Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى , Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of

Prophet In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the s ...

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...

, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an

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and surname. Mustafa is a common name in the

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Given name

Moustafa

Moustafa Amar Moustafa Amar ( ar, مصطفى قمر; born 22 September 1966) is an Egyptian musician and actor. Career Amar's first song was "Wala Yabou Khad Gameel", released on a collective album. In 1990, he released his first solo album, Wassaf. In 1 ...

, Egyptian musician and actor *

Moustafa Bayoumi Moustafa Bayoumi (born 1966) is an American writer, journalist, and professor. He is of Egyptian descent. He is based in Brooklyn, New York. He is a professor of English at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Biography Moustafa Bayo ...

, American writer * Moustafa Chousein-Oglou, English actor *

Moustafa Farroukh Moustafa Farroukh ( ar, مصطفى فروخ; 1901 – 1957) was one of Lebanon's most prominent painters of the 20th century. During his famed career, Farroukh produced over 2000 paintings most of which were acquired by collectors both in Lebanon a ...

, Lebanese painter *

Moustafa Madbouly Mostafa Kamal Madbouly ( ar, مصطفى كمال مدبولي; born 28 April 1966) is the Prime Minister of Egypt, serving since 2018. He was appointed by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to succeed Sherif Ismail following his government's resignat ...

, Prime Minister of Egypt *

Moustafa Al-Qazwini Hujjat al-Islam Sayyid Dr. Moustafa al-Musawi al-Qazwini ( ar, مصطفى الموسوي القزويني; born 1961) is an Iraqi- American Shia Imam. He is the Imam at the Islamic Educational Center of Orange County in Orange Country, Californ ...

, an Islamic Scholar and religious leader * Moustafa Reyadh, Egyptian football player *

Moustafa Shakosh Moustafa Shakosh ( ar, مصطفى شاكوش) (born November 13, 1986 in Amuda) is a Syrian footballer. He currently plays for Teshrin SC. International career Shakosh plays between 2003-2005 for the Under-19 Syrian national team. The Syrian U- ...

, Syrian football player *

Moustafa Ahmed Shebto Moustafa Ahmed Shebto ( ar, مصطفى أحمد شبتو, born Patrick Cheboto on July 4, 1986 in Kaproron, Uganda) is a long distance runner now representing Qatar. Shebto was recruited along with other African runners. His special distance is 3 ...

, Qatari athlete

Moustapha

Moustapha Akkad Moustapha Al Akkad ( ar, مصطفى العقاد; July 1, 1930 – November 11, 2005) was a Syrian-American film producer and director, best known for producing the original series of ''Halloween'' films and directing '' The Message'' and ' ...

, Syrian American film producer *

Moustapha Alassane Moustapha Alassane (1942–17 March 2015) was a Nigerien filmmaker. Biography Born in 1942 in N’Dougou (Niger), Moustapha Alassane graduated in mechanics. However, in the Rouch IRSH in Niamey he learned the cinematographic technique and therea ...

, Nigerien filmmaker *

Moustapha Agnidé Idrissou Moustapha Agnidé (born 31 December 1981, in Ifangni) is a Beninese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Agnidé previously played several seasons for AS Vitré in the Championnat de France amateur. He playe ...

, Beninese football player * Moustapha Lamrabat (born 1983), Moroccan-Flemish photographer *

Moustapha Niasse Moustapha Niasse (born November 4, 1939
.) is a

, Senegalese politician and diplomat *

Abdul Moustapha Ouedraogo Abdul (also Romanization of Arabic, transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word ''Abd (Arabic), Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and th ...

, Ivorian football striker *

Moustapha Bayal Sall Moustapha Bayal Sall (born 30 November 1985) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Jordanian club Al Faisaly SC. At international level, he has represented Senegal, earning 29 caps and scoring one goal. Playin ...

