Leading Figures in History

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

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Ahmed Arif

b. 1927

Turkish poet

Ahmed Cevdet Pasha

Ottoman statesman (1822–1895)

Ahmed Chalabi

b. 1944

Iraqi politician (1945–2015)

Ahmed Deedat

b. 1918

South African–Indian Islamic orator and author (1918–2005)

Ahmed Elmohamady

b. 1987

Egyptian footballer (born 1987)

Ahmed Fouad Negm

b. 1929

Egyptian poet

Ahmed Hamdi

Egyptian engineer and sport shooter

Ahmed I

b. 1590

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1617

Ahmed III

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1703 to 1730

Ahmed Kathrada

b. 1929

South African politician (1929–2017)

Ahmed Kuftaro

Grand Mufti of Syria (1915–2004)

Ahmed Musa

b. 1992

Nigerian footballer (born 1992)

Ahmed Sofa

Bangladeshi writer and poet (1943–2001)

Ahmed Talbi

b. 1981

Moroccan footballer

Ahmed Tantawi

b. 1979

Egyptian journalist (born 1979)

Ahmed Vefik Pasha

b. 1823

Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire in 1878 and 1882

Ahmed Zaki Yamani

b. 1930

Saudi Arabian politician (1930–2021)

Ahmed Zewail

Egyptian and American chemist (1946–2016)

Ahmet Adnan Saygun

b. 1907

Turkish composer (1907–1991)

Ahmet Ağaoğlu

Turkish politician (1869–1939)

Ahmet Ertegun

b. 1923

Turkish-American businessman (1923–2006)

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar

b. 1901

Turkish poet, novelist, literary scholar and essayist (1901–1962)

Ahmet Haşim

Turkish symbolist poet and writer, WWI veteran (1884-1933)

Ahmet Haxhiu

Kosovo Albanian political activist