List of Famous people named Ismail

Ismail bey Gasprinsky was a Crimean Tatar intellectual, educator, publisher and Pan-Turkist politician who inspired the Jadidist movement in Central Asia. He was one of the first Muslim intellectuals in the Russian Empire, who realized the need for education and cultural reform and modernization of the Turkic and Islamic communities. His last name comes from the town of Gaspra in Crimea.

Ismail Kadare, also spelled Ismaïl Kadaré in French, is an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright. He has been a leading literary figure in Albania since the 1960s. He focused on poetry until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army, which made him a leading literary figure in Albania and famous internationally. In 1996, France made him a foreign associate of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques of France.

Ismail Jakobs is a German professional footballer who plays as a left back or left winger for 1. FC Köln.

İsmail Türüt is a Turkish folk singer from the Black Sea Region.

Ismail Fahd Ismail or Ismāʿīl Fahd Ismāʿīl. was a Kuwaiti novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. He was acclaimed as the finest and most prolific writer in the history of Kuwait, with over twenty novels and numerous short story collections and publications.

Ishmael is the figure known in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as Abraham's (Ibrahim) son, born to Hagar (Hajar). In Islam, Ishmael is regarded as a prophet (nabi) and an ancestor to Muhammad. He also became associated with Mecca and the construction of the Kaaba. These sources include the Quran, Quranic commentary (tafsir), hadith, historiographic collections like that of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, and Isra'iliyat.

Ismaïl Khelil was a Tunisian politician.

Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is the current president of Djibouti, in office since 1999. He is often referred to in the region by his initials, IOG.

Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Zainal Abidin III Mu’azzam Shah was the fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, and the sixteenth Sultan of Terengganu.

Ismail ibn Musa Menk, also known as Mufti Menk, is a Muslim cleric from Zimbabwe and head of the country's fatwa department.