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Imran ibn Bakkar al-Kala'i

Imran ibn Bakkar al-Kala'i (عمران بن بكار الكلاعي) was a Sunni hadith narrator of Homs, Syria, a cloth merchant and muezzin who died in 271 or 272 AH.

Imran ibn Hattan

Imran ibn Hattan (عمران بن حطان السدوسي; died 703) was a Basran poet, orator, and hadith transmitter who led the Qa'ada of the Sufriyya Kharijites and was hunted by al-Hajjaj.

Imran ibn Husayn

Imran ibn Husayn (عمران بن حصين), a companion of Muhammad from the tribe of Khuza'a, settled in Basra, where he taught hadith and died in 672 CE.

Imran Khan (عمران احمد خان نیازی)

Imran Khan (عمران احمد خان نیازی), born 1952, Pakistani ex-cricketer, 1992 World Cup captain, PTI founder, and prime minister 2018-2022, ousted by no-confidence vote and imprisoned since 2023 on corruption convictions.

Imran Khan (عمران خان) (singer)

Imran Khan (عمران خان) is a Dutch-Pakistani singer, rapper, and songwriter whose 2009 album Unforgettable, with the hit "Amplifier", made him a leading voice in Punjabi pop.

Imran Khan (इमरान ख़ान) (film actor)

Imran Khan, born Imran Pal in Wisconsin in 1983, is an Indian-American actor in Hindi films, the nephew of Aamir Khan and star of Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008).

Imran Khwaja

Imran Khwaja, Singaporean lawyer and cricket administrator; ICC Board Associate Member Director 2008-2026, ICC Deputy Chair 2017-2026, acting chairman in 2020, lost his Board seat in the July 2026 Edinburgh election.

Imran Mahmudul

Imran Mahmudul (ইমরান মাহমুদুল), born 1991 in Dhaka, is a Bangladeshi playback singer and music director, first runner-up in Shera Kontho 2008, known for "Dil Dil Dil" from Bossgiri (2016).

Imran Masood

Imran Masood is an Indian National Congress politician who has been the Lok Sabha member for Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, since 2024, after earlier serving as an MLA.

Imran Nazir (عمران نذیر) (cricketer)

Imran Nazir (عمران نذیر), born 1981 in Gujranwala, is a Pakistani former aggressive opening batsman who played Tests, ODIs, and T20Is from 1999 to 2012, famous for his 160 at the 2007 World Cup and an ICL stint, later sidelined by illness.

Imran Pratapgarhi

Imran Pratapgarhi, born 1987 in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, is an Indian Congress politician and poet, elected to the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra in 2022 after a career in Urdu poetry.

Imran Series

Imran Series (عمران سیریز) is an Urdu spy novel series created by Ibn-e-Safi in 1955, featuring the secret agent Ali Imran, secretly the spy chief X2.

Imran Sherwani

Imran Sherwani (Imran Ahmed Khan Sherwani, 1962-2025), British field hockey left-winger; scored twice in Great Britain's 3-1 win over West Germany in the 1988 Seoul Olympic final, ending a 68-year wait for gold; 49 England and 45 GB caps.

Imran Tahir

Imran Tahir, Pakistani-born South African leg-spinner born in Lahore; googly-led, stump-attacking bowler; 158 ODI wickets at 24.50, 20 Tests, worst Test figures 37-1-260-0; IPL, PSL, SA20 franchises.

Imre Bujdosó

Imre Bujdosó (born 1959, Berettyóújfalu) is a Hungarian sabre fencer, 1988 Olympic team champion and 1992 silver medalist, two-time world team champion, later a fencing coach in Koblenz, Germany.

Imre Csiszár

Imre Csiszár is a Hungarian mathematician and information theorist at the Rényi Institute in Budapest, whose 1978 broadcast channel secrecy characterization underlies modern physical-layer security.

Imre Harangi

Imre Harangi (Harangi Imre, 1913–1979), Hungarian amateur lightweight boxer, 1936 Berlin Olympic gold medalist, 1934 European silver medalist, six-time Hungarian champion; nicknamed Tatár; later a pilot and coach.

Imre Hodos

Imre Hódos (Hódos Imre), Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler, 1952 Helsinki Olympic bantamweight (≤57 kg) gold medalist, 1953 world silver medalist, three-time Olympian, later FILA international referee; distinct from other Hungarian wrestlers named Hodos.

Imre Kertész

Imre Kertész is a Hungarian novelist who survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald as a teen, becoming the first Hungarian writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002.

Imre Komora

Imre Komora (Komora Imre), Hungarian footballer and coach, 1940–2024; Olympic gold medalist in football at Tokyo 1964, European Championship bronze medalist, and three-time Hungarian champion head coach of Budapest Honvéd.

Imre Kovács

Imre Kovács (Kovács Imre, 1921–1996), Hungarian right half-back for MTK Budapest, 8-cap international, Olympic football gold medalist at Helsinki 1952, and later a champion coach with Újpest.

Imre Lakatos

Imre Lakatos, born Imre Lipschitz (1922–1974), was a Hungarian-born philosopher of mathematics and science at the London School of Economics, known for Proofs and Refutations and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes.

Imre Madách

Imre Madách (Madách Imre, 1823–1864) was a Hungarian poet and country gentleman, member of Parliament, and author of the 1861 dramatic poem The Tragedy of Man (Az ember tragédiája), his major work.

Imre Nagy

Imre Nagy (Nagy Imre), Hungarian communist politician, twice prime minister (1953–55, 1956), led the 1956 revolution, declared neutrality and Warsaw Pact withdrawal, was executed in 1958 and reburied in 1989.

Imre Nemeth

Imre Németh (1917–1989), Hungarian hammer thrower, 1948 Olympic champion (56.07 m), 1952 bronze medalist, three-time world record holder (59.02–59.88 m), later People's Stadium director; father of 1976 javelin champion Miklós Németh.

Imre Polyak

Imre Polyak (Polyák Imre, 1932–2010) was a Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympic featherweight champion at Tokyo 1964 after silvers in 1952, 1956, and 1960, three-time world champion, and namesake of a UWW Ranking Series memorial in Budapest.

Imre Pulai

Imre Pulai (Pulai Imre), Hungarian sprint canoeist born 1967 in Budapest; Olympic gold C-2 500 m Sydney 2000 with Ferenc Novák, bronze C-1 500 m Atlanta 1996, four world titles, later luge athlete and bobsled-luge federation president.

Imre Rajczy

Imre Rajczy (Rajczy Imre, born Rasztovich), Hungarian sabre fencer, 1936 Berlin Olympic team gold medallist, 1937 world team champion; later Argentine national coach and Olympic administrator, died Buenos Aires 1978.

Imre Thököly

Imre Thököly (Thököly Imre) was a Hungarian magnate and kuruc leader against Habsburg rule who ruled Upper Hungary as an Ottoman vassal from 1682 to 1685 and was elected Prince of Transylvania in 1690.

Imrecoxib

Imrecoxib (艾瑞昔布, brand Hengyang) is a Chinese-developed selective COX-2 inhibitor for osteoarthritis pain, codeveloped by Guo Zongru's IMM group with Hengrui and SFDA-approved in 2011 as a class 1.1 drug.