Muhammad () is an Arabic given male name meaning 'praiseworthy'. The name comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb (حَمَّدَ), meaning 'to praise', which itself comes from the

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Semitic root

Ḥ-M-D (, ) is the triconsonantal Semitic root of many Arabic and some Hebrew words. Many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root is "to praise" in Arabic and "to desire" in Hebrew.'' A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexico ...

. Other spellings of the name include Muhammed, Muhamad, Mohammad, Mohammed, Mahammad, Maxammed, Mehemmed, Mehemmet, Mohamad, Mohamed, Mehmet, Mahometus, Mamadou, and a variety of other ways. Believed to be the most popular name in the world, by July 2014 it was estimated to have been given to 150 million men and boys. The name has been banned for newborn children in the

Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

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since 2017, as well as for the Ahmadi community in

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Lexicology

The name ' is the standard, primary

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of the Arabic

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, , that comes from the Arabic

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of ''ḥammada'' (), ''praise'', and further from

Semitic root

(''praise''); hence ''praised, or praiseworthy''. However, its actual pronunciation differs

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, for example, in

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: , while in exclusively religious contexts, talking about

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: . The name has one of the highest numbers of English spelling variants in the world. Other Arabic names from the same root include Mahmud,

Ahmed Ahmad () is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other English spellings of the name include Ahmed. It is also used as a surname. Etymology The word derives from the root ( ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from ...

, Hamed, Tahmid and

Hamid Hamid refers to two different but related Arabic given names, both of which come from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D (): # (Arabic: ''ḥāmed'') also spelled Haamed, Hamid or Hamed, and in Turkish Hamit; it means "lauder" or "one ...

Transliterations

The name may be abbreviated to ''Md.'', ''Mohd.'', ''Muhd.'', ''Mhd.'', or simply ''M.'' because of its ubiquity. Its popularity has meant that it can become hard to distinguish people. In some cases, it may be to keep a personal name less tied to a religious context. This is only done if the person has a second given name. Some men who have ''Muhammad'' (or variant) as a first name choose not to use it, as it is such a common name. Instead, they use another given name. For example,

Anwar Sadat Muhammad Anwar es-Sadat (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until Assassination of Anwar Sadat, his assassination by fundame ...

Hosni Mubarak Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak (; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011 and the 41st Prime Minister of Egypt, prime minister from 1981 to ...

Siad Barre Mohammed Siad Barre (, Osmanya script: , ''Muhammad Ziād Barīy''; 6 October 1919 – 2 January 1995) was a Somali military officer, politician, and revolutionary who served as the third president of Somalia from 21 October 1969 to 26 Janu ...

, Zia-ul-Haq,

Yusuf Khattak Muhamad Yusuf Khan Khattak (18November 191729July 1991) was a Pakistani politician, left-wing intellectual, lawyer, and noted Pakistan Movement activist from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Although an early member of the Muslim League, he actively parti ...

Ayub Khan Mohammad Ayub Khan (14 May 1907 – 19 April 1974) was a Pakistani military dictator who served as the second president of Pakistan from 1958 until his resignation on 1969. He was the first native commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Army, se ...

and Reza Pahlavi use their given name, second given name, or surname.

Statistics

According to the sixth edition of ''

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'' (2000), ''Muhammad'' is probably the most common given name in the world, including variations. ''

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'' reported in 2014 that more than 150 million men and boys in the world bear the name ''Muhammad'', which would make it the most popular name in the world. Approximately 60% of people named Muhammad live in Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan. In 2024, the

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, which represents

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collectively, reported that the name Muhammad was the most popular baby name for boys in that region in 2023. ''Mohammed'' and ''Mohamed'' were the most popular baby name in ''Département''

Seine-Saint-Denis () is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as ' or ' ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93. Its prefecture is Bobi ...

(2002, 2008) and in

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(2007, 2009), France. Similarly, since 2008 it has been the most popular baby boy name in Brussels and Antwerp, Belgium's most Muslim-populated cities. In May 2006, it was reported that statistics indicate that some 8,928 Danish Muslims carry the name ''Muhammad'' and that in 2004 alone, 167 new-born babies were registered. In 2009, ''Muhammad'', the most common spelling variant, was ranked 430th in the US. According to the

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, ''Mohammad'' was ranked 589th, ''Mohammed'' 633rd, and ''Muhammad'' the 639th most popular first name for newborns in 2006. In the 1990 United States census, the Muhammad variant of the spelling was ranked 4,194 out of 88,799 for people of all ages.Unless otherwise noted, figures are from http://www.name-stats.com/search.php?subject=MUHAMMAD&submit=Search. ''They don't include different forms of spelling except for 2009 and 2010 for the UK.'' Part of the list of banned ethnic minority names in Xinjiang

Part of the list of banned ethnic minority names in Xinjiang

In April 2017, the

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prohibited parents from choosing the name Muhammad as the given name for a child. The list included more than two dozen names and was targeted at the 10 million

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in the western region of

. If all variants of Muhammad are counted, there are 15,723 people in

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named Muhammad, accounting for 0.7% of the Finnish male population. The most common spelling is Mohamed, accounting for 38% of the Muhammad name carriers. In 2022, it was the 35th most popular name given to boys in Canada.

Given name

Mamadou

* Mamadou (mansa), ruler of the

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* Mamadou Blaise Sangaré, Malian politician, president of the Social Democratic Convention *

Mamadou Boye Bah Mamadou Boye Bah (1 April 1930 – 26 May 2009) was a Guinean political figure and economist and was one of the leading opponents of the presidents Sékou Touré and Lansana Conté. Bah had originally worked in the Touré government in the early 1 ...

, Guinean economist and politician * Mamadou Kamara Dékamo, Congo-Brazzaville politician and diplomat * Mamadou Dembelé, Malian politician *

Mamadou Dia Mamadou Dia (18 July 1910 – 25 January 2009) was a Senegalese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Senegal from 1957 until 1962, when he was forced to resign and was subsequently imprisoned amidst allegations that he was p ...

, Senegalese politician, former prime minister * Mamadou Diop (politician), Senegalese politician, former mayor of Dakar * Mamadou Koulibaly, Ivorian politician *

Mamadou Lamine Loum Mamadou Lamine Loum (Arabic: محمدُ الآمين الأم; born February 3, 1952

, Senegalese politician, former prime minister * Mamadou Lamine Traoré, Malian politician * Mamadou Maidah, Nigerien politician and diplomat *

Mamadou Ouédraogo Mamadou Ouédraogo (1906 in Ouahigouya – 9 September 1978 in Ouahigouya) was a politician in the French Upper Volta. One of the early leaders of the Voltaic Union, Ouédraogo represented Ouahigouyain in the Territorial Assembly from 1946 to 1 ...

, French Upper Volta (present-day Burkina Faso) politician *

Mamadou Samba Barry New Social Democracy (in French: ''Nouvelle Démocratie Sociale, NDS'') is a political party in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southea ...

, Burkina Faso politician, secretary of the New Social Democracy party *

Mamadou Seck (politician) Mamadou Seck is a Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senega ...

, Senegalese politician, president of the National Assembly of Senegal *

Mamadou Sylla (politician) Mamadou Sylla (born 25 January 1960) is a Guinean politician and business leader. Born in Boké, in 1986 Sylla was one of several people given large amounts of rice by the Government to retail. Becoming wealthy, he moved to Conakry and became a s ...

, Guinean judge and businessman *

Mamadou Tandja Mamadou Tandja (1938 – 24 November 2020) was a Nigerien politician who was List of heads of state of Niger, President of Niger from 1999 to 2010. He was President of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD) from 1991 to 1999 ...

, Nigerien politician, former president *

Mamadou Alimou Diallo Mamadou Alimou Diallo (born 2 December 1984 in Conakry) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks d ...

, Guinean footballer *

Mamadou Bagayoko Mamadou Bagayoko (born 21 May 1979) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France, he represented Mali at international level. Club career Bagayoko was born in Paris. His debut at senior level came in 1999 for ...

, Malian footballer *

Mamadou Bagayoko (footballer, born 1989) Mamadou Bagayoko (born 31 December 1989) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defender. He is currently playing for Hibernians in the Maltese Premier League. Club career Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Bagayoko began his caree ...

, Ivorian footballer *

Mamadou Bah Mamadou Diouldé Bah (born 25 April 1988) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for US Raon-l'Étape. He played for the Guinea national team from 2008 to 2012. Club career Born in Conakry, Bah began his career at ...

, Guinean footballer *

Mamadou Baldé Mamadou Papys Baldé (born 12 December 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender.Mamadou Camara, French footballer * Mamadou Danso, Gambian footballer

Mochamad

* Mochamad Ridwan Kamil, Indonesian architect and politician * Mochamad Basuki Hadimuljono, Indonesian bureaucrat

Mochammad

* Mochammad Al Amin Syukur Fisabillah, Indonesian football player * Mochammad Sanoesi, Indonesian police general

Mohamad

* Mohamad Ashiek Salleh, Singaporean convicted killer *

Mohamad Aziz Mohamad bin Aziz (29 July 1940 – 24 December 2020) was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Sri Gading constituency in the state of Johor from 1999 to 2013. He sat in Parliament as a member of the United Malays National Organisat ...

, Malaysian politician * Mohamad Bazzi, Lebanese-American award-winning journalist * Mohamad Jawad Chirri, American imam * Mohamad Elzahabi, Lebanese militant * Mohamad Haidar (born 1989), Lebanese footballer *

Mohamad Nor Ismail Mohamad Nor Bin Ismail (born 20 August 1982) is a Malaysian former international footballer who played as a striker. Mohd Nor started his career with Kuala Lumpur FA. He was transferred to Perak during the 2005 season after spending four year ...

, Malaysian footballer * Mohamad Kasebi, Iranian actor * Mohamad Jalal Kdouh (born 1997), Lebanese footballer * Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi (born 1957), Iranian-born Canadian scholar, editor, author, professor * Mohamad Zbida, Syrian footballer

Mohamed

* Mohamed Abdelaziz (1947–2016), president of the

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), also known as the Sahrawi Republic and Western Sahara, is a partially recognized state in the western Maghreb, which claims the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara, but controls only ...

(

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) from 1982 until his death in 2016 *

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (, ; born March 11, 1962), also known as Farmaajo, is a Somali politician who served as president of Somalia from 2017 to 2022. He was Prime Minister of Somalia, prime minister of Somalia for six months, from Novembe ...

