List of Famous people with last name Jamal
Mahmud Jamal
Mahmud Jamal is a Canadian lawyer and judge, who currently sits on the Court of Appeal for Ontario. On June 17, 2021, he was nominated by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the Supreme Court of Canada, replacing Rosalie Abella. Jamal will be the first person of colour to sit on the country's top court. Before being appointed a judge in 2019, Jamal was an appellate litigator and partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt.
Maryam Yusuf Jamal
Maryam Yusuf Jamal is a Bahraini middle-distance runner. She is the first Bahraini athlete to win an Olympic medal, a gold in the 1500m women's race, in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. This was also the first Olympic medal won by a woman representing a Gulf state. Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season. She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of the year, with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo. Jamal is a two-time world champion in the 1500 m, having won at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships in Athletics.
Nigar Jamal
Nigar Aydin qizi Jamal, sometimes known as Nikki Jamal, is an English-Azerbaijani singer. Born and raised in Baku, she has resided in London since 2005. She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with Eldar Gasimov with the song "Running Scared". She and Gasimov have since performed as a duo on various occasions under the name Ell & Nikki.