Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى , Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of

Prophet In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the s ...

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 ...

, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an

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and

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Mustafa is a common name 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 ...

Given name

Moustafa

Moustafa Amar Moustafa Amar ( ar, مصطفى قمر; born 22 September 1966) is an Egyptian musician and actor. Career Amar's first song was "Wala Yabou Khad Gameel", released on a collective album. In 1990, he released his first solo album, Wassaf. In 1 ...

, Egyptian musician and actor *

Moustafa Bayoumi Moustafa Bayoumi (born 1966) is an American writer, journalist, and professor. He is of Egyptian descent. He is based in Brooklyn, New York. He is a professor of English at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Biography Moustafa Bayo ...

, American writer * Moustafa Chousein-Oglou, English actor *

Moustafa Farroukh Moustafa Farroukh ( ar, مصطفى فروخ; 1901 – 1957) was one of Lebanon's most prominent painters of the 20th century. During his famed career, Farroukh produced over 2000 paintings most of which were acquired by collectors both in Lebanon a ...

, Lebanese painter *

Moustafa Madbouly Mostafa Kamal Madbouly ( ar, مصطفى كمال مدبولي; born 28 April 1966) is the Prime Minister of Egypt, serving since 2018. He was appointed by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to succeed Sherif Ismail following his government's resignat ...

, Prime Minister of Egypt *

Moustafa Al-Qazwini Hujjat al-Islam Sayyid Dr. Moustafa al-Musawi al-Qazwini ( ar, مصطفى الموسوي القزويني; born 1961) is an Iraqi- American Shia Imam. He is the Imam at the Islamic Educational Center of Orange County in Orange Country, Californ ...

, an Islamic Scholar and religious leader *

Moustafa Reyadh Ibrahim Moustafa Reyadh ( ar, إبراهيم محمد رياض; born 5 April 1941) is a retired Egyptian football player. His real name is Ibrahim Mohammed Reyadh but Moustafa Reyadh is the nickname. Career Reyadh played club football for Te ...

, Egyptian football player *

Moustafa Shakosh Moustafa Shakosh ( ar, مصطفى شاكوش) (born November 13, 1986 in Amuda) is a Syrian footballer. He currently plays for Teshrin SC. International career Shakosh plays between 2003-2005 for the Under-19 Syrian national team. The Syrian U- ...

, Syrian football player *

Moustafa Ahmed Shebto Moustafa Ahmed Shebto ( ar, مصطفى أحمد شبتو, born Patrick Cheboto on July 4, 1986 in Kaproron, Uganda) is a long distance runner now representing Qatar. Shebto was recruited along with other African runners. His special distance is 3 ...

, Qatari athlete

Moustapha

Moustapha Akkad Moustapha Al Akkad ( ar, مصطفى العقاد; July 1, 1930 – November 11, 2005) was a Syrian-American film producer and director, best known for producing the original series of ''Halloween'' films and directing '' The Message'' and ' ...

, Syrian American film producer *

Moustapha Alassane Moustapha Alassane (1942–17 March 2015) was a Nigerien filmmaker. Biography Born in 1942 in N’Dougou (Niger), Moustapha Alassane graduated in mechanics. However, in the Rouch IRSH in Niamey he learned the cinematographic technique and therea ...

, Nigerien filmmaker *

Moustapha Agnidé Idrissou Moustapha Agnidé (born 31 December 1981, in Ifangni) is a Beninese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Agnidé previously played several seasons for AS Vitré in the Championnat de France amateur The Champ ...

, Beninese football player * Moustapha Lamrabat (born 1983), Moroccan-Flemish photographer *

Moustapha Niasse Moustapha Niasse (born November 4, 1939
.) is a Senegalese politician and diplomat who has been List ...

, Senegalese politician and diplomat *

Abdul Moustapha Ouedraogo Abdul (also Romanization of Arabic, transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word ''Abd (Arabic), Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and th ...

, Ivorian football striker *

Moustapha Bayal Sall Moustapha Bayal Sall (born 30 November 1985) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Jordanian club Al Faisaly SC. At international level, he has represented Senegal, earning 29 caps and scoring one goal. Playing ...