(born 1962),

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from 2007 to 2022 * Mohamed Aboussalam (born 1996), Moroccan basketball player * Mohamed Amine Amami (born 1983), Tunisian footballer * Moustafa Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Amar (born 1966), Egyptian musician and actor * Mohamed Amsif (born 1989), Moroccan footballer * Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat (1918–1981), Egyptian politician and President from 1970 to 1981 * Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat (born 1955), Egyptian politician and nephew of former Egyptian President Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat *

Mohamed Abu Arisha Mohamed Abu Arisha (; born November 10, 1997) is an Arab-Israeli basketball player who has played for Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C., Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and has played for the Israeli national basketball team. Cu ...

(born 1997), Israeli basketball player for

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of the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

and the Israeli national basketball team *

Mohamed Atta Mohamed Atta (1 September 196811 September 2001) was an Egyptian terrorist hijacker for al-Qaeda. Ideologically a Pan-Islamism, pan-Islamist, he was the ringleader of the September 11 attacks and served as the Aircraft hijacking, hijacker-pi ...

(1968–2001), Egyptian Islamist terrorist and ringleader of the hijackers of

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in the September 11 attacks * Mohamed Bahi (born ), American-Algerian former Chief Liaison of

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Eric Adams Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is an American politician and former police officer who has served as the 110th mayor of New York City since 2022. Adams was an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City P ...

to the Muslim community. * Mohamed Bairouti (born 1976), Syrian footballer *

Mohamed ElBaradei Mohamed Mostafa ElBaradei (, ; born 17 June 1942) is an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat who served as the vice president of Egypt on an interim basis from 14 July 2013 until his resignation on 14 August 2013. He was the Director General of ...

(born 1942), Director General of the

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Mohamed Siad Barre Mohammed Siad Barre (, Osmanya script: , ''Muhammad Ziād Barīy''; 6 October 1919 – 2 January 1995) was a Somali military officer, politician, and revolutionary who served as the third president of Somalia from 21 October 1969 to 26 Ja ...

(1919/1921?–1995),

from 1969 to 1991 * Mohamed Choua, Moroccan basketball player *

Mohamed Diab Mohamed Diab (', , born 1978) is an Egyptian screenwriter and director whose work often centers on pressing issues concerning Egyptian society. He is known for his directorial debut film ''Cairo 678'' ''(Les Femmes du bus 678)'', which was rele ...

(born 1978), Egyptian director and screenwriter * Mohamed Diaby (born 1990), Ivorian footballer * Mohamed Diaby (footballer, born 1996), French footballer * Mohamed Diamé (born 1987), French-Senegalese footballer * Mohamed Diarra (born 2001), college basketball player *

Mohamed Emam Mohamed Emam (; born 16 September 1984) is an Egyptian actor. He comes from a prominent family of filmmakers; his father is Adel Emam, one of Egypt's most famous actors and his brother is director Ramy Imam. Career Mohamed's first role was 1990 ...

(born 1984), Egyptian Actor * Mohamed Elsayed, Egyptian boxer * Mohamed Fadl, Egyptian footballer * Mohamed Farah, British Somali runner *

Mohamed Fakhir Mohamed Fakhir (born 1953) is a Moroccan football manager and former player. He was manager of the Morocco national team, and was coach of Raja Casablanca Raja Club Athletic, widely known as Raja Casablanca or simply Raja, is a Football ...

, Moroccan footballer *

Mohamed al-Fayed Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Fayed (; 27 January 192930 August 2023) was an Egyptian businessman whose residence and primary business interests were in the United Kingdom from the mid-1960s. His business interests included ownership of the Hôtel R ...

(born 1929), Egyptian-born,

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...

-based multi-millionaire * Mohamed Fayez, Emirati footballer *

Mohamed Hamri Mohamed Hamri (August 27, 1932 – August 29, 2000), commonly known as Hamri, was a Morocco, Moroccan painter, restauranteur, and author; he helped write and produce Sufi music. Self-described as "The painter of Morocco," Hamri was one of the ...

, Moroccan painter * Mohamed Harbi, Algerian historian * Mohamed Fouad Abd El Hamid Hassan (born 1961), Egyptian musician *

Mohamed Henedi Mohamed Henedi (, ) is an Egyptian actor born in Giza, Egypt, on 1 February 1965.Mohamed Ibrahim (disambiguation), multiple people * Mohamed Kamal Fadel,

Polisario Front The Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (Spanish language, Spanish: ; ), better known by its acronym Polisario Front, is a Sahrawi nationalism, Sahrawi nationalist liberation movement seeking to end the occupatio ...

diplomatic * Mohamed Kouradji (1952–2020), Algerian football referee * * Mohamed Osman Jawari, acting President of Somalia and incumbent Speaker of the Parliament of Somalia * Mohamed Osman Mohamud, Somali-born terrorist who nearly set off a bomb in Oregon * Mohamed Mrsal, Libyan basketball player * Mohamed Namiz, Sri Lankan cricketer * Mohamed Niang, Senegalese basketball player *

Mohamed Nur Mohamoud Ahmed Nur (, ) is a Somali people, Somali politician. He served as the Mayor of Mogadishu from 2010 to 27 February 2014. Background Personal life Nur was born to a family from the Udejeen sub-clan of the Hawiye. He was raised in Mogadi ...

, Mayor of Mogadishu * Mohamed Ofkir (born 1996), Norwegian footballer *

Mohamed Salah Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly (, ; born 15 June 1992), also known as Mo Salah, is an Egyptian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a right winger or Forward (association football), forward for club Liverpool F.C., L ...

, Egyptian footballer * Mohamed Salama Badi, Sahrawi ambassador to

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Mohamed Salem (footballer, born 1940) Mohamed "Ben" Salem (May 24, 1940 in Oran, French Algeria – May 4, 2008 in Belfort, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territorie ...

(1940–2008), Algerian footballer *

Mohamed Salem (footballer, born 1994) Mohamed Salem may refer to: * Mohamed Salem (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2008), Algerian footballer * Mohamed Salem (footballer, born 1994), Egyptian footballer * Mohamed Salem (wrestler) (born 1944), Egyptian Olympic wrestler * Mohamed Ben ...

, Egyptian footballer * Mohamed al-Shehhi, Emirati footballer * Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer * Mohamed El-Tabii, Egyptian journalist * Mohamed El Yaagoubi, Moroccan footballer * Mohamed Yehia Zakaria (born 1938), Emirati of Egyptian origin pioneer of the beverage industry in the Arab world * Mohamed Youssef (basketball) (born 1986), Libyan basketball player *

Mohamed Zein Tahan Mohamad Zein El Abidine Ali Tahan (, ; born 20 April 1988), better known as Mohamad Zein Tahan or simply Zein Tahan, is a Lebanese association football, footballer who plays as a Full-back (association football), full-back for club Al Mabarra C ...

, Lebanese footballer *

Mohamed Zidan Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Zidan (; born 11 December 1981) is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Early career Mohamed Zidan was born in Port Said to an Egyptian family. His career started as a s ...

(born 1981), Egyptian footballer * Mohamed II of the Maldives, Sultan of the Maldives

Mohammad

Arif Mohammad Khan Arif Mohammad Khan (born 18 November 1951) is an Indian politician currently serving as Governor of Bihar since 2025. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and previously served as Governor of Kerala from 2022 to 2025, and as a ...

, Indian politician and current governor of Kerala * Askia Mohammad Benkan, ruled the Songhai Empire from 1531 to 1537 *

Askia Mohammad I Askia Muhammad Ture I (1443–1538), born Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Turi or Muhammad Ture, was the first ruler of the Askia dynasty of the Songhai Empire, reigning from 1493 to 1528. He is also known as Askia the Great, and his name in modern So ...

(c. 1442–1538), king of the

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(1493–1528) * Mohammad Abdul Hamid, President of Bangladesh from 2013 to 2023 *

Mohammad Ahsan Mohammad Ahsan (born 7 September 1987) is an Indonesian retired badminton player affiliated with Djarum club who specializes in the men's doubles. He is a three-time World Champion, three-time season ending finals champion, and Asian Games go ...

, Indonesian badminton player *

Mohammad Ali Jauhar Muhammad Ali Jawhar (10 December 18784 January 1931) was an Indian politician and activist of the Indian independence movement. He was a co-founder of the All-India Muslim League and Jamia Millia Islamia. Born into an anti-colonial family, Jaw ...

, Indian politician *

Mohammad Amin Fatemi Mohammad Amin Fatemi (, born 1952 in Nangarhar Province) is an Afghan physician, politician and former ambassador. He has served as an advisor to the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland for Mediterranean countries. He was the Afghan M ...

, Afghan physician *

Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Asghar (30 September 1945 – 16 June 2020), known as Oscar, was a Welsh politician who was a Member of the Senedd for South Wales East. He was a member of the Welsh Conservatives, and previously of Welsh Labour, and Plaid Cymru. H ...

(1945–2020), Welsh politician *

Mohammad Ashraful Mohammad Ashraful (; born 7 July 1984) is a Bangladeshi cricketer, who has represented the Bangladesh national cricket team, Bangladesh men's national team. Between 2007 and 2009, Ashraful captained his country in 13 Test cricket, Tests, and 3 ...

(born 1984), Bangladeshi cricketer * Mohammad Azharuddin, Former Indian cricket captain * Mohammad Azizi, Iranian footballer *

Mohammad Bakri Mohammad Bakri (born 1953; , ) is a Palestinian actor and film director. Personal life Bakri was born in the village of Bi'ina in Israel. He went to elementary school in his hometown and received his secondary education in the nearby city of A ...

, Israeli Arab actor * Mohammad Barghouti, Palestinian politician * Mohammad Dawran, Afghan military personnel *

Mohammad Farid Mohammad Farid (or Muhammad Farîd; ; January 20, 1868 in Cairo – November 15, 1919 in Berlin) was an influential Egyptian political figure. He was a nationalist leader, writer, and lawyer. Early life Farid was born to an Egyptian Upper class ...

, Egyptian political figure * Mohammad Hashim, Iraqi politician *

Mohammad Hatta Mohammad Hatta ( ; 12 August 1902 – 14 March 1980) was an Indonesian statesman, nationalist, and independence activist who served as the country's first Vice President of Indonesia, vice president as well as the third prime minister. Known as ...

