Hussein, Hossein, Hussain, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein, Hussin, Hoessein, Houcine, Hocine or Husain (; ), coming from the

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root Ḥ-S-N (), is an

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name which is the diminutive of

Hassan Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scotti ...

, meaning "good", "handsome" or "beautiful". It is commonly given as a male

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, particularly among

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. In

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contexts, the

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s ''Ḥosayn, Hosayn'', or ''Hossein'' are sometimes used. In the transliteration of

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, the forms "Hussain" or "Hossain" may be used. Other variants include ''Husên'', ''Husejin'', ''Husejn'', ''

Husain Husain, a variant spelling of Hussein, is a common Arabic name, especially among Muslims because of the status of Husayn ibn Ali Husayn ibn Ali (; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680 Common Era, CE) was a social, political and religious leader ...

'', ''Hisên'', ''Hussain'', ''Husayin'', ''Hussayin'', ''Hüseyin'', ''Hüseyn'', ''Husseyin'', ''Huseyn'', ''Hossain'', ''Hosein'', ''Houssein'', ''Husseyn'', ''Usain'' (etc.). The

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, which follows a standardized way for transliterating Arabic names, used the form "Ḥusain" in its first edition and "Ḥusayn" in its second and third editions.Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE — Brill
/ref> This name was not used in the pre-Islamic period, and is recorded to have been first used by 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 ...

when he named his grandson

Husayn ibn Ali Husayn ibn Ali (; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680 Common Era, CE) was a social, political and religious leader in early medieval Arabia. The grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and an Alids, Alid (the son of Ali ibn Abu Talib ibn Abd a ...

, saying he had been commanded to do so by Allah through the archangel

Gabriel In the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), Gabriel ( ) is an archangel with the power to announce God's will to mankind, as the messenger of God. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Quran. Many Chris ...

Given name

Hossein

Hossein Alizadeh Hossein Alizadeh (; born August 24, 1951) is an Iranian musician, composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar, shurangiz and setar instrumentalist and improviser. He has performed with such musicians as Shahram Nazeri, Mohamm ...

, Iranian musician *

Hossein Fekri Hossein Fekri (, March 15, 1924 – July 1, 2003) was an Iranian football player and coach for the Iran national football team. As an international player he won a silver medal at the 1951 Asian Games. At the club level he competed for Daraei ...

, Iranian footballer *

Hossein Ghanbari Hossein Ghanbari (, born February 20, 1988) is an Iranian Association football, football player. He currently plays for the Iran's Premier Football League, IPL club F.C. Iranjavan Bushehr, Iranjavan bushehr as a midfielder. At the beginning of h ...

, Iranian footballer *

Hossein Gharibi Hossein Gharibi (; born 14 February 1969) is an Iranian diplomat who served as the Iranian Ambassador to Brazil from March 2020 to March 2024. Early life and education Gharibi earned a B.A. in "Diplomatic Relations" from the School of Intern ...

, former Iranian Ambassador to Brazil *

Hossein Ali Mallah Hossein Ali Mallah (1921–1992; ) was an Iranian musician, musicologist, painter, and author. He worked to connect Persia's historical poetry and music, as well as researched music and instruments. Early life and family Hossein Ali Mallah ...

(1921–1992), Iranian musician, painter, author *

Hossein Marashi Hossein Marashi (; born 17 November 1958 in Rafsanjan) is an Iranian politician. He served as the Iranian Vice President for Cultural Heritage and Tourism from 2003 to 2005. Prior to that, Marashi represented Kerman in the Iranian parliament. ...

, Iranian politician *

Hossein Namazi Hossein Namazi (; born c. 1945) is an Iranian economist and academic, who served in different cabinet posts. Early life and education Namazi was born c. 1945. He received a PhD in economics in Austria Austria, formally the Republic of A ...

, Iranian economist and politician *

Hossein Navab Hossein Navab or ''Hossein Navvab'' (; 1897–1972) was an Iranian diplomat, who served as foreign minister briefly in 1952. Career Navab was a career diplomat. In the 1930s he was second secretary at the Iranian Embassy in London. He served ...

, Iranian diplomat *

Hossein Nuri Hossein Nuri (also spelled Hosein Noori or Hussein Nouri) (, born 1 July 1954) is an Iranian painter, playwright and film director. One of Nuri's pre-eminent characteristics is that despite his physical limitations he has gained professional a ...