, Senegalese football midfielder *

Moustapha Salifou Moustapha Salifou (born 1 June 1983) is a Togolese former professional footballer who plays mostly as a midfielder for German Bayernliga club Türkspor Augsburg. He has represented the Togo national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He spent four ...

, Togolese football midfielder *

Mustapha Cassiem Mustapha Cassiem (born 19 March 2002) is a South African field hockey player who plays as a forward for the South African national team. His brother Dayaan Cassiem also is an international hockey player. International career Cassiem made his ...

, South African field hockey player

Mostafa

Mostafa Kamal (Bir Sreshtho) Mustafa Kamal ( bn, মোস্তফা কামাল), better known as Shaheed Sipahi Mustafa Kamal was a sepoy in the Bangladesh Army during the Liberation War. He was born on 16 December 1947 in Hajipur village of Daulatkhan upazila unde ...

, freedom fighter of

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga ...

, awarded the highest recognition of bravery of Bangladesh,

Bir Sreshtho The Bir Sreshtho ( bn, বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ; ), is the highest military award of Bangladesh. It was awarded to seven freedom fighters who showed utmost bravery and died in action for their nation. They are considered martyrs. The other ...

. *

Mostafa Matar Mostafa Ali Matar (, ; born 10 September 1995) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi club Al-Orobah, on loan from club Ahed, and the Lebanon national team. Matar began his senior career in 2015 with Salam Zgharta in t ...

(born 1995), Lebanese footballer

Mustafa

Mustafa I Mustafa I (; ‎; 1600, Constantinople – 20 January 1639, Constantinople), called Mustafa the Saint (Veli Mustafa) during his second reign, and often called Mustafa the Mad (Deli Mustafa) by historians, was the son of Sultan Mehmed III and H ...

Mustafa II Mustafa II (; ota, مصطفى ثانى ''Muṣṭafā-yi sānī''; 6 February 1664 – 29 December 1703) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1695 to 1703. Early life He was born at Edirne Palace on 6 February 1664. He was the son of Sult ...

Mustafa III Mustafa III (; ''Muṣṭafā-yi sālis''; 28 January 1717 – 21 January 1774) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. He was a son of Sultan Ahmed III (1703–30), and his consort Mihrişah Kadın. He was succeeded by his ...

, and

Mustafa IV Mustafa IV (; ota, مصطفى رابع, translit=Muṣṭafâ-yi râbiʿ; 8 September 1779 – 16 November 1808) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808. Early life Mustafa IV was born on 8 September 1779 in Constantinople. He ...

, Sultans of the Ottoman Empire * Mustafa Abdul-Hamid, American basketball player *

Mustafa Abi Mustafa Abi (born 2 January 1979) is a Turkish professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the prim ...

, Turkish basketball player *

Mustafa Ali Adeel Alam (born March 28, 1986) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Mustafa Ali. Prior to signing with WWE, Alam worked on the independent circuit afte ...

, Malaysian Islamic politician *

Mustafa Abubakar Mustafa Abubakar (born 15 October 1949) is an Indonesian politician and formerly governor of the province of Aceh. Mustafa was appointed as the State Minister for State Enterprises in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet, which was announced on ...

(born 1949), Indonesian politician *

Mustafa Adrisi Mustafa Adrisi Abataki ( – 28 July 2013) was a Ugandan military officer who served as the third vice president of Uganda from 1977 to 1979 and was one of President Idi Amin's closest associates. In 1978, after Adrisi was injured in a suspicious ...

, vice-president of Uganda from 1978 to 1979 *

Mustafa Afridi Mustafa Afridi ( ur, ) is a screenwriter and occasional actor from Pakistan, known for his television plays in Pakistani dramas, Urdu television industry such as ''Aseerzadi'', ''Sang-e-Mar Mar'' and ''Ehd-e-Wafa''. For his serial ''Sang-e-Mar Ma ...