, first Vice President of Indonesia * Mohammad Hejazi, Iranian general * Mohammad Hisham Mahmoud Mohammad Abbas (1963–), Egyptian musician * Mohammad Hossein Shahriar (1906–1988), Iranian poet, writing in Persian and Azerbaijani * Mohammad Hussain (disambiguation), multiple people * Mohammad Ibrahim (disambiguation), multiple people * Mohammad Jasmir Ansari, Indian politician * Mohammad Kaif (1980–), Indian cricketer * Mohammad Khadem, Iranian wrestler *

Mohammad Khatami Mohammad Khatami (born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to 1992. Later, he was critic ...

(1943–), the

President of Iran The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran () is the head of government of the Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran and the second highest-ranking official, after the Supreme Leader of Iran, supreme leader. The 1980 Iranian presidential election, fi ...

, 1997 to 2005 * Mohammad Mahseiri (died 2013), Jordanian politician * Mohammad Mokri, Kurdish scholar * Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak, Malaysian Prime Minister *

Mohammad Najibullah Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai (6 August 1947 – 27 September 1996) was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as the second president of Afghanistan from 1987 until his resignation in April 1992, shortly after the Afghan mujahideen' ...

(1947–1996),

President of Afghanistan The president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was constitutionally the head of state and head of government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and Commander-in-Chief of the Afghan Armed Forces. Eligibility and selection process A ...

from 1987 to 1992. He was assassinated in 1996 * Mohammad Nami, Saudi footballer * Mohammad Navazi, Iranian footballer * Mohammad Nazir, Pakistani cricketer * Mohammad Yousuf (disambiguation), multiple people * Mohammad Oraz, Kurdish mountain climber * Mohammad Panjali, Iranian footballer * Mohammad Rafique (born 1970), Bangladeshi cricketer * Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Iranian actor and film director *

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) was the last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown by the Iranian Revolution, which ...

as the last

Shah of Iran The monarchs of Iran ruled for over two and a half millennia, beginning as early as the 7th century BC and enduring until the 20th century AD. The earliest Iranian king is generally considered to have been either Deioces of the Median dynasty () ...

* Mohammad Rona (born 1985), Afghan-born Danish politician * Mohammad Sadli, Indonesian politician * Mohammad Saleh (born 1946), second Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Indonesia for judicial affairs * Mohammad Yusuf Siddiq (born 1957), Bangladeshi epigraphist * Mohammad Sidique Khan (1974–2005), English suicide bomber in the 7/7 attacks *

Mohammad Taghi Bahar Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (; also romanised as Mohammad-Taqī Bahār; 10 December 1886 in Mashhad – 22 April 1951 in Tehran), widely known as Malek osh-Sho'arā () and Malek osh-Sho'arā Bahār ("poet laureate," literally: ''the king of poets''), w ...

(1886–1951),

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

ian poet, politician, mathematician, logician, journalist, essayist, and historian * Mohammad Toaha, Bangladeshi politician *

Mohammad Ali Varasteh Mohammad Ali Varasteh (1896–1989) was an Iranian statesman who held several cabinet posts in the 1950s and also, served as the governor of Isfahan province. He was the head of the regency council which was formed soon after the Shah Mohammad ...

(1896–1989), Iranian statesman * Mohammad Va'ez Abaee-Khorasani (1940?–2004), Iranian cleric and reformist politician * Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistan Test cricketer * Mohammad Abubakar Durrani, Pakistani canoeist and filmmaker * Mohammad Ridzwan bin Samad, a convicted rioter and gang member of Salakau in Singapore. * Mohammad Fahmi bin Abdul Shukor, a convicted rioter and gang member of Salakau in Singapore. * Mohammad-Ali Abtahi * Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem * Mohammad-Ali Angaji *

Mohammad Ali Araki Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Araki (, 22 December 1894 in Arak – 24 November 1994 in Qom) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'. Araki was teacher of many Iranian revolutionary person and was the last survivor from Ruhollah Khomeini's era. When ...

* * Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi * Mohammad Alavi Gorgani * Mohammad Ali Esmaeelpoor Ghomsheie * * Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri * * Ali Movahedi-Kermani * Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei * Mohammad-Ali Rahmani * * Mohammad-Ali Shahidi * Mohammad Ali Shomali * Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri * * * Mohammad-Bagher Bagheri * * Mohammad Bagher Kharazi * * Mohammed Emami-Kashani * * Mohammad Fazel Lankarani * Mohammad Feyz Sarabi * * Mohammad Hadi Ghazanfari Khansari * * *

Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard Hojatoleslam Seyyed Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard (; born January 30, 1953) is an Iranian conservative politician and a former first deputy speaker of the Parliament of Iran. He was the representative of QazvinMohammad Hassan Ahmadi Faqih * * Mohammad Hassan Ghadrdan Gharamaleki *

Mohammad Hassan Rahimian Mohammad Hassan Rahimian (; born 1948 in Isfahan) is an Iran, Iranian Twelver Shia cleric, who has been appointed as the trusteeship of Jamkaran Mosque since 2013 till now --by the decree of supreme leader of Iran, Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Rahimian is ...

* * *

Mohammad Beheshti Sayyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti (; 24 October 1928 – 28 June 1981) was an Iranian jurist, poetic philosopher, cleric and politician who was known as the second person in the political hierarchy of Iran after the Revolution. Beheshti is co ...

* * *

Mohammad Hussaini Shahroudi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Shahroudi (Arabic: آيت الله العظمى سيد محمد حسينى شاهرودى) (December 1925 – 7 July 2019) was a senior Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja' in Iran. He studied in seminars of Najaf and Q ...

* * Mohammad al-Shirazi * Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Zanjani *

Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i (; 16 March 1903 – 15 November 1981) was an Iranian scholar, theorist, philosopher and one of the most prominent thinkers of modern Shia Islam. He is perhaps best known for his '' Tafsir al-Mizan'', a twenty-seven-vol ...

* * * Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati * Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani * Mohammad Jafar Montazeri *

Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (, 5 September 1933 – 30 August 1981) was a Shia Iranian theologian and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Iran for less than one month in August 1981. Bahonar and other members of Mohammad-Ali Rajai's govern ...

* Mohammad Javad Pishvai * Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi *

Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari Sayyid Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (), also spelled Shariat-Madari (5 January 1906 – 3 April 1986), was an Iranian Grand Ayatollah. He favoured the traditional Shiite practice of keeping clerics away from governmental positions and was a crit ...

Mohammad Khamenei Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Khamenei (, born 25 December 1935) is an Iranian cleric and politician. He is the older brother of Ali Khamenei, the current Supreme Leader of Iran, and Hadi Khamenei. Currently, he is the president of Iranology Foundati ...

* * * * * Mohammad Mofatteh * * Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani * Mohammad Momen *

Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha Sayyid Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha (Persian: سید محمد موسوی خوئینی‌ها) (born 1945) is an Iranian cleric and secretary general of the reformist Association of Combatant Clerics. He was the founder of the now defunct '' Salam' ...

* Mohammad Mofti al-shia Mousavi * * Nasser Biria *

Mohammad Qomi Mohammad Qomi (Persian: محمد قمی), also known as Hujjat al-Islam (Mohammad) Qomi (born in 1980), is an Iranian Shia cleric and the head of Islamic development organization who has been recently appointed (at the age of 38) instead of Seyye ...

Mohammad Rahmati Sirjani Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Rahmati Sirjani (Persian: محمد رحمتی سیرجانی; born 1928) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja'. He has studied in seminaries of Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Marja (; plural ''marājiʿ''; ) is a ti ...

* *

Mohammad Reyshahri Mohammad Reyshahri (), also known as Mohammad Mohammadi-Nik (29 October 1946 – 21 March 2022), was an Iranian politician, cleric, judge and religious scholar, who notably served as Chief Judge of the Revolutionary Military Tribunal (1979–1984 ...

* * Mohammed Ridha al-Sistani * Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani Araghi * * *

Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani Grand Ayatollah Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani (; March 20, 1899Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani (, 6 August 1931 – 21 October 2014) was an Iranian Shia cleric, writer and conservative and principlist politician who was Prime Minister of Iran from 2 September until 29 October 1981. Before that, he was ...

* * Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini *

Mohammad-Reza Modarresi Yazdi Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Modarresi-Yazdi (born 1955 in Yazd) is one of the 12 members of the Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran and also a member of the Assembly of Experts The Assembly of Experts (), also translated as the ...

* Mohammad Reza Naseri Yazdi * Mohammad Reza Nekoonam * Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli *

Sadegh Khalkhali Mohammed Sadeq Givi Khalkhali (; 27 July 1926 – 26 November 2003) was an Iranian Shia cleric who is said to have "brought to his job as Chief Justice of the revolutionary courts a relish for summary execution" that earned him a reputation ...

* Mohammad Sadeq Rouhani * Mohammad-Sadegh Salehimanesh *

Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani (Persian: محمد صادقی تهراني) (born 1926 - died March 21, 2011) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. He has studied in seminaries of Qum, Iran under Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Muh ...

Mohammad Sadoughi Mohammad Sadoughi (; 1909–1982) known as "Sevomin-Shahide-Mehrab" (the 3rd martyr of Mihrab) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian Twelver Shia Ayatollah who was born in Yazd. He was a/the representative of Yazd people in the Assembly of Experts, asse ...

* Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi * * Mohammad Shahcheraghi * Mohammad-Taher Shubayr al-Khaqani *

Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Taqi al-Husayni al-Modarresi (; ; b. 1945) is an Iranian- Iraqi Shia marja' and political theorist. al-Modarresi is the author of over 400 books on theology, historiography, jurisprudence, philosophy, logic, and s ...

* Mohammad Taqi al-Khoei * Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani * Mohammad Taghi Falsafi * Mohammad-Taqi Ja'fari * Mohammad-Taghi Khalaji * * Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi * Mohammed Taqi Morvarid * * Mohammad Taghi Pourmohammadi * * Mohammad-Taqi Shoushtari * Mohammad Taghi Vaezi * Mohammad Vaez Mousavi * * Mohammad Yazdi * Seyyed Mohammad Ziaabadi

Mohammed

* Mohammed Afroz, Indian juvenile rapist and murderer who was one of the culprits of the

2012 Delhi gang rape and murder The 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder, commonly known as the Nirbhaya case, involved the gang rape and fatal assault that occurred on 16 December 2012 in Munirka, a neighbourhood in South Delhi district, South Delhi. The incident took place whe ...

