Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

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Abu Daoud

Palestinian militant, teacher and lawyer (1937–2010)

Abu Ishaq Ibrahim (Buyid)

b. 953

Son of Buyid emir Mu'izz al-Dawla

Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad

b. 906

Amir of the Saffarid dynasty from 923 to 963

Abu l-Hasan Ali I

b. 1688

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Jordanian jihadist (1966–2006)

Abu Nidal

Palestinian militant (1937–2002)

Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan

b. 1305

Ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate from 1316 to 1335

Abu Sayyaf

b. 1958

Jihadist militant group in the Philippines

Abu Taghlib

Emir of Mosul from 967 to 978

Abu Yaqub Yusuf

Second ruler of Almohad dynasty (r. 1163–1184)

Abu Yazid

Kharijite Berber leader (c. 873–947)

Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr

Libyan military officer and politician (1940-2011)

Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat

Abbasid vizier and official (855–924)

Abu'l-Qasim Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi

10th century Islamic ruler of Sicily

Abu'l-Saraya

9th-century rebel of Abbasid government

Abubaker Kaki Khamis

b. 1989

Sudanese runner (born 1989)

Abudramae Bamba

b. 1987

Ivorian footballer

Abul A'la Maududi

South Asian Islamic scholar, Founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (1903–1979)

Abul Fazl

Mughal grand vizier from 1579 to 1602

Abul Hasan Jashori

Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (1918–1993)

Abul Kasem (politician, born 1872)

Bengali politician

Abulfaz Elchibey

b. 1938

President of Azerbaijan from 1992 to 1993

Abulfeda

Kurdish historian, geographer and statesman (1273–1331)

Abune Paulos

Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church from 1992 to 2012