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List of Muslims
This page is an incomplete list of prominent and famous (or infamous) people who are Muslims - followers of Islam.
People associated with Islam
Traditional Theologians and Philosophers
- The Prophet Muhammad
- Abu Muslim
- Al-Dinawari
- Al-Farabi
- Al-Ghazali
- Al-Kindi
- Al-Tirmidhi
- Ibn Sina
- Ibn Taymiya
- Razi
- Wasil ibn Ata
See also early Muslim philosophy, Islamic philosophy
Shia Imams (main shia Theologians and Philosophers after the Prophet)
See: List of Shia Imams
- Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib Al-Mortaza
- Imam Hasan ibn Ali Al-Mojtaba
- Imam Hussein ibn Ali Sayyed-Al-Shohada
- Imam Ali ibn Husayn Zainol Abidin
- Imam Mohammad ibn Ali Bagher
- Imam Jafar ibn Mohammad Al-Sadiq
- Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kazem
- Imam Ali ibn Musa Al-Reza
- Imam Mohammad ibn Ali Al-Taghi
- Imam Ali ibn Mohammad Al-Hadi
- Imam Hasan ibn Ali Al-Askari
- Imam Mohammad ibn Hasan Al-Mahdi
Main Sunni Theologians and Philosophers after the Prophet
Other Theologians and Philosophers
- Al-Baitar
- Al-Battani
- Al-Biruni
- Al-Buzjani
- Al-Farabi
- Al-Farghani
- Al-Ghazali
- Al-Idrisi
- Al-Khayyam
- Al-Khwarizmi
- Al-Kindi
- Al-Masu'di
- Al-Mawardi
- Al-Nafis
- Ali Bin Rabban
- Ali Shariati
- Alija Ali Izetbegovic
- Fatima Mernissi
- Fazlur Rahman
- Hamid Enyat
- Hamza Yusuf
- Hassan al Banna
- Hazrat Inayat Khan
- Ibn Khaldun
- Ibn Hazm
- Ibn Qurra
- Idries Shah
- Ismail Al-Faruqi
- Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Khaled Abou Al-Fadl
- Leila Ahmed
- M. Umar Chapra
- Merryl Wyn Davies
- Munawar Ahmad Anees
- Nasim Butt
- Nuh Ha Mim Keller
- Rene Guenon
- Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr
- Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
- Syed Nawad Haider Naqwi
- Yusuf Estes
- Ziauddin Sardar
See also modern Islamic philosophy, Islamization of knowledge
Historiographers and sociologists
- Al-Masudi
- Amin Maalouf
- Hammudah Abdalati
- Ibn Hisham
- Ibn Ishaq
- Ibn Kathir
- Ibn Khaldoun
- Ibn Khallikan
- Rashid al-Din
- Tabari
- Usamah ibn Munqidh
See also Islamic economics, The Muqadimmah, and isnad
Historic Figures
Early historic personalities
- Prophet Muhammad
- Abu Bakr - caliph
- Umar ibn al-Khattab - caliph
- Uthman ibn Affan - caliph
- Ali ibn Abi Talib - caliph (or the first Imám for Shia Muslims)
- Fatima Zahra
- Hasan bin Ali grandson of Muhammad
- Husayn bin Ali grandson of Muhammad
- Maaz bin jabal
- Muawiyah I
Military Leaders and Figures
- Abdel Kadir
- Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef
- Imam Shamil
- Khalid bin Walid
- Lt-Gen Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi
- Muhammad Ahmad
- Muhammad bin Qasim
- Musa bin Nusair
- Nadir Shah
- Nur ad-Din
- Qutaibah bin Muslim
- Saladin
- Sher Shah
- Tahir ibn Husayn
- Tariq ibn-Ziyad
- Amir Timur ibn Tarag'ay
- Tipu Sultan
- Zengi
Muslim dynasties
- Abbadid
- Abbasid
- Aghlabid
- Almohad
- Almoravides
- Ayyubid dynasty
- Banu Isam
- Banu Salih
- Buwayhid
- Fatimid
- Ghaznavid Empire
- Hashemite
- House of Saud (Saudis)
- Khwarezmid Empire
- Mameluk dynasty
- Mughal Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Pahlavi dynasty
- Rustamid
- Safavids
- Saffarid dynasty
- Samanid
- Seljuk Turks
- Sultanate of Rüm
- Tahirid dynasty
- Umayyad
See also: Islam by country
Politicians
- Abd ar-Rahman Al-Haydari Al-Kaylani
- Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim
- Abdul Kalam
- Abdul Karim Qassim
- Abdullah I of Jordan
- Abdullah II of Jordan
- Abdullah, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
- Abdurrahman Wahid
- Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
- Ahmadou Ahidjo
- Ahmed Qurei
- Ahmed Sékou Touré
- Ahmet Necdet Sezer
- Ali Hassan Mwinyi
- Ali Khamenei
- Alija Ali Izetbegovic
- Anwar Sadat
- Ayub Khan
- Badar
- Badshah Khan
- Benazir Bhutto
- Fahd of Saudi Arabia
- Faisal of Saudi Arabia