, a Pakistani television screenwriter *

Mustafa Ahmed Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى , Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of Prophets and messengers in Islam, Prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic language, Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is ...

, spoken word poet from Canada *

Mustafa Amini Mohammad Mustafa Castillo Amini, known as Mustafa Amini, (Dari language, Dari: محمد مصطفی کاستیلو امینی, born 20 April 1993) is an Australian professional Association football, footballer who plays for Perth Glory FC, Perth ...

, Australian association footballer of Afghani descent *

Mustafa Kamal (politician) Abu Hena Mohammad Mustafa Kamal (Bengali language, Bengali: আবু হেনা মুহাম্মদ মুস্তফা কামাল; born 15 June 1947) much commonly known as Lotus Kamal is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman ...

Bangladeshi Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay. Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...

politician, cricket official, and businessman *

Mustafa Altıoklar Mustafa Altıoklar (born 1958) is a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter. He is the chairman of the Turkish Film Directors Association and is fluent in English. Although he graduated from the medical faculty of Istanbul University and s ...

, Turkish film director * Mustafa Akaydın, Turkish politician *

, Pakistani wrestler who joined WWE *

Mustafa Arslanović Mustafa Arslanović (born February 24, 1960) is a retired Bosnian footballer. A defender, he played for SFR Yugoslavia. International career Arslanović earned his first and only international cap on 25 March 1987 with SFR Yugoslavia in a winnin ...

, Bosnian footballer *

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...

, founder of modern Turkey *

Mustafa Aydın Mustafa Aydın is a Turkish people, Turkish academic (Professor of International relations, International Relations), writer, columnist, TV commentator, and public intellectual. He served as the Rector (academia), Rector of Kadir Has University ( ...

, Turkish academic *

Mustafa Badreddine Mustafa Badreddine ( ar, مُصْطَفَىٰ بَدْرِ الدِّينِ, Muṣṭafā Badr ad-Dīn‎; 6 April 1961 – 12 May 2016), also known as Mustafa Badr Al Din, Mustafa Amine Badreddine, Mustafa Youssef Badreddine, Sami Issa, and El ...

, Hezbollah militant *

Mustafa Barzani Mustafa Barzani ( ku, مەلا مسته‌فا بارزانی, Mistefa Barzanî; 14 March 1903 – 1 March 1979) also known as Mela Mustafa (Preacher Mustafa), was a Kurdish leader, general and one of the most prominent political figures in mode ...

, Kurdish nationalist *

Mustafa Cengiz Mustafa Cengiz (25 December 1949 – 28 November 2021) was a Former Bureaucrat and Turkish businessman who served as the president of sports club Galatasaray S.K. Early life Mustafa Cengiz was born in Nizip, Gaziantep Province, southeastern Tu ...

(1949–2021), Turkish businessman and former president of the sports club Galatasaray S.K. *

Mustafa Cevahir Mustafa Cevahir (born January 5, 1986 in Of-Trabzon, Turkey) is a Turkish football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally me ...

, Turkish footballer *

Mustafa Chokaev Mustafa Shokay ( kk, Мұстафа Шоқайұлы, , romanized: ''Mūstafa Şoqaiūly'', Russian language, Russian: Мустафа́ Шока́й); 25 December 1890 – 27 December 1941) was a Kazakh people, Kazakh social and political activ ...

, nationalist from Turkestan *

Mustafa Çağrıcı Mustafa Çağrıcı is a Turkish former mufti of Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plat ...

, Turkish civil servant * Mustafa Çakır (born 1986), Turkish yacht racer *

Mustafa Denizli Mustafa Denizli (born 10 November 1949) is a Turkish football coach and former player. He has managed many notable Turkish football clubs, including ''"Istanbul Big Three"'' ( Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş) and has won the Süper L ...

, Turkish football coach *

Mustafa Fahmi Pasha Mustafa Fahmi Pasha (11 June 1840 – 13 September 1914) was an Egyptian military officer and politician who served as the prime minister of Egypt for two times. Early life and education Born in Crete in 1840 to a Turkish family who had ear ...

