Shakur is a surname and rarely used as a name like

Shakir Shakir is both a surname and a given name originating from Arabic, similar to the surname or name Shakur. The feminine form of Shakir is Shakira. Notable people with the name include: * Ahmad Muhammad Shakir (1892-1958), Egyptian scholar of Hadith ...

. Also, it is from one of the

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, '' Ash-Shakur''. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

'Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur Amir Abdullahi, formally Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur or Amir Hajji 'Abdu'llahi II ibn 'Ali 'Abdu's Shakur ( – 1930), was the last Emir of Harar and ruled from late 1884 to 26 January 1887, when the state was terminated, following th ...

(died 1930), Ethiopian emir *

Afeni Shakur Afeni Shakur Davis (born Alice Faye Williams; January 10, 1947 – May 2, 2016) was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. Shakur was the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur and the executor of his estate. She founded th ...

(1947–2016), American activist *

Assata Shakur Assata Olugbala Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron; July 16, 1947), also known as Joanne Chesimard, is an American political activist who was a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA). In 1977, she was convicted in the murder of state troope ...

(born 1947), American activist *

Mopreme Shakur Maurice Shakur ( né Harding; August 16, 1967), better known by his stage name Mopreme Shakur, originally known as Wycked, is an American rapper. He was a member of the hip-hop group Thug Life and is the stepbrother of rapper Tupac Shakur. He wa ...

(born 1969), American rapper * Muhammad ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur (died 1875), Ethiopian emir *

Mustafa Shakur Mustafadeen "Mustafa" Abdush-Shakur (born August 18, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Arizona and has previously played professionally in Europe, Lebanon, the NBA D-Le ...

(born 1984), American basketball player *

Mutulu Shakur Mutulu Shakur (born Jeral Wayne Williams; August 8, 1950 – July 7, 2023) was an American activist, and a member of the Black Liberation Army who was sentenced to sixty years in prison for his involvement in a 1981 robbery of a Brinks armored ...

(1950-2023), Black Liberation Army leader *

Sanyika Shakur Sanyika Shakur (born Kody Dejohn Scott; November 13, 1963 – June 6, 2021),Tupac Shakur Tupac Amaru Shakur (; born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor, regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all tim ...

(1971–1996), American rapper and actor

Given name

Shakur Brown Shakur Brown (born April 1, 1999) is an American professional football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans. Early life Brown grew up in Detroit, Michigan and his family decided to move to Ge ...

(born 1999), American football player *

Shakur Stevenson Ash-Shakur Nafi-Shahid Stevenson (born June 28, 1997) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, from featherweight to lightweight, and has held the World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweigh ...

(born 1997), American professional boxer

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Given name

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