Mahmoud

Given name

Mahmood

Mahmood Ali (1928–2008), Pakistani radio, television and stage artist

Mahmood Hussain (cricketer) (1932–1991), Pakistani Test cricketer

Shah Mahmood Qureshi (born 1956), Pakistani politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022

Mahmood Shaam (born 1940), Pakistani Urdu-language journalist, poet writer and analyst

Mahmood Yakubu (born 1962), Nigerian academic and current chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission

Mahmood Monshipouri (born 1952), Iranian-born American scholar, educator, and author

Mahmooda Sultana, Bangladeshi American aerospace engineer (NASA)

Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan (1913–2007), Pakistani social worker

Mahmood Hussein Mattan (1923–1952), Somalian merchant seaman

Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, four-star admiral of the Pakistan Navy

Muhammad Mahmood Alam (1935–2013), Pakistani fighter pilot

Mahmood Anjir Faghnawi (1231–1317), the 13th sheikh in the chain of the masters of the Naqshbandi Order

Mahmood Mamdani (born 1946), Indian-born Ugandan academic, author, and political commentator

Mahmoud

Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935), President of the State of Palestine

Mahmoud al-Abrash (born 1944), Syrian politician

Mahmoud Afshartous (1907–1953), Iranian military officer

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born 1956), Iranian politician, President of Iran (2005–2013)

Mahmoud Ahmed (born 1941), Ethiopian musician

Mahmoud Alavi (born 1954), Iranian Shia Cleric

Mahmoud Alavi (military officer), Iranian military officer

Mahmoud El-Araby (1932–2021), Egyptian businessman and philanthropist

Mahmoud Baharmast (1899–1977), Iranian army general

Mahmoud Balbaa (born 1952), Egyptian businessman and politician

Mahmoud Chahoud (born 1976), Lebanese footballer

Mahmoud Charr (born 1984), German professional boxer

Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008), Palestinian poet

Mahmoud Dahoud (born 1996), German professional footballer

Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (born 1940), Iranian writer and actor

Mahmoud Etemadzadeh (1915–2006), Iranian writer and literary translator

Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha (1884–1955), Egyptian politician and diplomat

Mahmud

Mahmud I (1696–1754), Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1730–1754

Mahmud II (1785–1839), Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1808–1839

Ghazan (1271–1304), born Mahmud Ghazan, (Khan, Ilkhan, Sultan) the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ilkhanate division in modern-day Iran from 1295 to 1304

Sultan Mahmud (Chagatai) (died 1402), last Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate (1384–1402).

Mahmud Khan (Moghul Khan) (1464–1508), Khan of Tashkent and of the Moghuls of western Moghulistan

Mäxmüd of Kazan (died 1466), the Khan of the Khanate of Kazan from 1445 to 1466

Arpa Ke'un (died 1336), known as Mu'izz ad-Din Mahmud, an Ilkhan (1335–1336) during the disintegration of the Ilkhanate, Mongol state in Southwest Asia based in Persia

Jani Beg (died 1357), or Jalal ad-Din Mahmud, Khan of the Golden Horde from 1342 to 1357

Mahmud bin Küchük (died 1466), Khan who founded the Khanate of Astrakhan in the 1460s

Maghan III, known as Mahmud I, mansa of the Mali Empire from 1390 to about 1400.

Mahmud II (mansa), mansa of the Mali Empire of 1481–1496

Qutuz (1221–1260), or Mahmud ibn Mamdud, military leader and the third or fourth Mamluk Sultan of Turkic origin

Mahmud I (Seljuk sultan) (1088–1094), Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1092 to 1094.

Mahmudi/Mahmudin

Elias Mahmoudi (born 1998), French Muay Thai fighter

Nur Mahmudi Ismail (born 1961), Mayor of Depok City, Indonesia

Mahmut

Mahmut Celal Bayar (1883–1986), third President of Turkey

Mahmut Dikerdem (1916–1993), Turkish diplomat, writer and peace activist

Mahmut Cuhruk (1925–2018), Turkish judge

Mahmut Esat Bozkurt (1892–1943), Turkish politician

Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu (1929–2022), Turkish Sufi Sheikh and leader of the İsmailağa jamia of the Naqshbandi-Khalidiyya Ṭarīqah centred in Çarşamba, Istanbul

