Al-Farouq Aminu is an American-Nigerian professional basketball player in the NBA as well as the Nigeria national team.

He chose to play at Wake Forest in 2007. In his freshman season he was selected to the ACC All-Freshman Team. He declared for the 2010 NBA Draft where he was selected 8th overall by the Clippers, playing every game that year. In December of 2011 Al-Farouq was traded to the former New Orleans Hornets and quickly became a New Orleans fan favorite. In 2012 he competed at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games for the Nigerian National Team. Al-Farouq played small forward with the Dallas Mavericks for the 2014-2015 season. He then signed as a free agent with the Portland Trailblazers for the 2015-16 season.

The consummate Renaissance Man, Al-Farouq is passionate on and off the court. His charitable endeavors include work with the Jordan Brand Classic and with the McDonald's All Americans. His international contributions include participation the 2012 Sprite Slam NBA Development Camp in Zambia, Africa for the NBA. Al-Farouq says, “I believe that generosity, a positive attitude, hard work and discipline are the keys to achieving your dreams.” He continues, “I like to share these values and help others… so they too can experience personal success and happiness despite where they come from, or what they have done in the past.”