* Mohammed Ahmed (businessperson), Ethiopian businessman * Mohammed Ajeeb, British politician * Mohammed Ammouri (died 2004), murder victim * Mohammed Amer, Palestinian-American stand-up comedian * Mohammed Anas, Ghanaian footballer * Mohammed Al Aqib, Qatari footballer * Mohammed Assaf (born 1990), Libyan-born Palestinian singer *

Mohammed Atef Mohammed Atef (; born Sobhi Abd Al Aziz Mohamed El Gohary Abu Sitta, also known as Abu Hafs al-Masri and al-Khabir; 1944 – November 2001) was an Egyptian militant and prominent military chief of al-Qaeda, and a deputy of Osama bin Laden, althou ...

, Egyptian al-Qaeda chief *

Mohammed Awad (politician) Mohammed Hussain Awad Al-Juboori () was a political party member of the Iraqi National Dialogue Council that is a moderate Sunni block. He was a representative of this block at the National Assembly of Iraq. On 12 April 2007, he was killed in th ...

, Iraqi politician *

Mohammed bin Salman Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (; born 31 August 1985), also known as MBS or MbS, is the ''de facto'' ruler of the Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, formally serving as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Sa ...

, crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia * Mohammed Bouyeri, Moroccan-Dutch Islamic terrorist * Mohammed El-Bakkar, Lebanese tenor *

Mohammed Dib Mohammed Dib (; 21 July 1920 – 2 May 2003) was an Algerian author. He wrote over 30 novels, as well as numerous short stories, poems, and children's literature in the French language. His work covers the breadth of 19th century Algerian history ...

(1920–2003), probably Algeria's most prolific and well-known writer * Mohammed Emwazi, ISIL member * Mohammed Dwedar, Palestinian runner *

Mohammed Fahim Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim (; – 9 March 2014) was an Afghan military commander and politician and the 2nd Marshal of Afghanistan who served as Vice President of Afghanistan from June 2002 until December 2004 and from November 2009 until hi ...

, Former Afghan vice-president *

Mohammed George Mohammed Michael "Mo" George (born 11 March 1982) is a British actor who played Gus Smith on the soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 2002 to 2008. Early life Mohammed Michael George was born to a Jamaican mother and Antiguan father, in Hackney, ...

, British actor * Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim (1939–2003), assassinated Iraqi Shia * Mohammed Saeed Harib, United Arab Emirati animator * Mohammed Hussain, Indian field hockey player * Mohammed Ali bin Johari (1976–2008), Singaporean convicted murderer *

Mohammed Abed al-Jabri Mohammed Abed Al Jabri (; 27 December 1935 – 3 May 2010) was one of the best known Moroccan and Arab philosophers; he taught philosophy, Arab philosophy, and Islamic thought in Mohammed V University in Rabat from the late 1960s until his reti ...

, Moroccan writer *

Mohammed Al-Kandari Mohammed Al-Kandari was a member of the National Assembly of Kuwait, Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the Kuwait's First District, first district. Born in 1971, Al-Kandari studied medicine before being elected to the National Assembly in 200 ...

, Kuwaiti politician * Mohammed Kumalia, Nigerian politician * Mohammed Makhlouf, Syrian businessman * Mohammed Manga, Senegalese football player * Mohammed Al-Marwani, Saudi Arabian basketball player * Mohammed III of Morocco, former

King of Morocco The king of Morocco (; ) is the monarch and head of state of Morocco. The kings of Morocco are members of the Alawi dynasty. It is one of the country's most powerful offices. Mohammed VI ( Sidi Mohammed bin Hassan al-Alawi) is the current kin ...

* Mohammed IV of Morocco, former

Mohammed V of Morocco Mohammed al-Khamis bin Yusef bin Hassan al-Alawi, better known simply as Mohammed V (10 August 1909 – 26 February 1961), was the last Sultan of Morocco from 1927 to 1953 and from 1955 to 1957, and first King of Morocco from 1957 to 1961. A ...

, former

Mohammed VI of Morocco Mohammed VI (; born 21 August 1963) is King of Morocco. A member of the Alawi dynasty, he acceded to the throne on 23 July 1999, upon the death of his father, King Hassan II. Upon ascending to the throne, Mohammed initially introduced severa ...

(1963–),

from 1999 * Mohammed Mossadegh (1882–1967),

Prime Minister of Iran The prime minister of Iran was a political post that had existed in Iran (Persia) during much of the 20th century. It began in 1906 during the Qajar dynasty and into the start of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1923 and into the 1979 Iranian Revolution ...

from 1951–1953 * * Mohammed Said Nabulsi (1928–2013), Jordanian banker, economist and politician * Mohammed Omar (1959–), Afghanistan's

Taliban , leader1_title = Supreme Leader of Afghanistan, Supreme leaders , leader1_name = {{indented plainlist, * Mullah Omar{{Natural Causes{{nbsp(1994–2013) * Akhtar Mansour{{Assassinated (2015–2016) * Hibatullah Akhundzada (2016–present) ...

i '' de facto''

Head of State A head of state is the public persona of a sovereign state.#Foakes, Foakes, pp. 110–11 "

he head of state He or HE may refer to: Language * He (letter), the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads * He (pronoun), a pronoun in Modern English * He (kana), one of the Japanese kana (へ in hiragana and ヘ in katakana) * Ge (Cyrillic), a Cyrillic letter cal ...

being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...

from 1996–2001 *

(1919–1980), the second and last

, ruling from 1941 until 1979 * Mohammed al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabian held at Guantanamo Bay thought to be a ''20th hijacker'' suspect *

Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer. He is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Rafi was notable for his versatility and range of voice ...

(1924–1980),

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...

playback singer * Mohammed Al-Salhi, Saudi Arabian middle-distance runner * Mohammed Adil Shah, Sultan of Bijapur *

Mohammed Shahabuddin Mohammed Shahabuddin (born 10 December 1949) is a Bangladeshi jurist, journalist, civil servant and politician who has served as the 16th and current president of Bangladesh since 2023. He was elected unopposed in the 2023 Bangladeshi president ...

, President of Bangladesh since 2023 *

Mohammed Nadir Shah Mohammad Nadir Shah (Pashto/Dari: محمد نادر شاه April 1883 – 8 November 1933) was King of Afghanistan from 15 October 1929 until his assassination in November 1933. He became the king after his victory in the Afghan Civil War of ...

(1880–1933),

King of Afghanistan The Emir of Afghanistan or also later the King of Afghanistan was the monarch and head of state of Afghanistan from the establishment of the Emirate of Afghanistan, Emirate in the 18th century until the monarchy was abolished in 1973. The title ...

from 1929 until his assassination in 1933 *

Mohammed Zahir Shah Mohammad Zāhir Shāh (15 October 1914 – 23 July 2007) was the last King of Afghanistan, reigning from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed on 17 July 1973. Ruling for 40 years, Zahir Shah was the longest-serving ruler of Afghanistan since t ...

(1914–2007), the last

from 1933 to 1973 * Mohammed Racim, Algerian artist *

Mohammed Sheikh Mohammed Sheikh (born 2 July 1973) is an English cricketer. Born in Birmingham, he is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. In his nine years of first-class cricket he has played for Warwickshire and Derbyshire. As early as ...

, English cricketer *

Mohammed Timoumi Mohamed Timoumi (; born 15 January 1960) is a Moroccan former association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was named African Footballer of the Year in 1985, and was the last player to win this award while playing clu ...

, Moroccan footballer *

Mohammed Haydar Zammar Mohammed Haydar Zammar ( ''Muḥammad Ḥaydar Zammār'') (born 1961) is a Syrian-German militant who served as an important al-Qaida recruiter, and is currently a member of the Islamic State. He claims to have recruited many of the organizers ...

, German al-Qaeda recruiter * Mohammed Irfan, Indian playback singer * Mohammed Shami, Indian cricketer * Mohammed Seisay, American football player * Mohammed Abdur Rahiman, Indian politician * Mohammed Naseeb Qureshy, Indian geologist * Mohammed bin Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz,

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...

's Ambassador to the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud (, ''Moḥammed bin Fayṣal Āl Saʿūd''; 1937 – 14 January 2017) was a Saudi prince and businessman. He was a son of Faisal of Saudi Arabia, King Faisal and one of the grandsons of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abd ...

, Saudi businessman * Mohammed Vizarat Rasool Khan, Indian educationist and politician *

Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (; born 15 July 1949) is an Emirati politician and royal who is the current ruler of Dubai, and serves as the Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, vice president and Prime Minister of the United Arab ...

, Vice President and Prime Minister of the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...

(UAE), and ruler of the

Emirate of Dubai The Emirate of Dubai is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates. It is the most populous emirate of the UAE. The capital of the emirate is the eponymous city, Dubai. Governance Dubai is governed as an absolute monarchy by the A ...

* Mohammed Siraj, Indian cricketer * Major General Mohammed Amin Naik, a former

Indian Army The Indian Army (IA) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the Land warfare, land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head ...

officer * Mohammed Shahid, former Indian field-hockey player *

Mohammed Namadi Sambo Mohammed Namadi Sambo (born 2 August 1954) is a Nigerian politician who served as the vice president of Nigeria from 19 May 2010 to 29 May 2015. He previously served as governor of Kaduna State from 2007 to 2010. Early life Mohammed Namadi Sa ...

, Vice President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015

Muhamad

* Muhamad Ali Aman, Southeast Asian politician *

Muhamad Salih Dilan Muhamad Salih Dilan () is regarded as one of the most influential Kurdish Poets and one of the greatest maqam singers of his time. He was one of the few early poets that brought a revolution in Kurdish poetry and literature in the 20th century ...

, Kurdish Poet * Muhamad Radhi Mat Din, Malaysian football assistant coach * Muhamad Khalid Jamlus, Malaysian footballer * Muhamad Husain Kadir, Iraqi prisoner * Muhamad Kanan, Israeli Arab politician * Muhamad Aly Rifai, Arab American Internist and Psychiatrist * Muhamad Hasik bin Sahar, Singaporean gang member and convicted killer serving

life imprisonment Life imprisonment is any sentence (law), sentence of imprisonment under which the convicted individual is to remain incarcerated for the rest of their natural life (or until pardoned or commuted to a fixed term). Crimes that result in life impr ...

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

Muhamed

* Muhamed Alaim, Bosnian football goalkeeper * Muhamed Bešić, Bosnian football midfielder * Muhamed Haneef, Indian physician * Muhamed Keita, Norwegian football striker * Muhamed Zulić, Croatian politician

Muhammad

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 ...

