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Famous Muslims

Can you name these famous Muslims, past and present?
For royal personages, give their first name
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Last updated: May 18, 2026
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First submittedOctober 15, 2012
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Founder of Islam
Muhammad
Daughter of the above, wife of Ali
Fatimah
Boxer who beat Liston, Frazier, and Foreman
Muhammad Ali
Founder of Pakistan
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Former member of One Direction
Zayn Malik
Former Los Angeles Lakers star known for his sky hook
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
He led France to a FIFA World Cup victory in 1998
Zinedine Zidane
King of Saudi Arabia, 2005–2015
King Abdullah
Female Prime Minister of Pakistan assassinated in 2007
Benazir Bhutto
Civil rights activist born Malcolm Little
Malcolm X
Ayatollah of Iran, 1979–1989
Ruhollah Khomeini
Sultan of Egypt who fought against the Third Crusade
Saladin
Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, 1969–2004
Yasser Arafat
King of Jordan, 1952–1999
King Hussein
Singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam
13th century Persian who has recently been the best-selling poet in the U.S.
Rumi
Known as the "Egyptian King", he is one of the top goalscorers in Liverpool FC history
Mohamed Salah
Known for saying "we the best music" on hit songs
DJ Khaled
Longest-reigning Ottoman sultan who led the empire during its greatest height
Suleiman the Magnificent
To Sunnis, the first Caliph. To Shiites, a usurper.
Abu Bakr
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4 Comments
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Level 87
May 18, 2026
Humble request to exclude DJ Khaled and include anyone else. The man is an embarrassment to Muslims everywhere - a Palestinian who never risks his money or fame to speak up about the Palestinian cause.

You could include

Kamal Ataturk

Any Mughal emperor (Akbar Babur Shahjahan Aurangzeb)

Tipu sultan

Sheikh mujibur rahman

Salman Rushdie (as much as I dislike him for the Satanic Verses)

Khaled hosseini

Nader Shah

Gamal Abdel Nasser/Anwar Sadat

Gaddafi (also dislikable)

Mahershala Ali / Dave Chappelle

A R Rahman

Ice cube / Mos Def/ Akon

Muhammad Iqbal

Abdus Salam

APJ Abdul Kalam

Muhammad Yunus

Maryam Mirzakhani

Malala

Tawakkol Karman

Abdul sattar edhi

Erdogan

Zaha Hadid

Yusuf al qaradawi

Amongst many many many others for good and bad reasons. But please not DJ Khaled.

+1
Level 92
May 19, 2026
Ataturk was infinitely worse than DJ Khaled.
+4
Level 76
May 18, 2026
Could you accept Abu Bakar as well?
+2
Level 92
May 19, 2026
Could you accept the long standing spelling of Süleyman?