, Egyptian politician * Mustafa Güzelgöz (1921–2005), Turkish librarian *

Mustafa Hadid Mustafa Hadid ( fa, مصطفی حدید; born 25 August 1988) is an Afghan former footballer who played as a right-back or forward. Club career Born in Kabul, Hadid moved to Hamburg with his family in 2016 escaping the Third Afghan Civil War ( ...

, Afghan footballer * Mustafa Hassan, Iraqi footballer *

Mustafa al-Hawsawi Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi ( ar, مصطفى احمد ادم هوساوي; born August 5, 1968) is a Saudi Arabian citizen. He is alleged to have acted as a key financial facilitator for the September 11 attacks in the United States. Mustafa ...

, Saudi financer of the September 11 attacks *

Mustafa Hukić Mustafa Hukić "Huka" (6 February 1951 – 7 August 1999) was a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. Playing career Club Hukić came through the youth ranks of Sloboda Tuzla and amassed a total of 25 goals in 281 league gam ...

, Bosnian footballer * Mustafa İsmet İnönü, Turkish Army general, Prime Minister, President *

Mustafa Abdul Jalil Mustafa Abdul Jalil ( ar, مصطفى عبد الجليل; also transcribed ''Abdul-Jelil, Abd-al-Jalil'', ''Abdel-Jalil'', ''Abdeljalil'' or ''Abdu Al Jeleil''; born 1952) is a Libyan politician who was the Chairman of the National Transitional ...

(born 1952), Libyan politician *

Mustafa al-Kadhimi Mustafa Abdul Latif Mishatat ( ar, مصطفى عبد اللطيف مشتت; born 5 July 1967), known as Mustafa al-Kadhimi, alternatively spelt Mustafa al-Kadhimy, is an Iraqi politician, lawyer and bureaucrat and former intelligence officer who ...

, Iraqi Prime Minister *

Ghulam Mustafa Khan Ghulam Mustafa Khan, SI ( ur, ڈاکٹر غلام مصطفیٰ خان) (23 September 1912 – 25 September 2005) was a researcher, literary critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and ...

, scholar *

Mustafa Kamal (mayor) Syed Mustafa Kamal (Urdu: ; born 27 December 1971) is a Pakistani politician who was the founder and chairman of Pak Sarzameen Party. He was previously a senator in the Senate of Pakistan and served as the mayor of Pakistan's largest city, Karach ...

(born 1971), District City Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi *

Mustafa Kamal (judge) Mustafa Kamal (9 May 1933 – 5 January 2015) was the 10th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. His landmark judgment was on the Masdar Hossain case, widely known as the 'separation of judiciary', which was a milestone in the quest for separation of po ...

, Chief Justice of Bangladesh * Mustafa Karim, Iraqi footballer *

Mustafa Kocabey Mustafa Kocabey (born 6 October 1974 in İstanbul) is a Turkish professional Association football, footballer. Kocabey became a fan favorite with his spectacular goals and his skill as France, French striker Jean Pierre Papin for UltrAslan, Gala ...

, Turkish footballer *

Mustafa Korkmaz Mustafa Korkmaz (January 18, 1988) is a Turks in the Netherlands, Turkish descent Dutch wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian. He competes for the Netherlands men's national wheelchair basketball team at the Wheelchair basketball at the 201 ...

(born 1988), Dutch wheelchair basketball player of Turkish descent * Mustafa Kučuković, German footballer *

Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi Ghulam Mustafa ‘Joseph’Jatoi (Sindhi:غلام مصطفا جتوئي) ( ur, ) (14 August 1931 – 20 November 2009) was a Pakistani politician who served as the Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan for three months, from 6 August 1990 to ...

, Pakistani statesman *

Mustafa Mahmud Mustafa Kamal Mahmoud Hussein ( ar, مصطفى كمال محمود حسين; December 27, 1921 – 31 October 2009) commonly known as Mustafa Mahmoud ( ar, مصطفى محمود) was an Egyptian doctor, philosopher, and author. Mustafa was born ...

