Fawaz (sometimes, Fawwaz) is a male, Arabic given name meaning "winner", "successful" or "prosperous". Notable people with the name include:
Fawaz Akhras, London-based Syrian cardiologist and father-in-law of Bashar Al Assad
Fawaz Damra, imam who lived near Cleveland, Ohio
Fawaz Gerges, academic, author, and network news analyst, with expertise on the Middle East
Fawaz Gruosi, Lebanese-Italian jeweller and founder of De Grisogono
Fawwaz Haddad, Syrian novelist
Fawaz Al-Hasawi (born 1968), Kuwaiti businessman and owner of Nottingham Forest Football Club
Fawaz Hussain (born 1953), contemporary Kurdish writer and translator
Fawaz Naman Hamoud Abdullah Mahdi, citizen of Yemen held in extrajudicial detention in the US Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba
Fawaz H. Naboulsi, deputy CEO at Bank of Beirut
Fawaz al-Nashimi (died 2004), member of Al-Qaeda, the 20th hijacker of the September 11th attacks
Fawaz al-Rabeiee (1979–2006), al-Qaeda terrorist sentenced to death in 2004 by a Yemeni court
Fawaz al-Rabihi, citizen of Yemen believed to have played a role in the terrorist attack on the MV Limburg
Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Syrian professor of electrical engineering and computer science
Fawaz Younis (born 1959), Lebanese skyjacker who was arrested and imprisoned by the United States
Fawaz Zureikat (born 1955), wealthy Jordanian businessman
