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Muhammad (Disambiguation)Muhammad, (Arabic محمد, also transliterated Mohammad, Mohammed, Mohamed, Muhammed, Mahommed, Mehmed, Mehmet, Mahmud, Mahmoud, and Mahomet, c. 570 - 632) was the Prophet of Islam, and Muhammad has since been a common name for Muslim men. Prominent Muhammads include: - Mahmud of Ghazni (971 - 1030), ruler of Ghazni from 997 - 1030 who turned the former provincial city into the wealthy capital of an extensive empire
- Muhammad of Ghor (1162 - 1206), Persian conqueror and sultan between 1171 and 1206
- Mehmed I elebi (nicknamed Kirisci, "the Executioneer," died 1421), sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Mehmed II (nicknamed 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 (nicknamed Avci, "the Hunter," 1642 - 1693), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687
- 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
- Allama Dr Sir 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 (known as Malek osh-Sho'ara, "Poet Laureate", 1886 - 1951), Iranian poet, politician, mathematician,logician, journalist, essayist, and historian
- Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat-Tabrizi (known by his 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
- Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat (1918 - 1981), Egyptian politician and President from 1970 to 1981
- 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.
- Mohammed Rafi (1924 - 1980), Indian Bollywood playback singer
- Mohamed al-Fayed (1929 - ), Egyptian-born, Swiss-based millionaire.
- Ayatollah Mohammad Va'ez Abaee-Khorasani (1940? - 2004), Iranian cleric and reformist politician
- Muhammad Ali (ne Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., 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 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
- 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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