, Egyptian scientist *

Mustafa Malayekah Mustafa Malayekah ( ar, مصطفى ملائكة; born 21 May 1986) is a Saudi Arabian football (soccer), football player who currently plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Al-Fateh SC, Al-Fateh and the Saudi Arabia nation ...

, Saudi Arabian footballer *

Mustafa Nadarević Mustafa Nadarević (2 May 1943 – 22 November 2020) was a Bosnian and Croatian actor. Widely considered one of the greatest actors from the former Yugoslavia, he starred in over 70 films, including ''The Smell of Quinces'' (1982), ''When Father ...

, Bosnian actor *

Mustafa Nayyem Mustafa Masi Nayyem ( uk, Мустафа Найєм, ps, مصطفی نعیم) is an Afghan-Ukrainian journalist, MP, lecturer at the Kyiv School of Economics, and public figure who was influential in sparking the Euromaidan in Ukraine. Formerly, ...

, Afghan-Ukrainian journalist *

Mustafa Özkan Mustafa Özkan (born 21 February 1975) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Özkan played two seasons for Stuttgarter Kickers in the 2. Bundesliga, appearing in 20 league matches. He also played for several clubs in Tu ...

, Turkish footballer * Mustafa Pasha, Georgian noble *

Mustafa Pektemek Mustafa Pektemek (born 11 August 1988) is a Turkish Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), striker for Eyüpspor. After breaking his leg at the start of the 2010–11 Süper Lig, 2010–11 Süper Lig seas ...

, Turkish footballer *

Mustafa Qureshi Mustafa Qureshi is a Pakistani film and television actor. He has acted in more than 600 movies, in Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi languages. He is best remembered for playing the antagonist Noori Natt in ''Maula Jatt'' (1979). He was born into ...

, Pakistani actor *

Mustafa Rahi Mustafa Rahi, (1931–1986) was a poet of classical and neo classical Urdu Ghazal from Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-mos ...

, Pakistani poet *

Mustafa Sandal Mustafa Sandal (born 11 January 1970) is a Turkish singer-songwriter. At the beginning of the 1990s, he wrote and composed a number of songs for other singers and made a reputation for himself in the music industry. In 1994, with the release of h ...

, Europe-known Turkish singer-composer * Mustafa Sarp, Turkish footballer *

Mustafa Shahabi Prince Mustafa Al-Shihabi ( ar, الأمير مصطفى الشهابي; 1893 – 1968) was a Syrian agronomist, politician, writer and the third elected director of Arab Academy of Damascus (1959–1968). "Prince" title was only of a social back ...

, Syrian agronomist * Mustafa Shaikh, Indian cricketer *

Mustafa Shokay Mustafa Shokay ( kk, Мұстафа Шоқайұлы, , romanized: ''Mūstafa Şoqaiūly'', Russian: Мустафа́ Шока́й); 25 December 1890 – 27 December 1941) was a Kazakh social and political activist and ideologue of the Turkest ...

, Kazakhstani political activist *

Mustafa Tuna Mustafa Tuna (born 1957) is a Turkish engineer, academic, and politician, who served as the 28th mayor of Ankara between November 2017 and April 2019. Early years Mustafa Tuna was born in Şarkışla, Sivas Province, Turkey, in 1957. He attend ...

(born 1957), Turkish environmental engineer, politician and Mayor of Ankara *

Mustafa Yılmaz (chess player) Mustafa Yılmaz (born 5 November 1992) is a Turkish chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster (GM) in September 2012. He is a three-time Turkish Chess Champion. In the July 2013 FIDE rating list, he was ranked ...

(born 1992), Turkish Grand Master of chess * Mustafa Yumlu, Turkish footballer *

Mustafa Wahba Mustafa Wahba was a Saudi Arabian economist who served as deputy finance minister from 1960 to 1962. In addition, he was the first and long-term secretary general of the Communist Party in Saudi Arabia between 1975 and 1991. Biography Mustafa Wa ...

, Saudi politician *

Mustafa Zahid Mustafa Zahid ( ur, مصطفی زاہد; born 18 December 1984) is a Pakistani music composer who achieved success with his 2007 singles "Toh Phir Aao" and "Tera Mera Rishta". He is also the band leader and the lead vocalist of Roxen (band), Rox ...

