List of Muslims

This page is an incomplete list of prominent and famous (or infamous) people who are Muslims - followers of Islam. This page is a list of people identified as Muslims, particularly by themselves. This page does not differentiate between Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims, or any other subcategory. It also does not take into account whether those listed acknowledge their Muslim identity or origins. This list takes a wide definition of a Muslim by including most individuals who might be in some way identified as Muslim, but acknowledges that more restrictive definitions may be applied by the reader. For information on Islam and Muslims in various parts of the world, please see Islam by country.

Traditional Theologians and Philosophers

* The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessing be up on him
* Abu Muslim
* Al-Dinawari
* Al-Farabi
* Al-Ghazali
* Al-Kindi
* Al-Tirmidhi
* Ibn Sina
* Ibn Taymiya
* Razi
* Wasil ibn Ata


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

* Imam Abu Hanifa
* Imam Hanbal
* Imam Shafi
* Malik Ibn Anas
* Al-Bukhari
* Al-Muslim


Other Theologians and Philosophers

* Ahmed Deedat
* 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
* Bilal Philips
* Fatima Mernissi
* Fazlur Rahman
* Hamid Enyat
* Hamza Yusuf
* Harun Yahya
* Hassan al Banna
* Hazrat Inayat Khan
* Ibn al-Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
* 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
* Mawlana Muhammad Ilyas
* Merryl Wyn Davies
* Munawar Ahmad Anees
* Nasim Butt
* Nasiruddin Albani
* Nasreddin
* Nuh Ha Mim Keller
* Rene Guenon
* Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi
* Seyyed Hossein Nasr
* Siraj Wahaj
* Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
* Syed Nawad Haider Naqwi
* Yusuf Estes
* Ziauddin Sardar


Historiographers, political scientists, and sociologists

* Al-Masudi
* Amin Maalouf
* Hammudah Abdalati
* Ibn al-Tiqtaqa
* Ibn Hisham
* Ibn Ishaq
* Ibn Kathir
* Ibn Khaldoun
* Ibn Khallikan
* Rashid al-Din
* Sayyid Qutb
* Tabari
* Usamah ibn Munqidh


Historical 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 Imam for Shia Muslims)
* Fatima Zahra
* Hasan bin Ali grandson of Muhammad
* Husayn bin Ali grandson of Muhammad
* Maaz bin jabal
* Muawiyah I
* Bilal ibn Rabah


Military Leaders and Figures

* Abdel Kadir
* Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef
* Imam Shamil
* Khalid bin Walid
* Khair ad Din (Barbarossa)
* Lt-Gen Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi
* Muhammad Ahmad
* Muhammad bin Qasim
* Musa bin Nusair
* Nadir Shah
* Nur ad-Din
* Piri Reis
* Qutaibah bin Muslim
* Saladin
* Sher Shah
* Tahir ibn Husayn
* Tariq ibn-Ziyad
* Amir Timur ibn Tarag'ay
* Tipu Sultan
* Zengi


Muslim dynasties

* Abbadid
* Abbasid
* Aceh
* Aghlabid
* Almohad
* Almoravides
* Ayyubid dynasty
* Banu Isam
* Banu Salih
* Brunei
* Buwayhid
* Fatimid
* Ghaznavid Empire
* Hashemite
* House of Saud (Saudis)
* Khwarezmid Empire
* Mameluk dynasty
* Mughal Empire
* New Mataram
* Ottoman Empire
* Pahlavi dynasty
* Pasai
* Pattani Kingdom
* Rustamid
* Safavids
* Saffarid dynasty
* Samanid
* Seljuk Turks
* Sultanate of Johor
* Sultanate of Malacca
* Sultanate of Rum [Rüm]
* Sultanate of Sulu
* Tahirid dynasty
* Umayyad


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 Sekou Toure [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-Bedel Bokassa [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 Toure [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


The Various Arts

Writers and Poets

* Abas ala'kad
* Abdul Rahman Munif
* Abu Nuwas
* Abu Tammam
* Akbar S. Ahmed
* Al-Hallaj
* Hafiz
* Hakim Bey
* Hassan al Banna
* Ibn Arabi
* Ilona Yusuf
* Irshad Manji
* Jeffrey Lang
* Kabir
* Marmaduke Pickthall
* Martin Lings
* Michael Wolfe
* Muhammad Asad (Leopold Weiss)
* Muhammad Iqbal
* Murad Wilfred Hofmann
* Naim Frasheri [Naim Frashëri]
* Nizami
* Omar Khayyam
* Rashid Ahmed
* Ruqayyah Waris Maqsood
* Rumi
* Sa'adi
* Suleyman Ahmad
* Yahiya Emerick
* Yusuf al-Khal
* Yusuf Balasagun


