Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى , Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of Prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic

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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.

Given name

Moustafa

* Moustafa Amar, Egyptian musician and actor * Moustafa Bayoumi, American writer *

Moustafa Chousein-Oglou Moustafa Palazli Chousein-Oglou ( tr, Mustafa Palazlı Hüseyinoğlu; born 28 December 1990 in Xanthi, Greece), sometimes known as Moustafa Palazli is a Greek-born British actor of Turkish origin. He is best known for playing Blane in the BBC ...

, English actor * Moustafa Farroukh, Lebanese painter * Moustafa Madbouly, Prime Minister of Egypt * Moustafa Al-Qazwini, 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, 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, Syrian American film producer * Moustapha Alassane, Nigerien filmmaker * Moustapha Agnidé, Beninese football player *

Moustapha Lamrabat Moustapha "Mous" Lamrabat (born 1983) is a Moroccan-born Belgian photographer, of Moroccans, Moroccan and Flemish people, Flemish descent. He is known for both fashion photography under Studio Mousmous, and Fine-art photography, fine art photograp ...

(born 1983), Moroccan-Flemish photographer * Moustapha Niasse, Senegalese politician and diplomat * Abdul Moustapha Ouedraogo, Ivorian football striker * Moustapha Bayal Sall, Senegalese football midfielder * Moustapha Salifou, Togolese football midfielder * Mustapha Cassiem, South African field hockey player

Mostafa

* Mostafa Kamal (Bir Sreshtho), 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, Sultans of the Ottoman Empire *

Mustafa Abdul-Hamid Mustafa Abdul-Hamid (born June 2, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. Abdul-Hamid played for the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, UCLA Bruins from 2006–2010. Professional career In August 2010, Abdul-Hamid signed a on ...

, American basketball player * Mustafa Abi, Turkish basketball player * Mustafa Ali, Malaysian Islamic politician * Mustafa Abubakar (born 1949), Indonesian politician * Mustafa Adrisi, vice-president of Uganda from 1978 to 1979 * Mustafa Afridi, a Pakistani television screenwriter * Mustafa Ahmed, spoken word poet from Canada * Mustafa Amini, Australian association footballer of Afghani descent * Mustafa Kamal (politician),

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 Mustafa Akaydın (born 24 April 1952, in Çorum) is a Turkish politician of the Republican People's Party (CHP), who served as the mayor of Antalya, Turkey. Prior to his political career, Akaydın held positions as a professor, general surgeon an ...

, Turkish politician * Mustafa Ali, Pakistani wrestler who joined WWE * Mustafa Arslanović, 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, Hezbollah militant * Mustafa Barzani, 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, 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 Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Tu ...

, Turkish civil servant *

Mustafa Çakır Mustafa Çakır (born December 15, 1986 in Sinop, Turkey) is a Turkish yacht racer competing in the Laser class. The tall athlete at is a member of Heybeliada Aquatics Club in Istanbul, where he is coached by Saruhan Çınay. He qualified for ...

(born 1986), Turkish yacht racer * Mustafa Denizli, Turkish football coach * Mustafa Fahmi Pasha, Egyptian politician *

Mustafa Güzelgöz Mustafa Güzelgöz (1921 – 18 February 2005) was a Turkish librarian. He established and operated a traveling library which circulated among 36 villages in the Ürgüp district, becoming known as the "Librarian with the Donkey" ( tr, Eşekli k� ...

(1921–2005), Turkish librarian * Mustafa Hadid, Afghan footballer *

Mustafa Hassan Mustafa Ahmad Hassan ( ar, مصطفى احمد حسن ; born 10 February 1990, in Najaf) is an Iraqi-Danish footballer who currently plays for Gjelleråsen. Early life Hassan came to Denmark from Iraq at the age of thirteen, settling in Bornho ...

, Iraqi footballer * Mustafa al-Hawsawi, Saudi financer of the September 11 attacks * Mustafa Hukić, Bosnian footballer *

Mustafa İsmet İnönü Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى , Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of Prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in the Muslim world. Given name ...

