List of Famous people born in Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia
Saleh Al Maghamsi
Saleh bin Awad al Maghamsi is a sunni Islamic scholar from Saudi Arabia. He was the Imam of the Quba Mosque of Medina. He was a student of Ibn Baaz among other Islamic scholars.
Muhammad al-Jawad
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jawwad was the ninth of the Twelve Imams and a descendant of Muhammad. He was also called Abu Ja'far, Ibn al-Ridha ; al-Jawwād and al-Taqī. His role is celebrated by the largest branch of Shia Islam, the Twelver or Athnā‘ashariyyah branch. According to Shiite accounts, he was poisoned by his wife and died at age 25, the shortest-lived of the Twelve.
Abu Darda
Abu Dardā' al-Anṣāri was a companion of prophet Muhammad. He was the husband of fellow companion Umm al-Darda al-Kubra.
Muhammad al-Baqir
Muhammad al-Baqir full name Muhammad bin 'Ali bin al-Husayn bin Ali bin Abi Talib, also known as Abu Ja'far or simply al-Baqir (677-733) was the fifth Imam in Shia Islam, succeeding his father Zayn al-Abidin and succeeded by his son Ja'far al-Sadiq. His mother, Fatima Umm abdallah, was the daughter of the second Shia imam, Hasan ibn Ali. So he was the first Imam descended from both grandsons of Muhammad: Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali.
Ali al-Hadi
Alī ibn Muḥammad al-Hādī was a Muslim scholar and the tenth of the Twelve Imams after his father Muhammad al-Jawad and before his son Hasan al-Askari. He remained in Medina teaching until the age of 30 when he was summoned to Samarra by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil. There he was treated roughly by the caliph and his successors until, according to Shiite accounts, he was poisoned through intrigue of Al-Mu'tazz the Abbasid caliph, in 254/868, and was buried in Samarra. He is commonly referred to by the title al-Hadi and Alī an-Naqī.
Umar ibn Sa'ad
ʿUmar ibn Saʿd was a son of Muhammad's companion, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. He was born in Medina and later moved to Kufa, which was founded by his father and stayed there until his death.
Qasim ibn Hasan
Al-Qāsim ibn al-Ḥasan was the son of Hasan ibn Ali. He supported his uncle Husayn ibn Ali in fighting off the Umayyad forces during the Battle of Karbala where he was killed at the age of 13.
Yousef Al-Jarrah
Yousef Al-Jarrah is a Saudi Arabian television actor, who started his acting career in 1985, known for his role in the Saudi comedy, Jari Ya Hammouda and Tash ma Tash, He is presented the programme called Adam on MBC channel Middle East Broadcasting Center.
Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn
Abdullah Ali al-Asghar ibn Al-Husayn, or simply Ali Asghar, was the youngest child of Al-Husayn and Rubab bint Imra’ al-Qays. He was martyred during the Battle of Karbala, and is commemorated in shia as the "personified quintessence of the innocent victim."
Safiyya bint Huyayy
Safiyyah bint Huyayy was one of the wives of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. She was, along with all other wives of Muhammad, titled Umm-ul-Mu'mineen or the "Mother of Believers".