List of Famous people born in Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia

'Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah al-Makhzumi was an Arab poet. He was born into a wealthy family of the Quraish tribe of Mecca, his father being Abd Allah and his mother Asmā bint Mukharriba. He was characterised by the biographer Ibn Khallikan as 'the best poet ever produced by the tribe of Koraish'.

Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya ibn Abd Shams, better known by his kunya Abu Sufyan, was a Sahabi of Muhammad. He was a leader and merchant from the Quraysh tribe of Mecca. During his early career, he often led trade caravans to Syria. He had been among the main leaders of Meccan opposition to Muhammad, the prophet of Islam and member of the Quraysh, commanding the Meccans at the battles of Uhud and the Trench in 625 and 627. However, when Muhammad entered Mecca in 630, Abu Sufyan was among the first to submit and was given a stake in the nascent Muslim state, playing a role at the Battle of Hunayn and the subsequent destruction of the polytheistic sanctuary of al-Lat in Ta'if. After Muhammad's death, he may have been appointed the governor of Najran by Caliph Abu Bakr for an unspecified period. Abu Sufyan later played a supporting role in the Muslim army at the Battle of Yarmouk against the Byzantines in Syria. His sons Yazid and later Mu'awiya were given command roles in that province and the latter went on to establish the Umayyad Caliphate in 661.

Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi was King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria or Greater Syria in 1920, and was King of Iraq from 23 August 1921 to 1933. He was the third son of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Sharif of Mecca, who had proclaimed himself King of the Arab lands in October 1916.

Abdullah ibn Masʽud, or Abdullah ibn Masʽood, was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was also known by the kunya Abu Abdur Rahman.

Abass Ibrahim is a Saudi pop singer. He has released three albums on EMI Records.

Abdullah I bin Al-Hussein was the ruler of the Jordanian realm from 11 April 1921 until his assassination in 1951. He was the emir of Transjordan, a British protectorate, until 25 May 1946, after which he was the king of an independent Jordan. He was a 38th-generation direct descendant of Muhammad, as he belongs to the Hashemite family.

Hussein Omar Abdulghani Sulaimani is a former Saudi Arabian football player who played as a left back in the Saudi Professional League.

Marwan ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As ibn Umayya, commonly known as Marwan I, was the fourth Umayyad caliph, ruling for less than a year in 684–685. He founded the Marwanid ruling house of the Umayyad dynasty, which replaced the Sufyanid house after its collapse in the Second Muslim Civil War and remained in power until 750.

Saad Khader is a Saudi Arabian television actor, director and producer. He is the first man presenting a Saudi film called Mowad Ma Majhoal, he is considered as one of the greatest Saudi actors of all times.

Muṣʽab ibn ʽUmair also known as Musʽab al-Khayr was a sahabi (companion) of Muhammad. From the Banū ʽAbd al-Dār branch of the Quraysh, he embraced Islam in 614 CE and was the first ambassador of Islam. He Died in the Battle of Uhud in 625 CE.