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Siddiqui (Arabic: صدیقی) are a Muslim community, found mainly in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, and in communities in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa.

It is also an Islamic-based common name in reference to the 1st Rashidun Caliph Abu Bakr who was known as Al-Siddiq and is considered the common ancestor of Siddiquis.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Siddiqui Ahmed Khan (1914–?), Indian sarangi player

Surname

Siddiqui

Aafia Siddiqui (born 1972), Pakistani scientist
Abul Lais Siddiqui (1916–1994), Pakistani author and linguist
Abdul Latif Siddiqui (born 1943), Bangladeshi politician, serving as a member of Jatiya Sangsad
Abdul Samad Siddiqui, Indian politician
Adnan Siddiqui (born 1969), Pakistani actor and model
Aftab Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Ahmed Siddiqui (American youth) (born 1996), American who was kidnapped as a child
Akhtar Hameed Siddiqui (1947–2017), Bangladeshi politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad
Ali Jehangir Siddiqui (born 1976), Pakistani politician, administrator and ambassador
Arifa Siddiqui, Pakistani actress
Asad Siddiqui, Pakistani actor
Ashraf Siddiqui (1927–2020), Bangladeshi poet, researcher, folklorist and essayist
Ataullah Siddiqui, British academic
Ausaf Umar Siddiqui (born 1966), also known as Omar Siddiqui, Pakistani business executive
Aziza Siddiqui (born c. 1983), Afghan women's rights activist
Bari Siddiqui (1954–2017), Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, flutist, and folk musician
Barkat Siddiqui, Pakistani television director, producer and actor
Fawad Siddiqui, American actor, improvisational comedian, journalist and cartoonist
Hammad Siddiqui, Pakistani politician
Haroon Siddiqui, Indo-Canadian newspaper journalist, columnist and a former editor
Iqbal Siddiqui (born 1974), Indian cricketer
Islam A. Siddiqui, American lobbyist of Indian descent
Ishrat Ali Siddiqui, Indian gandhian, poet of Urdu literature and editor
Jahangir Siddiqui, Pakistani businessman and philanthropist
Javed Siddiqi (born 1942), Indian screenwriter
Khalid Siddiqui (born 1958), Indian film and television actor
Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and government minister
Kalim Siddiqui (1931–1996), Pakistani-British writer and Islamic activist
Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, Bangladeshi economist and social scientist
Mohsin Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and businessman
Mona Siddiqui (born 1963), British academic and professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies
Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui (1936–2017), Islamic Sufi scholar from Nerian Sharif Azad Kashmir Pakistan
Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (1938–2013), Indian scholar of Urdu literature
Muhammad Ibrahim Siddiqui, Indian Islamic scholar
Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui (born 1965), Pakistani jurist and Justice of the Sindh High Court
Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (born 1997), Pakistani female cricketer
Naeem Siddiqui (1916–2002), Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer and politician
Nasimuddin Siddiqui (born 1959), Indian Uttar Pradesh politician, member of Indian National Congress
Nawazuddin Siddiqui (born 1974), Indian film actor
Nazim Hussain Siddiqui (born 1940), Pakistani jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Obaidur Rahman Siddiqui (born 1964), Indian historian
Qamar Siddiqui, Pakistani poet
Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui (1892–1977), Urdu writer and a professor
Rauf Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
Sadiya Siddiqui, Indian film and television actress
Sadaf Siddiqui (born 1985), Pakistani track and field sprint athlete
Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui (1939–2017), Pakistani jurist and legislator, former Chief Justice of Pakistan
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (1897–1994), Pakistani organic chemist specialising in natural product chemistry
Saghar Siddiqui (1928–1974), Pakistani poet in Urdu
Shahid Siddiqui, Indian politician and journalist, former member of the Rajya Sabha
Shaukat Siddiqui (1923–2006), Pakistani writer of fiction
Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui (born 1959), Pakistani jurist and former senior Justice of the Islamabad High Court
Shakeel Siddiqui, Pakistani television stand-up comedian
Sultana Siddiqui, Pakistani television director, producer and businessperson
Tasneem Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Tooba Siddiqui, Pakistani model
Uroosa Siddiqui, Pakistani television actress and comedian
Zeeshan Siddiqui (born 1975), Pakistani-born Norwegian cricketer
Zillur Rahman Siddiqui (1928–2014), Bangladeshi writer, academic and educationist
Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi (1910–1952), 8th Nawab of Pataudi

Siddiqi

Abul Hasan Siddiqi (1943–2020), Indian mathematician and Professor of Applied Mathematics
Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (1942–1994), Pakistani Sunni Muslim religious scholar and Sufi master
Aijaz Siddiqi (1911–1978), Urdu writer and poet
Anis Siddiqi (born 1959), Pakistani cricketer
Asif Azam Siddiqi, Bangladeshi American space historian
A. Y. B. I. Siddiqi (1945–2021), Bangladeshi Inspector General of Police
Hafiz Siddiqi (1931–2018), Bangladeshi academic
Imran Siddiqi (born 1957), Indian geneticist
Irfan Siddiqi, American physicist and currently a Professor of Physics at the Quantum Nanoscience
Jameela Siddiqi, British novelist, journalist, broadcaster, linguist
Javaid Siddiqi (born 1977), American educator
Javed Siddiqi (born 1942), Indian Hindi and Urdu writer

Jawed Siddiqi, Pakistani British computer scientist and software engineer
Kamal Siddiqi, Australian journalist of Pakistani origin
Kashif Siddiqi (born 1986), English footballerof Indian descent
L. K. Siddiqi (1939–2014), Bangladeshi politician and philanthropist and member of parliament
Manzoor Ul Haq Siddiqi (1917–2004), Indian educationist, historian and an author
Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954), Indian Islamic scholar
Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi (1925–1992), Bangladeshi entrepreneur, politician and diplomat
Nasir Siddiqi (born 1965), Pakistani Emirati cricketer
Nawab Khwaja Abid Siddiqi, also known as Kilich Khan, Nawab under Aurangzeb
Obaid Siddiqi (1932–2013), Indian geneticist
Ravish Siddiqi (1911–1971), Urdu Ghazal and Nazm writer
Shujauddin Siddiqi (1919–2003), Indian cricketer
Sumaiya Siddiqi (born 1988), Pakistani cricketer