, Iranian artist *

Hossein Panahi Hossein Panahi Dezhkooh (; 28 August 1956 – 4 August 2004) was an Iranian actor and poet. After graduating from high school, due to his father's recommendation, he found his way to Ayatollah Golpaygaani's religious class. Hossein then returne ...

, Iranian actor *

Hossein Rajabian Hossein Rajabian (; born 5 July 1984) is an Iranian filmmaker, writer and photographer who was imprisoned as a political prisoner in 2015 on charges related to his filmmaking. He is an anti-censorship filmmaker and defender of freedom of speech ...

, Iranian filmmaker *

Hossein Rezazadeh Hossein Rezazadeh (; born 12 May 1978) is an Iranian politician and retired weightlifter. Rezazadeh is a two-time Olympic champion, four-time World Weightlifting champion, and five-time Asian champion. Rezazadeh has won the Iran Sportsperson ...

, Iranian weightlifter *

Hossein Salami Hossein Salami (; 1960 – 13 June 2025) was an Iranian military officer who served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from 2019 until 2025 when he was killed by an Israeli airstrike during the Iran–Is ...

(1960-2025), Iranian major general and commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps *

Hossein Shanbehzadeh Hossein Shanbehzadeh () is an Iranian writer and activist. He was arrested in 2024 after tweeting a single period ("."). Career Hossein has worked as a translator, literary editor and activist. He has gained notoriety for his critical or sat ...

, Iranian writer and activist *

Hossein Tehrani Hussein, Hossein, Hussain, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein, Hussin, Hoessein, Houcine, Hocine or Husain (; ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", "handsome" or ...

, Iranian musician *

Hossein Valamanesh Hossein Valamanesh (2 March 1949 – 15 January 2022) was an Iranian-Australian contemporary artist who lived and worked in Adelaide, South Australia. He worked in mixed media, printmaking, installations, and sculpture. He often collabora ...

(1949–2022), Iranian-born Australian artist

Houssein

Houssein Rizk Houssein Hassan Rizk (, ; born 1 January 1997) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Shabab Sahel. Club career Nabi Chit Rizk began his career with Nabi Chit during the 2017–18 Lebanese Premier League season; he ...

(born 1997), Lebanese footballer

Husain

Husayn

, the grandson of Muhammad * Husayn (Safavid), former Safavid king of Persia *

Husayn Bayqarah Sultan Husayn Bayqara Mirza ( ''Husayn Bāyqarā''; June/July 1438 – 4 May 1506) was the Timurid ruler of Herat from 1469 until May 4, 1506, with a brief interruption in 1470. A skilled statesman, Sultan Husayn Bayqara was best known for ...

, Timurid ruler of Herat from 1469 to his death *

Husayn ibn Hamdan Husayn ibn Hamdan ibn Hamdun ibn al-Harith al-Taghlibi () was an early member of the Hamdanid family, who distinguished himself as a general for the Abbasid Caliphate and played a major role in the Hamdanids' rise to power among the Arab tribes i ...

, a general in the Abbasid Caliphate *

Husayn ibn Numayr Al-Ḥuṣayn ibn Numayr al-Sakūnī (died 5/6 August 686) was a leading general of the early Umayyad Caliphate, from the Sakun subtribe of the Kinda.Lammens & Cremonesi (1971), pp. 620–621 Biography A man of his name is recorded as being res ...

, a general of the Umayyad Caliphate

Husein

Husein Gradaščević Husein Gradaščević (''Husein-kapetan'') (31 August 1802 – 17 August 1834), also known as Zmaj od Bosne (lit. 'Dragon of Bosnia'), was an Ottoman Bosnian military commander who led an uprising against the Tanzimat, a system of political ref ...

, Bosniak 19th-century leader and rebel * Husein Miljković, Bosnian military commander *

Husein Kavazović Husein ef. Kavazović (born 3 July 1964) is a Bosnian Islamic cleric serving as Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since November 2012. He was previously the Mufti of Tuzla. Biography Son of Hasan and Saima Kavazović, Husein attended prima ...

, Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Husein Alicajic Husein Alicajic is an Australian filmmaker who writes and directs for film and television, known for award-winning commercials for Foxtel. Background Born in Sydney, Australia, to a Bosnian Muslim father and a Scottish mother, Alicajic attended ...

, Australian filmmaker *

Husein Balić Husein Balić (born 15 February 1996) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a winger for I liga club ŁKS Łódź. Club career He made his Austrian Football Bundesliga debut for SKN St. Pölten on 23 September 2017 in a game agai ...

, Austrian footballer *

Husein Beganović Husein Beganović (; born 16 June 1971) is a North Macedonia, Macedonian former professional association football, footballer, who played as a defender (association football), defender. International career Beganović made his senior debut fo ...

, Macedonian footballer *

Husein Demiri Husein Demiri (born 6 September 1995) is a Macedonian professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for KF Bashkimi (2011), Bashkimi in Macedonian Second Football League, Macedonian Second Le ...

, Macedonian footballer *

Husein Huseinov Husein Huseinov (born 22 September 1951 in Ashgabat) is a Turkmen painter and art director in films. Biography In 1977 he graduated from the Art Faculty of the All-Union State Institute for Cinematography in Moscow. In 1982 he joined the USSR Un ...

, Turkmen painter

Hussain

* Hussain Ahmed, Emirati basketball player *

Hussain Sajwani Hussain Sajwani (; born 1952–1953) is an United Arab Emirates, Emirati billionaire businessman and the founder of the property development company, DAMAC Properties, and his private investment company, DAMAC Group. Sajwani bought land and prop ...

(born 1952/53), Emirati billionaire property developer * Hussain Karim (born 1974), Canadian filmmaker and cinematographer

Hussein

Hussein Adan Isack Hussein Adan Isack (born 1957) is a naturalist and ethnobiologist living in Kenya, having been a research scientist in ornithology. Background and youth Hussein Adan Isack was born to parents who lived in the pastoral Northern region of Kenya. T ...

(born 1957), Kenyan naturalist, ethnobiologist and ornithology research scientist *

Hussein Al-Qattan Hussein Al-Qattan (; 1926 – 14 June 2025) was a Kuwaiti actor. He is most known for the role of Bu Jassoum in Kuwait Television's first drama series ''Bu Jassoum's Family''. Al-Qattan died on 14 June 2025. References External Links * ...

(1925–2025), Kuwaiti actor *

Hussein M. Adam Hussein Mohammed Adam "Tanzania" () was a Somali professor, originally from Hargeisa, Somaliland, but born and raised in Arusha, Tanzania. He graduated in 1966 with his undergraduate degree from Princeton University. He gained his PhD in polit ...

(1943–2017), Somali professor of political science *

Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi ( ; 1 May 18544 June 1931) was an Arab leader from the Banu Qatadah branch of the Banu Hashim clan who was the Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1908 and, after proclaiming the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Em ...

, Sherif and Emir of Mecca *

Hussein Chalayan Hussein Chalayan, (; ; born 12 August 1970) is a British-Cypriot fashion designer. He has won the British Designer of the Year twice (in 1999 and 2000), and he was awarded the MBE in 2006. Chalayan is currently teaching at HTW Berlin. Ea ...

, British/Turkish Cypriot fashion designer * Hussein el-Husseini, former Lebanese Parliament Speaker *

Hussein Hasan Husein Hasan (; 1850s–1910s) was a famous Somali poet and warrior of the Eidagale Isaaq clan known for his skills in battle and hot temper. Biography Husein belonged to the Rer Guled branch of the Eidagale and was a great-grandson of the 1st I ...

, Somali poet and warrior *

Hussein Farrah Aidid Hussein Mohamed Farrah Aidid (, ) (born August 16, 1962) is the son of General Mohamed Farrah Aidid. His father was leader of the Somali National Alliance (SNA), the faction that fought UNOSOM II and US forces during 1993. Farrah is a veteran ...

(1917–1980), Somali war veteran *

Hussein Fatal Bruce Edward Washington Jr. (April 3, 1973July 10, 2015), better known by his stage name Hussein Fatal or sometimes as Fatal Hussein, was an American rapper, best known for his collaborative work with Tupac Shakur as a member of the rap group Ou ...

