Israfil (name)

Israfil (also spelled Israfel and Israfeel) is a Muslim given name taken from the name of an archangel in Islamic belief named "Israfil," usually identified with the biblical archangel Raphael. Notable people with the surname include:

• Israfil Alam (13 March 1966 – 27 July 2020), Bangladeshi politician
• Israfil Abbasli (1 February 1938 – 24 March 2013), Azerbaijani scientist
• Israfil Mammadov (30 May 1919 – 5 May 1946), Azerbaijani Red Army lieutenant
• "Israfil" Salih Yılmaz (born 29 September 1987 – disappeared c. 2016), Turkish–Dutch Islamist militant
• Israfil Shahverdiyev (11 June 1952 – 13 January 1994), national hero of Azerbaijan
• Israfil Ashurly (born 16 January 1969), Azerbaijani mountaineer
• Israfil Israfilov (1892/93 –1946), Russian military officer
• Israfeel Kohistani (born 5 June 1987), Afghan footballer