(570–8 June 632) was an

Arab Arabs (, , ; , , ) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world. Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...

religious, social, and political leader and central figure of the

world religion World religions is a Social construction, socially-constructed category used in the Religious studies, study of religion to demarcate religions that are deemed to have been especially large, internationally widespread, or influential in the deve ...

. * Muhammad ibn Maslamah, (588 or 591–665) was an Arab knight and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was known as "The Knight of Allah's Prophet". *

Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya (, , 15–81 AH) was a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, who was the fourth caliph in Sunni Islam () and the first imam in Shia Islam. Ibn al-Hanafiyya was an effective lieutenant for his father Ali during his caliphate. Aft ...

(637–700) was an

Alid The Alids are those who claim descent from Ali ibn Abi Talib (; 600–661 CE), the fourth Rashidun caliph () and the first imam in Shia Islam. Ali was also the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The main branches are the ...

political and religious leader, and also the third son of caliph

Ali Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until his assassination in 661, as well as the first Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib an ...

Muhammad ibn Marwan Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muḥammad ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam () (died 719/720) was an Umayyad prince and one of the most important generals of the Umayyad Caliphate in the period 690–710, and the one who completed the Arab conquest of Armenia. ...

was an Umayyad prince and general of the Caliphate in the period 690–710. * Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan was an Umayyad prince, the son of Caliph Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705), who played important role in the politics of the Umayyad Caliphate. * Muhammad ibn al-Walid was an Umayyad Prince and son of Caliph

Al-Walid I Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (; – 23 February 715), commonly known as al-Walid I (), was the sixth Umayyad caliph, ruling from October 705 until his death in 715. He was the eldest son of his predecessor, Caliph Abd al-Malik (). As ...

who ruled from October 705 to 715. * Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik an Umayyad Prince and son of seventh Umayyad Caliph

Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (, 24 September 717) was the seventh Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad caliph, ruling from 715 until his death. He was the son of Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (r. 685–705) and Wallada bint al-Abbas. He began his ...

. * Muhammad ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik an Umayyad Prince and son of the ninth Umayyad Caliph

Yazid II Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (; — 26 January 724), commonly known as Yazid II, was the ninth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 720 until his death in 724. Although he lacked administrative or military experience, he derived prestige from his ...

. * Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammad known by his regnal title al-Mahdi, was the third Abbasid Caliph and ruled from 6 October 775 to 24 July 785. * Abu Muhammad Musa, was (died 786) was an Abbasid caliph, better known by his regnal name Al-Hadi. * Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid known by his regnal title al-Amin, was the sixth Abbasid Caliph and ruled from 24 March 809 to 27 September 813. * Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid known by his regnal title Al-Mu'tasim, was the eighth Abbasid Caliph and ruled from 9 August 833 to 5 January 842. * ''Abu Isa Muhammad'' was a son of

Harun al-Rashid Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ar-Rāshīd (), or simply Hārūn ibn al-Mahdī (; or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Hārūn al-Rāshīd (), was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from September 786 unti ...

and Irbah. * ''Abu Yaqub Muhammad'' was a son of Harun al-Rashid * ''Abu Sulayman Muhammad'', was a son of

Abbasid The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire (; ) was the third caliphate to succeed the prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 C ...

caliph Harun al-Rashid. * ''Abu Ali Muhammad'', was a son of caliph Harun al-Rashid. * ''Abu Ahmad Muhammad'', was a son of caliph

. *

Muhammad ibn al-Mu'tasim Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn () was an Abbasid prince, the son of Caliph al-Mu'tasim. He was a contemporary of the caliph al-Wathiq and al-Mutawakkil. His son Ahmad became the twelfth Abbasid caliph as al-Musta'in. Muhammad was the fir ...

was an Abbasid Prince and father of the twelfth Abbasid Caliph

al-Musta'in Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Mustaʿīn bi-ʾllāh (; 836 – 17 October 866), better known by his regnal title al-Mustaʿīn (836 – 17 October 866) was the Abbasid caliph from 862 to 866, during the "Anarchy at ...

who ruled from 8 June 862 to 17 October 866. * Muhammad ibn Ja'far known by his regnal title Al-Muntasir, was the eleventh Abbasid Caliph. He ruled from 11 December 861 – 7 June 862 * Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Mutawakkil known by his regnal title Al-Mu'tazz, was the thirteenth Abbasid Caliph. He ruled from 866 to 13 July 869. * Muhammad ibn Harun al-Wathiq, known by his regnal title Al-Muhtadi, was the fourteenth Abbasid Caliph. He ruled from 869 to 21 June 870. * Muhammad ibn Al-Muktafi was an Abbasid Prince and son of Caliph

al-Muktafi Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muktafī bi'Llāh (; 877/78 – 13 August 908), better known by his regnal name al-Muktafī bi-Llāh (), was the caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate f ...

. * Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mu'tadid, known by his regnal title Al-Qahir, was the nineteenth Abbasid Caliph. He ruled from 932 to 934. * Muhammad ibn al-Mustakfi was the tenth century Abbasid prince, son of the Abbasid caliph

al-Mustakfi Abu al-Qasim Abd Allah ibn Ali (11 November 908 – September/October 949), commonly known by his regnal name al-Mustakfi, was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 944 to 946. Al-Mustakfi was a younger son of Caliph al-Muktafi, and hence a riva ...

(r. 944–946). * Muhammad ibn al-Qadir also known as ''al-Ghalib'' was the 11th-century Abbasid prince. * Muhammad ibn al-Qa'im, 11th century Abbasid prince and father of caliph

Al-Muqtadi Abū'l-Qasim ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qa'im (Arabic: أبو القاسم عبد الله بن محمد بن القائم) better known by his regnal name al-Muqtadi (Arabic: المقتدي 'the follower'; 1056 – February 1094) was the ...

(r. 1075–1094). * Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī aṭ-Ṭāʾī (1165–1240) Arab mystic, poet, and philosopher * Muḥammad Ibn ʾAḥmad Ibn Rušd (1126–1198) Arab philosopher * Muhammad Aladdin an Egyptian leading novelist * Muhammad Ma Jian,

Chinese Muslim Islam has been practiced in China since the 7th century CE.. There are an estimated 17–25 million Muslims in China, less than 2 percent of the total population. Though Hui Muslims are the most numerous group, the greatest concentration of Mu ...

Confucian Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy, religion, theory of government, or way of life. Founded by Confucius ...

and Islamic scholar * Muhammad Nur Aziz Wardana, Indonesian basketball player * Muhammad Osamanmusa (born 1998), Thai futsal player * Muhammad Sean Ricardo Gelael (born 1996), Indonesian racing driver * Muhammad Amin Bughra

Emir Emir (; ' (), also Romanization of Arabic, transliterated as amir, is a word of Arabic language, Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocratic, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person po ...

of the

First East Turkestan Republic The Turkic Islamic Republic of East Turkestan (TIRET) was a breakaway state centered on the city of Kashgar, located in the far west of China's Xinjiang Province, Republic of China, Xinjiang Province. It is often described as the First East T ...

Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and social activist. A global cultural icon, widely known by the nickname "The Greatest", he is often regarded as the gr ...

(1942–2016), American heavyweight boxing champion *

Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Syed Muhammad al Naquib bin Ali al-Attas ( ; born 5 September 1931) is a Malaysian Muslim philosopher. He is one of the few contemporary scholars who is thoroughly rooted in the traditional Islamic sciences and studied theology, philosophy, me ...

(1931–), Malaysian

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

* Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr (631–658), Son of

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 ...

, raised by

* Muhammad bin Nayef (1959–), Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia *

Muhammad al-Baqir Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (; ) was a descendant of the prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad and the fifth of the Twelve Imams, twelve Shia imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Sajjad, and succeeded by his son, Ja'far al-Sad ...

676–743 Shī‘ah Imām * Muhammad Baqir Majlisi a very powerful Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric, during the

Safavid The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and longest-lasting Iranian empires. It was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often considered the begi ...

era. *

Muhammad Ali Bogra Syed Mohammad Ali Chowdhury Bogra (19 October 1909 – 23 January 1963) was an East Pakistani politician, statesman, and a diplomat who served as third prime minister of Pakistan from 1953 to 1955. He was appointed in this capacity in 1953 u ...

(1909–1963),

Prime Minister of Pakistan The prime minister of Pakistan (, Roman Urdu, romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen Cabinet of Pakistan, cabinet, desp ...

from 1953–1955 * Muhammad of Ghor (1162–1206), Persian conqueror and sultan between 1171 and 1206 *

Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 187611 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pa ...

(1876–1948), born into

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in South Asia. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another ...

, helped found

, acting as its

Governor-General Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an official, most prominently associated with the British Empire. In the context of the governors-general and former British colonies, ...

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 192417 August 1988) was a Pakistani military officer and statesman who served as the sixth president of Pakistan from 1978 until Death of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, his death in an airplane crash in 1988. He also se ...

(1924–1988), ruled

from 1977 to 1988 under

martial law Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers. Martial law can continue for a specified amount of time, or indefinitely, and standard civil liberties ...

Muhammad Iqbal Muhammad Iqbal (9 November 187721 April 1938) was a South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician. Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...

(1877–1938),

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

born into the British Raj, considered one of the founding fathers of Pakistan * Muhammad El-Amin (born 1987), American professional basketball player * Muhammad al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya (?–1350),

Sunni Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Mu ...

Islamic scholar In Islam, the ''ulama'' ( ; also spelled ''ulema''; ; singular ; feminine singular , plural ) are scholars of Islamic doctrine and law. They are considered the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious knowledge in Islam. "Ulama ...

* Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, Pakistani al-Qaeda operative *

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi , or simply al-Khwarizmi, was a mathematician active during the Islamic Golden Age, who produced Arabic-language works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography. Around 820, he worked at the House of Wisdom in B ...

(~780–~850) Persian mathematician * Sultan Muhammad of Khwarezmia (?–1220), last ruler of

Khwarezmia Khwarazm (; ; , ''Xwârazm'' or ''Xârazm'') or Chorasmia () is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the east by the Kyzylkum Desert, on the south by ...

Muhammad al-Mahdi Muhammad al-Mahdi () is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the last of the Twelve Imams and the eschatological Mahdi, who will emerge in the end of time to establish peace and justice and redeem Islam. Hasan al-Askari, the eleventh Imam ...