, American rap artist from 2Pac's Outlawz group * Hussein Hamdan, Lebanese football player *

Hussein Ibish Hussein Yusuf Kamal Ibish (; born 1963) is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He is a weekly columnist for The National (UAE), former columnist for Bloomberg, regular contributor to The Atlantic and The Dail ...

(born 1963), American academic *

Hussein ibn Ali Husayn ibn Ali (; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680 CE) was a social, political and religious leader in early medieval Arabia. The grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and an Alid (the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muhammad's daughter ...

, grandson of Muhammad and son of Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib *

Hussein Kamel al-Majid Colonel General Hussein Kamel Hassan al-Majid () (1954 – 23 February 1996) was an Iraqi military officer and the son-in-law and first cousin once removed of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. He defected to Jordan and assisted United ...

, son-in-law of Saddam Hussein *

Hussein Kamel of Egypt Hussein Kamel (; 21 November 1853 – 9 October 1917) was the Sultan of Egypt from 19 December 1914 to 9 October 1917, during the United Kingdom, British protectorate over Egypt. He was the first person to hold the title of Sultan of Egypt si ...

, Sultan of Egypt *

Hussein Naeem Hussain Hassan Naeem (; 19 March 1987 – 13 June 2007) was a Lebanese footballer who played as a forward. He was killed by a car bomb, alongside other victims, in an assassination attempt on Lebanese politician Walid Eido. Career Naeem joine ...

, Lebanese football player *

Hussein of Jordan Hussein bin Talal (14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 1952 until Death and state funeral of King Hussein, his death in 1999. As a member of the Hashemites, Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Hu ...

, King of Jordan *

Hussein Zedan Hussein S. M. Zedan (1 July 1953 – 23 February 2019) was a computer scientist of Egyptian descent, mainly based in the United Kingdom. Hussein Zedan was born in 1953. He received his PhD degree in 1981 at the University of Bristol, studying un ...

(1953–2019), Egyptian computer scientist *

Hussein Zein Hussein Ali Zein (, ; born 27 January 1995) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a right-back for club Safa and the Lebanon national team. Club career On 2 August 2024, Zein moved to Safa. International career Zein played for the na ...

(born 1995), Lebanese footballer *

Hüseyin

Hüseyin Alkan Hüseyin Alkan (born 1 April 1988, in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul Province) is a Turkish national goalball player of class B1 and Paralympian. He lost his eyesight at the age of 19 as a result of workplace accident. Sporting career A member of ...

(born 1988), Turkish Paralympian goalball player *

Hüseyin Avni (disambiguation) Hüseyin Avni is the name of: People * Hüseyin Avni Bey (1875–1915), Ottoman military officer * Hüseyin Avni Mutlu (born 1956), Turkish civil servant * Hüseyin Avni Pasha (1820–1876), Ottoman statesman and grand vizier * Hüseyin Avni ...

, multiple people *

Hüseyin Çapkın Hüseyin Çapkın (born 1951) is a Turkish civil servant. He was lately the police chief of Istanbul Province. Early life He was born 1951 at Akyurt village of Tire district in İzmir Province to a farmer's family. After completing his primar ...

(born 1951), Turkish police chief *

Hüseyin Dündar Hüseyin Dündar (born 1986 in Adana, Turkey) is a Turkish martial artist competing in the boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai and wushu disciplines. He is Turkey's first world gold medalist in Sanshou. He is a member of Fenerba ...

(born 1986), Turkish boxer *

Hüseyin Er Hüseyin Er (14 January 1985 – 16 May 2021) was a deaf Turkish-born footballer who grew up and mostly Turkish community of London, lived in London. He was a member of the Turkey national deaf football team. Private life Er was born to Haydar a ...

(1985–2021), British-Turkish deaf football player *

Hüseyin Erkan Hüseyin Erkan (born 1958 in Konya, Turkey) was CEO of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) from June 2012 until October 2014. He was the Chairman and CEO of the Istanbul Stock Exchange The Borsa İstanbul (abbreviated as BIST) is the sole ...

(born 1958), Turkish high-ranking civil servant * Hüseyin Gezer (1920–2013), Turkish sculptor *

Hüseyin Hilmi Işık Huseyin Hilmi Işık (March 8, 1911 – October 26, 2001) was a Turkish, Sunni Islamic scholar. Life Hüseyn Hilmi Işık was born in Eyüp, Istanbul. He received religious education from mujtahid Abdulhakim Arvasi. He learned ma'qûl, manq ...

