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1493 famous people named Muhammad found on Wikipedia.
13485 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
345-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
345-th in year 2018
Used in: Arabic, Indian, Indonesian, Pakistani, Pashto, Tajik
Muhammad (Arabic: محمد) is the primary transliteration of the Arabic given name, مُحَمَّد, from the triconsonantal root of Hamad; Praise that comes from the Arabic passive participle and triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D (Praise); hence Praised, or praiseworthy. It is the name of the Islamic prophet. Throughout the Muslim world, it is popular to name a male child after him. This name and its variant transliterations are among the most popular names in the world.
1610s, Mohammed, Arabic masc. proper name, literally "the Praiseworthy," name of the prophet of Islam (c.570-632). The earliest forms of his name in English were Mahum, Mahimet (c. 1200); originally also used confusedly for "an idol." Wyclif has Macamethe (c. 1380), and Makomete also turns up in 14c. documents. Mahomet was common until 19c.; see Mohammed.
Praised one, praiseworthy, to praise.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muhammad | 0571 | Prophet of Islam |
| 2 | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | 1876 | Lawyer, politician and statesman, and the founder of Pakistan |
| 3 | Elijah Muhammad | 1897 | American religious leader |
| 4 | Muhammad in Islam | ||
| 5 | Muhammad bin Nayef | 1959 | Saudi crown prince |
| 6 | John Allen Muhammad | 1960 | Serial killer, co-perpetrator in the "DC Sniper Case" |
| 7 | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq | 1924 | 6th President of Pakistan |
| 8 | Muhammad Yunus | 1940 | Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient |
| 9 | Wallace Fard Muhammad | 1893 | American Islamic minister |
| 10 | Ali Shaheed Muhammad | 1970 | American DJ, rapper and record producer |
| 11 | Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab | 1703 | Wahabi Scholar |
| 12 | Muhammad Ali Pasha | 1769 | Wali of Egypt and Sudan |
| 13 | Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī | 0780 | Uzbek mathematician, astronomer and geographer |
| 14 | Muhammad bin Qasim | 0695 | Umayyad general |
| 15 | Muhammad al-Mahdi | 0869 | 12th and last Shia's Imam |
| 16 | Muhammad of Ghor | 1160 | Ghurid Sultan |
| 17 | Muhammad bin Tughluq | 1290 | Turkic Sultan of Delhi |
| 18 | Muhammad al-Bukhari | 0810 | Hadith compiler |
| 19 | Muhammad V of Kelantan | 1969 | Sultan of Kelantan |
| 20 | Shabazz Muhammad | 1992 | American professional basketball player |
| 21 | Mark Copani | 1981 | Professional wrestler |
| 22 | Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf | 1940 | Diplomat |
| 23 | Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi | 0865 | Persian polymath, physician, alchemist and chemist, philosopher |
| 24 | Muhammad Shah | 1702 | Mughal emperor of India |
| 25 | Khalid Abdul Muhammad | 1948 | American activist |
| 26 | Ibtihaj Muhammad | 1985 | Fencer |
| 27 | Muhammad bin Saud | 1710 | Saudi Imam |
| 28 | Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani | 1914 | Albanian Islamic scholar of the 20th Century |
| 29 | Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | 1951 | Pakistani Qadiriyya Sufi scholar |
| 30 | Muhammad Ahmad | 1844 | Religious leader in the Sudan, self-proclaimed as the Mahdi |
| 31 | Muhammad Azam Shah | 1653 | Seventh Mughal emperor |
| 32 | Muhammad Wilkerson | 1989 | American football player, defensive lineman |
| 33 | Muhammad Mahmood Alam | 1935 | Pakistani military leader |
| 34 | Muhammad XII of Granada | 1459 | Last Nasrid ruler of Grenada |
