List of Famous people named Mohamed
Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool and the Egypt national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, he is known for his finishing, dribbling, and speed.
Mohamed Hadid
Mohamed Anwar Hadid is a Jordanian-American real estate developer of Palestinian origin. He is known for building luxury hotels and mansions, mainly in the Bel Air neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills in Los Angeles County, California.
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr is a Senegalese writer. Raised in Diourbel, Senegal and later studying in France, Sarr is the author of three novels as well as a number of award-winning short stories. He won the 2021 Prix Goncourt for his novel La plus secrète mémoire des hommes, becoming the first Sub-Saharan African to do so.
Mohamed Ramadan
Mohamed Ramadan Mahmoud Hijazi, better known as Mohamed Ramadan, is an Egyptian actor, singer, rapper, dancer and producer.
Mohamed Al-Fayed
Mohamed Al-Fayed is an Egyptian-born businessman whose residence and chief business interests have been in the United Kingdom since the late 1960s. Fayed's business interests include ownership of Hôtel Ritz Paris and formerly Harrods Department Store. Al-Fayed sold Fulham F.C. to Shahid Khan in 2013.
Mohamed Aboutrika
Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed Aboutrika is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a forward. He is often considered the best Egyptian player in history and is widely regarded as one of the greatest African footballers of all time. He also came second in the African Footballer of the Year award in 2008 after Emmanuel Adebayor, and was one of five nominees for the 2006 award, and one of the ten nominated for the 2013 award.
Mohamed Amersi
Mohamed Amersi is a British businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of the Inclusive Ventures Group, and chairman of QML Group. He is a leading donor to the Conservative Party, having given nearly £525,000 since 2018, and has contributed to Boris Johnson's leadership campaign.
Mohamed Elneny
Mohamed Naser Elsayed Elneny is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English Premier League club Arsenal and the Egypt national team.
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
Mohamed Hussein Tantawy Soliman is an Egyptian field marshal and former politician. He was the commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces and, as Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, was the de facto head of state from the ousting of Hosni Mubarak on 11 February 2011 until the inauguration of Mohamed Morsi as President of Egypt on 30 June 2012. Tantawy served in the government as Minister of Defense and Military Production from 1991 until Morsi ordered Tantawy to retire on 12 August 2012.
Mohamed Sanu
Mohamed Sanu Sr. is an American football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Rutgers and was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He has also been a member of the Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots, and San Francisco 49ers.
Mohamed Simakan
Mohamed Simakan is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig.
Mohamed Bamba
Mohamed Fakaba Bamba is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns. He was highly regarded by scouts due to his 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m) wingspan. He attended Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan, New Hampshire and Westtown School in West Chester, Pennsylvania and was considered one of the top high school prospects for the class of 2017.
Mohamed Henedy
Mohamed Henedi Ahmed Abdel Gawad is an Egyptian comedian actor born in Giza, Egypt, on 1 February 1965, and has gained a cinematic bachelor's degree. Henedi started his career in 1991 in short appearances in theaters and cinemas, and he achieved huge success in his two films Esma'eleya Rayeh Gaii and Sa'ede Fel Gam'a Al Amrekya. He later starred in the movies Hamam fi Amsterdam, Belya we Demagho el Alya, Saheb Sahbo and Andaleeb Al Dokki. Mohamed Henedi also dubbed the voices of Timon, Mike Wazowski and Homer Simpson for the Egyptian versions of The Lion King, Monsters, Inc., and The Simpsons respectively.
Mohamed Dräger
Mohamed Dräger is a professional footballer who plays as a right back or right winger for Greek club Olympiacos. Born in Germany, he represents Tunisia at international level.
Mohamed Sissoko
Mohamed Lamine Sissoko is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also known as Farmaajo is a Somali politician who has served as the President of Somalia since 16 February 2017. At the time of his election, Farmaajo formerly held U.S. citizenship, which he renounced voluntarily in 2019. He was Prime Minister of Somalia for six months, from November 2010 until June 2011 and is the founder and chairman of the Tayo political party. He became the President of Somalia after winning the 2017 Somali presidential election with 184 out of the total 329 votes by members of the Somali Parliament, thereby defeating former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
Mohamed Emam
Mohamed Adel Mohamed Emam is an Egyptian actor. He comes from an artistic family as his father is actor Adel Emam. His brother is the director Ramy Imam.
Mohamed Lamine Diaby
Mohamed Lamine Diaby-Fadiga is a French professional footballer who plays as forward for Ligue 2 club Paris FC.
Mohamed El Amine Amoura
Mohamed El Amine Amoura is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for FC Lugano.
Mohamed Ali Rashwan
Mohamed Ali Rashwan is an Egyptian judo. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's Open Class category.
- Winner of fairplay international award in 1984
- Silver medallist at the 1985 World Judo Championships in open weight
- Silver medallist at the 1987 World Judo Championships in heavy weight