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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Sani Abacha
Head of State
20-Sep-1943 8-Jun-1998 Dictator of Nigeria, 1993-98
Abu Abbas
Terrorist
10-Dec-1948 9-Mar-2004 Masterminded the Achille Lauro hijacking
Ferhat Abbas
Head of State
24-Oct-1899 23-Dec-1985 President of Algeria, 1962-63
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Criminal
3-May-1938   The Blind Sheikh
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball
16-Apr-1947   NBA records for most minutes, most points
King Abdullah
Royalty
1-Aug-1924   King of Saudi Arabia
King Abdullah II
Royalty
30-Jan-1962   King of Jordan
Huma Abedin
Government
1976   Aide to Hillary Clinton
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Criminal
23-Apr-1954   Black Panther, sentenced to death
Saif al-Adel
Terrorist
11-Apr-1960   Al Qaeda embassy bomber
Mehmet Ali Agca
Assassin
9-Jan-1958   In 1981, shot Pope John Paul II
Mahmoud Ahmad
Spy
?   Pakistani Intelligence chief gave Atta $100k
Moustapha Akkad
Film/TV Producer
1-Jul-1930 10-Nov-2005 Halloween producer
Akon
Singer
16-Apr-1973   Trouble
Sami Al-Arian
Criminal
14-Jan-1958   Professor convicted of funding terrorism
Hafez al-Assad
Head of State
6-Oct-1930 10-Jun-2000 President of Syria, 1971-2000
Anwar al-Awlaki
Religion
22-Apr-1971 30-Sep-2011 Yemeni video cleric, AQAP
Ibn Al-Baitar
Botanist
c. 1197 c. 1248 Muslim botanist and pharmacist
Omar al-Bashir
Politician
1-Jan-1944   President of Sudan
Harun al-Rashid
Royalty
763 AD 24-Mar-809 AD Abbasid caliph
al-Razi
Doctor
c. 865 AD 27-Oct-925 AD Persian alchemist
Jaber III al-Sabah
Royalty
29-Jun-1926 15-Jan-2006 Emir of Kuwait, 1977-2006
Saif Ali Khan
Actor
16-Aug-1970   Dil Chahta Hai
Ahmed Ali
Novelist
1-Jul-1910 14-Jan-1994 Twilight in Delhi
Laila Ali
Boxing
30-Dec-1977   Daughter of Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
Boxing
17-Jan-1942   Floated like butterfly, stung like bee
Hafizullah Amin
Head of State
1-Aug-1929 27-Dec-1979 President of Afghanistan, 1979
Idi Amin
Head of State
17-May-1928 16-Aug-2003 Former dictator of Uganda
Anousheh Ansari
Business
12-Sep-1966   Telecom executive, space tourist
Yasser Arafat
Politician
24-Aug-1929 10-Nov-2004 Palestinian leader, former terrorist
Mohammed Atta
Terrorist
1-Sep-1968 11-Sep-2001 Mastermind behind the 9-11 attacks
Aurangzeb
Royalty
3-Nov-1618 3-Mar-1707 Mogul Emperor
Avenzoar
Doctor
c. 1090 1162 Prominent Arab physician
Averroës
Philosopher
1126 1198 Islamic commentator on the classics
Avicenna
Doctor
980 AD 1037 Canon of Medicine
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz
Government
5-Jan-1928   Saudi Arabia Defense Minister
Shaukat Aziz
Head of State
6-Mar-1949   Prime Minister of Pakistan
Abdullah Azzam
Educator
1941 24-Nov-1989 Gatekeeper of the Jihad
Parveen Babi
Actor
4-Apr-1955 20-Jan-2005 Sophisticated Seventies Bollywood Babe
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Head of State
1-Jul-1914 4-Oct-1982 President of Iraq, 1968-79
Prince Bandar bin Sultan
Diplomat
2-Mar-1949   Saudi Arabia Ambassador to U.S.