| 35 | Muhammad al-Baqir | 0676 | |
| 36 | Muhammad Zaini Abdul Ghani | 1942 | |
| 37 | Muhammad al-Idrisi | 1100 | Medieval Arab geographer |
| 38 | Zainab bint Muhammad | 0600 | Eldest daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad |
| 39 | Arief Muhammad | 1990 | Indonesian writer |
| 40 | Muhammad Asad | 1900 | Austro-Hungarian writer and academic |
| 41 | Ibrahim ibn Muhammad | 0630 | Male child of the Islamic prophet Muhammad |
| 42 | Muhsin Muhammad | 1973 | American football player |
| 43 | Muhammad Rizieq Shihab | 1965 | Indonesian activist |
| 44 | Muhammad Ilyas Qadri | 1950 | Ameer e Ahl e Sunnat |
| 45 | Ruqayyah bint Muhammad | 0605 | Daughter of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad |
| 46 | Muhammad al-Yaqoubi | 1963 | Islamic scholar |
| 47 | Dalilah Muhammad | 1990 | American hurdler |
| 48 | Muhammad Gaddafi | 1970 | Libyan former executive and former sports manager |
| 49 | al-Qasim ibn Muhammad | 0603 | Son of Muhammad and Khadijah bint Khuwaylid |
| 50 | Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah | 1580 | Sultan |
| 51 | Belal Muhammad | 1988 | |
| 52 | Muhammad Taqi Usmani | 1943 | Pakistani judge |
| 53 | Muhammad Abduh | 1849 | Egyptian jurist |
| 54 | Muhammad Sharif | 1920 | Pakistani politician |
| 55 | Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad | Third daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad | |
| 56 | Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad | One of the sons Muhammad and Khadija | |
| 57 | Muhammad Herindra | 1964 | |
| 58 | Muhammad Ilyas Kandhalawi | 1885 | Muslim scholar |
| 59 | Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari | 1894 | Indian politician |
| 60 | Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen | 1925 | Saudi Arabian imam |
| 61 | Omar Bakri Muhammad | 1958 | Islamist militant leader |
| 62 | Marwan Muhammad | 1978 | French engineer |
| 63 | Malik Ghulam Muhammad | 1895 | Pakistani politician |
| 64 | Kiara Muhammad | 1998 | Actress |
| 65 | Idris Muhammad | 1939 | American drummer |
| 66 | Muhammad II of Khwarezm | 1169 | Shah of Khwarezm |
| 67 | Muhammad Zafarullah Khan | 1893 | Pakistani diplomat |
| 68 | Ikhtiyar Uddin Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji | Military general of Qutb-ud-din Aybak | |
| 69 | Muhammad Al-Munajjid | 1960 | Lecturer |
| 70 | Clara Muhammad | 1899 | Wife of Wlijah Muhammad |
| 71 | M Munir | 1958 | |
| 72 | Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah | 0636 | Son of Ali, 4th Imam of Kaysanites Shia |
| 73 | Muhammad Mian Soomro | 1950 | Pakistani politician |
| 74 | Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi | ||
| 75 | Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi | 1932 | Pakistani ayatollah |
| 76 | Mohamed Ali, Prince of the Sa'id | 1979 | Egyptian prince |
| 77 | Muhammad Musa | 1908 | Pakistani general |
| 78 | Fachri Muhammad | 1996 | Indonesian actor |
| 79 | Salih Muslim Muhammad | 1951 | Syrian Kurdish leader |
| 80 | Muhammad al-Jawad | 0811 | Ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism |
| 81 | Lutalo Muhammad | 1991 | Taekwondo practitioner |
| 82 | Muhammad Ridho Ficardo | 1980 | |
| 83 | Muhammad Ayyub | 1952 | Former Imam at Al-Masjid an-Nabawi |
| 84 | Muhammad Zakariya Kandhalawi | 1898 | Indian Islamic scholar |
| 85 | Muhammad Abdulwahhab | 1923 | Islamic preacher |
| 86 | Muhammad Nasir | 1960 | |
| 87 | Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | 1910 | Saudi royal |
| 88 | Muhammad Prananda Prabowo | 1971 | Indonesian politician |
| 89 | Muhammad Suleiman | 1959 | Syrian General |
| 90 | Mohammad Ghaznavi | 0998 | Ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire in the 11th century |