, Senegalese football midfielder *

Moustapha Salifou Moustapha Salifou (born 1 June 1983) is a Togolese former professional footballer who plays mostly as a midfielder for German Bayernliga club Türkspor Augsburg. He has represented the Togo national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He spent f ...

, Togolese football midfielder *

Mustapha Cassiem Mustapha Cassiem (born 19 March 2002) is a South African field hockey player who plays as a forward for the South African national team. His brother Dayaan Cassiem also is an international hockey player. International career Cassiem made his ...

, South African field hockey player

Mostafa

Mostafa Kamal (Bir Sreshtho) Mustafa Kamal ( bn, মোস্তফা কামাল), better known as Shaheed Sipahi Mustafa Kamal was a sepoy in the Bangladesh Army during the Liberation War. He was born on 16 December 1947 in Hajipur village of Daulatkhan upazila un ...

, freedom fighter of Bangladesh Liberation War, awarded the highest recognition of bravery of Bangladesh, Bir Sreshtho. * Mostafa Matar (born 1995), Lebanese footballer

Mustafa

* Mustafa I, Mustafa II, Mustafa III, and

Mustafa IV Mustafa IV (; ota, مصطفى رابع, translit=Muṣṭafâ-yi râbiʿ; 8 September 1779 – 16 November 1808) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808. Early life Mustafa IV was born on 8 September 1779 in Constantinople. He ...

, Sultans of the Ottoman Empire * Mustafa Abdul-Hamid, American basketball player *

Mustafa Abi Mustafa Abi (born 2 January 1979) is a Turkish professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the prim ...

, Turkish basketball player *

Mustafa Ali Adeel Alam (born March 28, 1986) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Mustafa Ali. Prior to signing with WWE, Alam worked on the independent circuit afte ...

, Malaysian Islamic politician *

Mustafa Abubakar Mustafa Abubakar (born 15 October 1949) is an Indonesian politician and formerly governor of the province of Aceh. Mustafa was appointed as the State Minister for State Enterprises in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet, which was announced on ...

(born 1949), Indonesian politician *

Mustafa Adrisi Mustafa Adrisi Abataki ( – 28 July 2013) was a Ugandan military officer who served as the third vice president of Uganda from 1977 to 1979 and was one of President Idi Amin's closest associates. In 1978, after Adrisi was injured in a suspicious ...

, vice-president of Uganda from 1978 to 1979 *

Mustafa Afridi Mustafa Afridi ( ur, ) is a screenwriter and occasional actor from Pakistan, known for his television plays in Urdu television industry such as ''Aseerzadi'', '' Sang-e-Mar Mar'' and ''Ehd-e-Wafa''. For his serial ''Sang-e-Mar Mar'', he has won ...

, a Pakistani television screenwriter *

Mustafa Ahmed Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى , Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of Prophets and messengers in Islam, Prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic language, Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is ...

, spoken word poet from Canada *

Mustafa Amini Mohammad Mustafa Castillo Amini, known as Mustafa Amini, (Dari language, Dari: محمد مصطفی کاستیلو امینی, born 20 April 1993) is an Australian professional Association football, footballer who plays for Perth Glory FC, Perth ...

, Australian association footballer of Afghani descent *

Mustafa Kamal (politician) Abu Hena Mohammad Mustafa Kamal (Bengali: আবু হেনা মুহাম্মদ মুস্তফা কামাল; born 15 June 1947) much commonly known as Lotus Kamal is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman. He is a member o ...

, Bangladeshi politician, cricket official, and businessman * Mustafa Altıoklar, Turkish film director * Mustafa Akaydın, Turkish politician *

, Pakistani wrestler who joined WWE *

Mustafa Arslanović Mustafa Arslanović (born February 24, 1960) is a retired Bosnian footballer. A defender, he played for SFR Yugoslavia. International career Arslanović earned his first and only international cap on 25 March 1987 with SFR Yugoslavia in a winnin ...

