List of Famous people born in Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia

Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri

First Name Abu
Last Name Al-Khudri
Born on November 30, 0611
Died on November 30, 0692 (aged 81)
Born in Saudi Arabia

Saʽid ibn Malik ibn Sinan al-Khazraji al-Khudri was an inhabitant of Medina and early ally (Ansari) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and one of the younger "companions of the prophet". Too young to fight at the Battle of Uhud in 625 where his father Malik ibn Sinan fell, he participated in subsequent campaigns. Although he traveled to Syria once to visit the Umayyad caliph Mu'awiyah, he resided in Medina all his life. Later, he is said to have participated with his fellow Medinans in the defense of their city against the Umayyad army at the Battle of al-Harrah in 64/683. He is said variously to have died in 63/682, 64/683, 65/684, or 74/693. Abu Saʽid is one of the narrators of hadith most frequently quoted. By one count, he has 1170 narrations, making him the seventh most prolific Companion in the transmission of the hadith.

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Hilal ibn Ali

First Name Hilal
Last Name Ali
Born on October 18, 0635
Died on May 19, 0684 (aged 48)

Muḥammad al-Awsaṭ ibn ʿAlī, was one of the sons of Ali. His mother, Umama bint Abi al-As, was the daughter of Zaynab, and grand-daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Khadija bint Khuwaylid. His mausoleum was established in Aran, Kashan, Isfahan province, Iran.

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Isma'il ibn Jafar

First Name Isma'il
Last Name Jafar
Born on January 1, 0721
Died on January 1, 0755 (aged 34)

Abu Muhammad Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar al-Mubārak was the eldest son of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq. He is also known as Isma'il Al-Ãraj ibn Ja'far. Following Ja'far's death, the Shia community split between those who believed the Imamate was passed to Musa ibn Ja'far, who would become the Twelver Shia, and those who believed that the Imamate passed to Isma'il ibn Ja'far, who would become the Isma'ili branch named after Isma'il.

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Hamzah Idris

First Name Hamzah
Last Name Idris
Born on October 8, 1972 (age 53)
Born in Saudi Arabia

Hamzah Idris Falatah is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He played as a striker for Ohud from 1992 to 1995 and then for Al Ittihad until he retired in 2007.

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Nizar Madani

First Name Nizar
Born on January 1, 1941 (age 85)

Nizar bin Obaid Madani was the state minister for foreign affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Waleed A. Elkhereiji

First Name Waleed
Last Name Elkhereiji
Born on September 14, 1958 (age 67)

Waleed A. Elkhereiji is member of the ruling class in Saudi Arabia.

  • From Dec. 8, 2014 to Jan. 29, 2015 he was Agriculture Minister.
  • On February 14, 2015, Salman ibn Abd al-Aziz appointed him a member of his Shura.
  • Since 17 April 2017 he is ambassador to Ankara. This period includes the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi on the 2nd of October 2018.
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Ahmed Al-Fraidi

First Name Ahmed
Last Name Al-Fraidi
Born on January 29, 1988 (age 38)
Born in Saudi Arabia
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Ahmed Al-Fraidi is a Saudi football player who plays for Al-Qadsiah.

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Urwah ibn Zubayr

First Name Urwah
Last Name Zubayr
Born on January 1, 0644
Died on January 1, 0713 (aged 69)
Born in Saudi Arabia

'Urwah ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam al-Asadi was among the seven fuqaha (jurists) who formulated the fiqh of Medina in the time of the Tabi‘in and one of the Muslim historians.

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Hassan Al Muthanna

First Name Hassan
Last Name Muthanna
Born on May 19, 0650
Died on March 16, 0716 (aged 65)
Born in Saudi Arabia

Hasan ibn Hasan, popularly known as al-Hasan al-Muthanna, was a great-grandson of Muhammad.

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Hassan Muath Fallatah

First Name Hassan
Last Name Fallatah
Born on January 27, 1986 (age 40)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Hassan Muath Fallatah is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays for Al-Ain as a right back.

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