List of Famous people named Ahmed
Ahmed Musa
Ahmed Musa is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward and left winger for the Nigeria national team.
Ahmed Sylla
Ahmed Sylla is a French comedian and actor. In 2017, he received acclaim for his role in the film The Climb.
Ahmed Patel
Ahmedbhai Mohammedbhai Patel was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from the Indian National Congress. He was the political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
Ahmed Helmy
Ahmed Muhamed Helmy Abdel Rahman Awwad is an Egyptian comedian, actor, film producer, television presenter, author and television personality. He started his career in 1993 on the Egyptian Satellite Broadcast. In 1998, he appeared on his first movie Aboud Ala El Hodoud, which received commercial success, co-starring with Alaa Waley El Din.
Ahmed Zabana
Ahmed Zabana was an Algerian militant who participated in the outbreak of the Algerian War. He was executed by guillotine on June 19, 1956, in Algiers.
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh is a British terrorist of Pakistani origin. He was arrested and served time in Indian prison for the 1994 kidnappings of Western tourists in India, an act which he acknowledges. He was released in 1999 and provided safe passage into Afghanistan with the support of Taliban in exchange for passengers aboard hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814. He is most well known for his role in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Saeed was arrested by Pakistani police on 12 February 2002, in Lahore, in connection with the Pearl kidnapping and was sentenced to death on 15 July 2002 by special judge of anti terrorism court Syed Ali Ashraf Shah for killing Pearl. Sheikh's murder conviction was overturned by a Pakistani Court on 2 April 2020.
Ahmed Ezz
Ahmed Ezz Eldine Ali Ezzat, known professionally as Ahmed Ezz, is an Egyptian actor.
Ahmed Aboutaleb
Ahmed Aboutaleb is a Moroccan-Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and journalist. He has been the Mayor of Rotterdam since 5 January 2009.
Ahmed El Sakka
Ahmed Mohamed Salah El Din El Sakka, is an Egyptian action actor.
Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is a member of House of Saud who served as deputy minister of interior from 1975 to 2012 and briefly as minister of interior in 2012. He was detained in March 2020 on the orders of his brother and nephew, King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed, respectively, and charged with treason.
Ahmed Al-Fishawy
Ahmed El-Fishawy ; an Egyptian actor and son of recognized Egyptian actor Farouk al-Fishawy.
Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf
Lt. Gen. Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf is a Sudanese politician and Sudanese Army lieutenant general who served as the de facto Head of State for one day from 11 April 2019 to 12 April 2019 after taking part in the 2019 Sudanese coup d'état. Auf previously served as the Minister of Defense in Sudan from 23 August 2015 to 14 April 2019, and the First Vice President of Sudan from February to April 2019.
Ahmed Best
Ahmed Best is an American actor who provided motion capture and the voice of the character of Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars franchise.
Ahmed Hegazi
Ahmed Elsayed Ali Elsayed Hegazy, simply known as Ahmed Hegazi, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad, and the Egypt national team.
Ahmed Refaat
Ahmed Refaat is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays for Future.
Ahmed Ouyahia
Ahmed Ouyahia is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria four times. A career diplomat, he also served as Minister of Justice, and he was one of the founders of the Democratic National Rally (RND) as well as the party's secretary-general. He is considered by Western observers to be close to the military of Algeria and a member of the "eradicator" faction in the 1990s civil war against Islamist militants.
Ahmed Hafnaoui
Ahmed Ayoub Hafnaoui is a Tunisian swimmer. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal in the men's 400-metre freestyle. He was the slowest qualifier for the final race but won Olympic gold with a time of 3:43.36. Hafnaoui is the first Tunisian to win Olympic gold.
Ahmed Hussen
Ahmed Hussen is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was national president of the Canadian Somali Congress. As of October 2015, Hussen is a member of Parliament (MP) representing the riding of York South—Weston as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He is also the first Somali-Canadian to be elected to the House of Commons and the first to hold a federal cabinet position.
Ahmed Zayat
Ahmed Zayat, is an Egyptian American businessman and owner of Thoroughbred race horses. He is the CEO of Zayat Stables, LLC, a Thoroughbred horse racing business which bred and owns the 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. Joe Drape of The New York Times described Zayat as "controversial" and "one of the most successful and flamboyant owners in thoroughbred racing."
Ahmed Elmohamady
Ahmed Eissa Elmohamady Abdel Fattah is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Premier League club Aston Villa and is the captain of the Egypt national team.