Siraj (name)

Siraj is a given name and surname from , itself a loanword from . Notable people with this name include:

Compound names

• Siraj-ul-Islam (lamp of Al-Islam)
• Siraj-ul-Haqq (lamp of Al-Haqq)
• Siraj-ul-Din (lamp of the religion)

Given name

• Siraj Aurangabadi (1715–1763), Indian writer
• Siraj ud-Daulah (1733–1757), Nawab of Bengal
• Mehdi Siraj Ansari (1895–1961), Persian politician
• Begum Serajunnessa Choudhury (1910–1974), Bangladeshi politician
• Sirajul Hossain Khan (1926–2007), Bangladeshi politician
• Siraj Mehfuz Daud (1931–2010), Indian judge
• Muhammad Sirajul Hassan (1933–2020), Indian Islamic scholar and politician
• Serajur Rahman (1934–2015), British-Bangladeshi journalist
• Serajul Alam Khan (1941–2023), Bangladeshi political analyst, philosopher and writer
• Siraj Sikder (1944–1975), Bangladeshi activist
• Siraj Muhammad Khan (born 1947), Pakistani politician
• Siraj Haider (1948–2018), Bangladeshi actor and director
• Siraj Wahhaj (born 1950), American imam
• Agha Siraj Durrani (born 1953), Pakistani politician
• Siraj Kassam Teli (1953–2020), Pakistani businessman
• Siraj Ali (born 1954), British restaurateur
• Siraj Raisani (1963–2018), Pakistani politician
• Siraj Fegessa (born 1971), Ethiopian politician
• Siraj Din, Pakistani boxer
• Siraj Al-Tall (born 1982), Jordanian footballer
• Malik Siraj Akbar (born 1983), Baloch journalist
• Siraj Gena (born 1984), Ethiopian marathon runner
• Siraj Williams (born 1984), Liberian sprinter
• Mohamad Siraj Tamim (born 1985), Lebanese sprinter
• Sirajullah Khadim (born 1988), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Siraj Nassar (born 1990), Israeli footballer

Surname

• Abd Allah Siraj (1876–1949), Arab politician
• Anwar Siraj (born 1978), Ethiopian footballer
• Farah Siraj, Jordanian singer
• Golam Mohammad Siraj (born 1950), Bangladeshi politician
• Khatijun Nissa Siraj (1925–2023), Singaporean women's rights activist
• Minhaj-i-Siraj (1193–??), Persian historian
• Mohammed Siraj (born 1994), Indian cricketer
• Waleed Siraj (born 1992), Sudanese footballer
• Shahawar Matin Siraj, Pakistani-American terrorist
• Shajahan Siraj (1943–2020), Bangladeshi politician
• Shakinul Siraj, Bangladeshi cricketer
• Syed Mustafa Siraj (1930–2012), Bengali writer
• Yasmin Siraj (born 1996), American figure skater

See also