Moussa (sometimes spelled Mousa) is both a given name and a surname. It is a French language, Gallicized spelling of the Arabic name ''Musa (name), Mūsā'' ( ar, موسی, "Moses"). Notable people with the name include:

Given name: Moussa

* Moussa Ag Amastan, Amenokal of the Kel Ahaggar Tuareg * Moussa Arafat, cousin of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat * Moussa Ayoub (c.1873–1955), Syrian-born British portrait artist * Moussa Benhamadi (1953–2020), Algerian politician * Moussa Coulibaly (footballer, born 1981), Malian football player * Moussa Dembélé (French footballer) (born 1996), French footballer * Moussa Dembélé (hurdler), Senegalese hurdler * Moussa Diabaté (born 2002), French basketball player * Moussa Diaby (born 1999), French footballer * Moussa Faki (born 1960), Prime Minister of Chad * Moussa Helal, former professional squash player * Moussa Hojeij (born 1974), Lebanese football player * Moussa Ibrahim (born 1974), Libyan spokesman for Muammar Gaddafi's regime * Moussa Konaté (born 1951), Malian writer * Moussa Koussa (born c. 1949), former Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs under Gaddafi * Moussa Kouyate, kora player * Moussa Latoundji (born 1978), Beninese football player * Moussa N'Diaye (born 1979), Senegalese football player * Moussa Narry (born 1986), Nigerian football midfielder * Moussa Ouattara (disambiguation), several people * Moussa Pokong (born 1987), Cameroonian football player * Moussa Saïb (born 1969), Algerian footballer * Moussa Sanogo (born 1985), footballer * Moussa Sissoko (born 1989), French footballer * Moussa Sow (born 1986), Senegalese footballer * Moussa Sy (born 1979), Guinean football striker * Moussa Sylla (disambiguation), several people * Moussa Timbiné (born 1974), Malian politician * Moussa Traoré (born 1936), Malian soldier and politician * Moussa Wagué (born 1998), Senegalese footballer * Moussa Yahaya (born 1975), Nigerian football striker

Given name: Mousa

* Mousa Dembélé (Belgian footballer) (born 1987), Belgian footballer * Mousa Ghaninejad (born 1951), Iranian economist * Mousa Hadid (born 1965), Palestinian civil engineer and politician * Mousa Kalantari (born 1949), Iranian politician and government minister * Mousa Khiabani (1947–1982), Iranian politician, leading member of MEK * Mousa Kraish, American actor and director * Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook (born 1951), Palestinian senior member of Hamas * Mousa Namjoo (1938–1981), Iranian military figure and government minister * Mousa Qorbani, Iranian Shia cleric * Mousa Refan (born 1958), Iranian electrical engineer and former military officer * Mousa Shubairi Zanjani (born 1928), Iranian Twelver Shia Marja

Middle name

* Balla Moussa Keïta (1934–2001), Malian actor and comedian

Surname

* Abdul Halim Moussa (1930–2003), Egyptian police officer and interior minister * Amr Moussa (born 1936), Egyptian politician and diplomat * Franck Moussa (born 1989), Belgian footballer * Hassan Moussa, imam of the Stockholm Mosque * Hassen Moussa (born 1973), Tunisian judoka * Idriss Ndele Moussa (1959–2013), Chadian dentist politician * Mustapha Moussa (born 1962), boxer * Raouf Salama Moussa (1929–2006), notable Egyptian bacteriologist and editor * Salama Moussa (1887–1958), Egyptian journalist and reformer * Sameera Moussa (1917–1952), Egyptian nuclear scientist * Samy Moussa (born 1984), Canadian conductor and composer * Tarek El Moussa (born 1981), American businessman and television personality * Zara Moussa (born c. 1980), Nigerian singer and rapper

Given name: Moussa

Given name: Mousa

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