List of Famous people named Maulana

Maulana Ndabezitha Karenga, previously known as Ron Karenga, is an American professor of Africana studies, activist, and author best known as the creator of the pan-African and the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa.

Fazal Hayat, more commonly known by his pseudonym Maulana Fazlullah, was an Islamist militant who was the leader of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, and was the leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban in Swat Valley. On 7 November 2013, he became the emir of the Tehrik-i-Taliban, and presided over the descent of the group into factions who are often at war with each other. Fazlullah was added to the U.S. State Department's Rewards for Justice wanted list on 7 March 2018. Fazlullah was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan on 14 June 2018.

Maulana Hasanuddin was the second ruler of the Banten Sultanate, following the mysterious Sunan Gunung Jati when he left to found Cirebon. Hasanudin reigned from c. 1552 to 1570.

Maulana Muhammad Syed Masoodi (1905-1990) was an Indian Kashmiri politician belonging to the National Conference party. He functioned as the General Secretary of the party for several years. He was nominated as a member of the Constituent Assembly of India, and was also elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir.