List of Famous people with last name Ja-far

Zubaidah bint Ja`far ibn Mansur was the best known of the Abbasid princesses, and the wife and double cousin of Harun ar-Rashid. She is particularly remembered for the series of wells, reservoirs and artificial pools that provided water for Muslim pilgrims along the route from Baghdad to Mecca and Medina, which was renamed the Darb Zubaidah in her honor. The exploits of her and her husband, Harun al-Rashid, form part of the basis for The Thousand and One Nights.

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar, was a companion and relative of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, a nephew of Ali and a half-brother of Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr. He was loyal to Ahl al-Bayt in spite of his absence at the Battle of Karbala. He is reported to have said: ”Thanks to God Almighty, I could not support al-Husayn ibn Ali at Karbala, but my two sons did." According to Richard Francis Burton he is widely recognized as the most sympathetic amongst Arabs. His grave is situated near Aqil ibn Abi Talib and Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith in Jannat al-Baqi

Khawla bint Jaʿfar al-Ḥanafīyya, also known as Umm Muḥammad, was one of the wives of the Muslim Caliph and Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib.