Hamza (also spelled as Hamzah, Hamsah, Hamzeh or Humza; ar, حَمْزَة, standardized transliteration is ) is an Arabic masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

in the

Muslim world The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs and laws of Islam or to societies in which Islam is practiced. I ...

. It was borne by one of the

Islamic Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the mai ...

prophet Muhammad's uncles, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, a wrestler and an archer who was renowned for his strength and bravery in battle. His exploits were detailed in the

Hamzanama The ''Hamzanama'' (Persian/Urdu: ''Hamzenâme'', Epic of Hamza) or ''Dastan-e-Amir Hamza'' (Persian/Urdu: ''Dâstâne Amir Hamze'', "Adventures of Amir Hamza") narrates the legendary exploits of Amir Hamza, or Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, an uncl ...

, an adventure epic written in

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

Given name

Hamza (rapper) Hamza Al-Farissi ( Berber: ⵃⴰⵎⵣⴰ ⵍⴼⴰⵔⵉⵙⵉ, ''Ḥamza l-Farisi''; Arabic: حمزة الفارسي, ''Hamzat āl-Fārisi''; born 1 August 1994), better known by the mononym Hamza, is a Belgian rapper, singer and beatmaker. Ham ...

, full name Hamza Al-Farissi, Belgian rapper of Moroccan descent *

Hamza Ali Abbasi Hamza Ali Abbasi (Urdu/ pa, ; born 23 June 1984) is a Pakistani film and television actor and director. He is known for his roles as Afzal in the drama serial ''Pyarey Afzal'', and as Salahuddin in the drama serial ''Mann Mayal''. In 201 ...

, Pakistani actor, model, and film director *

Hamza Aboud Hamza Mustafa Abboud ( ar, حمزة مصطفى عبود; born 1 November 1984) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a right-back for club Akhaa Ahli Aley. Abboud played for Safa between 2008 and 2013, winning two league titles, one FA Cup, a ...

(born 1984), Lebanese footballer *

Hamza Abdullah Hamza Muhammad Abdullah (born August 20, 1983) is a former American football safety. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Washington State. Abdullah has also played ...

, American football safety *

Hamza Abdullahi Hamza Abdullahi (2 March 1945 – 3 January 2019) was a Nigerian statesman and military administrator who served as Governor of Kano State from 1984 to 1985; and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory from 1986 to 1989. Early life Hamza Abdu ...

(1945–2019), Nigerian Air Force air marshal and governor * Hamza Abu-Ghalia (born 1980), Libyan weightlifter *

Hamza Al Khateeb Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb ( ar, حمزة علي الخطيب; October 24, 1997 – May 25, 2011) was a 13-year-old Syrian boy who died while in the custody of the Syrian government in Daraa. On April 29, 2011, he was detained during a protest. On May ...

(1997-2011), Syrian child tortured to death by Syrian government *

Humza Arshad Humza Mohammed Arshad ( ur, حمزه محمد ارشد; born 3 June 1985) is an English actor, comedian and writer of British Pakistani, Pakistani descent. He produces the web series ''Diary of a Bad Man'' (2010–2013) and ''Badman (web serie ...

, British-Pakistani actor, writer, comedian and YouTube personality *

Hamza Abdi Barre Hamza Abdi Barre ( so, Xamse Cabdi Barre, ar, حمزة عبد بري) is a Somali politician currently serving as the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia. He was nominated on 15 June 2022, by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, an ...

(born 1972), prime minister of Somalia *

Hamza Bencherif Hamza Bencherif ( ar, حمزة بن شريف; born 9 February 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Northern Premier League club Worksop Town where he is club captain. Born in Paris, he has played in the F ...

, footballer *

Hamza Çakir Hamza ( ar, همزة ') () is a letter in the Arabic alphabet, representing the glottal stop . Hamza is not one of the 28 "full" letters and owes its existence to historical inconsistencies in the standard writing system. It is derived from ...

(born 1985), German footballer of Turkish descent * Hamza Çalışkan (born 1994), Turkish Paralympian para table tennis player *

Hamza Demir Hamza Demir (born 1956) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by ...

(born 1956), Swedish politician * Hamza El Din, Oud player, composer and ethnomusicologist *

Hamza Dirani Hamza Dirani حمزة ديراني (born in Amman, August 16, 1982) is a Jordanian race car and kart racing driver. In addition to competing successfully in karting in Jordan, Lebanon, Dubai and Egypt, in 2005, he joined Meritus Racing to race ...

, Jordanian racing driver *

Hamzah Fansuri Hamzah Fansuri ( Jawi: حمزه فنسوري ; also spelled Hamzah Pansuri, d. 1590 ?) was a 16th-century Sumatran Sufi writer, and the first writer known to write mystical panentheistic ideas in the Malay language. He wrote poetry as well as pros ...

, Sufi poet from Sumatra *

Hamza Hamzaoğlu Hamza Hamzaoğlu (born 1 July 1970) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. Club career Hamzaoğlu began his career in 1988 with İzmirspor. In 1995, he transferred to Galatasaray as captain and midfielder, where he won th ...

, former Turkish footballer * Hamzah Haz, former vice-president of Indonesia *

Prince Hamzah of Jordan Hamzah bin Hussein, ( ar, حمزة بن الحسين; born 29 March 1980) is the fourth son of King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan overall and the first by his American-born fourth wife, Queen Noor. He was named Crown Prince of Jordan in 1999, a ...

, son of the late King Hussein of Jordan *

Hamza Kashgari Hamza Kashgari Mohamad Najeeb (often Hamza Kashgari, ar, حمزة كاشغري; born 1989) is a Saudi poet and a former columnist for the Saudi daily newspaper '' Al-Bilad''. In 2011, he was on a Mabahith watchlist of pro-democracy activists ...

