List of Famous people named Ala

Ala Gertner, referred to in other sources as Alla, Alina, Ella, and Ela Gertner, was one of four women hanged in the Auschwitz concentration camp for her role in the Sonderkommando revolt of October 7, 1944.

Ala ad-Din Tekish or Tekesh or Takesh was the Shah of Khwarazmian Empire from 1172 to 1200. He was the son of Il-Arslan. His rule was contested by his brother, Sultan Shah, who held a principality in Khorasan. Tekish inherited Sultan Shah's state after he died in 1193. In Turkic the name Tekish means he who strikes in battle.

ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn Muḥammad III, more commonly known simply as Ala ad-Din (علاءالدین), son of Jalāl al-Dīn Ḥassan III, was the 26th Nizāri Ismāʿilī Imām. He ruled from 1221 to 1255. He was an esteemed scholar and the spiritual and worldly leader of the Nizari Ismailis, He authored a constitution for the Nizari Ismaili which was practiced for very long time. The intellectual life of Persia flourished significantly during his reign of 34 years. His vision of tolerance, inclusion and pluralism was a rare and shining example for that time. His reign witnessed the beginnings of the Mongol devastations of Persia and the eastern Muslim world. He was murdered under suspicious circumstances and was succeeded by his eldest son Rukn al-Din Khurshah in 1255.

Ala Al-Kuwaikabi is a football wing midfielder playing at Al-Nasr Club in Saudi Arabia.