Fazel

FazelPronunciation| Arabic: [faːdˤɪl]

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Gender| Male
Origin
Word/name| Arabic/Persian
Meaning| "virtuous, اهلِ فضل"
Other names
Alternative spelling| Fadil, Fadel, Fazil

Fazel in Persian, or Fadhel (Arabic: فاضل) is an Arabic and Persian male given and also surname meaning "virtuous".

It may refer to:

* Michael Fadel (1710-1795), Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
* Fazel Darbandi (died 1869/1870), Iranian Shia cleric and scholar
* Mustafa Fazl Pasha (1830–1875), Ottoman Egyptian prince
* Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali (1903–1997), Iraqi politician
* Fazıl Küçük (1906–1984), Vice President of the Republic of Cyprus
* Mounir Abou Fadel (1912–1987), political figure in Lebanon
* Mohammad Fazel Lankarani (1931—2007), Iranian Islamic cleric
* Iradj Fazel (born 1939), Iranian surgeon and academic
* Fadhil Al Azzawi (born 1940), Iraqi writer
* Mohamed Fadel Ismail Ould Es-Sweyih (c. 1950–2002), Sahrawi nationalist politician, member of the Polisario Front
* Fazel Maleki (born 1953), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja
* Fadel Benyaich (born 1953), member of the royal cabinet of Morocco
* Fadhil Abbas al-Ka'bi (born 1955), Iraqi children's writer and poet
* Abdullah Mohamed Fadil (died 1991), Somali soldier
* Fadhil Jalil al-Barwari (born 1966), Iraqi military commander
* Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (c. 1973–2011), al-Qaeda leader in East Africa
* Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, or Mohamed Fahmy (born 1974), Egyptian-born Canadian journalist and author
* Fadhel Al-Matrook (1979–2011), Bahraini killed as in Death of Fadhel Al-Matrook
* Abbas Fahdel, Iraqi-French film director, screenwriter and film critic
* Hussain Fadhel (born 1984), Kuwaiti footballer
* Fadel Ahmad (born 1985), UAE footballer
* Ali Bahjat Fadhil (born 1992), Iraqi footballer
* Ahmad Fadhel, (born 1992), Iraqi footballer
* Fadel Alhadidi, (born 1987), Iraqi british political activist
* Mohamed Kamal Fadel, Polisario Front representative to Australia & New Zealand

## Places

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* Deh Fazel, Iran
* Kalateh-ye Fazel, Iran