, Pakistani singer *

Mustafa Zaidi Mustafa Zaidi (born Syed Mustafa Hasnain Zaidi; 10 October 1930 – 2 October 1970) was a Pakistani Urdu poet and a civil servant. Early life In 1954, he passed the competitive examination and was sent to England for training before being gi ...

, Pakistani poet *

Nur Mustafa Gülen Nur Mustafa Gülen (born July 26, 1960) is a Turkish association football, football Coach (sports), coach and former footballer. Currently he is the head coach of the Turkey women's national football team. Career Born in Istanbul on July 26, 196 ...

(born 1960), Turkish footballer and coach * Mustafa Pasha (disambiguation), various people *

Shah Mustafa Syed Shāh Muṣṭafā al-Baghdādi ( ar, سید شاه مصطفى البغدادي), popularly known as Shah Mustafa ( bn, শাহ মোস্তফা), is a Sufi Muslim figure in the Sylhet region. Mustafa's name is associated with the s ...

, Iraqi-Bangladeshi preacher

Mustafah

Mustafah Muhammad Mustafah Jaleel Muhammad (born October 19, 1973, as Steve Wilson) is a former award-winning football player in the Canadian Football League, who later played in the National Football League, and was a high-profile criminal, being convicted of dome ...

, American footballer

Mustapa

Mustapa Mohamed Dato' Sri Mustapa bin Mohamed ( Jawi: مصطفى بن محمد; born 25 September 1950), commonly known as ''Tok Pa'' among local Kelantanese, is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Econ ...

, Malaysian politician

Mustapha

Mustapha Aga Kozbekçi Mustafa Ağa, known as Mustapha Aga in Sweden, was an Ottoman ambassador to the Swedish court in 1727. One of his missions was to obtain a repayment of a royal debt which had been incurred by Charles XII of Sweden, but he failed in his ...

, Ottoman Empire ambassador to the Swedish Court * Mustapha Chadili, Moroccan football goalkeeper *

Mustapha Dahleb Mustapha Dahleb (born 8 February 1952) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Having begun his career at Sedan and CR Belouizdad, he spent most of his career at Paris Saint-Germain before playing a final seaso ...

, Algerian footballer *

Mustapha Djazaïri Mustapha ibn Muhieddine (1814–1863; ar, مصطفى ابن محيي الدين '), known as Emir Mustapha, Sidi Moustafa, Moustafa El Hassani El Djazairi, was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the Frenc ...

, Algerian resistant *

Mustapha Hadji Mustapha Hadji (born 16 November 1971) is a Moroccan football coach and former player. He was named the 50th greatest African player of all time by the African football expert Ed Dove. Early life Hadji was born in Ifrane Atlas-Saghir, Morocco. ...

, Moroccan footballer *

Mustapha Harun Datu Mustapha bin Datu Harun, or Tun Mustapha for short (31 July 1918 – 2 January 1995), was a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Sabah from May 1967 to November 1975 and the 1st Yang di-Pertua Neg ...

, Sabahan 1st governor and 3rd chief minister *

Mustapha Ishak Boushaki Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist and professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is known for his contributions to the studies of cosmic acceleration and dark energy, gravitational lensing, and testing al ...

, Algerian cosmologist *

Mustapha Karkouti Mustapha Karkouti (October 3, 1943 – July 16, 2020) was a Syrian freelance journalist and media consultant, residing in London since the early 1970s. Personal and career background He was born in Latakia in northern Syria. He started as an ag ...

, Syrian journalist *

Mustapha Kartali Mustapha Kartali (or Kertali) was the main Islamist guerrilla leader in the Larbaa region during the Algerian Civil War. Born in 1946, he was elected FIS mayor of Larbaa, a town south of Algiers, in 1991. After the military banned FIS, he joined ...

, Islamist guerrilla leader *

Mustapha Khalfi Mustapha Khalfi (born 1 January 1980) is a Moroccan professional basketball player. He currently plays for the AS Salé club of the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup and the Nationale 1, Morocco's first division. Biography Born in Derb Sultan ...

