Hamza (also spelled as Hamzah, Hamsah, Hamzeh, Humza, Khamzat or Hamëz; ) is an Arabic masculine

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 ...

in the

Muslim world The terms Islamic world and Muslim world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs, politics, and laws of Islam or to societies in which Islam is ...

. It means lion, strong, and steadfast. It was borne by one of the

Islamic 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 ...

prophet Muhammad's uncles,

Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib Ḥamza ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf al-Qurashī (; )Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). ''The Companions of Badr''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. was a foster brother, ...

, a wrestler and an archer who was renowned for his strength and bravery in battle. His exploits were detailed in the Hamzanama, an adventure epic written in

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

Given name

Hamza (rapper) Hamza Al-Farissi (; ; born 1 August 1994), better known by the mononym Hamza, is a Moroccan-Belgium rapper, singer and record producer. Hamza was signed to Rec. 118 and Warner Music. Career Born in Laeken, a district of Brussels, to parents of M ...

, full name Hamza Al-Farissi, Belgian rapper of Moroccan descent *

Hamza Ali Abbasi Hamza Ali Abbasi (born 23 June 1986) is a Pakistani actor and director. He is best known for his roles as Afzal in the drama serial '' Pyarey Afzal'' (2013) and as Salahuddin in the drama serial '' Mann Mayal'' (2016)''.'' In 2013, he appeare ...

, Pakistani actor, model, and film director * Hamza Abdel Mawla (1923–1987), Egyptian footballer * Hamza Aboud (born 1984), Lebanese footballer * Hamza Abourazzouk (born 1986), Moroccan footballer * Hamza Abdullah, American football safety *

Hamza Abdullahi Hamza Abdullahi (2 March 1945 – 3 January 2019) was a Nigerian statesman and military administrator who served as Governor of Kano State from 1984 to 1985; and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory from 1986 to 1989. Early life Hamza Abdul ...

(1945–2019), Nigerian Air Force air marshal and governor * Hamza Abu-Ghalia (born 1980), Libyan weightlifter * Hamza Akman (born 2004) is a Turkish professional footballer *

Hamza al-Ghamdi Hamza Salah Sa'id al-Ghamdi (; 18 November 1980 – 11 September 2001) was a Saudi terrorist hijacker. He was one of five hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175 as part of the 11 September attacks. Born in Saudi Arabia, Hamza al-Ghamdi left ...

(1980-2001), Saudi hijacker of

United Airlines Flight 175 United Airlines Flight 175 was a domestic passenger flight from Logan International Airport in Boston to Los Angeles International Airport in California that was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as ...

* Hamza al-Khateeb (1997-2011), Syrian child tortured to death by Syrian government * Hamza Alvi (1921–2003), Pakistani Marxist academic sociologist and activist *

Humza Arshad Humza Mohammed Arshad (; born 3 June 1985) is an English actor, comedian and writer of Pakistani descent. He produces the web series '' Diary of a Bad Man'' (2010–2013) and '' Badman'' (2015–present). His homemade YouTube videos have been ...

, British-Pakistani actor, writer, comedian and YouTube personality *

Hamza Abdi Barre Hamza Abdi Barre (, ; born 1972 or 1973) is a Somali politician who has served as the prime minister of Somalia since 2022. He was nominated on 15 June 2022, by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and he was endorsed by parliament on 25 June 202 ...

(born 1972), prime minister of Somalia *

Hamza Bencherif Hamza Bencherif (; born 9 February 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Northern Premier League club Worksop Town where he is club captain. Born in Paris, he has played in the Football League for several ...

, footballer *

Hamza Bogary Hamza Mohammad Bogary or Boqari () (1932–1984) was an Arabic author from Mecca who also worked in broadcasting, becoming Director General of Broadcasting; from 1965 to 1967, he served as Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister of Information. In 1967, he b ...

(1932–1984), Arabic author from Mecca *

Hamza Boulemdaïs Hamza Boulemdaïs (born 22 November 1982) is an Algerian football player who is currently playing for CS Constantine in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Club career On 6 July 2011 Boulemdaïs announced that he would be joining JS Kabylie ...

(born 1982), Algerian football player *

Hamza Çakir The hamza ( ') () is an Arabic script character that, in the Arabic alphabet, denotes a glottal stop and, in non-Arabic languages, indicates a diphthong, vowel, or other features, depending on the language. Derived from the letter '' ʿayn'' ( ...