Mahmut Orhan (born 1993), Turkish disc jockey and record producer

Mahmut Bakalli (1936–2006), Kosovo Albanian politician

Mahmut Atalay (1934–2004), Turkish freestyle wrestler and coach

Mahmut L. Unlu (born 1967), Turkish business executive and entrepreneur

Mahmut Özgener (born 1963), Turkish Football Federation president

Mahmut Bezgin (born 1986), Turkish footballer

Mahmut Boz (born 1991), Turkish footballer

Mahmut Hoşgiz (born 1975), Turkish footballer

Mahmut Tekdemir (born 1988), Turkish footballer

Mahmut Özdemir (born 1987), German politician of Turkish descent

Mahmut Yilmaz (born 1979), German footballer of Turkish descent

Mehmood

Mehmood (actor) (1932–2004), Indian actor, singer, director and producer

Mehmood Aslam (born 1951), Pakistani television and stage actor

Mehmood Bhatti (born 1958), Pakistani fashion designer

Mehmood Quaraishy (born 1942), Kenyan cricketer

Mehmood Sham (born 1940), Pakistani journalist

Mehmud

Maulana Mehmud Hasan (1851–1920), Indian independence activist

Mehmud Abdukerem (born 1993), Chinese footballer

Surname

Mahmood

Khalid Mahmood (British politician) (born 1961), British politician

Shabana Mahmood (born 1980), British politician

Jemilah Mahmood (born 1959), doctor and humanitarian activist

Mazher Mahmood (born 1963), British reporter

Saba Mahmood (1961–2018), American anthropologist

Sajid Mahmood (born 1981), English cricketer

Abdullah al Mahmood (1900–1975), Bengali politician, lawyer and minister in Pakistan

Iqbal Hassan Mahmood, Bangladeshi politician and minister

Ayaz Mahmood (born 1964), Pakistani field hockey player

Kashif Mahmood (cricketer, born 1985) (born 1985), Pakistani cricketer

Shahid Mahmood (1939–2020), Pakistani cricketer

Zia Mahmood (born 1946), Pakistani bridge player

Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood (born 1940), Pakistani nuclear engineer

Syed Mahmood (1850–1903), Indian jurist

Tahir Mahmood (born 1941), Indian jurist

Talat Mahmood (1924–1998), Indian singer and actor

Banaz Mahmod (1985–2006), Iraqi Kurdish honour killing victim

Mahmoud

Ahmad Mahmoud (1931–2002), Iranian novelist

Alessandro Mahmoud, known as Mahmood (singer) (born 1992), Italian singer and songwriter

Aram Mahmoud (born 1997), badminton player

Emtithal Mahmoud (born 1992/93), Sudanese poet and activist

Joseph Mahmoud (born 1955), French athlete

Karem Mahmoud (1922–1995), Egyptian singer

Mayam Mahmoud, Egyptian rapper and women's rights activist

Shaaban Mahmoud (born 1981), Egyptian footballer

Younis Mahmoud (born 1983), Iraqi footballer

Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1938–2024), President of Somaliland from 2010 to 2017

Mehmood

Arshad Mehmood (composer), Pakistani actor and music composer

Kashif Mehmood (born 1971), Pakistani actor

Hasnat Mehmood (born 1978), Pakistani artist

Arshad Mehmood (singer), Pakistani singer

Faakhir Mehmood (born 1973), Pakistani singer

Arif Mehmood (born 1983), Pakistani footballer

Mehmud

Salim Mehmud, Pakistani rocket scientist

Mahmud

Arslanbek Makhmudov (born 1989), Russian professional boxer

Abid Hamid Mahmud (1957–2012), Iraqi general

Nureddin Mahmud (1899–1981), Prime Minister of Iraq (1952–1953)

Amir Machmud (1923–1995), Indonesian military general

Machmud Singgirei Rumagesan (1885–1964), Papuan King of Sekar and Indonesian independence activist

Abdul Taib Mahmud (1936–2024), Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak (1981–2014)

Al Mahmud (1936–2019), Bangladeshi poet, novelist, and short-story writer

Mahmud Mahmud (1882–1965), Iranian academic and politician

Hayat Mahmud, Bengali feudal lord and military commander

Abdul Gafoor Mahmud (born 1934), former chief of the Bangladesh Air Force

Heyat Mahmud (1693–1760), medieval Bengali poet

Firoz Mahmud (born 1974), Bangladeshi artist

Khaled Mahmud (born 1971), Bangladeshi cricketer

A. T. Mahmud (1930–2010), Indonesian songwriter

Syamsuddin Mahmud (1935–2021), Indonesian economist and politician

Sultan Mahmud (minister) (1900–1982), politician from Arakan, Burma (now Rakhine State, Myanmar)

Mahfud

Mahfud MD (born 1957), Indonesian politician and lawyer

Mahfouz

Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz (born 1969), Saudi Arabian businessman

Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006), Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature

Compound names with the element Mahmud

Mahmudul Amin Choudhury (1937–2019), 11th Chief Justice of Bangladesh

Mahmudullah

Mahmoodullah Shah Hussaini (died 1894), Indian Sufi poet

Mahmudullah Riyad (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer

Mahmudul Haque (disambiguation), multiple people

Mahmudul Hasan (disambiguation), multiple people

Mahmudul Islam

Mahmudul Islam (1936–2016), 10th Attorney General of Bangladesh

Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury (born 1950), 1st Mayor of Chittagong

Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury (1938–2012), Bangladeshi politician

Mahmudunnabi Chowdhury (1908–1995), Bangladeshi politician, businessman and former minister

Mahmudur Rahman (disambiguation), multiple people

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed (born 1954), Pakistani politician

Sikder Mahmudur Razi, Bangladeshi High Court justice

Fictional characters

Mahmoud Bishara, fictional character in the book Refugee