given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
and a surname of Arabic/African origin. Notable people with the name include:
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Bilal ibn Rabah
Bilal ibn Rabah (; ), also known as Bilāl al-Ḥabashī or simply Bilal, was a sahabah, close companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born in Mecca, he was of Abyssinian people, Abyssinian (modern-day Ethiopia) descent and was formerly ensl ...
(580–640), companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
* Bilal ibn al-Harith (died 682), one of the sahaba, companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
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Cheb Bilal
Bilal Mouffok (; born 23 July 1966), known professionally as Cheb Bilal (), is an Algerian raï singer, He produces traditional music that includes instruments like congas and violins.
Career
Bilal spent much of his youth in Oran, where he stu ...
(born 1966), full name Bilal Mouffok, Algerian raï singer
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Bilal (American singer)
Bilal Sayeed Oliver (born August 23, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is an independent artist, noted for his wide vocal range, work across multiple genres, and intense live performances.
Starting out at a major ...
(born 1979), American R&B/jazz singer
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Bilal (Lebanese singer)
Bilal (born 1983) is a Lebanese singer of Nawari descent, who is notable for singing not only in Arabic, but mainly in Domari, his native language.
Background
Ban Bella El Hantir, also known as Bilal, the Arab Gipsy Prince, comes from the Do ...
(born 1983), Lebanese gypsy singer
* ilal Salama(born 1984), Egyptian, German Teacher and Translator in Berlin, Germany.
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Belal Mansoor Ali
Belal Mansoor Ali (; born 17 October 1988) is a middle distance runner now representing Bahrain after changing nationality from Kenya.
He was born John Yego on 17 October 1988 in Kenya. A lot of controversy has surrounded his age, starting when ...
(born 1988), Kenyan-Bahraini distance runner.
Given name
* Bilal Abdullah (born 1980), British doctor behind the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack
* Bilal Akgül (born 1982), Turkish Olympian mountain biker
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Bilal Ali
Bilal Abdul Malik Ali is an American politician who served as a delegate to the Maryland General Assembly representing Maryland's District 41.
Political career
Ali was appointed to the Maryland House of Delegates, filling the vacancy created ...
(born 1951), American politician
* Bilal Asad (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
* Billel Attafen (born 1985), Algerian football player
* Bilal Aziz Özer (born 1985), Lebanese-Turkish footballer
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Bilal Baig
Bilal Baig is a Canadian writer and actor. They are best known for their play ''Acha Bacha'' and CBC series '' Sort Of'' (2021–2023).Billel Benaldjia (born 1988), Algerian football player
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Bilal Coulibaly
Bilal Coulibaly ( ; ; born 26 July 2004) is a French professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Metropolitans 92 of LNB Pro A prior to being selected seventh overall b ...
(born 2004), French basketball player
* Bilal Çubukçu (born 1987), Turkish footballer
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Bilal Duckett
Kevin Bilal Duckett (born January 9, 1989) is an American soccer player.
Career
College and amateur
Duckett played youth soccer in Georgia and played for McIntosh High School where he captained the squad to a state title in his senior seaso ...
(born 1989), American soccer player
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Billel Dziri
Billel Dziri (; born 21 January 1972) is an Algerian football manager, former player and the current head coach of ES Ben Aknoun.
After starting off with NA Hussein Dey, Dziri played most of his career with USM Alger and had spells with Étoil ...
(born 1972), Algerian football player
* Bilal Fawaz (born 1988), UK-based Nigerian born boxer
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Bilal Gülden
Bilal Gülden (born 1 May 1993) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for TFF Third League club Kepez Spor Futbol.
He made his Süper Lig
The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship re ...
(born 1993), Turkish footballer
* Bilal Gurbanov (born 2006), Azerbaijani gymnast
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Bilal Haider
This is a list of cricketers who have played matches for Pakistan's Faisalabad cricket team in first-class cricket, first-class, List A cricket, List A or Twenty20 cricket.
* Aaley Haider
* Aamer Nazir (cricketer, born 1966)
* Abdul Mannan (c ...
(born 1973), Pakistani cricketer
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Bilal Hajji
Bilal Hajji, sometimes also known as The Chef (at times Bilal "The Chef" or Bilal "The Chef" Hajji) is a Moroccan- Swedish songwriter and record producer. Based in Sweden, of Moroccan origin, he has worked with many worldwide artists and celebrit ...
, Moroccan Swedish lyricist, songwriter and record producer
* Bilal Hasna (born 1999), British actor
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Bilal Hassani
Bilal Hassani (; ; born 9 September 1999) is a French singer-songwriter and YouTuber. He in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song " Roi", finishing in 16th place.
Early life
Hassani was born in Orsay, Paris Region to a Moroccan fami ...