(869–?), Last Twelver Shī‘ah Imām * Muhammad ibn Maslama (589–666) * Muhammad Ibn Qasim (al-Alawi), Arab fugitive * Muhammad Mumith Ahmed (born 1984), British-Bangladeshi singer-songwriter and producer * Muhammad Naguib (1901–1984), first

President of Egypt The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt () is the executive head of state of Egypt and the de facto appointer of the official head of government under the Egyptian Constitution of 2014. Under the various iterations of the History of the Egypt ...

, in 1953 * Muhammad Ali Pasha (1769–1849),

viceroy A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the Anglo-Norman ''roy'' (Old Frenc ...

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

, sometimes considered the founder of modern Egypt *

Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (‎; born 19 February 1951) is a Pakistani Canadians, Pakistani–Canadian Islamic scholar and former politician who founded Minhaj-ul-Quran International and Pakistan Awami Tehreek. Born in West Punjab, Pakistan, ...

(1947–), Muslim scholar, professor, poet and politician *

Dwight Muhammad Qawi Dwight Muhammad Qawi ( ; born Dwight Braxton; January 5, 1953) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1978 to 1998. He was a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC and ''Ring'' magazine light heavyweight ti ...

(1953–), former world boxing champion *

Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi Abū Bakr al-Rāzī, also known as Rhazes (full name: ), , was a Persian physician, philosopher and alchemist who lived during the Islamic Golden Age. He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of medicine, and a ...

(865–925),

Alchemist Alchemy (from the Arabic word , ) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe. In its Western form, alchemy is first ...

, physician, and philosopher * Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207–1273), Persian poet and

Sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

mystic from

Balkh Balkh is a town in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan. It is located approximately to the northwest of the provincial capital city Mazar-i-Sharif and approximately to the south of the Amu Darya and the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border. In 2021 ...

, now in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

* Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian military general and a statesman *

Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 12th prime minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms, first serving from 1990 to 1993, then from 1997 to 1999 and later ...

, Prime Minister of Pakistan 1990–1999, 2013–2017 * Muhammad ibn Talha, son of the prominent Muslim general Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah * Muhammad al-Taqi (811–835), Twelver Shī‘ah Imām *

Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Ṭughj ibn Juff ibn Yiltakīn ibn Fūrān ibn Fūrī ibn Khāqān (8 February 882 – 24 July 946), better known by the title al-Ikhshīd () after 939, was an Abbasid commander and governor who became the autonomous ru ...

(882–946), autonomous ruler of Egypt 935–946, founder of the

Ikhshidid dynasty The Ikhshidid dynasty (, ) was a Turkic dynasty of governors of mamluk origin, who governed Egypt and parts of the Levant from 935 to 969 on behalf of the Abbasid Caliphate. The dynasty carried the Arabic title "Wāli" reflecting their position a ...

* Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929–2022),

President of Pakistan The president of Pakistan () is the head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The president is the nominal head of the executive and the supreme commander of the Pakistan Armed Forces.

1998–2001 *

Muhammad al Warraq Abu Isa al-Warraq, full name ''Abū ʿĪsā Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Warrāq'' (, died 861–2 AD/247 Islamic calendar, AH), was a 9th-century Arab people, Arab skeptic scholar and Criticism of Islam, critic of Islam and religion in general. He ...

(800?–?), 9th Century skeptical scholar and critic of Islam *

Muhammad Yunus Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, entrepreneur, and civil society leader who has been serving as the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser of the Interim government of Muhammad Yunus, interim Yunus ministry, g ...

(1940–), Nobel Laureate and founder of the

Grameen Bank Grameen Bank () is a microfinance, specialized community development bank founded in Bangladesh. It provides small loans (known as microcredit or "grameencredit") to the impoverished without requiring collateral. Grameen Bank is a statutory ...

Muhammad ibn Zayd Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Zayd ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismaʿīl ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Zayd (died 3 October 900), also known as ''al-Dāʿī al-Ṣaghīr'' ("the Younger Missionary"), was an Alid who succeeded his brother, Hasan ("the Elder Mis ...

(died 900), emir of

Tabaristan Tabaristan or Tabarestan (; ; from , ), was a mountainous region located on the Caspian coast of northern Iran. It corresponded to the present-day province of Mazandaran, which became the predominant name of the area from the 11th-century onward ...

* Muhammad Muhammad Taib, Malaysian politician *

Muhammad V of Kelantan Muhammad V ( Jawi: ; born 6 October 1969) has been the 29th Sultan of Kelantan since ascending to the throne in 2010. He previously reigned as the King of Malaysia from 2016 until his abdication in 2019. He was proclaimed Sultan of Kelantan o ...

, 15th

Yang di-Pertuan Agong The King of Malaysia, officially ''Yang di-Pertuan Agong'' ( Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ), is the constitutional monarch and Figurehead, ceremonial head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957, when the Federation of Malaya gained ...

, Sultan of Kelantan * Muhammad Subhan Qureshi (born 1959), biologist from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan *

Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah, or Muhammed Ali, Wallajah (7 July 1717 – 13 October 1795), was the Nawab of the Carnatic from 1749 until his death in 1795. He declared himself Nawab in 1749. This position was disputed between Wallajah and Cha ...

(1717-1795), Indian Nawab of the Carnatic * Muhammad Ali Khan Saif, Pakistani politician * Muhammad Ali Khan Bhutto, Pakistani politician * Muhammad Sultan Mirza, grandson and sometime-heir of the

Central Asia Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...

n conqueror

Timur Timur, also known as Tamerlane (1320s17/18 February 1405), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. An undefeat ...

Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (4 April 156511 January 1612) was the fifth sultan of the Sultanate of Golconda and founder of the city of Hyderabad. He built its architectural centrepiece, the Charminar. He was an able administrator and his reign is c ...

, fifth Sultan of the

Qutb Shahi dynasty The Sultanate of Golconda (; ) was an early modern kingdom in southern India, ruled by the Persianate, Shia Islamic Qutb Shahi dynasty of Turkoman origin. After the decline of the Bahmani Sultanate, the Sultanate of Golconda was established ...

* Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, sixth Sultan of the

* Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia * Muhammad bin Saad Al Saud, former Deputy Governor of

Riyadh Province The Riyadh Province ( '), is a province of Saudi Arabia, located in the geographic center of the country and the center of the Arabian Peninsula. It has an area of and with a 2022 population of 8,591,748, it is the second-largest region by ar ...

and a member of

Saudi Royal Family The House of Saud ( ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi State, (1727–1818), and his brothers, though the ruling fa ...

Muhammad bin Saud Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin Al Saud (; 1687–1765), also known as Ibn Saud, was the emir of Diriyah and is considered the founder of the First Saudi State and the House of Saud, Saud dynasty, named after his father, Saud bin Muhammad Al Muqrin. ...

, founder of the

first Saudi State The first Saudi state (), officially the Emirate of Diriyah (), was established in 1744, when the emir of a Najdi town called Diriyah, Muhammad I, and the religious leader Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab signed a pact to found a socio-religious r ...

* Muhammad bin Suleyman, 16th century Azerbaijani poet *

Muhammad I of Córdoba Muhammad I of Cordoba (; 823–886) was the Fifth Umayyad ruler of al-Andalus. He ruled during a time of thriving art, architecture and culture in Islamic Iberia in the 9th century, turning Cordoba into a cultural and political center. Reign ...

, fifth

Emir of Córdoba Emir (; ' (), also transliterated as amir, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or ceremonial authority. The title has ...

* Muhammad II of Córdoba, fourth Caliph of Cordoba, of the Umayyad dynasty in the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia) * Muhammad III of Córdoba, tenth Caliph of Córdoba, of the Umayyad dynasty in the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia) *

Muhammad I of Granada Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Nasr (; 22 January 1273), also known as Ibn al-Ahmar (, ) and by his honorific al-Ghalib billah (, ), was the first ruler of the Emirate of Granada, the last independent Muslim state on the Iberian Peninsula, ...

, former Sultan of Granada *

Muhammad II of Granada Muhammad II () (also known by the epithet ''al-Faqih'', " the canon-lawyer", – 8 April 1302; reigned from 1273 until his death) was the second Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula, succeeding his fat ...

, former Sultan of Granada *

Muhammad III of Granada Muhammad III (; 15 August 1257 – 21 January 1314) was the ruler of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula from 8 April 1302 until 14 March 1309, and a member of the Nasrid dynasty. He ascended the Granadan throne after ...

, former Sultan of Granada * Muhammad IV of Granada, former Sultan of Granada *

Muhammad XII of Granada Abu Abdallah Muhammad XII (; –1533), known in Europe as Boabdil, was the 22nd and last Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in Iberia. Sultan Muhammad XII was the son of Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of the Emirate of Granada whom he succeeded ...

, former Sultan of Granada * Muhammad I of Khwarazm, former

Shah Shāh (; ) is a royal title meaning "king" in the Persian language.Yarshater, Ehsa, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII, no. 1 (1989) Though chiefly associated with the monarchs of Iran, it was also used to refer to the leaders of numerous Per ...

Khwarazm Khwarazm (; ; , ''Xwârazm'' or ''Xârazm'') or Chorasmia () is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the east by the Kyzylkum Desert, on the south by th ...

Muhammad II of Khwarezm 'Alā' al-Din Muhammad II ( Persian: علاءالدین محمد خوارزمشاه; full name: ''Ala ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Abul-Fath Muhammad Sanjar ibn Tekish'') was the Shah of the Khwarazmian Empire from 3 August 1200 to 11 January 1221. His anc ...

, former

* Muhammad ibn al-Qa'im, an Abbasid Prince and father of twenty-seventh Abbasid caliph

. * Muhammad II of Ifriqiya, eight

of the

Aghlabids The Aghlabid dynasty () was an Arab dynasty centered in Ifriqiya (roughly present-day Tunisia) from 800 to 909 that conquered parts of Sicily, Southern Italy, and possibly Sardinia, nominally as vassals of the Abbasid Caliphate. The Aghlabids ...