(1911–2001), Turkish Islamic scholar * Hüseyin Kandemir (born 1986), Turkish rower *

Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu (born Hüseyin Kıvrık, 1934) is a retired Turkish general who was the 23rd commander of the Turkish Armed Forces and on August 30, 1998, became Chief of the Turkish General Staff for a four-year term. Biography Born in ...

(born 1934), Turkish general *

Hüseyin Koç Hüseyin Koç (born 30 July 1979 in Bursa, Turkey) is a Turkish former volleyball player. He is tall and played in the setter position. In the 2012–13 season, he was a member of Halkbank Ankara. After playing for Galatasaray, he retired from v ...

(born 1979), Turkish volleyball player *

Hüseyin Özer Hüseyin Özer (born 1949 in Reşadiye, Tokat Province, Turkey) is a Turkish British executive chef and restaurateur, who owns a restaurant chain based in London. Early life Hüseyin Özer was born in 1949, in a village of the Reşadiye town ...

(born 1949), Turkish-British executive chef and restaurateur *

Hüseyin Sayram Hüseyin Sayram (1905 – 23 December 1988) was a Turkish politician, provincial chief of the Republican People's Party (CHP). He was the second of the three sons of the Turkish theologian Hacı Zühtü Efendi. He also had a younger and an older s ...

(1905–1988), Turkish politician * Hüseyin Tavur (born 1972), Turkish football manager *

Hüseyin Yıldırım Hüseyin Yıldırım (born March 10, 1928) is a Turkish-American auto mechanic who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the United States for his courier role in the espionage activities of U.S. serviceman James Hall III during the Cold War era ...

(born 1928), convicted Turkish spy of Cold War era * Hüseyin Yıldız (born 1979), Turkish futsal player

Huseyn

Huseyn Arablinski Huseyn Arablinski (), born Huseynbala Mammad oghlu Khalafov (1881, Baku – 17 March 1919, Baku), was an Azerbaijani actor. Life and career Born to a poor family, Huseyn Arablinski lost his father at a young age. He was sent by his mother to a r ...

(1881–1919), Azerbaijani actor *

Huseyn Derya Huseyn Muradov (29 June 1975 – 15 March 2014), better known by his stage name Huseyn Derya, was an award-winning Azerbaijani rapper and actor from Baku, Azerbaijan. Early life Darya was born on June 29, 1975, in Baku, in the district of Bakik ...

(1975–2014), Azerbaijani rapper and actor *

Huseyn Javid Huseyn Javid (), was born Huseyn Abdulla oghlu Rasizadeh (24 October 1882, Nakhchivan – 5 December 1941, Shevchenko, Tayshetsky District), was a prominent Azerbaijani poet and playwright of the early 20th century. He was one of the founders ...

(1882–1941), Azerbaijani poet and playwright *

Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski, or Nakhichevansky, francised spelling: Hussein Nahitchevansky (; or ) (28 July 1863 – January 1919), was a Russian Cavalry General of Azerbaijani origin. He was the only Muslim to serve as General Adjutant of the ...

(1863–1919), Russian Cavalry General of Azerbaijani origin *

Huseyn Seyidzadeh Huseyn Ali oghlu Seyidzadeh () (15 October 1910, Erivan – 2 June 1979, Baku) was an Azerbaijani film director. Life and career Huseyn Seyidzadeh was born to a family of a merchant in the city of Yerevan (then part of the Russian Empire, now th ...

(1910–1979), Azerbaijani film director *

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (8 September 18925 December 1963) was an East Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 to 1957 and before that as the Prime Minister of Bengal from 1946 to ...

(1892–1963), Bengali politician and statesman

Hossain

* Khan Bahadur Mudassir Hossain, Bengali politician *

Rubel Hossain Mohammad Rubel Hossain ( born 1 January 1990) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. Rubel made his international debut in January 2009 aged only 19. He has the highest bowling average of any pace bowler to have bowled at least 2,000 deliveries in Test cri ...

, Bangladeshi cricketer *

Mosaddek Hossain Saikat Mosaddek Hossain Saikat (; born 10 December 1995) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh national cricket team and for Barisal Division cricket team, Barisal Division in domestic cricket. He made his international debut in Janua ...

