Shakur is a surname and rarely used as a name like

Shakir Shakir is both a surname and a given name, similar to the surname or name Shakur. Notable people with the name include: * Ahmad Muhammad Shakir, Egyptian scholar of Hadith (prophetic traditions) * Faiz Shakir, American Democratic political adviso ...

. Also, it is from one of the

names of God in Islam Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

, '' Ash-Shakur''. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

* 'Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur (died 1930), Ethiopia emir *

Afeni Shakur Afeni Shakur Davis (born Alice Faye Williams; January 10, 1947 – May 2, 2016) was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. Shakur was the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur and the executor of his estate. She founded t ...

(1947–2016), American activist * Assata Shakur (born 1947), American activist and convict * Mopreme Shakur (born 1969), American rapper * Muhammad ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur, Ethiopian emir * Mustafa Shakur (born 1984), American basketball player * Mutulu Shakur (born 1950), Black Liberation Army leader * Sanyika Shakur (1963–2021), Los Angeles gang member *

Tupac Shakur Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the b ...

(1971–1996), American rapper and actor

Given name

* Shakur Brown (born 1999), American football player * Shakur Stevenson (born 1997), American professional boxer

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