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
Head of State
22-Mar-1933   First President of Iran, 1980-81
Mohamed El Baradei
Government
17-Jun-1942   UN International Atomic Energy Agency
Massoud Barzani
Head of State
16-Aug-1946   President of Iraqi Kurdistan
Mustafa Barzani
Military
14-Mar-1903 1-Mar-1979 Kurdish nationalist
Abu Bakar Bashir
Terrorist
17-Aug-1938   Spiritual Leader of Jemaah Islamiah
Celal Bayar
Head of State
16-May-1883 22-Aug-1986 President of Turkey, 1950-60
Bayezid I
Royalty
1360 1403 Ottoman Sultan, 1389-1402
Ahmed Ben Bella
Head of State
25-Dec-1918 11-Apr-2012 President of Algeria, 1963-65
Bayezid II
Royalty
3-Dec-1447 26-May-1512 Ottoman Sultan, 1481-1512
Benazir Bhutto
Head of State
21-Jun-1953 27-Dec-2007 Former prime minister of Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Head of State
5-Jan-1928 4-Apr-1979 Head of Pakistan, hanged
Big Daddy Kane
Musician
10-Sep-1968   King Asiatic Nobody's Equal
Art Blakey
Drummer
11-Oct-1919 16-Oct-1990 Principal bebop instigator and drummer
Boabdil
Royalty
c. 1459 1527 Last sultan of Granada
Omar Bongo
Head of State
30-Dec-1935 7-Jun-2009 President of Gabon, 1967-2009
Houari Boumédienne
Head of State
23-Aug-1932 27-Dec-1978 Algerian Dictator, 1965-78
H. Rap Brown
Activist
4-Oct-1943   Die, Nigger, Die!
André Carson
Politician
16-Oct-1974   Congressman, Indiana 7th
Ahmed Chalabi
Government
30-Oct-1944   Prominent on the Iraqi Provisional Council
Dave Chappelle
Comic
24-Aug-1973   Chappelle's Show
Jimmy Cliff
Singer/Songwriter
1-Apr-1948   Reggae musician
Lansana Conté
Head of State
c. 1934 22-Dec-2008 President of Guinea, 1984-2008
Ice Cube
Rapper
15-Jun-1969   N.W.A., Boyz N the Hood
Mos Def
Rapper
11-Dec-1973   Black On Both Sides
Bob Denard
Military
7-Apr-1929 13-Oct-2007 French mercenary
Kemal Derviş
Government
10-Jan-1949   Head of the UNDP
Amadou Diallo
Victim
2-Sep-1975 4-Feb-1999 Shot dead by the NYPD
Assia Djebar
Author
4-Aug-1936   So Vast the Prison
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Government
1-Jul-1942 12-Nov-2005 Saddam Hussein's number 2
Suraj ud Dowlah
Royalty
1728 4-Jul-1757 Black Hole of Calcutta
Shirin Ebadi
Activist
1947   First female judge in Iran
Isabelle Eberhardt
Author
17-Feb-1877 21-Oct-1904 Transvestite Muslim author
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Head of State
26-Feb-1954   Prime Minister of Turkey
Ahmet Ertegün
Business
21-Jul-1923 14-Dec-2006 Atlantic Records co-founder
King Fahd
Royalty
1923 1-Aug-2005 King of Saudi Arabia, 1982-2005
Faisal I
Royalty
20-May-1883 8-Sep-1933 King of Iraq, 1921-33
King Faisal
Royalty
1904 25-Mar-1975 King of Saudi Arabia, 1964-75
Asghar Farhadi
Film Director
1972   A Separation
Louis Farrakhan
Religion
11-May-1933   Leader of Nation of Islam
Dodi al-Fayed
Business
15-Apr-1955 31-Aug-1997 Princess Diana's last boyfriend
Mohamed al-Fayed
Business
27-Jan-1933   Owner of Harrod's, father of Dodi al-Fayed
Stepin Fetchit
Actor
30-May-1902 19-Nov-1985 Professional black stereotype
Lupe Fiasco
Rapper
16-Feb-1982   Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Adam Gadahn
Terrorist
1-Sep-1978   Al-Qaeda terrorist, indicted for treason
Asim Ghafoor
Government
11-Dec-1969   Controversial Muslim attorney
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani
Terrorist
14-Apr-1974   Charged with bombing US Embassies
Yasmeen Ghauri
Model
23-Mar-1971   Versace and Victoria's Secret model
Ghostface Killah
Rapper
9-May-1970   Wu-Tang Clan
Faisal Gill
Politician
1972   Homeland Security Policy Director
Abdullah Gül
Head of State
29-Oct-1950   President of Turkey
B. J. Habibie
Head of State