, Bosnian footballer * Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey * Mustafa Aydın, Turkish academic *

Mustafa Badreddine Mustafa Badreddine ( ar, مُصْطَفَىٰ بَدْرِ الدِّينِ, Muṣṭafā Badr ad-Dīn‎; 6 April 1961 – 12 May 2016), also known as Mustafa Badr Al Din, Mustafa Amine Badreddine, Mustafa Youssef Badreddine, Sami Issa, and El ...

, Hezbollah militant *

Mustafa Barzani Mustafa Barzani ( ku, مەلا مسته‌فا بارزانی, Mistefa Barzanî; 14 March 1903 – 1 March 1979) also known as Mela Mustafa (Preacher Mustafa), was a Kurdish leader, general and one of the most prominent political figures in mod ...

, Kurdish nationalist * Mustafa Cengiz (1949–2021), Turkish businessman and former president of the sports club Galatasaray S.K. *

Mustafa Cevahir Mustafa Cevahir (born January 5, 1986 in Of-Trabzon, Turkey) is a Turkish football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally me ...

, Turkish footballer * Mustafa Chokaev, nationalist from Turkestan *

Mustafa Çağrıcı Mustafa Çağrıcı is a Turkish former mufti of Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plat ...

, Turkish civil servant * Mustafa Çakır (born 1986), Turkish yacht racer *

Mustafa Denizli Mustafa Denizli (born 10 November 1949) is a Turkish football coach and former player. He has managed many notable Turkish football clubs, including ''"Istanbul Big Three"'' ( Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş) and has won the Süper L ...

, Turkish football coach *

Mustafa Fahmi Pasha Mustafa Fahmi Pasha (11 June 1840 – 13 September 1914) was an Egyptian military officer and politician who served as the prime minister of Egypt for two times. Early life and education Born in Crete in 1840 to a Turkish family who had ear ...

, Egyptian politician * Mustafa Güzelgöz (1921–2005), Turkish librarian *

Mustafa Hadid Mustafa Hadid ( fa, مصطفی حدید; born 25 August 1988) is an Afghan former footballer who played as a right-back or forward. Club career Born in Kabul, Hadid moved to Hamburg with his family in 2016 escaping the Third Afghan Civil War ( ...

, Afghan footballer * Mustafa Hassan, Iraqi footballer *

Mustafa al-Hawsawi Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi ( ar, مصطفى احمد ادم هوساوي; born August 5, 1968) is a Saudi Arabian citizen. He is alleged to have acted as a key financial facilitator for the September 11 attacks in the United States. Mustafa ...

, Saudi financer of the September 11 attacks *

Mustafa Hukić Mustafa Hukić "Huka" (6 February 1951 – 7 August 1999) was a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. Playing career Club Hukić came through the youth ranks of Sloboda Tuzla and amassed a total of 25 goals in 281 league gam ...

, Bosnian footballer * Mustafa İsmet İnönü, Turkish Army general, Prime Minister, President *

Mustafa Abdul Jalil Mustafa Abdul Jalil ( ar, مصطفى عبد الجليل; also transcribed ''Abdul-Jelil, Abd-al-Jalil'', ''Abdel-Jalil'', ''Abdeljalil'' or ''Abdu Al Jeleil''; born 1952) is a Libyan politician who was the Chairman of the National Transitional ...

(born 1952), Libyan politician *

Mustafa al-Kadhimi Mustafa Abdul Latif Mishatat ( ar, مصطفى عبد اللطيف مشتت; born 5 July 1967), known as Mustafa al-Kadhimi, alternatively spelt Mustafa al-Kadhimy, is an Iraqi politician, lawyer and bureaucrat and former intelligence officer who ...

, Iraqi Prime Minister * Ghulam Mustafa Khan, scholar * Mustafa Kamal (mayor) (born 1971), District City Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi *

Mustafa Kamal (judge) Mustafa Kamal (9 May 1933 – 5 January 2015) was the 10th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. His landmark judgment was on the Masdar Hossain case, widely known as the 'separation of judiciary', which was a milestone in the quest for separation of po ...

