Abū Bakr () is an Arabic given name meaning "Father of a Young Camel" (Abu meaning 'Father of' and Bakr meaning 'Young

Camel A camel (from and () from Ancient Semitic: ''gāmāl'') is an even-toed ungulate in the genus ''Camelus'' that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provid ...

') that is widely used by Sunni Muslims. Other transliterations include Abu Bakar, Abu Bekr, Ebubekir, Aboubacar, Abubakar, etc. The two parts of the name can be written together, hyphenated, or separately. The most famous person to carry this name was Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ( 573–634), one of the companions of the Islamic prophet

Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

and the first

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Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

. He was also Muhammad's

father-in-law A parent-in-law is a person who has a legal affinity (law), affinity with another by being the parent of the other's spouse. Many cultures and legal systems impose duties and responsibilities on persons connected by this relationship. A person i ...

through

Aisha Aisha bint Abi Bakr () was a seventh century Arab commander, politician, Muhaddith, muhadditha and the third and youngest wife of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. Aisha had an important role in early Islamic h ...

. His real name was Abdullah, Abu Bakr being his kunya.

Persons with the name

People with the name include:

Early and medieval Islam

* Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (573–634) * Abu Bakr ibn Ali (650–680) *

Abu Bakr ibn Hasan ibn Ali Abū Bakr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī () was the son of Hasan ibn Ali. He went to Karbala with his uncle Husayn ibn Ali, and was killed in the Battle of Karbala on the day of Ashura. Lineage Abu Bakr was a son of Hasan ibn Ali Hasan ib ...

(died 680) * Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm (died 737), Sunni Islamic scholar based in Madinah, Saudi Arabia * Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Malik (died 750), an Umayyad prince *

Abu Bakr al-Isfahani Abu Bakr al-Isfahani (born in Isfahan – died 908 CE in Baghdad), popularly known as Al-Isfahani (; ''from Isfahan''), was a Persian Quran reciter who specialized in Warsh recitation. Biography Al-Isfahani was an imam in Warsh recitation. H ...

(died 908), Persian scholar in Warsh recitation * Abu Bakr al-Khallal (died 923), Muslim jurist * Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya' al-Razi (865–925), Persian physician, alchemist, and philosopher *

Abu Bakr Ibn Mujāhid Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Musa ibn al-Abbas ibn Mujahid al-Atashi (, 859/860 – 936) was an Islamic scholar most notable for establishing and delineating the seven canonical Quranic readings (''qira'at'') in his work ''Kitāb al-sabʿa fī l-qirāʾā ...

(860–936), Iraqi Islamic scholar *

Abu Bakr Muhammad Abu Bakr Muhammad (died 941) was the first Muhtajids, Muhtajid ruler of Chaghaniyan (until 939) and governor of Samanid Greater Khorasan, Khurasan (933–939). He was the son of Muzaffar ibn Muhtaj. Origins The origin of the Muhtajids is u ...

(died 941), Muhtajid ruler of Chaghaniyan and governor of Samanid Khurasan *

Abu Bakr al-Shibli Abu Bakr al-Shibli (; 861–946) was an important Sufi of Persian descent, and a disciple of Junayd al-Baghdadi. He followed the Maliki school of jurisprudence (''fiqh''). Biography Abu Bakr Shibli was born in Samarra, although his family was o ...

(861–946), Sufi of Persian descent, disciple of Junayd Baghdadi *

Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-‘Abbās al-Ṣūlī (Arabic: ) (born c. 870 Gorgan – died between 941 and 948 Basra) was a Turkic scholar and a court companion of three Abbāsid caliphs: al-Muktafī, his successor al-Muqtadir, and ...

(880–946), Arab shatranj player *

Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Qutia Ibn al-Qūṭiyya (, died 6 November 977), born Muḥammad Ibn ʿUmar Ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʾIbrāhīm ibn ʿIsā ibn Muzāḥim (), also known as Abu Bakr or al-Qurtubi ("the Córdoban"), was an Andalusian historian and considered the great ...

