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Mohammad Alashmawi

Mohammad Alashmawi is a Saudi education-technology entrepreneur who co-founded Classera, an e-learning company founded in Silicon Valley, where he has served as Chief of Venture Builder since January 2025.

Mohammad Ali Sepanlou

Mohammad Ali Sepanlou (محمدعلی سپانلو) was an Iranian poet, translator, and literary critic known as "the poet of Tehran" for making the city his central subject.

Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (محمدعلی شاه قاجار)

Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (محمدعلی شاه قاجار), sixth Qajar ruler of Iran (1907–1909), son of Mozaffar al-Din Shah; bombarded the Majles in 1908, was deposed in 1909, and died in San Remo, Italy.

Mohammad Amini

Mohammad Amini (born 2005) is an Iranian basketball guard-wing for SLUC Nancy in France's LNB Elite and Iran's national team; led Iran at the 2023 World Cup (13.2 ppg), won 2025 Asia Cup bronze, and declared for the 2026 NBA Draft.

Mohammad Amir (محمد عامر)

Mohammad Amir (محمد عامر), Pakistani left-arm fast bowler from Gujjar Khan; debuted 2009, jailed and banned five years for 2010 Lord's spot-fixing, starred in 2017 Champions Trophy, retired from international cricket December 2024, became a British citizen in 2026.

Mohammad Asadi

Mohammad Asadi is an associate professor of chemical engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology known for lithium-air batteries, including a 2023 solid-state cell rechargeable for 1,000 cycles.

Mohammad Ashraful (মোহাম্মদ আশরাফুল)

Mohammad Ashraful (মোহাম্মদ আশরাফুল), born 1984, Dhaka, is a former Bangladesh batsman and captain, the youngest Test centurion at 17 years 63 days (114 on debut, 2001), later banned eight years, reduced, for BPL match-fixing in 2013.

Mohammad Asif (محمد آصف) (cricketer)

Mohammad Asif (محمد آصف), born 1982, Pakistani fast bowler 2005–2010; seam-based, mid-80s mph; Karachi 2006 and 11-71 at Kandy; career ended by 2010 spot-fixing ban.

Mohammad Azharuddin (मोहम्मद अज़हरुद्दीन)

Mohammad Azharuddin (मोहम्मद अज़हरुद्दीन), Indian cricketer and politician; captained India in 174 ODIs (90 wins), 99 Tests, 1984-2000; BCCI life ban 2000 for match fixing, lifted 2012; Telangana Congress minister from 2025.

Mohammad Beg

Mohammad Beg (محمد بیگ) was grand vizier of Safavid Iran under Shah Abbas II from 1654 to 1661, an Armenian Muslim convert who expanded crown lands.

Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali (محمد غازي الجلالي)

Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali (محمد غازي الجلالي), Syrian engineer and politician, prime minister 23 September to 8 December 2024; former communications minister (2014–2016), EU-sanctioned, oversaw handover to Mohammad al-Bashir after Assad's fall.

Mohammad Hafeez (محمد حفیظ)

Mohammad Hafeez (محمد حفیظ), born 1980, Pakistani all-rounder nicknamed the Professor; 392 internationals, 12,780 runs, 253 wickets, 2017 Champions Trophy winner, later PCB team director Nov 2023 to Feb 2024.

Mohammad Hafezi

Mohammad Hafezi (محمد حافظی) is a University of Maryland professor working in quantum optics and topological photonics, known for synthetic gauge fields for photons and topologically protected optical devices.

Mohammad Hamid Ansari (मोहम्मद हामिद अंसारी)

Mohammad Hamid Ansari (मोहम्मद हामिद अंसारी), born 1 April 1937 in Calcutta, is an Indian career diplomat who served as Vice President of India and Rajya Sabha Chairman for two terms, 2007-2017, after ambassadorships to the UAE, Afghanistan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.