- Habib Bourguiba
- Hamad bin Khalifa
- Hamid Karzai
- Hassan al Banna
- Hosni Mubarak
- Hussein of Jordan
- Iajuddin Ahmed
- Ibn Saud
- Idi Amin
- Islam Karimov
- Jean-Bédel Bokassa
- Juma Khan
- Khaleda Zia
- Mahatir Mohammad
- Mahmoud Abbas
- Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
- Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
- Megawati
- Moammar Ghadafi
- Mohammad Khatami
- Mohammad Rabbani
- Mohammed Bahr Al-Uloum
- Mohammed Omar
- Mohammed Qalamuddin
- Mohammed VI of Morocco
- Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
- Moulvi Ibrahim
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
- Omar Bongo
- Omar Hasan Ahmad Al-Bashir
- Pervez Musharraf
- Qaboos of Oman
- Qari Ahmadullah
- Qusay Hussein (al-Majid)
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
- Ruhollah Khomeini
- Saddam Hussein (al-Majid)
- Samory Touré
- Sani Abacha
- Sukarno
- Uday Hussein (al-Majid)
- Yahya Jammeh
- Yahya Khan
- Yasser Arafat
- Zafarullah Khan Jamali
- Zalmay Khalilzad
- Zayed ibn Sultan Al-Nahayan
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Artists
Writers and Poets
- Abas ala'kad
- Abdul Rahman Munif
- Akbar S. Ahmed
- Al-Hallaj
- Allama Iqbal
- Bilal Saqib
- Hafiz
- Hakim Bey
- Hassan al Banna
- Ibn Arabi
- Irshad Manji
- Kabir
- Marmaduke Pickthall
- Michael Wolfe
- Mohammed Asad
- Naim Frashëri
- Nizami
- Omar Khayyam
- Rashid Ahmed
- Rumi
- Sa'adi
- Suleyman Ahmad
Entertainers
- Moustapha Akkad
- Adewale Ayuba
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad
- Art Blakey
- Brother Ali
- Dave Chappelle
- Dilara
- Everlast
- Freeway
- Gerard Depardieu, but he later re-converted.
- Islamic Force
- Ahmad Jamal (Fritz Jones}
- John Coltrane
- Mos Def
- Napoleon (rapper)
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Q-Tip
- Richard Thompson
- Umm Kalthoum
- Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)
Scientists and Mathematicians
- Abdus Salam, physics
- Abu Al-Qasim, medicine
- Abu Musa Jabir Ibn_Hayyan, (Geber) chemistry
- Abu Nasr Mansur, mathematics
- Ahmed H. Zewail, chemistry
- Al Battani, astronomer
- Al-Jazari, engineering
- Al-Khwarizmi, mathematics
- Al-Kindi, mathematics
- Alhazen, mathematician
- Averroes, medicine
- Avicenna, medicine
- Biruni, mathematics
- Farabi, chemist and philosopher
- Mahmoud Hessaby, engineering
- Nasir_al-Din_Tusi, scientist, philosopher
- Omar Khayyam, poet, mathematician, and astronomer
- Rhazes, medicine, chemist and physicist
- Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician
- Ahmed ibn Yusuf
- Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi
- Thabit ibn Qurra
- Al-Jawhari
- Abraham bar Hiyya Ha-Nasi
See also list of inventions by Muslims , Islamic science
Athletes
- Ahmad Rashad
- Ali Daei
- Ali Karimi
- Amir Khan
- Az-Zahir Hakim
- Chris Eubank
- Dwight Muhammad Qawi
- Eddie Mustapha Muhammad
- Hakeem Olajuwon
- Hasim Rahman
- Hassiba Boulmerka
- Hedo Turkoglu
- Hicham El Guerrouj
- Hossein Reza Zadeh
- Imran Khan
- Isma'il Muhammad
- Jahangir Khan
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Khalid Khannouchi
- Laila Ali
- Larry Johnson (basketball)
- Nazr Mohammed
- Mahmoud Abdur-Rauf
- Matthew Saad Muhammad
- Mehdi Mahdavikia
- Mehmet Okur
- Nicolas Anelka
- Mohammed Azharuddin
- Muhammad Ali
- Muhsin Muhammad
- Mustafa Hamsho
- Naseem Hamed
- Saleem Rashid
- Shareef Abdur-Rahim
- Tariq Abdul-Wahad
- Zinedine Zidane
- Rasheed Wallace
- Shaquille O'Neal
Other
- Abdul Aziz ibn Myatt (David Myatt)
- Abdul Haq
- Ahmed Urabi
- Ali Shariati
- El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X)
- Ibn Battuta
- Maher Arar
- Muhammad Abd al Wahhab
- Rashad Khalifa
- Shirin Ebadi first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Suleyman al-Faris (John Walker Lindh)
- Zahra Kazemi
See also: List of people by belief, list of Islamic terms in Arabic, list of Islamic and Muslim related topics
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