Harun (name)
Harun ( Arabic هارون, DMG Hārūn ) or Haroun is a male Arabic given name of Hebrew origin. It is the Arabic form of Aaron and means "the enlightened one" or "the messenger of news" and also occurs as a Turkish , Bosnian and Albanian first name and family name .
Name bearer
Historical
- Harun , biblical person of Aaron, one of the prophets of Islam
- Harun ar-Raschid (around 763–809), caliph of the Abbasid family
- Harun (Tuluniden) ( Harun ibn Chumarawaih ; † 904), ruler of the Tulunids in Egypt
- Harun ibn Altun-Tasch († 1035), Khorezm-Shah from the Altuntaschiden dynasty, see Altuntaschiden #Harun ibn Altun-Tasch (ruled 1032-1035)
First name
- Harun Alpsoy (* 1997), Swiss-Turkish soccer player
- Harun Doğan (* 1976), Turkish wrestler
- Harun Erbek (* 1986), Austrian soccer player
- Harun Farocki (1944–2014), German filmmaker, author and university lecturer
- Harun Isa (* 1969), Albanian football player
- Haroun Kabadi (* 1949), Chadian politician
- Harun Kavaklıdere (* 1998), Turkish football player
- Harun Kaya (* 1951), Turkish soccer player
- Harun Njoroge Mbugua (* 1988), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Harun Parlar (* 1945), German-Turkish chemist
- Harun Sulimani (* 1991), Austrian soccer player
- Harun Tekin (* 1989), Turkish soccer player
- Harun Tutum (* 1992), Turkish soccer player
- Harun Yahya (actually Adnan Oktar ; * 1956), Turkish writer
Intermediate name
- Harry Harun Behr (* 1962), German Islamic scholar and university professor
- Yohanes Harun Yuwono (* 1964), Indonesian clergyman, Bishop of Tanjungkarang
family name
- Abdalelah Haroun (* 1997), Qatari sprinter
- Ahmad Harun , Sudanese lawyer and politician
- Ales Harun (1887–1920), Belarusian poet
- Faris Haroun (* 1985), Belgian football player
- Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (* 1961), Chadian film director
- Makda Harun (* 1988), Ethiopian marathon runner
- Nadjim Haroun (* 1988), Chadian football player
Fictional character
- Harun and the Sea of Stories , book for children and young people by Salman Rushdie
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harun in the dictionary of names (Turkish)