25-Jun-1936   President of Indonesia, 1998-99
Rabih Haddad
Religion
1960   Deported imam, purported terrorist
Hambali
Terrorist
4-Apr-1966   Leader of Jemaah Islamiah
Ismail Haniyeh
Activist
1962   Prime Minister of Palestine, 2006-07
Rafik Hariri
Head of State
1-Nov-1944 14-Feb-2005 Billionaire, Lebanese Prime Minister
Nidal Malik Hasan
Military
8-Sep-1970   Fort Hood shooting
Sheikh Hasina
Head of State
28-Sep-1947   Prime Minister of Bangladesh, 1996-2001
Walt Hazzard
Basketball
15-Apr-1942 18-Nov-2011 UCLA basketball coach 1984-88
David Headley
Terrorist
30-Jun-1960   American implicated in Mumbai bombing
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Head of State
1947   Prime Minister of Afghanistan
David Hicks
Military
7-Aug-1975   Australia's answer to John Walker Lindh
Khaled Hosseini
Novelist
4-Mar-1965   The Kite Runner
Zakir Hussain
Head of State
8-Feb-1897 3-May-1969 President of India, 1967-69
King Hussein I
Royalty
14-Nov-1935 7-Feb-1999 King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Qusay Hussein
Royalty
17-May-1966 22-Jul-2003 Saddam Hussein's younger son
Iman
Model
25-Jul-1955   Somali supermodel wife of David Bowie
Rex Ingram
Film Director
15-Jan-1892 21-Jul-1950 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Carlos the Jackal
Terrorist
12-Oct-1949   International terrorist
Jermaine Jackson
Musician
11-Dec-1954   The Jackson Five
Yahya Jammeh
Head of State
25-May-1965   President of The Gambia
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Head of State
25-Dec-1876 11-Sep-1948 Founder of Pakistan
Abdallah Jumah
Business
1941   President and CEO of ARAMCO
Kamal Jumblatt
Politician
6-Dec-1917 16-Mar-1977 Former Leader of the Druze
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
Head of State
16-Feb-1932   President of Sierra Leone, 1998-2007
Akhmad Kadyrov
Politician
23-Aug-1951 9-May-2004 President of Chechnya
A. P. J. Kalam
Scientist
15-Oct-1931   11th President of India 2002-07
Babrak Karmal
Head of State
6-Jan-1929 3-Dec-1996 President of Afghanistan, 1979-86
Tawakkul Karman
Activist
7-Feb-1979   African free speech activist
Hamid Karzai
Head of State
24-Dec-1957   President of Afghanistan
Casey Kasem
Radio Personality
27-Apr-1932   American Top 40
Mir Aimal Kasi
Terrorist
10-Feb-1964 14-Nov-2002 Killed two CIA employees at HQ
Yasar Kemal
Author
6-Oct-1923   Mehmet, My Hawk
Majid Khadduri
Scholar
1908 25-Jan-2007 Middle East scholar
Mohammed Jamal Khalifa
Relative
1-Feb-1957 31-Jan-2007 Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law
Zalmay Khalilzad
Diplomat
22-Mar-1951   US Ambassador to the UN, 2007-09
Aamir Khan
Actor
14-Mar-1965   Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Abdul Qadeer Khan
Physicist
1935   Father of Pakistani nuclear bomb
Aly Khan
Royalty
13-Jun-1911 12-May-1960 Jet-set Ismaili playboy prince
Ayub Khan
Head of State
14-May-1907 19-Apr-1974 President of Pakistan, 1958-69
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Head of State
20-Jan-1915 27-Oct-2006 President of Pakistan, 1988-93
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Musician
13-Oct-1948 16-Aug-1997 World-renowned Qawwali vocalist
Salman Khan
Actor
27-Dec-1965   Top Bollywood megastar
Shahrukh Khan
Actor
2-Nov-1965   Hindi megastar
Adnan Khashoggi
Business
25-Jul-1935   Saudi billionaire, arms merchant
Omar Khayyam
Mathematician
18-May-1048 4-Dec-1131 Rubaiyat
Salem bin Laden
Relative
1946 29-May-1988 Osama's brother
Abu Faraj al-Libbi
Terrorist
c. 1963   Third in command of al-Qaeda
John Walker Lindh
Criminal
9-Feb-1981   The American Taliban
Mahir
Meme
c. 1963   Welcome to my home page!!!! I kiss you!!!!!