* Muhammad Abdullahil Baqi (1886-1952), Bengali Islamic scholar, writer and politician * Muhammad Kho Abdullah, Muslim name of Kho Jabing (1984–2016), a convicted Malaysian killer who was

sentenced to death Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in s ...

by hanging in

. * Muhammad Syamsul Ariffin bin Brahim (born 30 May 1983), Singaporean gang member of Salakau and

fugitive A fugitive or runaway is a person who is fleeing from custody, whether it be from jail, a government arrest, government or non-government questioning, vigilante violence, or outraged private individuals. A fugitive from justice, also known ...

on the run for

murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse committed with the necessary Intention (criminal law), intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisd ...

since 31 May 2001. * Muhammad Omar Ali (1919–2012), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and translator * Muhammad Kadar (1975-2015), Singaporean convicted murderer * Muhammad Iskandar bin Sa'at, Singaporean criminal * Muhammad bin Laden, Yemeni immigrant to Saudi Arabia and wealthy investor, businessman and

patriarch The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Roman Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and ...

of the

bin Laden family The bin Laden family (), also spelled bin Ladin, is a wealthy Hadharem, Hadhrami family intimately connected with the innermost circles of the House of Saud, Saudi royal family. It is the namesake and controlling shareholder of the Saudi Binladi ...

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Sulaymān al-Tamīmī (1703–1792) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, theologian, preacher, activist, religious leader, jurist, and reformer, who was from Najd in Arabian Peninsula and is considered as the eponymo ...

, founder of Wahhabism *

Muhammad al-Bukhari Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm al-Juʿfī al-Bukhārī (; 21 July 810 – 1 September 870) was a 9th-century Persian Muslim '' muhaddith'' who is widely regarded as the most important ''hadith'' scholar in the histor ...

, Persian muhaddith * Muhammad al-Uthaymin, Saudi cleric * Muhammad ibn al-Qasim, Arab military commander * Muhammad Salih al-Luhaidan, Saudi cleric * Muhammad al-Muslim, Iranian muhaddith

Muhammadu

Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian army major general, he was the military head of state of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to 27 Augu ...

, Nigerian politician who served as military dictator from 1983 to 1985, and democratically elected president from 2015 to 2023.

Muhammed

* Muhammed al-Ahari, American essayist * Muhammed Amin Andrabi, Indian academic * Muhammed Demirel (born 2002), Turkish judoka * Muhammad Jafar Moravej * Muhammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari * Muhammed Kanteh, Gambian politician *

Muhammed Yusuf Khan Muhammad Yusuf Khan (born Maruthanayagam Pillai) was a commandant of the British East India Company's Madras Army. He was born in a Tamil Vellalar family in a village called Keelapanaiyur in British India, what is now in Mudukulathur Taluk, ...

, Indian military leader * Muhammed Latif, Iraqi major general *

Muhammed Lawal Muhammed Lawal (born January 11, 1981), also known as "King Mo", is an American professional wrestler and retired mixed martial artist currently signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. As a mixed martial artist, he is a former Strikeforc ...

, American professional wrestler and retired mixed martial arts fighter * Muhammed Mansooruddin, Bengali author * Muhammed Siddique, Bengali politician * Muhammed Suiçmez (1975–),

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

musician * Muhammed Taib, Saudi Arabian lawyer * Muhammed Tokcan, Turkish hijacker of the Avrasya in 1996 * Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish philosopher and theologian *

Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud (; 21 March 1934 – 8 July 2012) was a Saudi royal and politician. He was a son of King Saud and one of the grandsons of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdulaziz. He served as the Saudi Arabian minister of defense from ...

, member of the

Muhammed V of Granada 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 ...

, former Sultan of Granada * Muhammed VI of Granada, former Sultan of Granada * Muhammed VII of Granada, former Sultan of Granada * Muhammed VIII of Granada, former Sultan of Granada * Muhammed IX of Granada, former Sultan of Granada * Muhammed X of Granada, former Sultan of Granada * Muhammed ibn Umail al-Tamimi (900-960) Arab Alchemist * Muhammed Yıldırmış (born 2004), Turkish recurve archer

Muhammet

* Muhammet Akagündüz, Austrian footballer * Muhammet Demir, Turkish footballer * Muhammet Hanifi Yoldaş, Turkish footballer * Muhammet Özdin, Turkish footballer

Moegamat

* Moegamat Yusuf Maart, a South African

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player

Surname

Mahomed

* Dean Mahomed (1759–1851), British Indian traveller, soldier, surgeon, and entrepreneur

Mohamad

Mahathir Mohamad Mahathir bin Mohamad (; ; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author and doctor who was respectively the fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia, prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and from 2018 to 2020. He was the ...

(born 1925), Malaysian politician; Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003; 2018–2020)

Mohamed

* Abdulrahman Mohamed (disambiguation), various people * Ahmed Mohamed (disambiguation), various people *Amin Mohammed (born 1996), known online as

Chunkz Amin Mohamed (, ; born 21 February 1996), better known as Chunkz, is a British YouTuber, influencer, host, entertainer, and former musician. He is a member of the YouTube group Beta Squad. , his YouTube channel had over 3.6 million subscribers ...

, British YouTube personality * Amina Mohamed, Somali lawyer, diplomat and politician * Antonio Mohamed, Argentine football coach *

Binyam Mohamed Binyam Ahmed Mohamed (, , born 24 July 1978), also referred to as Benjamin Mohammed, Benyam Mohammed or Benyam Mohammed al-Habashi, is an Ethiopian national and United Kingdom resident, who was detained as a suspected enemy combatant by the US Go ...

, Ethiopian detained in Guantanamo Bay between 2004 and 2009 * Che Zahara binte Noor Mohamed (1907–1962), Malay activist * Hassan Mohamed (disambiguation), various people * Ismail Mohamed (born 1980), Maldivian footballer * Kassim Mohamed, Kenyan Canadian * Magid Mohamed (born 1985), Qatari footballer * Mandy Mohamed (born 2000), Dutch-Egyptian artistic gymnast * Mike Mohamed, American football player * Mohamed Mohamed (disambiguation), various people * Mohd Mohamed, Qatari basketball player * Mostafa Mohamed (disambiguation), various people * Nadifa Mohamed (born 1981), Somali-British novelist * Nazar Mohamed Kassim, Singaporean convicted killer *

Shakeel Mohamed Shakeel Ahmed Yousuf Abdul Razack Mohamed (born on 25 August 1968) is a Mauritian Barrister and politician. Early life, family and education Shakeel Mohamed is the son of Yousuf Mohamed, former MP and Minister who is himself the son of Indian ...

, Mauritanian politician

Mohammad

* Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad, Palestinian member of the

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP; ) is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist organization founded in 1967 by George Habash. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation ...

Mohammed

Murtala Mohammed Murtala Ramat Muhammed (; 8 November 1938 – 13 February 1976) was a Nigerian military officer and the fourth head of state of Nigeria. He led the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup in overthrowing the military regime of Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi a ...

, Nigerian general who served as military dictator from 1975 to 1976. * Amina J. Mohammed, 5th and current

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations The deputy secretary-general of the United Nations is the deputy to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, secretary-general of the United Nations. The office was created to handle many of the administrative responsibilities of the secretar ...

Bala Mohammed Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed (born 5 October 1958) is a Nigerian politician who has served as governor of Bauchi State since 2019. Prior to becoming governor of Bauchi State, he was minister of the Federal Capital Territory from 2010 to 2015, and ...

, Nigerian politician and Governor of Bauchi State * Boonaa Mohammed, Canadian spoken-word poet * Fazeer Mohammed, Trinidadian cricket commentator * Ferdoos Mohammed, Egyptian actress * Ghulam Mohammed, Indian politician and former member of the

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house. Member of the Legislative Assembl ...

* Jawar Mohammed, Ethiopian political analyst and activist * Kausar Mohammed, American actress and comedian * Khaled Mohammed, Qatari football player * Khaleel Mohammed, Guyanese-American academic *

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (sometimes also spelled Shaykh; also known by at least 50 pseudonyms; born 14 April 1965), often known by his initials KSM, is a terrorist, and the former head of propaganda for the pan-Islamist militant group al-Qaeda. He ...

, Pakistani Islamist militant *

Lai Mohammed Layiwola "Lai" Mohammed (born 6 December 1951) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as the minister of Information and Culture of Nigeria from November 2015 to May 2023. He is also the former National publicity secretary of the All ...

, Nigerian politician and Minister of Information and Culture * Mesud Mohammed, Ethiopian professional footballer * Mohammed Taher Mohammed, Iraqi weightlifter * Musa Mohammed (footballer) (born 1991), Kenyan football player *

Nazr Mohammed Nazr Tahiru Mohammed ( ; born September 5, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player who had a journeyman career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for eight different teams over 18 seasons. He is the current ...

, American retired basketball player *

Nick Mohammed Nicholas George Mohammed is a British actor, comedian and writer. He has portrayed the character Mr. Swallow across both stage and television for over a decade. He is the creator of the Sky One comedy series ''Intelligence (British TV series), ...

, British actor, comedian, and writer. * Nick Mohammed (wrestler), Canadian wrestler * Rajaa Mohammed, Kuwaiti actress * Ramzi Mohammed, Somali national convicted of involvement in the attempted London bombing of 21 July 2005 * Shaffaq Mohammed, British politician and

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

* Sohail Mohammed, American judge * Syed Mohammed, Indian cricketer * Terique Mohammed, Canadian soccer player * Wasiru Mohammed, Ghanaian professional boxer * Zehn Mohammed, English football player

Muhammad

Al-Quadin Muhammad Al-Quadin Muhammad (born March 28, 1995) is an American professional football defensive end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes. He was selected by the New Orleans Sain ...

(born 1995), American football player *

Asia Muhammad Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in doubles by the WTA, achieved on March 17, 2025. Muhammad has won 13 doubles titles on the WT ...

(born 1991), American tennis player * Clara Muhammad, born Clara Evans, wife of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad *

Elijah Muhammad Elijah Muhammad (born Elijah Robert Poole; October 7, 1897 – February 25, 1975) was an American religious leader, black separatist, and self-proclaimed Messenger of Allah who led the Nation of Islam (NOI) from 1933 until his death in 197 ...

(1897–1975), born Elijah Poole, African American religious leader *

Idris Muhammad Idris Muhammad (; born Leo Morris; November 13, 1939 – July 29, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He had an extensive career performing jazz, funk, Rhythm and blues, R&B, and Soul music, soul music and recorded with musicians s ...

, born Leo Morris, American musician *

John Allen Muhammad John Allen Muhammad (born John Allen Williams; December 31, 1960 – November 10, 2009) was an American serial killer. He and his accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo carried out a series of shootings in ten states from February through September 20 ...

