List of Famous people named Mahdi

Mahdi Elmandjra was a Moroccan futurologist, economist and sociologist.

Mahdi al-Mashat, is a Yemeni political figure from the Houthi movement. After the death of Saleh Ali al-Sammad on 19 April 2018, he became president of the Supreme Political Council. He was formerly the representative of Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi, the leader of the movement and director of his office.

Mahdi Camara is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saint-Étienne.

Mahdi al-Harati is an Irish-Libyan politician and former co-commander of the Tripoli Brigade during the Libyan Civil War. He was also the commander of Liwaa Al-Umma, a militant group fighting against the Syrian government in the Syrian civil war.

Mahdi Ali Hassan Redha is a retired Emirati footballer and a sports manager. He is currently the coach of Shabab Al-Ahli.

Mahdi Ahmed al-Hafez was Minister of Planning in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003 and in the Iraqi Interim Government. A Shia Muslim, al-Hafez was the Iraqi representative to the United Nations from 1978 to 1980; afterwards, he headed the Arab Economic Research Association in Cairo. He is associated with the Iraqi Independent Democrats.

Hassan Abdullah Hamdan, more commonly known by his pseudonym Mahdi 'Amel, was a Lebanese Marxist intellectual and militant in the second half of the 20th century.

Mahdi S. Hantush (1921–1984) was a prominent American hydrologist known for his analytical work on leaky aquifers and well hydraulics. He is the founder of the New Mexico Tech Hydrology Program. His granddaughter is Yasmin Younis, the 2018 Student Commencement Speaker at Boston University’s 185th Commencement which went viral all over the Middle East.

Mahdi Karim Ajeel is a former Iraqi footballer. He last played as a winger for Al-Talaba in Iraq and the Iraq national football team.