(died 997), historian and author born in Córdoba, Spain * Abu Bakr Ahmed ibn 'Ali ibn Qays al-Wahshiyah, or

Ibn Wahshiyya (), died , was a Nabataean (Aramaic-speaking, rural Iraqi) agriculturalist, toxicologist, and alchemist born in Qussīn, near Kufa in Iraq. He is the author of the '' Nabataean Agriculture'' (), an influential Arabic work on agriculture, ast ...

(died 930), Iraqi alchemist, agriculturalist, farm toxicologist, egyptologist and historian *

Abu Bakr al-Alami al-Idrissi Abu or ABU may refer to: Aviation * Airman Battle Uniform, a utility uniform of the United States Air Force * IATA airport code for A. A. Bere Tallo Airport in Atambua, Province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia People * Abu (Arabic term), a ku ...

(died 10th-century), ancestor of the Alami Sayyids of Morocco and leader of the Beni Arrous tribe *

Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi (), in full, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Ishaq Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ya‘qub al-Bukhari al-Kalabadhi () (fl. late 10th century, Bukhara) was a Persian Hanafi Maturidi Sufi scholar and the author of the ''Kitab at-ta'arruf'', one of t ...

(late 10th Century), Bukhara Sufi, author of the Kitab at-ta'arruf * Abu Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib

al-Baqillani Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Bāqillānī (; 950 – 5 June 1013), was a Sunni Muslim scholar and polymath who specialized in speculative Islamic theology, jurisprudence, logic, and hadith. He spent much of his life defending and str ...

(930–1013), Iraqi Islamic scholar, theologian and logician * Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hasan

ibn Furak Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Fūrāk, Abū Bakr al-Asbahānī al-Shāfi`ī, commonly known as Ibn Fūrāk (); c. 941–c. 1015 CE / 330–406 AH). The Imam, a leading authority on kalam and usul, the transmitter of Al-Ash`ari's school, an exper ...

(941–1015) Muslim Imam, specialist of Arabic language, grammar and poetry, an orator, a jurist, and a hadith scholar from the Shafi'i Madhab * Abu Bakr Abd al-Karīm ibn al-Faḍl al-Muti better known by his regnal name

At-Ta'i Abu Bakr ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn al-Faḍl (; 932 – 3 August 1003), better known by his regnal name al-Ṭāʾiʿ liʾllāh/biʾllāh (), was the Abbasid caliph of Baghdad from 974 to his deposition in 991. He was in office during the domination of ...

(932–1003), was the caliph of Baghdad from 974 to 991. * Abul-Mahāsin Abu Bakr Zaynuddin

Azraqi Abul-Mahāsin Abu Bakr Zaynuddin Azraqi () was an 11th-century poet who lived in Iran. Ferdowsi is said to have taken refuge in Azraqi's father's house (''Ismail Varrāq'', 'the book seller') on his flight from Ghazneh to Tus. Born in Herat, Az ...

(died 1072), Persian poet *

Abu Bakr ibn Umar Abu Bakr ibn Umar ibn Ibrahim ibn Turgut, sometimes suffixed al-Sanhaji or al-Lamtuni (died 1087; ) was a chieftain of the Lamtuna Berber Tribe and Amir of the Almoravids from 1056 until his death. He is credited to have founded the Moroccan c ...

(died 1087), Almoravid ruler * Abu Bakr al-Turtushi (1059–1127), Muslim jurist and political theorist from Tortosa, Spain * Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076–1148), judge and scholar of Maliki law from al-Andalus * Abu Bakr Abd al-Malik

ibn Quzman Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Isa Abd al-Malik ibn Isa ibn Quzman al-Zuhri (; 1087–1160) was the single most famous poet in the history of Al-Andalus and he is also considered to be one of its most original. One of the characteristics of his poetry was ...

(1078–1160) poet in al-Andalus * Abû Bakr Muḥammad Ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣâ’igh at-Tûjîbî Ibn Bâjja al-Tujibi, known as

Avempace Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣā’igh at-Tūjībī ibn Bājja (), known simply as Ibn Bajja () or his Latinized name Avempace (; – 1138), was an Arab polymath, whose writings include works regarding astronomy, physic ...