, Bangladeshi cricketer

Hocine

Hocine Aït Ahmed Hocine Aït Ahmed (‎; 20 August 1926 – 23 December 2015) was an Algerian politician. He was founder and leader until 2009 of the historical political opposition in Algeria. The Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium, one of the largest stadiums by ...

(1926-2015) Algerian Politician * Hocine Daikhi Algerian Karateka *

Hocine El Orfi Hocine El Orfi (born January 27, 1987) is an Algerian footballer. He plays mainly as a defensive midfielder. Club career Born in Bou Saâda, El Orfi began his career in the youth ranks of his hometown club, Amel Bou Saâda, eventually making h ...

(born 1987) Algerian footballer *

Hocine Khalfi Hocine Khalfi (January 7, 1928August 27, 2011) (commonly misspelled, "Hoacine") was an Algerian-French boxer from Oran, Algeria. He was orphaned at the age of seven and raised by his aunt. Khalfi, who started boxing at the age of 17, quickly ...

(1928-2011) french-Algerian professional boxer *

Hocine Mezali Hocine Mezali () (born in Bordj Menaïel on 5 March 1938) is an Algerian journalist and writer. He had been the head of intelligence during the Battle of Algiers (1956–1957). Early life Mezali was born in 1938 in the town of Bordj Menaïel in ...

Algerian journalist *

Hocine Soltani Hocine Soltani (December 1972 – March 2002) was an Algerian boxer, who won two Olympic medals. In 1992, the southpaw placed third in the featherweight division (54–57 kg), and at the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the l ...

(1972-2002) Algerian boxer *

Hocine Ziani Hocine Ziani (born 3 May 1953) is an Algerian painter and artist in plastic arts. Early years Ziani was born on 3 May 1953 in Sidi Daoud to a Kabyle people, Kabyle family living in the countryside of lower Kabylia near Zawiyet Sidi Amar Cherif ...

(born 1953) Algerian painter

Middle name

* Amin Hossein Rahimi (born 1968), Iranian politician * Barack Hussein Obama II, 44th President of the United States * Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., father of the forty-fourth US president *

Khadim Hussain Rizvi Khadim Hussain Rizvi (; 22 May 1966 – 19 November 2020) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and the founder and Amir of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, a religiopolitical organization founded in 2015, known to protest against any change to Pakistan' ...

, Pakistani Muslim scholar and politician *

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 ...

, Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, fifth President of Iraq * Belayet Hossain Birbhumi, Belayet Hossain (1887—1984), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, author and academic

Patronymic title

* Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, Islamic scholar of the Umayyad era. He is considered 4th shia Imam by the Twelver, Zaydi and Isma'ili shia sects. * Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn, Ali ibn Husayn, son of Husayn ibn Ali * Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn * Ruqayya bint Husayn, daughter of Husayn ibn Ali * Fatimah bint Husayn was the daughter of

and his wife Umm Ishaq bint Talha ibn Ubayd Allah, Umm Ishaq bint Talha * Tahir ibn Husayn, Abbasid general and governor under Al-Ma'mun (Reign, r. 813–833) * Abdullah I of Jordan, Abdullah bin Hussein, also known as ''Abdullah I'', was the King of Jordan from 25 May 1946 – 20 July 1951

Surname

Hossain

* Abdul Mannan Hossain, Indian politician * Adil Hussain, Indian actor * Akbar Hossain, Bangladeshi politician * Anwar Hossain (disambiguation), several people * Ashraf Hossain, Bangladeshi politician * Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, Bangladeshi Islamic lecturer and politician * Faisal Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer * Hasibul Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer * Ismail Hossain Siraji, Bengali writer * Kamal Hossain, Bangladeshi politician * Makbul Hossain (Chuadanga politician), Makbul Hossain, Bangladeshi politician * Md. Mokbul Hossain (Pabna-3 politician), Md. Mokbul Hossain, Bangladeshi politician * Md. Mokbul Hossain (Meherpur politician), Md. Mokbul Hossain Meherpuri, Bangladeshi politician * Mehrab Hossain (disambiguation), several people * Mir Mosharraf Hossain, Bengali writer * M Makbul Hossain, Bangladesh Navy rear admiral * Moazzem Hossain (disambiguation), multiple people * Mockbul Hossain, Bangladeshi businessman * Mohammad Hossain, West Bengali politician * Mohammed Mosharref Hossain, Bangladeshi criminal * Mohammad Nazmul Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer * Makbul Hossain (Chuadanga politician), Mokbul Hossain, Bangladeshi politician * Mokbul Hossain (Pabna-2 politician), Mokbul Hossain Sujanagari, Bangladeshi politician * Nina Hossain, English journalist and presenter * Noor Hossain (disambiguation), several people * Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician * Sadeque Hossain Khoka, Bangladeshi politician * Sanwar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer * Selina Hossain, Bengali writer * Shahadat Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer * Shahriar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer * Zakir Hossain (disambiguation), several people

