List of Famous people born in Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia
Hisham ibn Urwah
Hishām ibn ʿUrwah was a prominent narrator of hadith, son of Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, grandson of Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Asma bint Abu Bakr. In Medinah, his pupils included people as well known as Malik ibn Anas.
Nafi Mawla ibn Umar
Nafi bin Sarjis Abu Abdullah ad-Dailami, also known as Nafi` Mawla ibn `Umar, was a scholar of Fiqh jurisprudence and muhaddith from the Tabiun generation who resided in Medina.
Ibn Ishaq
Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ibn Yasār ibn Khiyār (Arabic pronunciation: [ʔisħaːq]; according to some sources, ibn Khabbār, or Kūmān, or Kūtān, Arabic: محمد بن إسحاق بن يسار بن خيار, or simply ibn Isḥaq, ابن إسحاق, meaning "the son of Isaac" was an Arab Muslim historian and hagiographer. Ibn Ishaq collected oral traditions that formed the basis of an important biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Nafi' al-Madani
Abu Ruwaym Ibn ʽAbd ar-Rahman Ibn Abi Naʽim al-Laythi (70-169AH), better known as Nafiʽ al-Madani, was one of the transmitters of the seven canonical Qira'at, or methods of reciting the Qur'an. Outside of Egypt, his method of Qur'an recitation is the most popular in Africa in general, and his chain of narration returning to the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad is well-attested.
Model Roz
Nusaybah bint Ka'ab
Nusaybah bint Ka'ab was one of the early women to convert to Islam. She was one of the companions of Muhammad.
Qabissa ibn Dhuayb
Maher Almuaiqly
Maher Bin Hamad Bin Muhammad Bin Al-mu'aiqly Al-Balawi is an Imam and preacher of the Grand Mosque of Mecca, Masjid al-Haram.
David Munson
David Curtiss Munson was an American athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Wasil ibn Ata
Wāṣil ibn ʿAtāʾ (700–748) was an important Muslim theologian and jurist of his time, and by many accounts is considered to be the founder of the Muʿtazilite school of Kalam.