, (1085–1138), Andalusian polymath: whose writings cover astronomy, physics, psychology, music, etc. * Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad

ibn Tufail Ibn Ṭufayl ( – 1185) was an Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath: a writer, Islamic philosopher, Islamic theologian, physician, astronomer, and vizier. As a philosopher and novelist, he is most famous for writing the first philosophical nov ...

al-Qaisi al-Andalusi; (1105–1185), Andalusian Arab physician and philosopher * Abu Bakr al-Hassar or Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Ayyash al Hassar (12th century), Muslim mathematician from Morocco * al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu-Bakr ibn Ayyub or

Al-Adil I Al-Adil I (, in full al-Malik al-Adil Sayf ad-Din Abu-Bakr Ahmed ibn Najm ad-Din Ayyub, ,‎ "Ahmed, son of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Bakr, the Just King, Sword of the Faith"; 1145 – 31 August 1218) was the fourth Sultan of Egypt and Syr ...

(1145–1218), Ayyubid-Egyptian general, brother of Saladin * Abu Bakr Ibn Sayyid al-Nās (1200–1261), Almohad theologian. * Saif ad-Dīn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr b. Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad or

Al-Adil II Al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Sayf ad-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad (, better known as al-Adil II) ( 1221 – 9 February 1248) was the Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt from 1238 to 1240. When his father al-Kamil, nephew of Saladin, died in 1238, al ...

(1221?–1248), Ayyubid sultan of Egypt * Abubakr Sa'd ibn Zangy (1231–1260), ruler of

Shiraz Shiraz (; ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the popu ...

Abu Bakr Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (23 August 634), better known by his ''Kunya (Arabic), kunya'' Abu Bakr, was a senior Sahaba, companion, the closest friend, and father-in-law of Muhammad. He served as the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruli ...

(mid 13th century), brother and companion of

Sunjata Sundiata Keita (Mandinka, Malinke: ; 1217 – c. 1255, N'Ko spelling: ; also known as Manding Diara, Lion of Mali, Sogolon Djata, son of Sogolon, Nare Maghan and Sogo Sogo Simbon Salaba) was a prince and founder of the Mali Empire. He was also ...

, founder of the

Mali Empire The Mali Empire (Manding languages, Manding: ''Mandé''Ki-Zerbo, Joseph: ''UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. IV, Abridged Edition: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century'', p. 57. University of California Press, 1997. or ''Manden ...

(late 13th century), mansa of the Mali Empire * Saif ad-Din Abu-Bakr (1321–1341), Mamluk sultan of Egypt * Abu Bakr ibn Faris (died 1359), Marinid Sultan *

Abu Bakr Shah Abu Bakr Shah Tughlaq (; reigned 1389–1390), was a Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty. He was the son of Zafar Khan and the grandson of Sultan Feroze Shah Tughluq. Life After Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughlaq II (who had succeeded Sultan Feroze Sha ...

(died 1390), ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty *

Aboobakuru I of the Maldives Sultan Aboobakar I (Dhivehi: ސުލްޠާން އަބޫބަކުރު އެއްވަނަ) also known as Sri Bavana Sooja Mahaa Radun, was the Sultan of the Maldives from 1443 to 1463. He was the 11th sultan to ascend the throne from the Hilaalee dyn ...

(died 1443?), sultan of Maldives during 1443 * Abu Bakr al-Aydarus (1447–1508), Hadhrami religious scholar of Sufism and poet *

Mirza Abu Bakr Dughlat Mirza Abu Bakr Dughlat (also Ababakar or Abubekr; died shortly after AH Rajab 920 / Aug-Sept 1514; exact date uncertain; year 1516 indicated by some authors is wrong) was a ruler in South-Western part of present Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ...

(died after 1514), ruler in eastern Central Asia, an emir of the Dughlat tribe *

Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad (), (reigned 1525–1526), was a Sultan of the Adal Sultanate in the Horn of Africa. The historian Richard Pankhurst credits Abu Bakr with founding the city of Harar, which he made his military headquarters in 1520. He wa ...

