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

Hisham ibn Urwah

First Name Hisham
Last Name Urwah
Born on January 1, 0680
Died on January 1, 0763 (aged 83)
Born in Saudi Arabia

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.

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Nafi Mawla ibn Umar

First Name Nafi
Last Name Umar
Died on November 30, 0725

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.

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Ibn Ishaq

First Name Ibn
Born on January 1, 0704
Died on January 1, 0767 (aged 63)
Born in Saudi Arabia

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.

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Nafi' al-Madani

First Name Nafi'
Last Name Al-Madani
Born on November 30, 0688
Died on November 30, 0784 (aged 96)

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.

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Model Roz

Last Name Roz
Born on August 14, 1989 (age 36)
Born in Saudi Arabia
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Nusaybah bint Ka'ab

First Name Nusaybah
Born in Saudi Arabia

Nusaybah bint Ka'ab was one of the early women to convert to Islam. She was one of the companions of Muhammad.

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Qabissa ibn Dhuayb

First Name Qabissa
Born on January 1, 0629 (age 1397)
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Maher Almuaiqly

First Name Maher
Last Name 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.

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David Munson

First Name David
Last Name Munson
Born on May 19, 1884
Died on September 17, 1953 (aged 69)

David Curtiss Munson was an American athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

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Wasil ibn Ata

First Name Wasil
Born on January 1, 0700
Died on January 1, 0748 (aged 48)
Born in Saudi Arabia

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.

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