Malcolm X
Activist
19-May-1925 21-Feb-1965 Nation of Islam
Lee Malvo
Criminal
18-Feb-1985   One of the two Washington Snipers
Mahmood Mamdani
Author
?   When Victims Become Killers
Aasif Mandvi
Actor
5-Mar-1966   Daily Show correspondent
Moussa Marzook
Activist
1951   Head of the Hamas politburo
Khaled Mashaal
Activist
1956   Hamas bureau chief in Damascus
Abu Hamza al-Masri
Religion
15-Apr-1958   Imam of Finsbury Park Mosque
Abu Mazen
Head of State
26-Mar-1935   Prime Minister, Palestinian Authority
Mehmed I
Royalty
1389 26-May-1421 Ottoman Sultan, 1413-21
Mehmed the Conqueror
Royalty
29-Mar-1432 3-May-1481 Ottoman Sultan, destroyed Byzantine empire
Sania Mirza
Tennis
15-Nov-1986   Indian tennis sensation
Goenawan Mohammad
Journalist
29-Jul-1941   Muckraking Indonesian journalist
King Mohammed VI
Royalty
21-Aug-1963   King of Morocco
Mounir el-Motassadeq
Terrorist
1974   Only person convicted over 9/11 attacks
Zacarias Moussaoui
Terrorist
30-May-1968   Would-be al Qaeda hijacker
Hosni Mubarak
Head of State
4-May-1928   President of Egypt, 1981-2011
Imad Fayez Mugniyah
Terrorist
7-Dec-1962 12-Feb-2008 Hezbollah International terror wing
Elijah Muhammad
Religion
7-Oct-1897 25-Feb-1975 Nation of Islam
John Allen Muhammad
Criminal
31-Dec-1960 10-Nov-2009 Beltway sniper
Prophet Muhammad
Religion
c. 570 AD 8-Jun-632 AD Muslim prophet
Murad I
Royalty
1326 28-Jun-1389 First Ottoman Sultan, 1359-1389
Murad II
Royalty
Jun-1402 3-Feb-1451 Ottoman Sultan, 1421-51
Pervez Musharraf
Head of State
11-Aug-1943   President of Pakistan, 2001-08
Amr Mussa
Government
3-Oct-1936   Secretary General of the Arab League
Ali Naimi
Government
2-Aug-1935   Saudi Minister of Oil
Mohammad Najibullah
Head of State
1947 28-Sep-1996 President of Afghanistan, 1987-92
Merhan Karimi Nasseri
Victim
c. 1950   Trapped at De Gaulle Airport since 1988
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Head of State
6-Jul-1940   President of Kazakhstan
Abu Nidal
Terrorist
May-1937 16-Aug-2002 Palestinian terrorist
Queen Noor
Royalty
23-Aug-1951   Queen of Jordan
Hakeem Olajuwon
Basketball
21-Jan-1963   Houston Rockets
Mohammed Omar
Terrorist
1959   Head of the Taliban
Orhan I
Royalty
1284 1359 Bey of Osmanli, father of the first Ottoman Sultan
Osman I
Royalty
1258 1326 Founder of the Ottoman Empire
Turgut Özal
Head of State
13-Oct-1927 17-Apr-1993 8th President of Turkey
Adnan Pachachi
Politician
14-May-1923   Former Iraqi diplomat
Jose Padilla
Terrorist
18-Oct-1970   Alleged Terrorist
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Head of State
16-Mar-1878 26-Jul-1944 Shah of Iran, 1925-41
Orhan Pamuk
Novelist
7-Jun-1952   Leading Turkish novelist
Paris
Rapper
29-Oct-1967   The devil made him do it
Emin Pasha
Explorer
28-Mar-1840 23-Oct-1892 German colonial traveller in Africa
Enver Pasha
Government
22-Nov-1881 4-Aug-1922 Young Turk leader, persecuted ethnic minorities
Ismail Pasha
Royalty
31-Dec-1830 2-Mar-1895 Khedive of Egypt, 1863-79
Eboo Patel
Activist
?   Interfaith Youth Core
St. John Philby
Government
3-Apr-1885 30-Sep-1960 Sheikh Abdullah, Arabist
Q-Tip
Rapper
10-Apr-1970   A Tribe Called Quest
Muammar Qaddafi
Head of State
1942 20-Oct-2011 Dictator of Libya
Sayyid Qutb
Philosopher
9-Oct-1906 29-Aug-1966 Muslim Brotherhood philosopher
Mohammad Rabbani
Head of State
1955 21-Apr-2001 Taliban leader, Prime Minister
Mujibur Rahman
Head of State
17-Mar-1920 15-Aug-1975 President, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Head of State
8-Feb-1903 6-Dec-1990 First Prime Minister of Malaysia, 1957-70
Queen Rania
Royalty
31-Aug-1970   Queen of Jordan
Abdel Aziz Rantisi
Activist
23-Oct-1947 17-Apr-2004 Hamas co-founder
Ahmad Rashad