(died 1526), sultan of Adal Sultanate *

Abu Bakr Qatin Abu Bakr "the Slim" (Qaṭin) also known simply as Qaṭin sometimes spelt Qecchin or Katchthcen was a general in the Adal Sultanate under Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi. Abubaker's sobriquet ''"Qaṭin"'' is derived from the Harari term for ''"th ...

, governor of Adal Sultanate * Abu Bakr Mirza (died 1602), self-declared Shah of Shirvan after the downfall of Kavus Mirza

18th century to present

* Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (enslaved man from Timbuktu), Islamic scholar *

Abu Bakr Atiku Abu Bakr Atiku (; 1782–1842) was the third Sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate, reigning from October 1837 until November 1842. Early years Abu Bakr Atiku dan Shehu was born to the second wife of Usman dan Fodio in 1782. He was involved, as were al ...

(1782–1842), sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate or Fulani Empire * Abu Bakr II ibn ʽAbd al-Munan (died 1852), emir of Harar * Abu Bakr Effendi (1814–1880), Ottoman ''qadi'' of Kurdish descent in the Cape of Good Hope from 1862 to 1880 *

Abu Bakar of Johor Sultan Sir Abu Bakar Al-Khalil Ibrahim Shah ibni Almarhum Maharaja Tun Daeng Ibrahim ( Jawi: ; 3 February 1833 – 4 June 1895) was the Temenggong of Johor. He was the 1st sultan of modern Johor, the 21st Sultan of Johor and the first Mahara ...

(1833–1895), Sultan of Johor * Mulla Abu Bakr Effendi, or just Mulla Effendi (1863–1942), Kurdish Muslim cleric, Islamic philosopher, scholar, astronomer and politician * Abu Bakar bin Taha (1882–1956), Yemen-born Islamic educator in Singapore * Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem (1897–1975), Pakistani political scientist and first vice-chancellor of Karachi University * Abu Bakar Jambol (1897–1976), Bruneian civil servant and community leader * Abu Bakar of Pahang (1904–1974), Sultan of Pahang * Pengiran Abu Bakar Umar (1906–1985), Bruneian legislative speaker * Pengiran Abu Bakar Salleh (1907–1974), Bruneian legislative speaker * Abu Bakr Khairat (1910–1963), Egyptian composer of classical music *

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (December 1912 – 15 January 1966) was the first and only Prime Minister of Nigeria, Prime Minister of Nigeria. A dominant figure of Nigerian Independence, he was a conservative Anglophile. His political career spa ...

(1912–1966), first prime minister of independent Nigeria * Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana (1916–2005), second President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) * Roqia Abubakr (1917-after 1973), one of the first four women elected to parliament in Afghanistan * Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane (died 1979), Chadian warlord * Abubakar Olusola Saraki (1933–2012), Nigerian politician *

Abu Bakar Ba'asyir Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (born 17 August 1938), also known as Abu Bakar Bashir, Abdus Somad, and Ustad Abu ("Teacher Abu") is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid. He ran the Al-Mukmin boarding school in Ngruki, Central ...

(born 1938), Indonesian Muslim cleric * Aboubakar Diaby Ouattara (born 1938), diplomat from Côte d'Ivoire * Datti Abubakar (1939–2005), Military Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria *

Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (; born 5 April 1939) is a Yemeni politician. He was appointed Prime Minister of Yemen by President Ali Abdullah Saleh when the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and Yemen Arab Republic united in 1990 to form present-d ...

(born 1939), Yemeni politician and sometime Prime Minister *

Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar, officially known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad (born 22 March 1931), is the tenth and current Grand Mufti of India. and General Secretary of the All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama (the Indian Muslim Scholars As ...

(born 1939), leader of one of the traditionalist Sunni (Sufi) Muslims (shafi) in Kerala, India * Abubakar Rimi (1940–2010), Nigerian politician * Abu Bakr Baira (born 1941), Libyan politician, Acting President of the Council of Deputies of Libya *

Yasin Abu Bakr Yasin Abu Bakr (born Lennox Philip; 19 October 1941 – 21 October 2021) was a Trinidadian religious leader who led the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago. The group staged an Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt, attempte ...

