
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