(born John Allen Williams; 1960–2009), American serial/spree killer and one of the two D.C. Snipers * Khalfani Muhammad (born 1994), American football player * Kiara Muhammad (born 1998), American actress * Muhsin Muhammad, American football player * Rasheed Muhammad, Pakistani tissue seller and murderer * Ruby Muhammad, American centenarian * Shabazz Muhammad (born 1993), American basketball player * Umar Muhammad (born 1975), American football player *

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 ...

, American-born Palestinian mixed martial artist

Patronymics

ibn

* Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm (?–737), scholar *

Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad () was the son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Maria al-Qibtiyya. He died at the age of 2. Birth, illness and death 200px, Grave of Ibrahim at Jannat-ul-Baqi, Medina According to Ibn Kathir, quoting Ibn Sa'd ...

(630–632), the Islamic prophet's son *

Qasim ibn Muhammad Al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad () was the eldest of the sons of Muhammad and Khadija bint Khuwaylid. He died in 601 CE (before the declaration of his father's prophethood in 609), after his third birthday, and is buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla cemetery, ...

(598–600), the Islamic prophet's son * Abdullah ibn Muhammad (600–614), the Islamic prophet's son * Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad (1332-1406) Arab historiographer and historian *

Marwan ibn Muhammad Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan (; – 6 August 750), commonly known as Marwan II, was the fourteenth and last caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 744 until his death. His reign was dominated by a civil war, and he was the last Umayyad r ...

Abdallah ibn Muhammad Abd Allah (), also spelled Abdullah, Abdhullah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdallah, Abdulla, Abdalla and many others, is an Arabic theophoric name meaning ''servant of God'' or "God's follower". It is built from the Arabic words '' abd'' () and ''All� ...

better known as ''Al-Saffah'' (r. 750–754) was the first Abbasid caliph and founder of

Caliphal dynasty. * Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn Muhammad better known as ''Al-Mansur'' was the second Abbasid caliph from 754 to 775. *

Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mahdī (; 779–839) was an Abbasid prince, singer, composer and poet. He was the son of the third Abbasid caliph, al-Mahdi, and the half-brother of the poet and musician Ulayya. Ibrahim was contemporary of Abbasid caliph al-Ha ...

also known as ''Ibrahim ibn Muhammad'' was the Abbasid princess, singer and composer. *

Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi Ubaydallah ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi () (771–810/11) was an Abbasid prince. He was the son of al-Mahdi, the third caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, and Raytah, daughter of the first Abbasid caliph Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah. Life In 761, the future ca ...

, also known as ''Ubaydallah ibn Muhammad'' was the Abbasid princess and officer. * Ali ibn al-Mahdi, also known as Ali ibn Muhammad. was the son of Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi and his wife Rayta. * Musa al-Hadi also known as ''Musa ibn Muhammad'' was the fourth Abbasid caliph from 785 to 786. *

also known as ''Harun ibn Muhammad'' was the fifth Abbasid caliph from 786 to 809. * Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi was the son of Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi. * Isa ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi, was the youngest brother of

. * Musa ibn Muhammad al-Amin, was the son of Abbasid caliph

al-Amin Abū Mūsā Muḥammad bin Hārūn al-Amīn (; April 787 – 24/25 September 813), better known by just his laqab of al-Amīn (), was the sixth Abbasid caliph from 809 to 813. Al-Amin succeeded his father, Harun al-Rashid, in 809 and ruled unt ...

. * Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Amin was the second son of caliph Al-Amin. *

Al-Wathiq Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad al-Wathiq bi'Llah (; 18 April 81210 August 847), commonly known by his regnal name al-Wathiq bi'Llah (), was an Abbasid caliph who reigned from 842 until his death in 847. Al-Wathiq is described in the so ...

(812–847), also known as ''Abu Ja'far Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim'' was the Abbasid caliph from 842 to 847. *

Al-Mutawakkil Ja'far ibn al-Mu'tasim, Muḥammad ibn Harun al-Rashid, Hārūn al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh (); March 82211 December 861, commonly known by his laqab, regnal name al-Mutawwakil ala Allah (), was the tenth Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasid caliph, rul ...

(822–861) also known as ''Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim'' was the tenth Abbasid caliph from 847 to 861. * Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim was the Abbasid prince and father of

Al-Musta'in Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Mustaʿīn bi-ʾllāh (; 836 – 17 October 866), better known by his regnal title al-Mustaʿīn (836 – 17 October 866) was the Abbasid caliph from 862 to 866, during the "Anarchy at ...

*''Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim'', was an Abbasid princess and the patron of Art and science. * Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim * Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim, one of the youngest sons of caliph al-Mu'tasim. * Abdallah ibn Muhammad better known as

Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (; 861 – 29 December 908) was the son of the caliph al-Mu'tazz and a political figure, but is better known as a leading Arabic poet and the author of the ''Kitab al-Badi'', an early study of Arabic forms of poetry. ...

or simply as ''Ibn al-Muʿtazz'' was an Arab prince and poet. * Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Muhtadi, was the son of Abbasid caliph

al-Muhtadi Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muhtadī bi-ʾLlāh (‎; – 21 June 870), better known by his regnal name al-Muhtadī bi-ʾLlāh (Arabic: , "Guided by God"), was the Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from ...

. * Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qa'im, better known as ''

'' was the caliph of Baghdad during later Abbasid period.

bint

* Fatimah bint Muhammad (605–632 disputed), the Islamic prophet's daughter *

Zainab bint Muhammad Zainab bint Muhammad () (598/599–629 CE) was the eldest daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad by his first wife Khadijah. Marriage She married her maternal cousin, Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi', before December 610, and Khadija gave her a weddin ...

, the Islamic prophet's daughter (according to most Sunnis) *

Ruqayyah bint Muhammad Ruqayya bint Muhammad (; –March 624) was the second eldest daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Khadija. She married the third caliph Uthman and the couple had a son Abd Allah. In 624, Ruqayya died from an illness. Early life Born ...

, the Islamic prophet's daughter (according to most Sunnis) *

Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad Umm Kulthūm bint Muḥammad () (–630) was the third daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad by his first wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid. Conversion to Islam She was born in Mecca, the fifth of their six children.Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-T ...

, the Islamic prophet's daughter (according to most Sunnis) * Fatimah bint Muhammad was the wife of Arab caliph Al-Mansur. *

Abbasa bint al-Mahdi Abbasa bint al-Mahdi (; 765 – after 804) was a famous Abbasid princess. She was the daughter of Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi, sister of caliph Musa al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid. Life Abbasa was the daughter of the third Abbasid caliph, al-Mahdi, an ...

also known ''Abbasa bint Muhammad'' was the Abbasid princess. *

Ulayya bint al-Mahdi Ulayya bint al-Mahdi (, 777–825) was an Abbasid dynasty, Abbasid princess, noted for her legacy as a poet and musician. Biography ‘Ulayya was one of the daughters of the third Abbasid caliph, Abbasid Caliph al-Mahdi (Reign, r. 775–85), wh ...

also known as ''Ulayya bint Muhammad'' was an Abbasid princess and Arab poet. * Banuqa bint al-Mahdi also known as ''Banuqa bint Muhammad'' was elder sister of caliph Harun ar-Rashid. * Aliyah bint al-Mahdi, also known as ''Aliyah bint Muhammad'' was an Abbasid princess.

Teknonymy

Hasan ibn Ali Hasan ibn Ali (; 2 April 670) was an Alids, Alid political and religious leader. The eldest son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Hasan briefly ruled as Rashidun caliphate, Rashidun caliph from January 661 unt ...

also known as Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn Ali, was the son of Ali ibn Abi Ṭalib, and

caliph A caliphate ( ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with Khalifa, the title of caliph (; , ), a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of ...

in 661. *

Al-Hadi Abū Muḥammad Mūsā ibn al-Mahdī al-Hādī (; 26 April 764 CE 14 September 786 CE) better known by his laqab al-Hādī () was the fourth Arab Abbasid caliph who succeeded his father al-Mahdi and ruled from 169 AH (785 CE) until his death in 1 ...

, also known as Abu Muhammad Musa al-Hadi, was the 4th Abbasid caliph. *

Al-Muktafi Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muktafī bi'Llāh (; 877/78 – 13 August 908), better known by his regnal name al-Muktafī bi-Llāh (), was the caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate f ...

also known as Abu Muhammad Ali, was the 17th Abbasid caliph from 902 – 13 August 908. * Al-Mustadi also known as ''Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn Yusuf al-Mustanjid'' was the Caliph in Baghdad from 1170 to 1180.

Fictional

* Mohammed Avdol, an Egyptian

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from the Japanese manga and anime series ''

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly manga magazine ''Ultra Jum ...

''. *Mohammed, a minor character in ''

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''. He is a cab driver for Roman Bellic's taxi business.

Derived names

Umm Muhammad

* Umm Muhammad bint Salih, was the wife of Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid. * Hubshiya also known as ''Umm Muhammad'' was the mother of Abbasid caliph

Al-Muntasir Abu Ja'far Muḥammad ibn Ja'far ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muntasir biʾLlāh (; November 837 – 7 June 862), better known by his regnal title al-Muntasir biʾLlāh (, "He who triumphs in God") was the caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from ...

* Qurb, also known as Umm Muhammad was the mother of

. * Ashin, also known as ''Umm Muhammad'' was the mother of 12th-century caliph of Baghdad

al-Muqtafi Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mustazhir (; 9 April 1096 – 12 March 1160), better known by his laqab, regnal name al-Muqtafi li-Amr Allah (), was the List of Abbasid caliphs#Abbasid Caliphs (25 January 750 – 20 February 1258), Abbasid ca ...

Famous derived names

* Mohammad-Reza * Mohammad Taqi (disambiguation), multiple people

Legality and restrictions

China

In 2017 legislation made it illegal in China to give children names that the Chinese government deemed to "exaggerate religious fervor”. This prohibition included a ban on naming children Muhammad. The legislation was officially intended to prevent "religious extremism" among the country's Uighur minority, but may have been an act of

persecution Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group. The most common forms are religious persecution, racism, and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these term ...

against the Uighur community.

Pakistan

The

government of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan () (abbreviated as GoP), constitutionally known as the Federal Government, commonly known as the Centre, is the national authority of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a federal republic located in South Asia, con ...

forbids members of its Ahmadi community from naming their children Muhammad.

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reported in 2021 that blasphemy charges had been filed against Ahmadis who wrote "Mohammed" on a

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in an unspecified amount of instances.

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bint

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Umm Muhammad

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Legality and restrictions

China

Pakistan

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