Hosein / Hossein

* Farah Hussein (born 2001), Egyptian gymnast *Mehnaz Hoosein (born 1973), Indian singer * Robert Hossein, French actor, director and writer * Imran N. Hosein, Islamic scholar specialising in Islamic eschatology * Akeal Hosein, West Indian cricketer

Husain

Hussain

* Abrar Hussain (Boxer), Abrar Hussain (1961–2011), Pakistani boxer * Abrar Hussain (General), Abrar Hussain, Pakistani military hero * Ijaz Hussain, Pakistani cricketer * Iqbalunnisa Hussain, Indian educator, academic, writer, activist and feminist * Nasser Hussain, Essex and England cricketer * Nauman Hussain, American businessman implicated in the Schoharie limousine crash * Rashad Hussain, United States special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference * Rifaat Hussain (1952–2025), Pakistani political scientist, professor and defense analyst * Rizwan Hussain, British barrister of Bangladeshi descent * Roquia Sakhawat Hussain, Bangladeshi feminist and social worker * Sairish Hussain, British writer and lecturer * Shabir Hussain, British chef and restaurateur * Syed Abdulla Hussain, Indian ornithologist * Zakir Hussain (disambiguation), several people

Husayn

* Muhammad Husayn Haykal, Egyptian writer, journalist, and politician

Hussein

* Abdul Razak Hussein, Prime Minister of Malaysia * Adnan Hussein (born 1954), Lebanese politician * Ali bin Hussein of Hejaz, King of Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca * Ameena Hussein (born 1964), Sri Lankan writer, editor and sociologist * Fouad Hussein, Jordanian journalist * Mahmoud Hussein, Egyptian journalist * Mohd Faizol Hussien, Malaysian football player * Nedal Hussein, Australian boxer of the 1990s and 2000s * Sadqa Hussein (1876–1961), rabbinical judge of the Iraqi Jews in Jerusalem * Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein, Pretender to the Iraqi throne and the leader of the Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy political party * Shelomo Bekhor Hussein (1843–1892), rabbi, author, and publisher in Baghdad, Ottoman Iraq * Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer and Arabic literary scholar *Youssef Hussein (born 1988), Egyptian comedian

Family of Saddam Hussein of Iraq

, former President of Iraq (1979–2003) ** Uday Hussein, son ** Qusay Hussein, son ** Raghad Hussein, daughter ** Rana Hussein, daughter ** Hala Hussein, daughter

Royal family of Jordan

* Abdullah II of Jordan, Abdullah II bin al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan * Ali bin Hussein of Jordan, son of King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife * Alia al Hussein, third wife of King Hussein of Jordan * Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan (born 1994), son of Abdullah II * Princess Muna al-Hussein, second wife of King Hussein of Jordan

Huseyin / Hüseyin

* Metin Hüseyin, English film director

Huseyn / Hüseyn

* Mehdi Huseyn (1909–1965), Azerbaijani and Soviet writer and critic

Huseynov / Guseynov / Гусейнов

* :ru:Гусейнов, Абдусалам Абдулкеримович, Abdusalam Guseynov, Lezgins, Lezgian philosopher and ethicist

References

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Given name

Hossein

Houssein

Husain

Husayn

Husein

Hussain

Hussein

Hüseyin

Huseyn

Hossain

Hocine

Middle name

Patronymic title

Surname

Hossain

Hosein / Hossein

Husain

Hussain

Husayn

Hussein

Family of Saddam Hussein of Iraq

Royal family of Jordan

Huseyin / Hüseyin

Huseyn / Hüseyn

Huseynov / Guseynov / Гусейнов

See also

References