, Moroccan basketball player *

Mustapha Labsi Mustapha Labsi, an Algeria, Algerian living in London, England, was arrested in 2001 on terrorism charges, which were later dropped. He was re-arrested in 2003 for the same charges. Life Labsi was a former roommate of Ahmed Ressam, and travelled to ...

, Algerian arrested on terrorism charges *

Mustapha Larfaoui Mustapha Larfaoui (born 27 November 1932 in Algiers) is a former member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from Algeria.

, Algerian athlete * Mustapha Matura, Trinidadian playwright * Mustapha Sama, Sierra Leonean soccer player

Surname

Mostafa

Amr Mostafa Amr Mostafa Mohamed Alsayed Abulmagd ( ar, عمرو مصطفى محمد السيد أبو المجد; born 31 December 1979), better known as Amr Mostafa (), is an Egyptian singer and composer. He has composed several hit songs for artists lik ...

, Egyptian singer and composer *

Ahmed Mostafa (footballer, born 1987) Ahmed Mostafa ( ar, أحمد مصطفى) is an Egyptian football player that currently plays for the Egyptian Second Division side, Ittihad El Shorta. Career On 20 June 2010, Wadi Degla, the newly promoted team to the Egyptian Premier League, ...

, Egyptian footballer * Ahmed Mostafa (footballer, born 1940), Egyptian footballer *

Hassan Mostafa Hassan Mostafa Hassan Abdel Rahman ( ar, حسن مصطفى; born November 20, 1979) is an Egyptian former association football, footballer. He played as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for El Dakhleya and Egypt national f ...

, Egyptian footballer *

Tarek Mostafa Tarek Mostafa ( ar, طارق مصطفى; born 1 April 1971) is an Egyptian football manager and a retired footballer. Career Mostafa started his career in Division II club Eastern Tobacco, notably played for Zamalek SC for a period of four succe ...

, Egyptian footballer

Moustafa

* Hisham Talaat Moustafa, Egyptian businessman *

Ibrahim Moustafa Ibrahim Moustafa ( ar, ابراهيم مصطفى, 23 September 1904 – 9 October 1968) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Egypt. At his first international tournament, the 1924 Olympics, he finished fourth in the light-heavyweight category. Four y ...

, Egyptian wrestler * Tamer Moustafa, Egyptian basketball player

Moustapha

Baba Moustapha Mahamat "Baba" Moustapha (1952-1982) was a Chadian playwright writing in French language, French. His plays include ''Le Maitre des Djinns'' ("La Mastro de la Ĝinoj"), ''Le Souffle de l'Harmattan'' ("La Spiro de Harmattano")and ''Makarie aux Épin ...

, Chadian playwright * Hamadou Moustapha, Cameroonian politician

Mustafa

Nawshirwan Mustafa Nawshirwan Mustafa (22 December 1944 – 19 May 2017) ( ku, نەوشیروان مستەفا) was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the General Coordinator of the Movement for Change and the leader of the opposition in the Kurdistan Regio ...

, Kurdish politician * Abu Mustafa (1925–1966), Pakistani cricketer *

Abu Ali Mustafa Abu Ali Mustafa (; ar, أبو علي مصطفى; 1938 – 27 August 2001), the kunya of Mustafa Alhaj also known as Mustafa Ali Zabri, was a Palestinian militant who served as the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Pa ...

, Palestinian politician *

Domenico Mustafà Domenico Mustafà (16 April 1829 – 17 March 1912) was an Italian castrato singer, composer and choir director. Life Domenico Mustafà was born in the comune of Sellano,Erkan Mustafa Erkan Mustafa (born 14 May 1970) is a British actor and television presenter of Turkish Cypriot descent, most noted for the part of Roland Browning in ''Grange Hill'' (BBC 1982–1987). Other parts include "Enormous Orphan" in ''Blackadder's C ...

