List of Famous people named Abdul
Abdul Barry Awad
Abdul-Bari Awad, best known by his nickname of "Kid Galahad", is a British professional boxer who held the European, British, and Commonwealth super-bantamweight titles between 2013 and 2015. His ring name was chosen by trainer Brendan Ingle after a character played by Elvis Presley in the 1962 film of the same name. From 2014 to 2016, Galahad served a ban from boxing due to doping.
Abdul Ghani Baradar
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, also called Mullah Baradar Akhund or Mullah Brother, is a co-founder of the Taliban in Afghanistan. He was the deputy of Mullah Mohammed Omar. Baradar was captured in Pakistan by a team of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers in February 2010 and was released on 24 October 2018 at the request of the United States.
Abdul Rashid Dostum
Abdul Rashid Dostum is an Afghan politician and Marshal in the Afghan National Army who has served as Vice President of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2020. An ethnic Uzbek, he fought for the communist government and the Soviets and in 2001 was the key indigenous ally to US Special Forces and the CIA during the campaign to topple the Taliban government after the 9/11 attacks. He is regarded as a warlord and is known for siding with winners during different wars in Afghanistan. He is the founder of the political party Junbish-e Milli.
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown born 6 March 1999 is a Japanese athlete specialising in sprinting events. Sani Brown has a Japanese mother and a Ghanaian father. Sani Brown won the 100 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics setting a championship record of 10.28 (−0.4) in the final.
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz al-Sudais better known as Abdulrahman Al-Sudais is the imam of the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, Saudi Arabia; the president of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques; a renowned Qāriʾ ; and was the Dubai International Holy Qur'an Award's "Islamic Personality Of the Year" in 2005. Al-Sudais has preached Islam's opposition to "explosions and terrorism", and has called for peaceful inter-faith dialogue, but also been sharply criticized for vilifying non-Muslims and especially Jews in his sermons. He has denounced the treatment of Palestinians by Israelite settlers and the state of Israel, and called for more aid to be sent to Palestinians. He has also been noted for identifying women's un-Islamic behavior as in part responsible for the winter 2006 drought in Saudi Arabia. In 2016, he delivered the very important Hajj sermon to a multitude of pilgrims gathered at Arafat after prayers.
Abdul Razak Alhassan
Abdul Razak Alhassan is a Ghanaian mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division of the UFC. A professional since 2013, he formerly fought in Bellator and Legacy Fighting Championship.
Abdul Aziz bin Fahad
Abdulaziz bin Fahd Al Saud is a Saudi prince, being a son of King Fahd.
Abdul Hafeez Shaikh
Abdul Hafeez Sheikh is a Pakistani economist and politician who serves as Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue affairs since 11 December 2020. Previously he served as advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue from April 2019 to December 2020.
Abdul Somad Batubara
Abdul Somad Batubara is an Indonesian Islamic preacher and scholar from Asahan, North Sumatra. His dawah and lectures are characterized by unique rhetoric and humor that attract layman as well, and often broadcast through the YouTube channel and other social media. He is currently also serving as a lecturer at the Sultan Syarif Kasim II State Islamic University in Riau. In addition to his lecture, he has authored books, among them are translations of Arabic publications, and religious guides regarding individual subjects such as qurbani and salah.
Abdul Samad
Abdul Samad is an Indian cricketer who plays for Jammu & Kashmir in domestic cricket and for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler.
Abdul Latif Romly
Abdul Latif bin Romly is a Malaysian Paralympic athlete who broke T20 long jump world record 3 times on the same day and won Malaysia's third gold medal on September 11 at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Abdul El-Sayed
Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed is an American politician, former public health professor, medical doctor, and civil servant. He was a candidate in Michigan's 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary election, placing second out of three candidates. In September 2018 he founded Southpaw Michigan, a political action committee, to help elect other progressive candidates in Michigan.
Abdulkhaliq AlGhanim
Abdul Khaleq Alghanem was a Saudi Arabian film director.
Abdul Baser Wasiqi
Abdul Baser Wasiqi is an Afghan athlete known for completing the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics despite suffering an injury before the event.
Abdul "Duke" Fakir
Abdul Kareem Fakir, professionally known as Duke Fakir, is an American singer. He is a founding member of the Motown quartet the Four Tops, from 1953 to the present day. A first tenor, Fakir is the group's lone surviving original member, performing today with Ronnie McNeir, Lawrence "Roquel" Payton Jr., and Alexander Morris.
Abdul Rashid Godil
Abdul Rashid Godil is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of National Assembly of Pakistan, from 2008 to May 2018.
Abdul Munim Riad
Abdul Munim Riad was a general and chief of staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces. Riad commanded the Jordanian forces in the 1967 Six-Day War and later commanded Egyptian forces in the War of Attrition, during which he was killed along with several of his aides in 1969.
Abdul Latief
Abdul Latief is the founder Indonesian retailers Pasaraya department store and of television channel Lativi. He is the former Indonesian minister of labor in the Soeharto era.
Abdul Majeed Waris
Abdul Majeed Waris is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Strasbourg and the Ghanaian national team.
Abdul Ilah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Abdul Elah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, also spelled Abdulillah, born 1939) is a member of the House of Saud and was an adviser to the late King Abdullah. He is the second oldest surviving son of King Abdulaziz following his elder half-brother King Salman.