(born 1999), French pop singer and YouTuber
* Bilal Hussein, Iraqi photojournalist
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Bilel Ifa
Bilel Ifa (; born 9 March 1990) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Iraqi club Erbil and the Tunisia national team.
Career
Born in Ariana, Ifa has played club football for Club Africain.
On 12 January 2022, Ifa ...
(born 1990), Tunisian football player
* Bilal Khan (singer) (born 1986), Pakistani singer-songwriter
* Bilal Khan (actor) (1978–2010), Pakistani television actor and model
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Bilal Khazal
Bilal Saadallah Khazal (also Belal Khazal) is a convicted Lebanese Australian criminal who served a custodial sentence of fourteen years, with a non-parole period of nine years, for producing a book whilst knowing it was connected with assisting ...
, Lebanese Australian suspected member of Al-Qaeda
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Bilal Kısa
Bilal Kısa (born 22 June 1983) is a Turkish retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
On 10 May 2018, Bilal helped Akhisar Belediyespor win their first professional trophy, the 2017–18 Turkish Cup.
Internatio ...
(born 1983), Turkish footballer
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Bilal Lashari
Bilal Lashari is a Pakistani filmmaker, cinematographer, screenwriter and occasional actor. He made his directorial debut with ''Waar'' (2013), which at the time of release became Pakistan's highest-grossing film (currently 12th highest). His ne ...
(born 1984), Pakistani film director and cinematographer
* Bilal Macit (born 1984), Turkish politician
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Bilal Maqsood
Bilal Maqsood () is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, composer, music video director and painter, better known for being a founding member of the pop-rock band Strings (1988–2021).
Early life and education
Bilal Maqsood is the son of the popula ...
(born 1971), Pakistani pop artist and member of the Pakistani pop band
Strings
String or strings may refer to:
*String (structure), a long flexible structure made from threads twisted together, which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Strings'' (1991 film), a Canadian anim ...
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Bilal Mohammed
Bilal Mohammed Rajab (; born 2 June 1986) is a Qatari footballer who plays as a defender. He was a long-time captain of the Qatari national team.
Career
Mohammed started his footballing career in the youth team of Al Gharrafa at the age of 10 ...
(born 1986), Qatari football player
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Bilel Mohsni
Bilel Mohsni (born 21 July 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
He notably played for Rangers where he was part of the Ibrox team who earned promotion in 2014 following their demotion to the foot of the Scotti ...
(born 1987), French-Tunisian football player
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Franck Ribéry
Franck Henry Pierre Ribéry (; born 7 April 1983) is a French former professional footballer who primarily played as a winger, preferably on the left side, and was known for his pace, energy, skill, and precise passing. He is regarded as one ...
, later known as Bilal Yusuf Mohammed (born 1983), French football player
* Bilal Moumen, (born 1990), Algerian football player
* Bilal Saad Mubarak (born 1972), Qatari shot putter
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Belal Muhammad
Belal Muhammad (born July 9, 1988) is an American professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Welterweight (MMA), Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Welterweight Cha ...
(born 1988), American mixed martial artist
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Billel Naïli
Billel Naïli (born June 15, 1986) is an Algerian footballer who is currently playing for USM El Harrach in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.
Club career
JS Kabylie
On July 10, 2010, Naïli signed a one-year contract with JS Kabylie, joining ...
(born 1986), Algerian football player
* Bilal Najdi (born 1993), Lebanese football player
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Bilal El Najjarine
Bilal Mohamad Saadi Cheikh El Najjarine (; born 8 February 1981), or simply Bilal El Najjarine, is a Lebanese former professional Association football, footballer who played as a centre-back.
At club level he most notably played for Nejmeh SC, ...
Bilal Nazki
Justice Bilal Nazki (born 18 November 1947) is an Indian jurist. He is a former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court and has served as High Court Judge in the High Courts of Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh and Bombay. He has also served as the Ch ...
(born 1947), Indian jurist
* Bilal Nichols (born 1996), American football player
* Billel Omrani (born 1993), French football player
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Bilal Orfali
Bilal Orfali is a Lebanese scholar of Arabic language and literature. He currently serves as Sheikh Zayed Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut. He is considered an expert on Arabic prose and poetry, especially du ...
, Lebanese scholar of Arabic language and literature
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Bilal Ould-Chikh
Bilal Ould-Chikh (born 28 July 1997) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger for club FC Volendam, Volendam.
Club career
Born in Roosendaal, Netherlands, Ould-Chikh joined th ...
(born 1997), Dutch football player
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Bilal Philips
Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips (born Dennis Bradley Philips; July 17, 1947) is a Jamaican-born Canadian Islamic scholar and author who is the founder and chancellor of the International Open University, who lives in Qatar. He has been described as a ...
