Rahman (name)

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Rahman Given Name
Gender	Male
Origin	Arabic
Related names	Rahim
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Rahman

For other meanings, see Rahman (disambiguation).

Rahman is the transliteration of an Arabic given name رحمن that comes from the triconsonantal root R-Ḥ-M, meaning benevolent. In Islam, the name الرحمن is considered one of the 99 Names of God. People named Rahman include:

[edit] Given name

• Rahman, South Indian film star
• Rahman Ali, boxer
• Rahman Asadollahi, Azerbaijani accordion player musician, composer and conductor
• Rahman Dadman, Iranian politician
• Rahman Rezaei, Iranian footballer

[edit] Surname

• Akimun Rahman, Bangladeshi novelist.
• A. R. Rahman, a popular Indian film music composer.
• Waheeda Rahman, a famous Indian film actress.
• Fazlur Rahman, Muslim scholar long associated with the University of Chicago.
• Hasim Rahman, former heavyweight boxing champion
• Mizanur Rahman, first class and List A cricketer from Bangladesh.
• Mizanur Rahman, British Islamic activist.
• Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh.
• Ziaur Rahman, former president of Bangladesh.
• Emomali Rahmon, the president of Tajikistan.
• Sergei Rachmaninoff, famous Russian composer and pianist.

[edit] See also

• ‘Abd ar-Rahman (name)