Shawkat
Shawkat is a masculine Arabic given name and surname. It derives from the word and itself is derived from the word. Notable people with the name include:
- Alia Shawkat, American actress best known from her role in the television series Arrested Development
- Assef Shawkat, head of Syria's military intelligence
- Naji Shawkat, Iraqi politician and cabinet member who served as prime minister from November 3, 1932 to March 18, 1933
- Shawkat Ali, Bengali politician, leader of Bengali Language Movement
- Shawkat Ali, politician and deputy speaker of Bangladesh
- Shawkat Ali, novelist from Bangladesh
- Shawkat Osman, Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer
- Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, Jordanian politician and judge, Prime Minister of Jordan from October 2011 to April 2012, vice-President of the International Court of Justice
- Shaukat Dukanwala, UAE cricketer
- Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of Pakistan 2004–2007
- Shaukat Hameed Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and former director of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
- Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi, Indian director and producer
- Maulana Shaukat Ali, Indian Muslim nationalist
- Major General Shaukat Sultan, Pakistani former director general of Inter Services Public Relations
- Shaukat Hayat Khan, Punjabi politician, military officer, and Pakistan Movement activist
- Sardar Shaukat Hussein Khan Mazari, Pakistani politician