, Chief Justice of Bangladesh * Mustafa Karim, Iraqi footballer * Mustafa Kocabey, Turkish footballer *

Mustafa Korkmaz Mustafa Korkmaz (January 18, 1988) is a Turkish descent Dutch wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian. He competes for the Netherlands men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He p ...

(born 1988), Dutch wheelchair basketball player of Turkish descent * Mustafa Kučuković, German footballer *

Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi Ghulam Mustafa ‘Joseph’Jatoi (Sindhi:غلام مصطفا جتوئي) ( ur, ) (14 August 1931 – 20 November 2009) was a Pakistani politician who served as the Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan for three months, from 6 August 1990 to ...

, Pakistani statesman *

Mustafa Mahmud Mustafa Kamal Mahmoud Hussein ( ar, مصطفى كمال محمود حسين; December 27, 1921 – 31 October 2009) commonly known as Mustafa Mahmoud ( ar, مصطفى محمود) was an Egyptian doctor, philosopher, and author. Mustafa was born ...

, Egyptian scientist *

Mustafa Malayekah Mustafa Malayekah ( ar, مصطفى ملائكة; born 21 May 1986) is a Saudi Arabian football (soccer), football player who currently plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Al-Fateh SC, Al-Fateh and the Saudi Arabia nation ...

, Saudi Arabian footballer *

Mustafa Nadarević Mustafa Nadarević (2 May 1943 – 22 November 2020) was a Bosnian and Croatian actor. Widely considered one of the greatest actors from the former Yugoslavia, he starred in over 70 films, including '' The Smell of Quinces'' (1982), ''When Father ...

, Bosnian actor *

Mustafa Nayyem Mustafa Masi Nayyem ( uk, Мустафа Найєм, ps, مصطفی نعیم) is an Afghan-Ukrainian journalist, MP, lecturer at the Kyiv School of Economics, and public figure who was influential in sparking the Euromaidan in Ukraine. Formerly, ...

, Afghan-Ukrainian journalist * Mustafa Özkan, Turkish footballer * Mustafa Pasha, Georgian noble *

Mustafa Pektemek Mustafa Pektemek (born 11 August 1988) is a Turkish Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), striker for Eyüpspor. After breaking his leg at the start of the 2010–11 Süper Lig, 2010–11 Süper Lig seas ...

, Turkish footballer *

Mustafa Qureshi Mustafa Qureshi is a Pakistani film and television actor. He has acted in more than 600 movies, in Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi languages. He is best remembered for playing the antagonist Noori Natt in '' Maula Jatt'' (1979). He was born into a ...

, Pakistani actor *

Mustafa Rahi Mustafa Rahi, (1931–1986) was a poet of classical and neo classical Urdu Ghazal from Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-mos ...

, Pakistani poet *

Mustafa Sandal Mustafa Sandal (born 11 January 1970) is a Turkish singer-songwriter. At the beginning of the 1990s, he wrote and composed a number of songs for other singers and made a reputation for himself in the music industry. In 1994, with the release of h ...

, Europe-known Turkish singer-composer * Mustafa Sarp, Turkish footballer * Mustafa Shahabi, Syrian agronomist * Mustafa Shaikh, Indian cricketer *

Mustafa Shokay Mustafa Shokay ( kk, Мұстафа Шоқайұлы, , romanized: ''Mūstafa Şoqaiūly'', Russian: Мустафа́ Шока́й); 25 December 1890 – 27 December 1941) was a Kazakh social and political activist and ideologue of the Turkest ...

, Kazakhstani political activist *

Mustafa Tuna Mustafa Tuna (born 1957) is a Turkish engineer, academic, and politician, who served as the 28th mayor of Ankara between November 2017 and April 2019. Early years Mustafa Tuna was born in Şarkışla, Sivas Province, Turkey, in 1957. He attend ...