, Saudi columnist *

Hamza Kastrioti Hamza Kastrioti ( la, Ameses Castriota) or Bernardo Kastrioti (after his conversion to Christianity), was a 15th-century Albanian nobleman and the nephew of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg. Probably born in Ottoman territory, after the death of his ...

, Ottoman military personnel *

Hamza Koudri Hamza Koudri (born December 15, 1987 in Mila, Algeria) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Club career MC Alger USM Alger On 26 May 2012 Hamza Koudri joined for two seasons ...

, Algerian footballer *

Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib Ḥamza ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ( ar, حمزة بن عبد المطلب; 568 – 625)Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). ''The Companions of Badr''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. was a ...

, noted Sahābi and uncle of

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

* Hamza Namira, Egyptian singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist *

Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi ( uz, Hamza Hakimzoda Niyoziy / Ҳамза Ҳакимзода Ниёзий) (, Kokand – March 18, 1929, Shohimardon) was an Uzbek people, Uzbek author, composer, playwright, poet, scholar, and political activist. Niyazi, a ...

, Uzbek poet *

Hamza Ruhezamihigo Rwanda men's national basketball team is a basketball team that represents Rwanda in international competitions. It is administered by the Rwandan Basketball Federation (FERWABA) Rwanda has yet to qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup, but ha ...

, Rwandan basketball player * Hamza Shah Saifuddin, fourth Sultan of Bengal *

Hamzah Shehatta Hamza Shehata (1910/11-1971/72) was a philosopher, poet and civic leader from the Hejaz in the western part of modern Saudi Arabia. The eccentric Hejazi genius was born in Mecca and raised in Jeddah.Biographical details in ''The Literature of Mode ...

, Saudi poet *

Hamza Yassin Hamza Ahmed Yassin (born 22 February 1990) is a Sudanese-British wildlife cameraman and presenter, known for his role as Ranger Hamza on the children's television channel CBeebies and his work on shows such as ''Countryfile'' and ''Animal Park' ...

, Sudanese-born British TV presenter *

Hamza Yerlikaya Hamza Yerlikaya (born June 6, 1976, in Kadıköy, Istanbul) is a Turkish Graeco-Roman style wrestler. He is a two-time (in 1996 and 2000) Olympic champion, three-time World Champion (1993, 1995, and 2005), and the first Turkish wrestler to become ...

, Turkish Graeco-Roman style wrestler *

Hamza Younés Hamza Younés ( ar, حمزة يونس; born 16 April 1986) is a Tunisian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. After starting out at CS Sfaxien, Sfaxien in his native count ...

, Tunisian footballer *

Humza Yousaf Humza Haroon Yousaf (born 7 April 1985) is a Scottish politician serving as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care since 2021. He is the first non-white and first Muslim cabinet minister in the Scottish Government. A member of the Sco ...

, Scottish politician *

Hamza Choudhury Hamza Dewan Choudhury (born 1 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship side Watford, on loan from Leicester City. He has made over 80 appearances for Leicester since 2017, and ...

, English Footballer * Hamzah Zainudin, Malaysian politician

Surname

Amiruddin Hamzah Dato' Wira Amiruddin bin Hamzah ( Jawi: أميرالدين بن حمزة; born 20 April 1962) is a Malaysian politician. He has been a member and Secretary-General of the Homeland Fighters' Party (PEJUANG) since its formation in August 2020 an ...

, Malaysian politician * Bur’i Mohamed Hamza, Somali politician *

Fuad Hamza Fuad Hamza, also known as Fuad Bey Hamza, (1899–1951) was a Palestinian who served as Saudi ambassador to France and the United States and as King Abdulaziz's adviser and representative. Hafiz Wahba and he were the first ambassadors of Saudi Ar ...

, Saudi Arabian government official *

Gamal Hamza Gamal Hamza ( ar, جمال حمزة, born 5 December 1981) is an Egyptian former footballer. He played for Zamalek SC for most of his football career. He last played for the Egyptian Premier League side Haras El-Hodood. Career Zamalek Hamza ...

, Egyptian footballer *

Khidir Hamza Khidir Hamza ( ar, خضر حمزة) is an Iraqi atomic scientist who worked for Saddam Hussein's nuclear programme in the 1980s and early 1990s. Following the Gulf War, he left Iraq in 1994 and went into exile in the United States. He provided te ...

, nuclear technician who worked with

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolution ...

* Mauro Hamza, fencing coach *

Muhammad Hamza Muhammad Hamza (20 March 1929 – 29 August 2021) was a Pakistani politician who was a member of Senate of Pakistan from March 2012 to March 2018 and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1985 and 1999. He was an elected member of ...

(1929–2021), Pakistani politician *

Obaidullah Hamzah Obaidullah Hamzah (; born 1972) is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, educator and economist. He is the sixth Director-General of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya and the head of its Arabic department. He is also the secretary-general of the Bangladesh Ta ...

(born 1972), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar * Tengku Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet *

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh bin Tengku Mohd Hamzah ( Jawi: تڠکو غزالي بن تڠکو محمد حمزة; born 13 April 1937) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gua Musang from August 1986 to November ...

, Malaysian politician *

Abdul Nasir bin Amer Hamsah On 6 June 1994, two Japanese tourists were robbed and attacked by two men in their shared room in the Oriental Hotel in Singapore. One of them was brutally assaulted and died, while the other survived. The case, known as the Oriental Hotel murde ...

, Singaporean criminal and prisoner

Derived names

Abu Hamza Abu Hamza ( ar, أبو حمزة) meaning father of ''Hamza (name), Hamza'', is a given name and a common alias used by several people, it may refer to: Given name * Abu Hamza Rabia (died 2005), al-Qaeda leader * Abu Hamza al-Thumali (died 772), di ...

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