Musa is a male given name of Semitic origin.

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caliph A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...

of the

Abbasid Caliphate The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Mutta ...

(reigned from 785 to 786) *

Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Hashimi Mūsā ibn ʿĪsā ibn Mūsā al-Hāshimī ( ar, موسى بن عيسى بن موسى بن محمد بن علي بن عبد الله بن العباس) was an 8th century AD Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasid prince. The son of Isa ibn Musa, he was poste ...

, 8th-century Abbasid governor * Musa ibn Musa al-Hadi, an Abbasid prince and son of

Al-Hadi Abū Muḥammad Mūsā ibn al-Mahdī al-Hādī ( ar, أبو محمد موسى بن المهدي الهادي; 26 April 764 CE 14 September 786 CE) better known by his laqab Al-Hādī (الهادي‎) was the fourth Arab Abbasid caliph who succee ...

* Musa Aman (born 1951), Malaysian politician *

Musa Aydın Musa Aydın (born 1 November 1980 in Samsun) is a former Turkish footballer. At the start of the 2009–10 season, he scored a Champions League goal for Sivasspor against Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of th ...

(born 1980), Turkish footballer * Musa Beg, official in Safavid Iran *

Musa Çağıran Musa Çağıran (born 17 November 1992) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hatayspor. He has also made an appearance for Turkey's national football B team. Career He signed for Galatasaray on 3 February 2010, signing a thre ...

(born 1992), Turkish footballer * Musa Çelebi, 15th-century Ottoman prince *

Musa Cälil Musa Cälil ( tt-Cyrl, Муса Җәлил, translit=Musa Çəlil, ; russian: Муса Джалиль; 25 August 1944) was a Soviet– Tatar poet and resistance fighter. He is the only poet of the Soviet Union awarded simultaneously the Hero ...

(1906–1944), Soviet poet and World War II resistance fighter *

Musa Ćazim Ćatić Musa Ćazim Ćatić ( sr-Cyrl, Муса Ћазим Ћатић; 12 March 1878 – 6 April 1915) was a Bosnian poet of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Renaissance at the turn of the 20th century. Life Ćatić completed Sharia Law studies in Zagreb. He w ...

(1878–1915), Bosnian poet * Musa al-Kadhim, seventh imam in Twelver Shia Islam *

Musa McKim Musa Jane McKim Guston (née McKim; August 23, 1908 – March 30, 1992), was a painter and poet. Born in Oil City, Pennsylvania, McKim spent much of her youth in Panama. During the Great Depression, she worked under the Section of Fine Arts, ...

(1908–1992), American artist and poet *

Musa Nizam Musa Nizam (born 8 September 1990) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a defender for TFF Second League TFF 2. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Second League), is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the ...

(born 1990), Turkish footballer *

Musa ibn Nusayr Musa ibn Nusayr ( ar, موسى بن نصير ''Mūsá bin Nuṣayr''; 640 – c. 716) served as a Umayyad governor and an Arab general under the Umayyad caliph Al-Walid I. He ruled over the Muslim provinces of North Africa ( Ifriqiya), and dire ...

(640–716), Yemeni Muslim governor and general under the Umayyads, Viceroy of North Africa since 698; invaded Spain in 711 * Mūsā ibn Shākir, Persian engineer and astronomer * Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi, leader of the muwallad Banu Qasi clan *

Musa Hitam Tun Musa bin Hitam ( Jawi: موسى بن هيتم; born 18 April 1934) is a Malaysian politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 1986, serving under Mahathir Mohamad. He was the chairman of Sime Darby Berhad. Early li ...

, Malaysian politician; former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia *

Musa I of Mali Mansa Musa ( ar, منسا موسى, Mansā Mūsā; ) was the ninth ''mansa'' of the Mali Empire, which reached its territorial peak during his reign. Musa is known for his wealth and generosity. He has been subject to popular claims that he is ...

, Mansa of the Mali Empire between 1312–37 * Musa Sor, Yazidi saint

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* Ahmed Musa, Nigerian footballer * Antonius Musa, Roman botanist and physician * Balkisu Musa (born 1970), Nigerian weightlifter *

Banū Mūsā The Banū Mūsā brothers ("Sons of Moses"), namely Abū Jaʿfar, Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (before 803 – February 873); Abū al‐Qāsim, Aḥmad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (d. 9th century); and Al-Ḥasan ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (d. 9th ce ...

, 9th century Persian family of scholars * Igor Musa, Croatian footballer * Mansa Musa (born 1280), political figure, 10th mansa of the Mali empire (reign 1312–1337) * Mírzá Músá (died 1887), surnamed Áqáy-i-Kalím, was the brother of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith * Quintus Pomponius Musa, first-century Roman banker and moneyer *

Said Musa Said Wilbert Musa (, born 19 March 1944) is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Belize from 28 August 1998 to 8 February 2008. Early life and education Said Wilbert Musa was born in 1944 in San Ignacio in the Cayo D ...

, Prime Minister of Belize from 1996 to 2008

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