Fazel

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[edit]

• Deh Fazel, Iran
• Kalateh-ye Fazel, Iran