Sports Journalist
19-Nov-1949   Wide Receiver turned sportscaster
Richard Reid
Terrorist
12-Aug-1973   Shoe bomber
MC Ren
Rapper
14-Jun-1969   NWA
Jack Roche
Terrorist
31-Oct-1953   al Qaeda's man in Australia
The RZA
Music Producer
5-Jul-1969   Wu-Tang Clan
Sabah IV al-Sabah
Royalty
6-Jun-1929   Emir of Kuwait
Anwar Sadat
Head of State
25-Dec-1918 6-Oct-1981 President of Egypt, 1970-81
Marat Safin
Tennis
27-Jan-1980   Winner of 2 Grand Slam titles
Rashaan Salaam
Football
8-Oct-1974   Winner, 1994 Heisman Trophy
Abdus Salam
Physicist
29-Jan-1926 21-Nov-1996 Electroweak Theory
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Head of State
21-Mar-1942   President of Yemen
King Ibn Saud
Head of State
1876 9-Nov-1953 Founder of Saudi Arabia
Selim I
Royalty
10-Oct-1470 22-Sep-1520 Ottoman Sultan, 1512-20
Selim II
Royalty
28-May-1524 15-Dec-1574 Ottoman Sultan, 1566-74
Mohammed Zahir Shah
Royalty
16-Oct-1914 23-Jul-2007 King of Afghanistan, 1933-73
Faisal Shahzad
Terrorist
30-Jul-1979   Attempted Times Square bombing
Omar Sharif
Actor
10-Apr-1932   Lawrence of Arabia
Cat Stevens
Singer/Songwriter
21-Jul-1948   Morning Has Broken
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Head of State
23-Jan-1947   President of Indonesia, 2001-04
Suleiman II
Royalty
15-Apr-1642 23-Jun-1691 Ottoman Sultan, 1687-91
Suleiman the Magnificent
Royalty
27-Apr-1495 5-Sep-1566 Ottoman Sultan, 1520-66
Rashid Sunyaev
Astronomer
1-Mar-1943   Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect
Suraiya
Musician
15-Jun-1929 31-Jan-2004 Sexy Bollywood superstar of the '40s and '50s
T-Pain
Singer
30-Jun-1985   Buy U a Drank
Tabu
Actor
4-Nov-1970   Chandni Bar
Sharmila Tagore
Actor
8-Dec-1946   Apur Sansar
Mahmoud Muhammad Taha
Religion
c. 1909 18-Jan-1985 Progressive Islamic theologian
Jalal Talabani
Head of State
1933   President of Iraq
Alwaleed bin Talal
Business
Mar-1955   World's 5th richest man, 2005
Tamerlane
Royalty
1336 19-Feb-1405 Conquered Hindustan
Nur Muhammad Taraki
Head of State
15-Jul-1913 14-Sep-1979 President of Afghanistan, 1978-79
Tewfik Pasha
Royalty
30-Apr-1852 7-Jan-1892 Khedive of Egypt, 1879-92
Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani
Royalty
Dec-1950   Emir of Qatar, owns Al Jazeera
Richard Thompson
Musician
3-Apr-1949   Fairport Convention
Ali Farka Touré
Guitarist
1939 7-Mar-2006 Bluesman of Africa, Talking Timbuktu
Mike Tyson
Boxing
30-Jun-1966   Erratic heavyweight champion
U-God
Musician
10-Nov-1968   Wu-Tang Clan
Abdurrahman Wahid
Head of State
4-Aug-1940 30-Dec-2009 President of Indonesia, 1999-2001
Thomas A. Watson
Engineer
18-Jan-1854 13-Dec-1934 Assistant to Alexander Graham Bell
John Whitehead
Musician
2-Jul-1948 11-May-2004 Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Umaru Yar'Adua
Head of State
9-Jul-1951 5-May-2010 President of Nigeria, 2007-10
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin
Religion
18-Dec-1936 21-Mar-2004 Hamas spiritual leader
Muhammad Yunus
Business
28-Jun-1940   Banker to the Poor
Mahmoud Zahar
Activist
1945   Hamas co-founder, spokesman
Fareed Zakaria
Journalist
20-Jan-1965   Time columnist
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Terrorist
20-Oct-1966 7-Jun-2006 Former top al Qaeda operative in Iraq
Ahmed H. Zewail
Chemist
26-Feb-1946   Femtochemistry
Khaleda Zia
Head of State
15-Aug-1945   Twice Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Head of State
12-Aug-1924 17-Aug-1988 Ruler of Pakistan, 1977-88
Zinédine Zidane
Soccer
23-Jun-1972   Real Madrid FC
King Zog
Royalty
8-Oct-1895 9-Apr-1961 King of Albania
Harb Saleh al-Zuhair
Business
4-Jul-1938   Saudi Arabian industrialist



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