(1941–2021), leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago. * Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (born 1942), Yemeni politician *

Abdulsalami Abubakar Abdulsalami Abubakar (; born 13 June 1942) is a retired Nigerian army general who served as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1998 to 1999. He was also Chief of Defence Staff from 1997 to 1998. He succeeded General Sani Abacha upon ...

(born 1942), Nigerian general and politician *

Abu Baker Asvat Abu Baker Asvat () (23 February 1943 – 27 January 1989), also known as Abu Asvat or Abu nicknamed ''Hurley'' was a South African medical doctor who practised in Soweto in the 1970s and 1980s. A founding member of Azapo, Asvat was the head o ...

(1943–1989), murdered South African activist and medical doctor * Aboubacar Somparé (1944–2017), Guinean politician, President of the National Assembly * Abu Bakar Abdul Jamal (born 1946), admiral in the Malaysian Navy *

Atiku Abubakar Atiku Abubakar (; born 25 November 1946) is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as the vice president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo. He ran for the office of governor of Adamawa State i ...

(born 1946), Nigerian politician * Boubaker Ayadi (born 1949), Tunisian author * Mustafa Abubakar (born 1949), Indonesian politician *

Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr (, 1940 – 20 October 2011) was a Libyan military officer and politician who was the Secretary of the Libyan General Committee for Defence during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. His official position was Secretary of th ...

(1952–2011), Libyan Minister of Defence under Gaddafi * Abu Bakar (1952–2019), Indonesian regent of West Bandung *

Sa'adu Abubakar Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar () (born 24 August 1956) is the 20th List of sultans of Sokoto, Sultan of Sokoto. As Sultan of Sokoto, he is considered the spiritual leader of Islam in Nigeria, Nigeria's Muslims.Abdul Nacer Benbrika Abdul Nacer Benbrika () (born in Algeria ), also known as Abu Bakr (Arabic: أبو بكر), is a convicted criminal, who served a custodial sentence of fifteen years, with a non-parole period of twelve years, for intentionally being the leader ...

(born 1960) * Aboubacar Ibrahim Abani (born 1962), Nigerian diplomat * Abubakar Bukola Saraki (born 1962), Nigerian politician * Mohammed Badaru Abubakar (born 1962), Nigerian politician * Aboe Bakar Al-Habsyi (born 1964), Indonesian politician *

Aboubakr Jamaï Aboubakr Jamaï (; born 1968 in Rabat, Morocco) is a Moroccan journalist and banker, and was the publisher of the newspapers '' Le Journal Hebdomadaire'' and '' Assahifa al-Ousbouiya''. In 2003, he was awarded the International Press Freedom Aw ...

(born 1968), Moroccan journalist and banker * Abu Bakker Qassim (born 1969), Uyghur who was held in Guantanamo Bay *

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri (28 July 1971 – 27 October 2019), commonly known by his ''nom de guerre'' Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was an Iraqi militant leader who was the founder and first leader of the Islamic State (IS), who proclaimed hims ...

(1971–2019) as Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badri, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group and self-proclaimed caliph. * Aboubacar Doumbia (born 1974), also known as Abou Nidal, Ivorian singer * Aboubakar Soumahoro (born 1980), Italian-Ivorian trade unionist, labor activist and politician * Abu Bakr Mansha (born 1983/1984), convicted under the British Terrorism Act 2000 * Abu Bakar (Dubrovka attack) or Abubakar, pseudonym of Khanpasha Terkibayev, perpetrator of the 2002 Dubrovka attack * Abu-Bakr al-Mansouri, Libyan politician, secretary for Agriculture, Animal Wealth and Marine Resources *

Abubakar Salim Abubakar Salim (born 7 January 1993) is a Kenyan-British actor and video game developer. For his work on ''Assassin's Creed Origins'', he was nominated for a British Academy Games Award and named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit. On television, he is k ...

(born 1993), British actor and video game voice actor * Abubakar Tabuni (born 1995/1996), Indonesian Papuan separatist militant.