(born 1947), speaker and author on Islam
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Bilal Powell
Bilal Matan Powell (born October 27, 1988) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Louisville Cardinals football, Lou ...
(born 1988), American football running back
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Bilal Rafiq
Muhammad Bilal Rafiq (born 19 October 1985) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Rafiq first represented Lahore based club Wohaib, also representing the team at youth level. He also represented Lahore Lajpa ...
(born 1985), Pakistani footballer
* Bilal Rifaat (born 1957), Egyptian fencer
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Bilal Saeed
Bilal Saeed ( Punjabi, ; born 12 December 1988) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, music producer and composer. He is best known for his singles "12 Saal", "Adhi Adhi Raat " and 'Teri Khair Mangdi" . The latter was also used in the Bollywood fi ...
(born 1988), Pakistani singer and songwriter
* Bilal Salaam, American singer and composer
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Bilal Shafayat
Bilal Mustapha Shafayat (born 10 July 1984) is an English former first-class cricketer. He played as a middle-order batsman, bowler and wicket-keeper. Shafayat was a former captain of the England under-19 side.
Early life and family
Shafayat ...
(born 1984), English cricketer
* Bilel Slimani (born 1989), Algerian football player
* Bilal Sidibé (born 1978), Mauritanian football player
* Bilal Skaf (born 1981), Australian convicted gang rapist
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Bilal Wahib
Bilal El Mehdi Wahib (born 20 January 1999) is a Dutch actor, singer and rapper from Amsterdam. He has appeared in several Dutch films and series such as ''Nieuwe buren'', ''SpangaS'', ''Mocro Maffia'' and ''Commando's'' and films '' Layla M.'', ...
(born 1999), Dutch actor, singer and rapper
* Bilal Xhaferri (1935–1986), Albanian poet, novelist, political dissident
Surname or family name
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Asmar Bilal
Asmar Bilal (born April 12, 1997) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent.
Early years
Bilal played high school football at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. During his senior year, he earned 6A All-State honors and helped ...
(born 1997), American football player
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Badr Bilal
Badr Bilal (born 4 November 1962) is a Qatari former striker who played for Al Sadd He is currently a sports analyst.
He was part of the Qatar U–20 team which came runners-up in the 1981 FIFA Youth World Cup. He scored 3 goals in 6 matche ...
(born 1962), Qatari football player
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Charles Bilal
Charles Bilal was mayor of Kountze, Texas, USA. He is notable for being the first Muslim in America to be elected as an American Muslim to a US municipality.Bruce Taylor Seeman"MUSLIM SCHOOL GETS HELP FROM TEXAS TOWN'S MAYOR \ THE NATION'S FIRST M ...
, American administrator, mayor of Kountze, Texas
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Enki Bilal
Enki Bilal (born Enes Bilal; born 7 October 1951) is a French comic book creator and film director.
Biography Early life
Bilal was born in Belgrade, PR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, to a Czech mother, Ana, who came to Belgrade as child from Karlovy ...
(born 1951), French comic book creator, comics artist and film director
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Malika Bilal
Malika Bilal () is a broadcast journalist currently working for Al Jazeera English.
Bilal is the host of the Al Jazeera Podcast ''The Take''. Previously she was co-host and digital producer of ''The Stream'', based at the Al Jazeera English U ...
, broadcast journalist
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Mohamed Gharib Bilal
Mohamed Gharib Bilal (born 6 February 1945) is a Tanzanian politician who was Chief Minister of Zanzibar from 1995 to 2000. He was Vice President of Tanzania from 2010 to 2015. He is a nuclear scientist by profession and also served as Permanen ...
(born 1945), nuclear scientist, Chief Minister of Zanzibar
* Muhammad Ibrahim Bilal, member of a terrorist group dubbed the
Portland Seven The Portland Seven was a group of United States, American Islam, Muslims from the Portland, Oregon area arrested in October 2002 as part of an FBI operation attempting to close down a terrorism, terrorist cell. The seven were attempting to join al Q ...
* Muhsen Bilal (born 1944), Syrian surgeon, ambassador and politician
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Ashley Chin
Ashley Anthony Chin (born 21 August 1982), also known by his stage name Muslim Belal, is an English actor, screenwriter, spoken word poet and rapper of Jamaican descent.
He began his acting career in the 1999 BBC film '' Storm Damage'' and his m ...
(born 1982), also known by his stage name Muslim Belal, British actor, screenwriter and spoken word performance poet
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Wafaa Bilal
Dr. Wafaa Bilal ( ; born June 10, 1966) is an Iraqi American artist, a former professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently an art professor at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He is a Creative Capital ...