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This is an incomplete list of notable Ahmadi Muslims.
Spiritual leaders
- Mirza Ghulam Ahmad - founder of Ahmadiyya movement in Islam.
- Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Din - First Khalifa
- Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad - Second Khalifa
- Mirza Nasir Ahmad - Third Khalifa
- Mirza Tahir Ahmad - Fourth Khalifa
- Mirza Masroor Ahmad - Fifth Khalifa
Religious scholars
- Mufti Muhammad Sadiq
- A. R. Dard
- Maulvi Sher Ali[1] - Companion of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. One of earliest translator of the Quran in English
- Fateh Muhammad Sial
- Shams ud Din Khan
- Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din
- Maulana Muhammad Ali
- Malik Ghulam Farid
- Mirza Bashir Ahmad
- Bashir Ahmad Orchard - first Missionary of the Ahmadiyya Community of the European descent
- Maulana Sadr-ud-Din
- Saeed Ahmad Khan
- Asghar Hameed
- Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha
- Khwaja Nazir Ahmad
- Aziz Kashmiri
- Qazi Muhammad Yousaf
- Basharat Ahmad
Artists
Musicians
- Yusef Lateef[2] – U.S. Ahmadi spokesperson; Jazz musician
- Ahmad Jamal[2] - Jazz pianist
- Art Blakey[2] - Jazz drummer
- Rudy Powell[2] - Jazz reed player
- Sahib Shihab[2] - Jazz Saxaphonist
- Dakota Staton[2] - Jazz vocalist
- McCoy Tyner[2] - Jazz pianist
- Sadik Hakim[3] - Jazz panist
- Abbey Lincoln[4] - Jazz vocalist, songwriter, actress
- Talib Dawud[5] - Jazz Trumpeter
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik[6] - Jazz double bassist
- Idrees Sulieman[7] – Jazz Trumpeter
Writers
- Wage Rudolf Supratman[8]- Indonesian National Hero and songwriter; wrote the national anthem of Indonesia - "Indonesian Raya"
- Qalandar Momand[9] - Pakistani poet, writer, journalist, critic, academician, lexicographer. Recipient of Pakistan's Pride of Performance civil award, the National Award for Democracy and Sitara-e-Imtiaz
- Obaidullah Aleem[10] - Urdu poet
- Babatunde Jose - Nigerian Journalist
- Hadayatullah Hübsch[11] - German writer and journalist
- Qasim Rashid - American writer
Other artists
- Saira Wasim - miniature artist
- Adnan Virk[12][13] - ESPN Anchor
- Mahershalalhashbaz Ali[14][15] - American actor
Politicians
- Muhammad Zafrulla Khan[16][17] - first Foreign Minister of Pakistan, President of the UN General Assembly, President of the International Court of Justice
- Farimang Mamadi Singateh[18] - second and last Governor General of The Gambia
- Sahibzada Abdul Latif[19] - Afghan Ahmadi Muslim martyr; king Abdur Rahman Khan's advisor; government representative for the Durand Line
- Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum[20] - Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; founder Islamia College University, Pakistan
- Abdul Wahab Adam[21] - Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Ghana; member of National Peace Council; member of National Reconciliation Commission
- Tariq Ahmad[22] - Member of the House of Lords
- Kobina Tahir Hammond[23] - Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, Ashanti Region, Ghana
- Ameen Salifu[24] - Member of Parliament for Wa East, Upper West Region, Ghana
- Alhaji Issifu Ali[23] - former Co-chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Ghana
- Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu[23] - member of the Council of State and former Minister of Defence, Ghana
- Musheibu Mohammed Alfa[23] - Deputy Minister of Environment, Science and Innovation, Ghana
- Mahmud Khalid[25] - former Minister of State for the Upper West Region, Ghana
- Amir Abedi - first African mayor of Dar es Salam, Tanzania
- Iftikhar A. Ayaz - Tuvaluan consular official
Military people
- Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry - first Chief of Air Staff and a three-star general of the Pakistan Air Force
- Lieutenant General Akhtar Hussain Malik[26] - lieutenant general of the Pakistan Army
- Major General Iftikhar Janjua Shaheed[27] - major general of the Pakistan Army; 1965 war hero, killed in the 1971 war
- Lieutenant General Abdul Ali Malik[28] - Pakistani war hero of the Chawinda, 1965 Indo-Pakistan war
- Major General Abdullah Saeed - Commandant of the Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul, Chief Martial Law Administrator for Baluchistan, Pakistan
Scientists
- Abdus Salam[29] - first Pakistani and first Muslim recipient of a Nobel Prize in Physics
- Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz[30] - Pakistani-American experimental physicist noted for his role in discovering new isotopes
- Hafiz Saleh Muhammad Alladin - Indian astronomer, professor of Osmania University, Hydrabad
- Clement Lindley Wragge - New Zealander meteorologist
Others
- M M Ahmad[31] - former executive director and vice president of the World Bank
- Sitara Brooj Akbar - Youngest O'Levels and IELTS candidate.
