Badawi is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
Badawi al-Jabal, a Syrian poet
Surname:
Abdel Hamid Badawi, Egyptian Jurist and Egyptian Foreign Minister
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysia's 5th prime minister
Abdel Rahman Badawi, Egyptian existentialist philosopher
Abdul Badawi, Egyptian jurist and judge of the International Court of Justice
El-Sayyid el-Badawi, Egyptian businessman and the President of Al-Wafd Party
Helmy Bahgat Badawi, First Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority
Mohamed Badawi, Sudanese linguist and publisher, singer and composer
Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian entrepreneur, political activist, and writer
Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabian blogger, creator of the website Free Saudi Liberals and prisoner of conscience
Samar Badawi, Saudi Arabian human rights activist
Zaki Badawi, UK-based Muslim scholar
Zeinab Badawi, British newsreader and broadcaster
Other:
Stage name of Israeli composer Raz Mesinai