List of Famous people with last name Darwish

Mahmoud Darwish was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine as a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile. He has been described as incarnating and reflecting "the tradition of the political poet in Islam, the man of action whose action is poetry." He also served as an editor for several literary magazines in Palestine.

Sayed Darwish was an Egyptian singer and composer who was considered the father of Egyptian popular music and one of Egypt's greatest musicians and seen by some as its single greatest composer.

Ahmed Mahmoud Darwish is an Egyptian politician. He served as the first Chairman of the General Authority of Suez canal Economic Zone from 2015 to 2017. He previously served as Minister of State for Administration Development in the Nazif Cabinet between 2004 and 2011.

Kamal Darwish, the former president of Zamalek SC, took office for the club in the period from 1996 to 2001, and was re-elected for a second term from 2001 to 2005, one of the symbols of Zamalek handball team, where he led the club to win the championships in the seventies and early eighties in what is known as Golden generation, he served as President of the Egyptian federation of boxing, also served as Dean of the Faculty of Physical Education previously, also candidate for Egyptian Football Association for president in 2009 but lost in favor of Samir Zaher, he also took over the presidency of Zamalek in October 2013 after being assigned by Taher Abouzeid the former Minister of Sports.

Sheikh Abdullah Nimar Darwish was the founder of the Islamic Movement in Israel.

Youssef Darwish was an Egyptian labour lawyer, communist and activist. During his years of political activism, he was frequently accused of communist subversion and imprisoned, spending around 10 years of his life in jail. Of Jewish background, he converted to Islam in 1947. He was one of the few from the Karaite Jewish community to remain in Egypt after the establishment of Israel in 1948.