- Faysal Sohail[32] - American venture capitalist
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 The African Diaspora: A Musical Perspective. Routledge. p. 325. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. p. 154. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ↑ Les Yoruba du Nouveau Monde. Religion, ethnicité et nationalisme noir aux. p. 67. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ↑ Rising Wind: Black Americans and U.S. Foreign Affairs, 1935-1960. p. 275. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ↑ Robin D. G. Kelley. Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times. p. 94.
- ↑ Jason C. Bivins. Spirits Rejoice!: Jazz and American Religion. Oxford University Press. p. 39.
- ↑ http://theeagleonline.com.ng/the-cold-war-of-faith-between-hamadiyya-and-orthodox-muslims/
- ↑ Shaeen Buneri (4 February 2007). "Qalandar Momand". TheKhyberWatch. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ↑ "Who are the killers, Who are getting killed?". anindianmuslim.org. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ↑ "Gotteslästerung von Hadayatullah Hübsch". Jf-archiv.de. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
- ↑ "Adnan Virk joins ESPN". muslimmedianetwork.com. 11 July 2010. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ↑ Ahmadiyya Gazette Canada (PDF). p. 16. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- ↑ "'Jordan' co-star's name will fill screen". pqasb.pqarchiver.com (St. Petersburg Times). 10 September 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ↑ By the Dawn's Early Light: Short Stories by American Converts to Islam (PDF). Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- ↑ "Sir Muhammad Zafarulla Khan (Pakistan)". United Nations. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ↑ Wilson John. Pakistan: The Struggle Within. p. 96. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- ↑ Arnold Hughes, David Perfect. Historical Dictionary of The Gambia. Scarecrow Press. p. 214. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- ↑ B. A. Rafiq. "The Afghan Martyrs" (PDF). Raqeem Press.
- ↑ "Audio: Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum". AAIIL.
- ↑ "Preparations Underway For Burial of Late Maulvi Wahab-Adam On Wednesday". June 24, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
- ↑ "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 "Maulvi Wahab Adam to be buried on Wednesday". Ghana News Agency. June 23, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ "MPs Pay Tribute To Maulvi Wahab". Daily Guide Ghana. June 25, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
- ↑ "The Politics Of Orthodox And Ahmadiyya Muslims In Wa". Retrieved 2013-01-07.
- ↑ Aslam Minhas (27 November 2005). "Operation Gran Slam". Dawn Newspaper. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ↑ "An Ahmadi General who saved Pakistan". thepersecution.org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ↑ "The Battle of Chawinda". defencejournal.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ↑ "Abdus Salam – Biography". Official Site of Nobel Prize. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ↑ "Mansoor Ijaz – The memogate controversy".
- ↑ Nicolaas A. Rupke. Eminent Lives in Twentieth-century Science & Religion. Peter Lang GmbH. p. 326. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- ↑ "Jesus, Muhammad and The Modern State". Retrieved 30 November 2014.