Famous People with Name Farid

Farid Ahmadi            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Farid Ahmadi: an Afghani football player. He plays as a Midfielder and has played football with Kandahar Aryan since 2005.

Farid Esack            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Farid Esack: is a South African Muslim scholar, writer, and political activist known for his opposition to apartheid, his appointment by Nelson Mandela as a gender equity commissioner, and his work for inter-religious dialogue.Farid Esack was born into a poor Muslim family in the Wynberg suburb of Cape Town. While still a child, he and his mother were forcibly relocated as "non-Whites" under provisions of the Group Areas Act. At age nine, Esack joined the revivalist Tablighi Jamaat movement, and by age 10 he was teaching at a madrassah (religious school). At the age of 15 he received a scholarship to pursue Islamic studies in Pakistan. By the time he left for Pakistan in 1974 he had also become the local chairman of an anti-apartheid group, National Youth Action, and had been detained several times by security police.[1]

Farid Diaz            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Farid Diaz: is a Colombian football wingback.He has recently been called to play for the Colombia national football team. On club level he currently plays for Deportivo Pereira in the Copa Mustang.

Farid Chopel            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Farid Chopel: was a French actor, comedian and singer. He was of Algerian decent.

Farid Hazem            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Farid Hazem: is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for Red Star Saint-Ouen.

Abbas Farid            Origin/Culture/Country: Welsh

Abbas Farid: is a British freestyle footballer from Newport, Wales. Farid is of Pakistani descent.In June 2003, Abbas was named the Freestyle King on MTV in UK's Nike Freestyle competition, becoming the winner chosen from over 30,000 competitors. He has since featured in several music videos for bhangra/desi artists, such as Jay Sean. From his success, Abbas has done many performances in recent years at football stadiums such as Stamford Bridge, Stade De France, San Siro etc. He still performs at other Sporting/Corporate events and other media promotions around UK and throughout the World. In July 2008 Abbas has set a new Guinness World Record of 88 Heel Juggles in 60 seconds.

Mohammad Farid            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Mohammad Farid: was an influential Egyptian political figure. A nationalist leader, writer, and lawyer, Farid was the son of the director of el-Da'irah el-Saniyya (state domains administration) and belonged to a landowning family. He attended the Khalil Agha School, the

Syed Farid            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Syed Farid: is an Indian football player. He is currently playing for Air India FC in the I-League as a defender.

Abdus Sami Faridi            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Abdus Sami Faridi: is a cricketer who has played three One Day Internationals for Canada.