List of Famous people named Ahmed

Ahmed Tawfik, is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids, as a defensive midfielder.

Ahmad Gamal is an Egyptian singer who rose to fame as the runner-up of the second season of Arab Idol 2013, broadcast by the MBC network. Gamal was among the top three who reached the finals, but he ended up in the second place. Despite his ending as a runner-up, he won the hearts of millions around the Arab world. The Egyptian singer and composer also has a degree in chemistry and is a licensed Pharmacist. Before Arab Idol, Gamal caught the attentions of many big musicians such as Ammar El Sherei, Hany Mahanna and Mohammed Elhelw. Gamal likes both Eastern and Western music, especially the Egyptian Folk music and House Music. Most of his songs are of his composition. Gamal was distinguished in Arab Idol with his deep strong sensitive voice, that one of the critics said: "his voice is like a violin and doesn't need music while singing". Gamal became widely known with his title Esultan, given to him by Arab Idol judges. Moreover, his fans have given him many titles such as, Elking Elsagheer, and Elandaleeb Elgedeed.

Ahmed Nazif served as the Prime Minister of Egypt from 14 July 2004 to 29 January 2011, when his cabinet was dismissed by President Hosni Mubarak in light of a popular uprising that led to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Nazif was Acting President of Egypt from 5 March to 15 April 2010, when President Mubarak delegated his authorities to Nazif while undergoing surgery in Germany.

Ahmed Subhy Mansour is an Egyptian American activist, whose website describes him as an Islamic scholar with expertise in Islamic history, culture, theology, and politics. He founded a small Egyptian Quranist group that is neither Sunni nor Shia, was exiled from Egypt, and lives in the United States as a political refugee.

Ahmed Al-Kassar is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Arabian club Al-Faisaly.

Ahmed Yasser Rayyan is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Altay on loan from Al Ahly. He is the son of former Egypt international footballer Yasser Rayyan.

Ahmed Mohammed Haroun is one of five Sudanese men wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Despite international pressure on the government of Sudan to surrender him to the ICC, Haroun served as Sudan's Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs until May 2009 when he was appointed to the governorship of South Kordofan. In September 2007, he was appointed to lead an investigation into human rights violations in Darfur. In July 2013 he resigned as Governor of South Kordofan, and was reappointed by Omar al-Bashir as Governor of North Kordofan. On 1 March 2019, President Omar al-Bashir handed over the running of the country's leading political party, the National Congress, to him. He was arrested in April 2019 by local authorities in Sudan following a coup which overthrew al-Bashir.

Ahmed Ismail Samatar is a Somali writer, professor and former dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College. He is the editor of Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies, and brother of Abdi Ismail Samatar, chair of the geography department at the University of Minnesota. Samatar joined the Peace, Unity, and Development Party, the ruling party of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland in June 2016. Samatar is being widely touted as a possible candidate for Somaliland's 2022 presidential elections.