Entertainers

* Moustapha Akkad
* Abbas Kiarostami
* Adewale Ayuba
* Afef Jnifen
* Ali Shaheed Muhammad
* Art Blakey
* Ashok Masti (Pakistani singer)
* Azhar Usman
* Brother Ali
* Dave Chappelle
* Dawud Wharnsby Ali
* Dilara
* Dolores "LaLa" Brooks
* El-Hadji
* Erdogan Atalay
* Everlast
* Freeway
* Islamic Force
* Ismail Merchant
* Idris Muhammad (Leo Morris)
* Ahmad Jamal (Fritz Jones}
* John Coltrane
* Khaled
* Mos Def
* Mousse T
* M-Team
* Napoleon (rapper)
* Native Deen
* Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
* Omar Sharif
* Q-Tip
* Richard Thompson
* Salif Keita
* Umm Kalthoum
* Walid Taoufic
* Youssou N'dour
* Youssef Chahine
* Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)


Artists

* Ismail Acar
* Ismail Gulgee


Scientists, Philosophers, and Mathematicians

* Abdus Salam, physics
* Abraham bar Hiyya Ha-Nasi
* Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi
* Abu Al-Qasim, medicine
* Abu Musa Jabir Ibn_Hayyan, (Geber) chemistry
* Abu Nasr Mansur, mathematics
* Ahmed H. Zewail, chemistry
* Ahmad ibn Yusuf, mathematics
* Al Battani, astronomer
* Al-Jazari, engineering
* Al-Jawhari, mathematics
* Al-Khwarizmi, mathematics
* Al-Kindi, mathematics
* Alhazen, mathematics
* Averroes, medicine
* Avicenna, medicine
* Biruni, mathematics
* Farabi, chemist and philosopher
* Lotfi Askar Zadeh, father of fuzzy logic
* Rashad Khalifa, biochemist
* Mahmoud Hessaby, engineering
* Muhammad al-Idrisi, geography and cartography.
* Nasir_al-Din_Tusi, scientist, philosopher
* Omar Khayyam, poet, mathematician, and astronomer
* Rhazes, medicine, chemist and physicist
* Thabit ibn Qurra, Astronomy, mathematics and Medicine
* Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician


Business Figures

* Ayhan Hakimoglu, armaments
* Bijan, high-end men's clothing
* Farooq Kathwari, furniture
* Kenan Sahin, software engineer, wealthiest Muslim American
* Nemir Kirdar, venture capital
* Mansoor Ijaz, investment management
* Rashid A. Chaudhry, personal care products
* Safi Qureshey, computers
* Yusef Haroon, consulting and managerial services


Sport Figures

* Abbas Suan
* Ahmad Rashad
* Ali Daei
* Ali Karimi
* Amir Khan
* Az-Zahir Hakim
* Chris Eubank
* Dwight Muhammad Qawi
* Eddie Mustapha Muhammad
* Hakan Sukur [Hakan Sükür]
* Hakeem Olajuwon
* Hasim Rahman
* Hassiba Boulmerka
* Hedo Turkoglu
* Hicham El Guerrouj
* Hossein Reza Zadeh
* Imran Khan
* Isma'il Muhammad
* Ismail Essam
* Jahangir Khan
* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
* Karim Garcia
* Khalid Khannouchi
* Laila Ali
* Larry Johnson
* Nazr Mohammed
* Mahmoud Abdur-Rauf
* Matthew Saad Muhammad
* Mehdi Mahdavikia
* Mehmet Okur
* Mehmet Scholl
* Mohammed Azharuddin
* Muhammad Ali
* Muhsin Muhammad
* Mustafa Hamsho
* Naseem Hamed
* Nicolas Anelka
* Nwankwo Kanu
* Rasheed Wallace
* Saleem Rashid
* Samir Trabelsi
* Shaquille O'Neal
* Shareef Abdur-Rahim
* Tariq Abdul-Wahad
* Walid Badir
* Youssef Rossi
* Zinedine Zidane
* Zlatan Ibrahimovic




Other

* Adel Smith
* Abdul Aziz ibn Myatt (David Myatt)
* Abdul Haq
* Ahmed Urabi
* Alexander Russell Webb
* Ali Shariati
* Aminah Assilmi
* Ayman al-Zawahiri
* Hamza Piccardo
* Ibn Battuta
* John Walker Lindh aka Suleyman al-Faris
* Jose Padilla aka Abdullah al-Muhajir
* Maher Arar
* Malcolm X
* Muhammad Abd al Wahhab
* Osama bin Laden
* Rashad Khalifa
* Shirin Ebadi first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
* Torquato Cardilli (Italian ambassador)
* Zahra Kazemi
* Zheng He

Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Muslims; viewed 6 July 2005)