Feridun
Feridun (from Persian Freydun, Proto-Iranian Θraitauna-) is a masculine given name. People with the name include:
- Feridun Ahmed Bey (died 1583), Ottoman official, bureaucrat, author and military officer
- Feridun Düzağaç (born 1968), popular Turkish rock music singer and songwriter
- Feridun Cemal Erkin (1899–1980), Turkish diplomat and politician
- Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo
- Feridun Karakaya (1928–2004), well known Turkish comedy actor
- Feridun Sungur (born 1984), Turkish professional footballer
- Feridun Zaimoglu (born 1964), poet and visual artist of German Turkish origin
See also
- Özsoy (opera), the first Turkish opera composed during the republican period, is also called Feridun
- Fereydun
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