List of Famous people with last name Akkad

Moustapha Akkad

Moustapha Al Akkad

First Name Moustapha

Last Name Akkad

Born on July 1, 1930

Died on November 11, 2005 (aged 75)

Born in Syria, Aleppo Governorate

Filmmaker

Moustapha Al Akkad was a Syrian–American film producer and director, best known for producing the original series of Halloween films and directing The Message and Lion of the Desert. He was killed along with his daughter Rima Al Akkad Monla in the 2005 Amman bombings.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Sargon of Akkad

First Name Sargon

Born on November 30, -2351

Died on November 30, -2216 (aged 135)

Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great, was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BC. He is sometimes identified as the first person in recorded history to rule over an empire.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her