Ahmed is originally an Arabic given name. The name is used in most parts of the Islamic world, sometimes as the variant Ahmad. Persons with the name Ahmed involved in recent events:

• Sheik Ahmed Yassin, former leader of Palestinian Hamas.
• Ahmed Chalabi, leader of the Iraqi National Congress.
• Ahmed Shah Massoud, an Afghanistani (Tajik/Persian) military leader who played a leading role in driving the Soviet army out of Afghanistan.
• Ahmed Qurei, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority.
• Ahmed al-Nami, terrorist.
• Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, terrorist.
• Ahmed al-Haznawi, terrorist.
• Fazel Ahmed Manawi, Deputy Justice on the Supreme Court of Afghanistan.

Historical characters with the name Ahmed:

• Ahmad Fanakati, financial officer of the Mongol Empire
• Ahmed I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
• Ahmed II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
• Ahmed III, sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
• Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, former president of Iraq.
• Ahmed Ben Bella, the first President of Algeria.
• Ahmed Sanjar, a ruler of the Seljuk Turks.
• Ahmad ibn Rustah, Persian chronicler (born in Isfahan, Persia).
• Ahmed Köprülü, Ottoman Grand Vizier of the Köprülü family.
• Ahmed Yesevi , a leader of Sufi mysticism.
• Ahmed Cevdet Pasha , Ottoman statesman.
• Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadi cult.

Other persons known as Ahmed:

• Iajuddin Ahmed, the President of Bangladesh.
• Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia.
• Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone.
• Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir, President of Sudan.
• Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, emir of Kuwait.
• Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait
• Ahmed Sékou Touré
• Ahmed Maher
• Ahmad Shukeiri
• Ahmad, West Coast hip hop performer

Fictional characters with the name Ahmed:

• Ahmed (Arabian Nights), a prince in the "Arabian Nights," noted for a magic tent which would expand so as to shelter an army, and contract so that it could go into one's pocket.

Places and sites named after persons with the name Ahmed:

• Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul. Built in honour of Ahmed I.
• Ahmedabad, India.
• Ahmednagar, India.