(born 1985), German footballer of Turkish descent *

Hamza Çalışkan Hamza Çalışkan (born 13 November 1994) is a Turkish Paralympian para table tennis player of class 5. A graduate of Selçuk University, he serves also as a coach. He resides in Konya in Turkey. He is taking part in the 2020 Summer Paraly ...

(born 1994), Turkish Paralympian para table tennis player *

Hamza Čataković Hamza Čataković (; born 15 January 1997) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a forward for TFF First League club Esenler Erokspor. Čataković started his professional career at Sarajevo, before joining Trenčín in 2017. Club ...

(born 1997), Bosnian professional footballer *

Hamza Chatholi Hamza Chatoli (born 1 November 1981) is an Indian athlete who competes in the 1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics s ...

(born 1981), Indian athlete *

Khamzat Chimaev Khamzat Khizarovich Chimaev (born 1 May 1994) is an Emirati professional mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler who currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In freestyle wrestling, Chima ...

, Chechen mixed martial artist *

Hamza Choudhury Hamza Dewan Choudhury (; born 1 October 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or right-back for club Sheffield United, on loan from Leicester City. Born in England, he plays for the Bangladesh national team. ...

(born 1997), professional footballer * * Hamza Demir (born 1956), Swedish politician *

Hamza El Din Hamza El Din (Arabic حمزة علاء الدين) (July 10, 1929 – May 22, 2006) was an Egyptian Nubian composer, oud player, tar player, and vocalist. He was born in southern Egypt and was an internationally known musician of his native reg ...

, Oud player, composer and ethnomusicologist * Hamza Dirani, Jordanian racing driver *

Hamzah Fansuri Hamzah Fansuri ( Jawi: حمزه فنسوري ; also spelled Hamzah Pansuri, d. 1590 ?) was a 16th-century Sumatran Sufi writer, and the first writer known to write mystical panentheistic ideas in the Malay language. He wrote poetry as well as pro ...

, Sufi poet from Sumatra * Hamza Feghouli (1938–2025), Algerian actor * Hamza Güreler (born 2006), Turkish footballer *

Hamza Hamzaoğlu Hamza Hamzaoğlu (born 1 July 1970) is a Turkish professional coach and former player, he is the assistant manager of Saudi Pro League club Al Shabab. Club career Hamzaoğlu began his career in 1988 with İzmirspor. In 1995, he transferred t ...

, former Turkish footballer and football manager *

Hamzah Haz Hamzah Haz (15 February 1940 – 24 July 2024) was the ninth vice president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004 under President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Prior to serving as vice president, Hamzah served as a cabinet minister and a member of the People' ...

, former vice-president of Indonesia * Hamza Humo (1895–1970), Bosnian journalist, poet, dramatist, and writer * Hamza Jashari, Albanian guerrilla fighter. * Prince Hamzah of Jordan, son of the late King Hussein of Jordan * Hamza Kashgari, Saudi columnist *

Hamza Kastrioti Hamza Kastrioti () was a 15th-century Albanian nobleman and the nephew of Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg. Probably born in Ottoman territory, after the death of his father Stanisha he was raised by Skanderbeg, who took him in his military expediti ...

, Ottoman military personnel * Hamza Kattan (born 1997), Jordan taekwondo practitioner * Hamza al-Kateab, Syrian doctor, activist, and public health advocate * Hamza Kheir (born 1993), Lebanese footballer *

Hamza Koudri Hamza Koudri (born December 15, 1987) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Club career MC Alger USM Alger On 26 May 2012 Hamza Koudri joined for two seasons coming from rival ...

, Algerian footballer * Hamza Ménina (born 1981), retired Algerian triple jumper *

Hamza Mirza Hamza Mirza (; 4 September 1568 – 6 December 1586) was the Safavid crown prince of Iran during the reign of his father Mohammad Khodabanda (). His mother was Khayr al-Nisa Begum, a Mar'ashi princess from Mazandaran. Biography He was born on ...

(1568–1586), Safavid crown prince of Iran * Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, noted Sahābi and uncle of

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 ...

Hamza Namira Hamza Namira () is an Egyptian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has released three albums from the production of Awakening Records: ''Dream With Me'', ''Insan'', ''Esmaani;'' and a couple of albums from Namira production, his own ...

, Egyptian singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist * Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Uzbek poet * Hamza Pasha, multiple people * Hamza Rhattas (born 1994), Moroccan footballer *

Hamza Ruhezamihigo Rwanda men's national basketball team is a basketball team that represents Rwanda in international competitions. It is administered by the Rwandan Basketball Federation (FERWABA) Rwanda has yet to qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup, but h ...

