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Ahmed Fakroun
Ahmed Fakroun, born 1953 in Benghazi, is a Libyan singer and multi-instrumentalist who fuses Arabic songwriting with electronica, known as a pioneer of modern Arabic music.
Ahmed Faraz
Ahmed Faraz (احمد فراز), pen name of Syed Ahmad Shah (1931–2008), was a widely sung Pakistani Urdu ghazal poet, arrested and exiled for opposing military dictatorship in Pakistan.
Ahmed Fouad Negm
Ahmed Fouad Negm (أحمد فؤاد نجم, 1929–2013), nicknamed El-Fagomi, was an Egyptian poet of the poor who wrote satirical political verse in colloquial Egyptian Arabic.
Ahmed Galal Ismail
Ahmed Galal Ismail is an Egyptian business executive who has led Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim Holding as Chief Executive Officer since January 2023, succeeding Alain Bejjani.
Ahmed Ghailani
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani (Fupi), Tanzanian al-Qaeda operative in the 1998 US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania; only Guantanamo detainee tried in US civilian court, convicted 2010 on one conspiracy count, serving life.
Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation
Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation is eye surgery that implants a valved drainage device to lower intraocular pressure in refractory glaucoma, mainly when trabeculectomy has failed or is unlikely to succeed.
Ahmed Hamdan
Ahmed Hamdan is a Saudi software engineer who co-founded Unifonic, a Riyadh-based customer engagement platform, with his brother Hassan, raising $140 million from SoftBank and Sanabil Investments.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (أحمد حسن البكر)
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (أحمد حسن البكر, 1914–1982), Iraqi general and fourth president (1968–1979), led the bloodless 1968 Ba'th coup, nationalized oil, signed the 1972 Soviet treaty, and handed power to Saddam Hussein in July 1979.
Ahmed Hassanein (American football)
Ahmed Hassanein is a defensive end for the Detroit Lions, drafted 196th overall in the 2025 NFL Draft. He is the first Egyptian player selected in the NFL.
Ahmed Heikal
Ahmed Heikal (أحمد هيكل) is an Egyptian businessman who founded Citadel Capital in 2004, rebranded it Qalaa Holdings in 2013, and chairs the investment company.
Ahmed I (أحمد الأول)
Ahmed I (أحمد الأول) was the fourteenth Ottoman sultan, reigning from 1603 to 1617. He came to the throne young, navigating wars, and built the Sultan Ahmed Mosque.
Ahmed II (احمد ثانی)
Ahmed II (احمد ثانی), Ottoman sultan 1691–1695, born 25 February 1643, son of Sultan İbrâhim and Muazzez Sultan; succeeded his brother Süleyman II in Edirne, died of dropsy 6 February 1695, and introduced the mâlikâne tax-farming system.
Ahmed III
Ahmed III (III. Ahmed, أحمد الثالث), Ottoman sultan 1703–1730, son of Mehmed IV; Pruth victory, Passarowitz losses, Tulip Era printing and architecture, deposed by Patrona Halil revolt, died 1736 in the Kafes.
Ahmed Izzet Pasha
Ahmed Izzet Pasha (احمد عزت پاشا) was an Ottoman field marshal who served as grand vizier in 1918, when the Armistice of Mudros was signed.
Ahmed Johnson
Ahmed Johnson (Anthony Norris, born 1970) is an American retired pro wrestler, WWF 1995-1998, first African-American Intercontinental Champion (1996), later WCW's Big T, retired 2003.
Ahmed Khadr (أحمد سعيد خضر)
Ahmed Said Khadr (أحمد سعيد خضر), Al Kanadi, was an Egyptian-born Canadian al-Qaeda financier on the UN 1267 list, killed by Pakistani forces in South Waziristan in 2003; father of the Khadr sons, including Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr.
Ahmed Khalifa Al Suwaidi
Ahmed Khalifa Al Suwaidi is an Emirati statesman who was the UAE's first foreign minister and Deputy Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority from 1976 to 1997.
Ahmed Khan (choreographer)
Ahmed Khan (born 1974, Pune) is a Bollywood choreographer turned director, known for choreographing Rangeela (1995), which won him his first Filmfare Award, and for directing Baaghi 2, Baaghi 3, Heropanti 2, and Welcome to the Jungle.
Ahmed Khan of the Great Horde
Ahmed Khan of the Great Horde (Ахмед-хан), also written Akhmat or Akhmad, was khan of the Great Horde from 1465 until his death in January 1481.
Ahmed Mansoor
Ahmed Mansoor (born 1969) is an Emirati engineer, poet, and human rights activist, 2015 Martin Ennals Award laureate and the "million-dollar dissident" targeted by NSO Pegasus spyware; imprisoned in the UAE since 2017.
Ahmed Midhat Efendi
Ahmed Midhat Efendi (احمد مدحت افندي; 1844-1912) was an Ottoman novelist, journalist, and publisher who championed the 1876 constitution and founded the newspaper Tercuman-i Hakikat.
Ahmed Mithat Efendi
Ahmed Mithat Efendi (احمد ميثاد افندى; 1844–1912) was an Ottoman novelist, journalist, and publisher who founded the long-lived newspaper Tercuman-i Hakikat and wrote nearly 250 works.
Ahmed Mohamed clock incident
September 14, 2015 arrest of Ahmed Mohamed, 14, at MacArthur High School, Irving, Texas, after his homemade digital clock was mistaken for a bomb; no charges, #IStandWithAhmed, lawsuit dismissed 2017.
Ahmed Mohsen
Ahmed Mohsen is an Egyptian software engineer and entrepreneur, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of the fintech company MNT-Halan, which became Egypt's first fintech unicorn in 2023.
Ahmed Muhtar Pasha
Ahmed Muhtar Pasha (1839–1919) was an Ottoman commander who defended Eastern Anatolia against Russia in 1877–78, served as grand vizier in 1912, and wrote on astronomy and calendars.
Ahmed Musa
Ahmed Musa (born 1992) is a Nigerian forward at Kano Pillars, Nigeria's most-capped men's footballer with 111 Super Eagles caps, AFCON 2013 winner, and the first Nigerian to score in two FIFA World Cups.
Ahmed Naseer Bunda
Ahmed Naseer Bunda, also Naseer Ahmed Bunda, Pakistani field hockey forward (1932-1993) from Rawalpindi; 1956 Olympic silver, 1960 Olympic gold, scored the winning goal against India in the Rome final.
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh (احمد عمر سعید شیخ), British-born militant born 1973, convicted and sentenced to death for the 2002 abduction and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl; acquitted by Pakistan's Sindh High Court in 2020 and released after a 2021 Supreme Court ruling.
Ahmed Paşa
Ahmed Paşa (Veliyyüddîn-zâde Ahmed Paşa, c. 1426–1497) was an Ottoman divan poet and statesman, regarded as a founding poet of classical Ottoman poetry under Mehmed II.
Ahmed Pasha
Ahmed Pasha (احمد پاشا) was an Ottoman statesman and Divan poet, kadi asker, royal tutor, and vizier under Mehmed II, counted among the founders of Turkish Divan poetry.