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Muhammad (disambiguation)
Muhammad Arabic محمد , also transliterated Mohammad Mohammed Mohamed Muhammed Mahommed Mehmed Mehmet Mahmud Mahmoud Mahomet 570 - 632 ) was the Prophet of Islam , and Muhammad has since been a common name for Muslim men, and is now the commonest name in the world. Prominent Muhammads include:
Imam Muhammad at-Taqi 811 - 835 ), ninth Shia Imam .
Muhammad of Ghor 1162 - 1206 ), Persian conqueror and sultan between 1171 and 1206
Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi 1207 - 1273 ), Persian poet and Sufi mystic from Balkh , Persia in modern Afghanistan
Mehmed I Çelebi (nicknamed Kirisci , "the Executioneer," died 1421 ), sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Mehmed II el-Fatih , "the Conqueror," 1432 - 1481 ), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1444 to 1446 , and later from 1451 to 1481
Mehmed Pasha Sokollu 1505 - 1579 ) was the Grand Vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent and Selim II
Mehmed III 1566 - 1603 ), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 - 1603 , notorious for having his sixteen brothers strangled upon his succession
Mehmed IV Avci , "the Hunter," 1642 - 1693 ), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687
Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab 1703 - 1792 ), the founder of the Wahhabi movement
Muhammad Ali Pasha 1769 - 1849 ), viceroy of Egypt , sometimes considered the founder of modern Egypt
Mehmed VI 1861 - 1926 ), last sultan of the Ottoman Empire , from 1918 - 1922
Mohammad Ali Jinnah 1876 - 1948 ), Indian Muslim nationalist , and Pakistan 's first Governor-General
Muhammad Iqbal 1877 - 1938 ), Indian Muslim poet from the colonial era , considered one of the founding fathers of Pakistan
Mohammed Mossadegh 1882 - 1967 ), prime minister of Iran from 1951 - 1953
Mohammad Taghi Bahar Malek osh-Sho'ara , "Poet Laureate ", 1886 - 1951 ), Iranian poet , politician , mathematician ,logician , journalist , essayist , and historian
Wallace Fard Muhammad 1891 ? - after 1934 ), preacher and founder of the black nationalist movement the Nation of Islam
Mohammed bin Laden 1895 ? - 1968 ), Yemeni immigrant to Saudi Arabia , and wealthy investor, businessman and patriarch of the bin Laden family
Elijah Muhammad 1897 - 1975 ) leader of the Nation of Islam , 1934 - 1975
Muhammad Naguib 1901 - 1984 ), first President of the Republic of Egypt , in 1953 .
Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat-Tabrizi pen name Shahriar , 1906 - 1988 ), Iranian poet , writing in Persian and Azerbaijani
Muhammad Ali Bogra 1909 - 1963 ), Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 - 1955
Mehmet Shehu 1913 - 1981 ), general and politician in the communist Albanian Party of Labour
Mohammed Zahir Shah 1914 - ), the last King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973
Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat 1918 - 1981 ), Egyptian politician and President from 1970 to 1981
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi 1919 - 1980 ), the second and last Shah of Iran , ruling from 1941 until 1979
Mohamed Siad Barre 1919 /1921 ? - 1995 ), self-proclaimed socialist president of Somalia from 1969 to 1991
Mohammed Dib 1920 - 2003 ), probably Algeria 's most prolific and well-known writer.
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq 1924 - 1988 ) ruled Pakistan from 1977 to 1988 under martial law
Mohammed Rafi 1924 - 1980 ), Indian Bollywood playback singer
Mohamed al-Fayed 1929 - ), Egyptian -born, Swiss -based millionaire.
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar 1929 - ), President of Pakistan from 1998 - 2001
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas 1931 - ), prominent contemporary Muslim philosopher and thinker from Malaysia
Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim 1939 - 2003 ) was the foremost Shia Muslim leader in Iraq until his assassination in a terrorist bombing.
Ayatollah Mohammad Va'ez Abaee-Khorasani 1940 ? - 2004 ), Iranian cleric and reformist politician
Muhammad Ali 1942 - ), American heavyweight boxer
Mohamed ElBaradei 1942 - ), Director General of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency
Mohammad Khatami 1943 - ), the President of Iran since 1997
Mohamed Abdelaziz 1947 - ), exiled president of Western Sahara since 1982
Mohamed Mounir 1954 - ), Egyptian musician and actor
Mehmet Ali Ağca 1958 - ), Turkish militant who shot Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square in a May 13 , 1981 assassination attempt.
Mullah Mohammed Omar 1959 - ), Afghanistan's Talibani de facto Head of State from 1996 - 2001
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed 1964 /1965 - ), al-Qaeda terrorist leader who was "the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks ."
Mohammed Atta 1968 - 2001 ), suicide pilot of the first plane to crash into the World Trade Center in the September 11 , 2001 Terrorist Attacks
Mohammad Ashraful 1984 - ), Bangladeshi cricketer
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