(born 1970), British actor * Fazil Mustafa (born 1965), Azerbaijani politician *

Herro Mustafa Herro Kader Mustafa ( ku, Hêro Mistefa; born 1973) is an American diplomat who has served as the American ambassador to Bulgaria since October 2019. She carries the rank of Minister Counselor. Early life and education Mustafa was born in Erb ...

(born 1973), American diplomat *

Isaiah Mustafa Isaiah Amir Mustafa (born February 11, 1974) is an American actor and former American football wide receiver. Mustafa is widely known as the main character in a series of Old Spice television commercials, "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like". He ...

(born 1974), American actor * Ismail Isa Mustafa, Bulgarian footballer *

Kara Mustafa Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha ( ota, مرزيفونلى قره مصطفى پاشا, tr, Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa; "Mustafa Pasha the Courageous of Merzifon"; 1634/1635 – 25 December 1683) was an Ottoman nobleman, military figure and G ...

, Ottoman Albanian military leader and Vizier in the 17th century, led the 1683 siege of Vienna * Melton Mustafa, American jazz musician and educator * Mohamed Mustafa (born 1996), Sudanese footballer *

Mustafa Mustafa Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى , Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of Prophets and messengers in Islam, Prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic language, Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is ...

, Greek politician *

Rahma El Siddig Mustafa Rahma El Siddig Gasm Elbari Mustafa, more commonly known as Rahma El Siddig Mustafa or Rahma Mustafa, is a Sudanese disability rights activist. She is best known for objecting to being charged an extra boarding fee by Cambodian airline Bassa ...

, Sudanese disability rights activist *

Şehzade Mustafa Şehzade Mustafa (Ottoman Turkish: شهزاده مصطفى; 6 August 1515 – 6 October 1553) was an Ottoman prince and the son of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his consort Mahidevran Sultan. He was the prince-governor of Manisa from 1532 ...

(1515–1553), Turkish ''şehzade'' (prince) *

Shukri Mustafa Shukri Mustafa ( ar, شكري مصطفى, ; 1 June 1942 – 19 March 1978) was an Egyptian agricultural engineer who led the extremist Islamist group ''Jama'at al-Muslimin'', popularly known as Takfir wal-Hijra. He began his path toward Islamist ...

, Egyptian Islamist *

Shkodran Mustafi Shkodran Mustafi (; born 17 April 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Segunda División club Levante. Mustafi began his career in the youth ranks of Hamburger SV and English club Everton, where he made o ...

, German footballer

Mustapha

Boss Mustapha Boss Gidahyelda Mustapha (born 1956) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who is the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) of Nigeria since 2017 and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. He was previously managing di ...

, Nigerian lawyer and politician *

J. F. O. Mustapha James Franklin Osman Adewale Ishola Mustaffah, was a Ghanaian academic and neurosurgeon. He is credited for introducing neurosurgery in Ghana. Mustaffah was one of the earliest African neurosurgeons practising in Sub-Saharan Africa, he was the f ...

, Ghanaian physician and academic *

Joseph Mustapha Joseph Mustapha is a Sierra Leonean politician and lawyer. He is a member of the Sierra Leone People's Party and is one of the representatives in the Parliament of Sierra Leone for Bo District, elected in 2007. Mustapha is a member of the Parliame ...

, Sierra Leonean politician and lawyer *

Riga Mustapha Rahamat Riga Mustapha (born 10 October 1981) is a Ghanaian-born Dutch professional footballer who last played as a striker for Pune F.C. in the Indian I-League. Club career Born in Accra, Ghana, Mustapha began his career with Eredivisie sid ...

, Ghanaian-born Dutch footballer *

Shettima Mustapha Shettima Mustafa (26 November 1939 – 17 November 2022) was a Nigerian academic and politician. After an early career in medicine, local administration, and media, Mustafa studied agriculture at university, eventually earning a Doctor of Phi ...

, Nigerian academic and politician

Given name

Moustafa

Moustapha

Mostafa

Mustafa

Mustafah

Mustapa

Mustapha

Surname

Mostafa

Moustafa

Moustapha

Mustafa

Mustapha

See also