Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |
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Banker to the Poor |
Mahmoud Zahar |
Activist |
1945 |
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Hamas co-founder, spokesman |
Fareed Zakaria |
Journalist |
20-Jan-1965 |
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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 |
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Femtochemistry |
Khaleda Zia |
Head of State |
15-Aug-1945 |
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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 |
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Real Madrid FC |
King Zog |
Royalty |
8-Oct-1895 |
9-Apr-1961 |
King of Albania |
Harb Saleh al-Zuhair |
Business |
4-Jul-1938 |
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Saudi Arabian industrialist |