Religion or belief · 557 CE – today
Islam
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Islam is an Abrahamic religion based on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad. The monotheistic religion has an estimated 2 billion worldwide adherents, called Muslims. Islam is the world's second-largest religious population after Christianity.
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Avicenna980 CE – 1037Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Saddam Hussein1937 – 2006Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003Source: Wikidata (religion)
Naguib Mahfouz1911 – 2006Egyptian writer (1911–2006)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Omar Khayyám1048 – 1131Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Akbar1542 – 1605The third and greatest Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605Source: Wikidata (religion)
Ibn Battuta1304 – 136814th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorerSource: Wikidata (religion).jpg/330px-Madrid_-_Ciudad_Universitaria%2C_Monumento_a_Muhammad_al-Juarismi_(cropped).jpg)
Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi780 CE – 850 CE9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomerSource: Wikidata (religion).jpg/330px-Bust_of_Ibn_Khaldun_(Casbah_of_Bejaia%2C_Algeria).jpg)
Ibn Khaldun1332 – 1406Historiographer and historianSource: Wikidata (religion).jpg/330px-Anselm_Feuerbach_Hafis_vor_der_Schenke_(cropped).jpg)
Hafez1325 – 1389Persian poet and mystic (1325–1389)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Abu Nuwas756 CE – 814 CE8th-century classical Arabic poetSource: Wikidata (religion)
Ali Khamenei1939 – 2026Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026Source: Wikidata (religion)
Rumi1207 – 1273Iranian poetSource: Wikidata (religion)._AH_564-589_(1169-1193_CE)_%C3%86_Dirham_(30.1mm%2C_13.28_g%2C_6h)._Without_mint-name._Dated_AH_586_(AD_1190-91)._Sultan_sitting_facing%2C_cross-legged%2C_on_high-backed_throne_(obverse).jpg/330px-Al-Nasir_I_Salah_al-Din_Yusuf_(Saladin)._AH_564-589_(1169-1193_CE)_%C3%86_Dirham_(30.1mm%2C_13.28_g%2C_6h)._Without_mint-name._Dated_AH_586_(AD_1190-91)._Sultan_sitting_facing%2C_cross-legged%2C_on_high-backed_throne_(obverse).jpg)
Saladin1138 – 1193Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1137–1193)Source: Wikidata (religion).jpg/330px-2016_Malakka%2C_Stadhuys_(09).jpg)
Zheng He1371 – 1433Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomatSource: Wikidata (religion).jpg/330px-Suleiman_I._Semailname_(Millet_Library%2C_Ali_Em%C3%AEr%C3%AE_Collection%2C_History%2C_MS_no._1216).jpg)
Suleiman the Magnificent1494 – 1566The tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Umar ibn Al-Khattāb586 CE – 644 CE2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644Source: Wikidata (religion).png/330px-The_ten_to_whom_Paradise_was_promised_(Ali).png)
Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib599 CE – 661 CE4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656–661) and first Shia ImamSource: Wikidata (religion).jpg/330px-Oliver_Mark_-_Benazir_Bhutto%2C_Dubai_2006_(cropped).jpg)
Benazir Bhutto1953 – 200711th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan (1953–2007)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Zinedine Zidaneb. 1972French association football player and coachSource: Wikidata (religion)
Al-Ghazali1058 – 1111Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Mimar Sinan1490 – 158816th-century Ottoman chief architect and civil engineerSource: Wikidata (religion)
Shah Rukh Khanb. 1965Indian actor, producer and television personalitySource: Wikidata (religion)
Malcolm X1925 – 1965American Black rights activist (1925–1965)Source: Wikidata (religion).jpg/330px-Ruhollah_Khomeini_portrait_2_(cropped).jpg)
Ruhollah Khomeini1902 – 1989Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989Source: Wikidata (religion)
Averroes1126 – 1198Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)Source: Wikidata (religion)_-_%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%82_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B9%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86.svg/330px-Rashidun_Caliph_Abu_Bakr_as-%C8%98idd%C4%ABq_(Abdullah_ibn_Abi_Quhafa)_-_%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%82_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B9%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86.svg.png)
Abu Bakr573 CE – 634 CE1st Rashidun Caliph and father-in-law of MuhammadSource: Wikidata (religion)
Gamal Abdel Nasser1918 – 1970President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970Source: Wikidata (religion)
Sukarno1901 – 19701st President of Indonesia (1901—1970)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Joko Widodob. 19617th President of the Republic of IndonesiaSource: Wikidata (religion).jpg/330px-Mehmed_II._Semailname_(Millet_Library%2C_Ali_Em%C3%AEr%C3%AE_Collection%2C_History%2C_MS_no._1216).jpg)
Mehmed II1432 – 1481Seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)Source: Wikidata (religion)_with_his_friends_in_the_orchard_at_night%2C_from_Prince_Baysunghur's_Rose_Garden_(Gulistan)_by_Sa%60di.jpg/330px-The_poet_Sa%60di_(detail)_with_his_friends_in_the_orchard_at_night%2C_from_Prince_Baysunghur's_Rose_Garden_(Gulistan)_by_Sa%60di.jpg)
Saadi1210 – 1292Persian poetSource: Wikidata (religion)
Mohamed Morsi1951 – 2019President of Egypt from 2012 to 2013Source: Wikidata (religion).jpg/330px-Pervez_Musharraf_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_Davos_-_2008_(cropped).jpg)
Pervez Musharraf1943 – 2023Pakistani soldier and politician (1943-2023)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Al-Biruni973 CE – 104811th-century Khwarazmian scholar and polymath (973–1048)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Umm Kulthum1898 – 1975Egyptian singer and actress (1886–1975)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Muhammad Iqbal1877 – 1938British-Indian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician (1877-1938)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Mike Tysonb. 1966American boxer and media personality (born 1966)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Uthman ibn Affan574 CE – 656 CECaliph of the Rashidun Caliphate from 644 to 656Source: Wikidata (religion)_Babur_detail.jpg/330px-Humayun_and_Babur_(Late_Shah_Jahan_Album)_Babur_detail.jpg)
Babur1483 – 1530Founder of the Mughal Empire (1526–1530)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Karim Benzemab. 1987French footballer (born 1987)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Aisha614 CE – 678 CEMuhammad's third wife (c. 613/614 – 678)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Ibn al-Haytham965 CE – 1039Arab physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Mesut Özilb. 1988Turkish-German association football playerSource: Wikidata (religion)
Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa1937 – 2021President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019Source: Wikidata (religion)
Abdul Hamid II1842 – 191834th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876–1909)Source: Wikidata (religion)- Husayn ibn Ali626 CE – 680 CEGrandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam (626–680)Source: Wikidata (religion)
Osman I1258 – 1326Founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)Source: Wikidata (religion).jpg/330px-'Jujhar_Singh_Bundela_Kneels_in_Submission_to_Shah_Jahan'%2C_painted_by_Bichitr%2C_c._1630%2C_Chester_Beatty_Library_(cropped2).jpg)
Shah Jahan1592 – 1666The fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 to 1658Source: Wikidata (religion)
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