Mohammad Hanif (Islamic scholar)

Mohammad Hanif is a Rohingya Islamic scholar and madrassa teacher in Bangladesh who guided the creation of the Hanifi Rohingya script, added to Unicode in 2018.

Mohammad Hasan Amin al-Zarb

Mohammad Hasan Amin al-Zarb (حاج محمدحسن امین‌الضرب) was an Iranian merchant and banker who held the state mint under Naser al-Din Shah and built Iran's first railway.

Mohammad Hashem Pesaran

Mohammad Hashem Pesaran is an Iranian-born econometrician and Distinguished Professor at USC, known for the CD test, ARDL bounds testing, and the Global VAR model.

Mohammad Hatta

Mohammad Hatta (Bung Hatta), 1902–1980, Indonesian economist and statesman; co-signatory of the 17 August 1945 Proclamation, first vice president (resigned December 1956), led the 1949 Round Table Conference delegation, and advocated cooperative-based economic democracy.

Mohammad Hidayatullah (محمد ہدایت اللہ)

Mohammad Hidayatullah (محمد ہدایت اللہ), 11th Chief Justice of India (1968–70) and sixth Vice President (1979–84), twice acting President; the only person to hold all three offices.

Mohammad Hoghooghi

Mohammad Hoghooghi (محمد حقوقی, 1937–2009) was an Iranian poet and literary critic from Isfahan, known for his studies of poets like Nima Yushij and his book Sher-e Now az Aghaz ta Emruz.

Mohammad Irfan (محمد عرفان)

Mohammad Irfan (محمد عرفان), born 1982 in Gaggu Mandi, is a retired Pakistani left-arm fast bowler, 216 cm tall, the tallest international cricketer, with 60 ODIs, 83 ODI wickets, and a 2017 PCB ban; distinct from Muhammad Irfan Jnr (born 1995).

Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad

Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad (محمدجواد حسین نژاد محله کلایی), Iranian attacking midfielder born 2003 in Juybar; Sepahan player who joined Dinamo Makhachkala in 2024 and is a substitute-used Iran international omitted from the 2026 World Cup squad.

Mohammad Javad Zarif (محمد جواد ظریف خوانساری)

Mohammad Javad Zarif (محمد جواد ظریف), Iranian diplomat born 1960; UN ambassador 2002-2007, foreign minister 2013-2021, JCPOA negotiator, and Pezeshkian's vice-president for strategic affairs who resigned twice.

Mohammad Jawed

Mohammad Jawed, born 1963, in Kishanganj, Bihar, is an Indian National Congress politician who has represented Kishanganj in the Lok Sabha since 2019.

Mohammad Kaif (मोहम्मद कैफ)

Mohammad Kaif (मोहम्मद कैफ), former India middle-order batsman and cover fielder, 13 Tests and 125 ODIs 2000-2006; famous for 87 in the 2002 NatWest final chase at Lord's; led Uttar Pradesh to its first Ranji Trophy; retired 13 July 2018.

Mohammad Kazem Khorasani

Mohammad Kazem Khorasani (ملا محمدکاظم خراسانی), known as Akhund Khorasani, was a Shiite marja' al-taqlid based in Najaf and the leading clerical supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906 to 1911.

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, also published as Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin, is an Indian-born materials chemist at EPFL in Switzerland known for dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells.

Mohammad Khan Ustajlu

Mohammad Khan Ustajlu was a Qizilbash commander of the Ustajlu tribe who served Shah Ismail I as governor of Diyarbakr and died at the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514.

Mohammad Khodabanda

Mohammad Khodabanda, also written Khodabandeh, was a nearly blind Safavid shah of Iran who reigned from 1578 to 1587, while his wife and Qizilbash chiefs governed.

Mohammad M. Salour

Mohammad M. Salour, also published as Michael M. Salour, is an Iranian-born physicist who, with Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, demonstrated double-pulse excitation in Doppler-free two-photon spectroscopy, work cited in the 2005 Nobel Prize background.