| 91 | Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr | 1935 | Iraqi ayatollah |
| 92 | Muhammad Khan Junejo | 1932 | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| 93 | Muhammad Rafiq Tarar | 1929 | Pakistani judge and activist |
| 94 | Muhammad Zainuddin Abdul Madjid | ||
| 95 | Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid | 0882 | Autonomous ruler of Egypt and Syria |
| 96 | Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki | 1944 | Prominent Sunni Islamic scholar from Saudi Arabia |
| 97 | Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi | 1833 | Indian activist |
| 98 | Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr | 0631 | Politician (0631-0658) |
| 99 | Muhammad Fardhan | 1989 | |
| 100 | Muhammad Yusuf Kandhalawi | 1917 | Indian scholar |
| 101 | Matthew Saad Muhammad | 1954 | American boxer |
| 102 | Asia Muhammad | 1991 | American tennis player |
| 103 | Muhammad Kudarat | 1581 | 7th Sultan of Maguindanao |
| 104 | Muhammad Saad al-Beshi | 1961 | Saudi Arabian executioner |
| 105 | Jabir Herbert Muhammad | 1929 | American sports executive |
| 106 | Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i | 1904 | President of Iraq |
| 107 | Muhammad Ahmad Hussein | 2000 | Grand Mufti of Jerusalem |
| 108 | Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy | 1928 | Egyptian imam |
| 109 | Muhammad Safdar | Pakistani diplomat | |
| 110 | Muhammad Waseem | 1987 | Pakistani boxer |
| 111 | Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni | 0864 | Muslim scholar |
| 112 | Khalil Gibran Muhammad | 1972 | American historian |
| 113 | Muhammad Ismail | 1896 | Indian politician |
| 114 | Muhammad Sani | 1942 | |
| 115 | Muhammad Akram | 1938 | Pakistan Army officer |
| 116 | Muhammad al-Badr | 1926 | Imam |
| 117 | Muhammad Hamidullah | 1908 | Indian philosopher |
| 118 | Qazi Muhammad | 1893 | Kurdish politician |
| 119 | Muhammad Shah of Brunei | Bruneian politician | |
| 120 | Muhammad Zakaullah | 1958 | Pakistani admiral |
| 121 | Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy | 1966 | American Islamic scholar |
| 122 | Muhammad Sidik Edward | 1997 | |
| 123 | Tynetta Muhammad | 1941 | Leader and columnist for the Nation of Islam |
| 124 | Ali Mahdi Muhammad | 1939 | Somali entrepreneur and politician |
| 125 | Muhammad Mahfuz | 1944 | Pakistani soldier |
| 126 | Muhammad Metwally Al Shaarawy | 1911 | Islamic scholar |
| 127 | Muhammad Zaidan | 1948 | Palestinian terrorist |
| 128 | Muhammad Muhsin Khan | 1927 | Translator of the Quran into English |
| 129 | Eddie Mustafa Muhammad | 1952 | American boxer |
| 130 | Mullah Muhammad Rasul | 1965 | Taliban Governor of Nimruz Province, Afghanistan |
| 131 | Sawar Muhammad Hussain | 1949 | Pakistani soldier |
| 132 | Muhammad Khan Achakzai | 1930 | |
| 133 | Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad | 1755 | Saudi politician |
| 134 | Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad | 1966 | Jordanian prince |
| 135 | Muhammad Farhan | 1970 | |
| 136 | Muhammad Kam Bakhsh | 1667 | Mughal prince |
| 137 | Muhammad Shaybani | 1451 | Khan of the Uzbeks |
| 138 | Abdallahi ibn Muhammad | 1846 | Sudanese politician |
| 139 | Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal | 1928 | Somaliland President |
| 140 | Muhammad al-Zawahiri | 1953 | Egyptian Islamist |
| 141 | Akbar Muhammad | American historian | |
| 142 | Muhammad Mahabat Khan III | 1900 | Last ruling Nawab of the princely state of Junagadh |
| 143 | Muhammad Akmal | 1968 | Pakistani scholar |
| 144 | Muhammad VIII al-Amin | 1881 | Bet and King of Tunis |
| 145 | Muhammad Lutfi | 1969 | |
| 146 | Muhammad Jaunpuri | 1443 | Indian Imam Mahdi |