(born 1957), Turkish environmental engineer, politician and Mayor of Ankara * Mustafa Yılmaz (chess player) (born 1992), Turkish Grand Master of chess * Mustafa Yumlu, Turkish footballer *

Mustafa Wahba Mustafa Wahba was a Saudi Arabian economist who served as deputy finance minister from 1960 to 1962. In addition, he was the first and long-term secretary general of the Communist Party in Saudi Arabia between 1975 and 1991. Biography Mustafa Wa ...

, Saudi politician *

Mustafa Zahid Mustafa Zahid ( ur, مصطفی زاہد; born 18 December 1984) is a Pakistani music composer who achieved success with his 2007 singles "Toh Phir Aao" and "Tera Mera Rishta". He is also the band leader and the lead vocalist of Roxen, a rock ban ...

, Pakistani singer * Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet * Nur Mustafa Gülen (born 1960), Turkish footballer and coach * Mustafa Pasha (disambiguation), various people * Shah Mustafa, Iraqi-Bangladeshi preacher

Mustafah

* Mustafah Muhammad, American footballer

Mustapa

* Mustapa Mohamed, Malaysian politician

Mustapha

* Mustapha Aga, Ottoman Empire ambassador to the Swedish Court * Mustapha Chadili, Moroccan football goalkeeper * Mustapha Dahleb, Algerian footballer * Mustapha Djazaïri, Algerian resistant * Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer * Mustapha Harun, Sabahan 1st governor and 3rd chief minister * Mustapha Ishak Boushaki, Algerian cosmologist * Mustapha Karkouti, Syrian journalist * Mustapha Kartali, Islamist guerrilla leader * Mustapha Khalfi, Moroccan basketball player * Mustapha Labsi, Algerian arrested on terrorism charges * Mustapha Larfaoui, Algerian athlete * Mustapha Matura, Trinidadian playwright * Mustapha Sama, Sierra Leonean soccer player

Surname

Mostafa

* Amr Mostafa, Egyptian singer and composer * Ahmed Mostafa (footballer, born 1987), Egyptian footballer * Ahmed Mostafa (footballer, born 1940), Egyptian footballer * Hassan Mostafa, Egyptian footballer * Tarek Mostafa, Egyptian footballer

Moustafa

* Hisham Talaat Moustafa, Egyptian businessman * Ibrahim Moustafa, Egyptian wrestler * Tamer Moustafa, Egyptian basketball player

Moustapha

* Baba Moustapha, Chadian playwright * Hamadou Moustapha, Cameroonian politician

Mustafa

* Nawshirwan Mustafa, Kurdish politician * Abu Mustafa (1925–1966), Pakistani cricketer * Abu Ali Mustafa, Palestinian politician * Domenico Mustafà, Italian singer and composer * Erkan Mustafa (born 1970), British actor * Fazil Mustafa (born 1965), Azerbaijani politician * Herro Mustafa (born 1973), American diplomat * Isaiah Mustafa (born 1974), American actor * Ismail Isa Mustafa, Bulgarian footballer * Kara Mustafa, Ottoman Albanian military leader and Vizier in the 17th century, led the 1683 siege of Vienna * Melton Mustafa, American jazz musician and educator *Mohamed Mustafa (born 1996), Sudanese footballer * Mustafa Mustafa, Greek politician * Rahma El Siddig Mustafa, Sudanese disability rights activist * Şehzade Mustafa (1515–1553), Turkish ''şehzade'' (prince) * Shukri Mustafa, Egyptian Islamist * Shkodran Mustafi, German footballer

Mustapha

* Boss Mustapha, Nigerian lawyer and politician * J. F. O. Mustapha, Ghanaian physician and academic * Joseph Mustapha, Sierra Leonean politician and lawyer * Riga Mustapha, Ghanaian-born Dutch footballer * Shettima Mustapha, Nigerian academic and politician

Given name

Moustafa

Moustapha

Mostafa

Mustafa

Mustafah

Mustapa

Mustapha

Surname

Mostafa

Moustafa

Moustapha

Mustafa

Mustapha

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