Sportspeople

* Abu Bakr Ratib (1896-??), Egyptian fencer * Abubakar Al-Mass (born 1955), Yemeni footballer * Aboubakar Camara (born 1965), former rugby union footballer and current coach from Côte d'Ivoire *

Aboubacar Cissé Aboubacar Cissé (born July 28, 1969, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are ...

(born 1969), Ivorian footballer * Aboubacar

Titi Camara Aboubacar Sidiki "Titi" Camara (born 17 November 1972) is a Guinean former professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He was also the coach of the Guinea national football team, ...

, (born 1972), Guinean footballer * Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (born 1977), Guinean football referee * Abubaker Tabula (born 1980), Ugandan footballer * Aboubacar Guindo (born 1981), Malian footballer * Abubakari Yakubu (born 1981), Ghanaian footballer * Abubakr Al Abaidy (born 1981), Libyan footballer * Aboubacar Bangoura (born 1982), Guinean international footballer * Aboubakar Koné (born 1982), footballer from Côte d'Ivoire * Abubakari Yahuza (born 1983), Ghanaian footballer *

Aboubacar Tandia Aboubacar Tandia (born 3 October 1983) is a French former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. Career Tandia played for Red Star 93, US Roye, Pau FC, and AS Beauvais Oise. After ...

(born 1983), French footballer * Aboubacar Sylla (born 1983), Guinean footballer * Abubaker Ali Kamal (born 1983), Qatari runner who has specialized in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase * Aboubacar M'Baye Camara (born 1985), Guinean footballer *

Radanfah Abu Bakr Radanfah Abu Bakr (born 12 February 1987) is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for TT Premier Football League club AC Port of Spain. Career Club Abu Bakr went to Queen's Royal College in Trinidad and began his ...

(born 1987), Trinidadian footballer * Abubakar Bello-Osagie (born 1988), Nigerian footballer * Mé Aboubacar Diomandé (born 1988), Ivorian footballer * Aboubacar Camara (born 1988), Guinean footballer * Abubaker Kaki Khamis (1989–2025), Sudanese Olympic middle-distance runner *

Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar Mohd Faizal bin Abu Bakar (born 20 September 1990 in Kuala Nerang, Kedah) is a former Malaysian footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is known as 'Sepet' among his teammates and fans. Club career Born in Kuala Nerang, Kedah, Faizal is a p ...

(born 1990), Malaysian footballer * Abou Bakr Al-Mel (born 1992), Lebanese footballer *

Vincent Aboubakar Vincent Paté Aboubakar (born 22 January 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for Süper Lig club Hatayspor and captains the Cameroon national team. Aboubakar began his career at Coton Sport a ...

(born 1992), Cameroonian international footballer * Lalas Abubakar (born 1994), Ghanaian footballer * Aboubacar Doumbia (born 1995), Malian footballer * Aboubacar Doumbia (born 1999), Ivorian footballer * Aboubacar Keita (born 2000), American footballer

Other uses

Hazrati Abu Bakr Siddique Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (23 August 634), better known by his '' kunya'' Abu Bakr, was a senior companion, the closest friend, and father-in-law of Muhammad. He served as the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruling from 632 until his ...

, mosque in Flushing, Queens, New York *

Abu Bakar Royal Mosque The Abu Bakar Royal Mosque () is a royal mosque located in Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia. It was officially opened in 1976 by Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang replacing the nearby Abdullah Mosque or Old Royal Mosque. Its interesting features include the ...

, Pahang, Malaysia * Saidina Abu Bakar As Siddiq Mosque, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia * Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque, Johor, Malaysia *

Sultan Abu Bakar Complex The Sultan Abu Bakar Complex (KSAB; ; Jawi: کومڤليکس سلطان ابو بکر ) is a customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) complex in Tanjung Kupang, Iskandar Puteri, Johor, Malaysia. Located at the northern end of the Malaysia– ...

, customs, immigration and quarantine complex, Malaysia * Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria * BNS Abu Bakr (1982), Bangladeshi warship * BNS Abu Bakr (2014), Bangladeshi warship

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