| 147 | Sayyid Muhammad | ||
| 148 | Muhammad Muneeb ur Rehman | Grand Mufti of Pakistan | |
| 149 | Muhammad Ahsan Dar | 1957 | Founder and former head of the Hizbul Mujahideen |
| 150 | Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei | 1892 | Iranian philosopher |
| 151 | Muhammad al-Shaybani | 0750 | Islamic studies scholar |
| 152 | Donna Farrakhan Muhammad | Minister of The Nation of Islam | |
| 153 | Muhammad Hafiz Hashim | 1982 | Malaysian badminton player |
| 154 | Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad | 1800 | King |
| 155 | Muhammad Ismail Agha | Guantanamo detainees known to have been released | |
| 156 | Muhammad Iqbal Gujjar | 1943 | Pakistani politician |
| 157 | Muhammad Ali | 1996 | British boxer, born 1996 |
| 158 | Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh | 1893 | Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia |
| 159 | Tulus | 1987 | |
| 160 | Sufi Muhammad | Founder of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), a Pakistani militant organisation | |
| 161 | Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli | 1990 | |
| 162 | Muhammad Anis | ||
| 163 | Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo | 1901 | Indonesian religious leader |
| 164 | Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya | Led a failed rebellion in Medina | |
| 165 | Muhammad Shafi Usmani | 1897 | Sunni Deobandi Islamic scholar |
| 166 | Muhammad Husain Azad | 1830 | Indian writer |
| 167 | Muhammad Qutb | 1919 | Egyptian Islamist writer and scholar |
| 168 | Muhammad Rafi Usmani | Pakistani Islamic scholar | |
| 169 | Muhammad Yusuf bin Ahmad | ||
| 170 | Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali | Moroccan scholar | |
| 171 | Muhammad Husayn Haykal | 1888 | Egyptian writer |
| 172 | Muhammad Khan Bangash | 1665 | Indian Nawab |
| 173 | Muhammad Mustafa Mero | 1941 | Syrian politician |
| 174 | Fath Muhammad | 1704 | General in the Mysorean army |
| 175 | Muhammad al-Jazuli | 1404 | گلدستہ درود |
| 176 | Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi | 1787 | Libyan scholar |
| 177 | Muhammad bin Ibrahim | 1960 | Central banker |
| 178 | Muhammad Shahidullah | 1885 | Bangladeshi linguist |
| 179 | Muhammad Abdel-Haleem | Professor of Islamic studies | |
| 180 | Muhammad Jamalul Alam II | 1889 | 26th Sultan of Brunei, 1906-1924 |
| 181 | Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al Auzam | Sultan of the Maldive Islands | |
| 182 | Muhammad Mansur Ali | 1919 | Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
| 183 | Muhammad ash-Shawkani | 1759 | Yemeni theologian |
| 184 | Muhammad Sadiq | 1942 | Singer |
| 185 | Muhammad Ilham Fauzi | 1995 | |
| 186 | Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib | 1948 | Bangladeshi academic |
| 187 | Muhammad Nur Maulana | ||
| 188 | Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi | 1776 | |
| 189 | Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari | 1918 | Pakistani judge and scholar |
| 190 | Muhammad Tallal Chaudry | ||
| 191 | Ali Nasir Muhammad | 1939 | Yemeni politician |
| 192 | Mohammad ibn Ali Abbasi | ||
| 193 | Muhammad Fareed Didi | 1901 | Maldivian politician (1901-1969) |
| 194 | Prince Talal bin Muhammad | 1965 | Jordanian prince |
| 195 | Muhammad Naji al-Otari | 1944 | Syrian politician |
| 196 | Muhammad Adil Shah | Fourth ruler of the Sur dynasty | |
| 197 | Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah | 1717 | Nawab of Carnatic |
| 198 | Muhammad Abdul Bari | 1953 | British writer |
| 199 | Muhammad Haroon Aslam | Pakistani general | |
| 200 | Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman | 1882 | Half brother of King Abdulaziz |