, Rwandan basketball player *

Hamza Sakhi Hamza Sakhi (born 7 June 1996) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays for Botola club Wydad AC as an attacking midfielder. Club career Having initially joined AJ Auxerre from Metz on loan, Auxerre confirmed they had signed Sakhi on a p ...

, Moroccan football player * Hamza Shah Saifuddin, fourth

Sultan of Bengal The Bengal Sultanate (Middle Bengali: , Classical Persian: ) was a Post-classical history, late medieval sultanate based in the Bengal region in the eastern South Asia between the 14th and 16th century. It was the dominant power of the Ganges- ...

* Hamzah Shehatta, Saudi poet * Hamza Tzortzis (born 1980), British Muslim apologist, public speaker and a researcher on Islam * Hamza Yassin, Sudanese-born British TV presenter * Hamza Yerlikaya, Turkish Graeco-Roman style wrestler *

Hamza Younés Hamza Younés (; born 16 April 1986) is a Tunisian professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward. After starting out at CS Sfaxien, Sfaxien in his native country, Younés went on to compete ...

, Tunisian footballer *

Humza Yousaf Humza Haroon Yousaf (; born 7 April 1985) is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from March 2023 to May 2024. He served under his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon as Scottish ...

, Scottish politician *

Hamza Yusuf Hamza Yusuf (born Mark Hanson; 1958) is an American Islamic scholar, neo-traditionalist, and co-founder of Zaytuna College. He is a proponent of classical learning in Islam and has promoted Islamic sciences and classical teaching methodologies ...

(born 1958), American Islamic scholar, neo-traditionalist, and co-founder of Zaytuna College *

Hamzah Zainudin Hamzah bin Zainudin (; born 12 March 1957) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 17th Leader of the Opposition since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Larut since March 2008. He served as the Minister of Home Aff ...

, Malaysian politician * Hamza Zakari (born 1994), Ghanaian professional football midfielder

Surname

Amiruddin Hamzah Amiruddin bin Hamzah ( Jawi: أميرالدين بن حمزة; born 20 April 1962) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Finance in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH adm ...

, Malaysian politician * Bur’i Mohamed Hamza, Somali politician *

Fuad Hamza Fuad Hamza (), also known as Fuad Bey Hamza, (1899–1951) was a Palestinian who served as ambassador of Saudi Arabia to France and as King Abdulaziz's adviser and representative. Hafiz Wahba and he were the first ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, th ...

, Saudi Arabian government official * Gamal Hamza, Egyptian footballer * Khidir Hamza, nuclear technician who worked with

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until Saddam Hussein statue destruction, his overthrow in 2003 during the 2003 invasion of Ira ...

Mauro Hamza Maher "Mauro" Hamza (born ) is a fencing coach who was born in Cairo, Egypt. He coached at Texas A&M, Rice University, for US national teams, and for the Egyptian Olympic team. In November 2023, Hamza was ruled permanently ineligible by the U.S ...

(born 1965 or 1966), Egyptian fencing coach *

Mir Hamza Mir Hamza (born 10 September 1992) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a left arm medium fast bowler who made his Test debut for the Pakistan cricket team in October 2018. Domestic career In April 2018, Hamza was named in Baluchistan's squad for the ...

(born 1992), a Pakistani

cricketer Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

* Muhammad Hamza (1929–2021), Pakistani politician * Obaidullah Hamzah (born 1972), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar * Tengku Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet *

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah Tengku Razaleigh bin Tengku Mohd Hamzah (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: تڠکو غزالي بن تڠکو محمد حمزة; born 13 April 1937) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who served as the Dewan Rakyat, Member of Parliament (MP) for Gu ...

, Malaysian politician *

Zubayr Hamza Mohammad Zubayr Hamza (born 19 June 1995) is a South African cricketer. He made his Test debut for the South Africa cricket team in January 2019, becoming South Africa's 100th Test player since readmission. In domestic cricket, he was named as th ...

(born 1995), a South African cricketer *

Abdul Nasir bin Amer Hamsah The Oriental Hotel murder occurred on 6 June 1994, when two Japanese tourists were robbed and attacked by two men in their shared room in the Oriental Hotel in Singapore. One of them was brutally assaulted and died, while the other survived. The ...

, Singaporean criminal and prisoner

Derived names

Abu Hamza Abu Hamza () meaning father of ''Hamza (name), Hamza'', is a given name and a common alias used by several people, it may refer to: Given name * Abu Hamza al-Mukhtar, 8th century Ibadi Kharijite rebel * Abu Hamza Rabia (died 2005), al-Qaeda leader ...

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