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Mehmed Sâdeddin Efendi
Mehmed Sâdeddin Efendi (c. 1798–1866) was an Ottoman religious scholar and descendant of Hoca Sâdeddin Efendi who served as Shaykh al-Islam from 1858 until his dismissal in 1863.
Mehmed Said Efendi
Mehmed Said Efendi, later Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Pasha, was an 18th-century Ottoman statesman who co-founded the first Turkish printing press and served as grand vizier in 1755.
Mehmed Said Pasha
Mehmed Said Pasha (محمد سعيد باشا), known as Kuchuk Said Pasha, was an Ottoman statesman who served nine times as grand vizier under Sultan Abdulhamid II.
Mehmed Sâlih Efendi
Mehmed Sâlih Efendi was an 18th-century Ottoman scholar who served as Shaykh al-Islam, the empire's chief mufti, from January 1758 until Sultan Mustafa III dismissed him in 1759.
Mehmed Selim Pasha
Mehmed Selim Pasha (محمد سليم پاشا) was an Ottoman grand vizier from 1824 to 1828 who served Sultan Mahmud II and commanded against Russia in 1828.
Mehmed Şerif Efendi
Mehmed Şerif Efendi, also called Topalzade, was an Ottoman religious scholar of the Ebûishakzâde family who twice served as Shaykh al-Islam, from 1778 to 1782 and briefly in 1789.
Mehmed Tahir Ağa
Mehmed Tahir Ağa (محمد طاهر آغا) was an Ottoman chief architect of the Hassa corps who served under Mustafa III and Abdulhamid I and rebuilt Fatih Mosque.
Mehmed V
Mehmed V Reşad (Sultan Reşad), 1844–1918, 35th and penultimate Ottoman sultan, reigned 1909–1918 as a figurehead constitutional monarch under the CUP; proclaimed jihad in WWI; succeeded by Mehmed VI.
Mehmed VI
Mehmed VI, also known as Vahideddin or Vahdettin, was the 36th and last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1918 until the sultanate was abolished in 1922.
Mehmed Zeynî Efendi
Mehmed Zeynî Efendi, also known as Akmahmudzâde, was an Ottoman scholar who served as şeyhülislâm, the empire's chief religious authority, from 1746 to 1748 under Sultan Mahmud I.
Mehmed Zihni Efendi
Mehmed Zihni Efendi (محمد ذهني أفندي) was an Ottoman scholar, jurist, and lexicographer who taught at Galatasaray and Mekteb-i Mulkiye and wrote the catechism Nimet-i Islam.
Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı
Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı (Fatih: Sultan of Conquests) is a Turkish TRT 1 historical drama by Miray Yapım, premiered 27 February 2024, starring Serkan Çayoğlu as Mehmed II, covering the conquest of Constantinople and later campaigns.
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy (Mehmed Âkif Ersoy, 1873–1936) was a Turkish poet, veterinarian, and teacher best known for writing the Turkish national anthem, İstiklal Marşı, adopted in 1921, and the seven-book corpus Safahat.
Mehmet Akif Pirim
Mehmet Akif Pirim (Mehmet Âkif Pirim), born 1968 in Rize, Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler; 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold and 1996 Atlanta bronze at 62 kg, 1991 world silver, three Mediterranean Games golds, later a coach.
Mehmet Ali Ağca
Mehmet Ali Ağca (born 1958, Malatya), Turkish Grey Wolves militant who murdered Abdi İpekçi in 1979 and shot Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square on 13 May 1981; life sentence in Italy, pardoned 2000, Bulgarian-connection case collapsed.
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (Köprülüzâde Mehmed Fuad, 1890–1966) was a Turkish literary historian and politician who founded modern Turkish historiography and co-founded the Democrat Party in 1946.
Mehmet Oktav
Mehmet Oktav (1917–1996), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympic featherweight (≤62 kg) gold medalist at London 1948, pinning favorite Olle Anderberg in 2:48; later a national coach for 17 years.
Mehmet Okur
Mehmet Okur (Mehmet Murat Okur), born 1979 in Yalova, Turkey, is a retired 6'11" NBA center/power forward; 2004 NBA champion with Detroit and the first Turkish NBA All-Star (2007), later a Phoenix Suns coach.
Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Cengiz Oz (born 1960, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American cardiothoracic surgeon, host of The Dr. Oz Show (2009-2022), 2022 Pennsylvania Senate candidate, and 17th CMS Administrator confirmed April 2025.
Mehmet Özdoğan
Mehmet Özdoğan, born 1943 in Istanbul, is a Turkish prehistoric archaeologist who spent his career at Istanbul University studying the Neolithic transition to settled farming.
Mehmet Toner
Mehmet Toner, born 1958 in Istanbul, is a Turkish-American bioengineer at Harvard and Mass General known for microfluidic chips that isolate circulating tumor cells from blood.
MEHMO syndrome
MEHMO syndrome (OMIM 300148), also called X-linked intellectual disability-epileptic seizures-hypogenitalism-microcephaly-obesity syndrome, is an ultra-rare X-linked recessive EIF2S3 disorder affecting males, with intellectual disability, epilepsy, hypogonadism, microcephaly, obesity, and diabetes.
Mehmood (actor)
Mehmood Ali (Mehmood, 1932–2004), Indian actor, comedian, singer, director and producer of Hindi cinema; four Filmfare Best Comedian Awards, star of Padosan, Pyar Kiye Jaa, Gumnaam, Bombay to Goa.
Mehmood Khan Achakzai
Mehmood Khan Achakzai is a Pakistani politician, chief of the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, who was named Leader of the Opposition in Pakistan's National Assembly in January 2026.
Mehndi
Mehndi (henna body art) is temporary skin decoration using Lawsonia inermis paste, whose lawsone dye stains hands and feet reddish-brown for one to three weeks; distinguished from unsafe PPD-based black henna.
Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali (मेहंदी है रचने वाली)
Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali (मेहंदी है रचने वाली), Hindi remake of Telugu Gorintaku, is a StarPlus romantic drama (15 Feb to 27 Nov 2021, 246 episodes) starring Shivangi Khedkar as Pallavi and Sai Ketan Rao as Raghav Rao.
Mehrad Hidden
Mehrad Hidden (مهراد هیدن) is the stage name of Mehrad Mostofi Rad, an Iranian rapper and singer from Tehran, best known as a founding member of Zedbazi.
Mehran
Mehran (مهراڻ) is a quarterly Sindhi-language literary and cultural journal published by the Sindhi Adabi Board in Sindh, Pakistan, since 1946, covering Sindhi literature, folklore, Latifiat, and history.
Mehran Kardar
Mehran Kardar, born in Tehran, is a theoretical physicist and Francis Friedman Professor at MIT, co-originator of the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation and winner of the 2025 Boltzmann Medal.
Mehran Karimi Nasseri (مهران کریمی ناصری)
Mehran Karimi Nasseri (مهران کریمی ناصری), called Sir Alfred, was an Iranian refugee stranded without papers in Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminal 1 from 1988 to 2006, about 18 years, inspiring The Terminal; he died there in 2022.