, Turkish Army general, Prime Minister, President * Mustafa Abdul Jalil (born 1952), Libyan politician * Mustafa al-Kadhimi, 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), Chief Justice of Bangladesh *

Mustafa Karim Mustafa Karim Abdullah ( ar, مصطفى كريم عبدالله) (born 21 July 1987) is an Iraqi footballer. He last played for Al-Talaba. He plays as striker, and is known for his ability to score with both feet. Career: Youth, Olympic and N ...

, 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 (born 1988), Dutch wheelchair basketball player of Turkish descent *

Mustafa Kučuković Mustafa Kučuković (born 5 November 1986) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Kučuković started his professional career at Hamburger SV in September 2004 and made his Bundesliga debut as a second-ha ...

, German footballer * Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Pakistani statesman * Mustafa Mahmud, Egyptian scientist * Mustafa Malayekah, Saudi Arabian footballer * Mustafa Nadarević, Bosnian actor * Mustafa Nayyem, 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 Mustafa Pasha may refer to: People * Çoban Mustafa Pasha (died 1529), Ottoman vizier and governor of Egypt (1522–23) * Koca Mustafa Pasha (fl. 1511–1512), Ottoman grand vizier (1511–12) * Kara Şahin Mustafa Pasha (fl. 1524–1566), Ottom ...

, Georgian noble * Mustafa Pektemek, Turkish footballer * Mustafa Qureshi, Pakistani actor * Mustafa Rahi, Pakistani poet * Mustafa Sandal, Europe-known Turkish singer-composer *

Mustafa Sarp Mustafa Sarp (born November 5, 1980, in Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish footballer who last played for Manisaspor as a midfielder. Career On Tuesday, June 9, 2009, it was announced that he is a member of Galatasaray. Sarp has chosen ...

, 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 This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, list A or Twenty20 cricket for Maharashtra cricket team. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons. Players in bol ...

, Indian cricketer * Mustafa Shokay, Kazakhstani political activist * Mustafa Tuna (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 Mustafa Yumlu (born 25 September 1987) is a Turkish professional Association football, footballer who currently plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre back, center back for Büyükşehir Belediye Erzurumspor, BB Erzurumspor in the TFF ...

, Turkish footballer * Mustafa Wahba, Saudi politician * Mustafa Zahid, 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) Mustafa Pasha may refer to: People * Çoban Mustafa Pasha (died 1529), Ottoman vizier and governor of Egypt (1522–23) * Koca Mustafa Pasha (fl. 1511–1512), Ottoman grand vizier (1511–12) * Kara Şahin Mustafa Pasha (fl. 1524–1566), Ottom ...

, 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, 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, Ottoman Empire ambassador to the Swedish Court *

Mustapha Chadili Mustapha Chadili ( ar, مصطفى الشاذلي) (born 14 February 1973 in Casablanca) is a retired Moroccan football goalkeeper who played for Raja Casablanca. Chadili played for Raja Casablanca at the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. He p ...

, Moroccan football goalkeeper * Mustapha Dahleb, Algerian footballer * Mustapha Djazaïri, Algerian resistant * Mustapha Hadji, 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, 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, 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 Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Cen ...

, Algerian athlete *

Mustapha Matura Mustapha Matura (17 December 1939 – 29 October 2019) was a Trinidadian playwright living in London. Characterised by critic Michael Billington as "a pioneering black playwright who opened the doors for his successors", Matura was the first Br ...

, Trinidadian playwright *

Mustapha Sama Mustapha Pa Safa Sama (born 31 October 1979 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean former Association football, soccer player. Career Early career in Africa Pa Safa was born and raised in Wellington, a poor neighbourhood in the east end of Freetown. ...

, Sierra Leonean soccer player

Surname

Mostafa

* Amr Mostafa, Egyptian singer and composer * Ahmed Mostafa (footballer, born 1987), Egyptian footballer *

Ahmed Mostafa (footballer, born 1940) Ahmed Mostafa ( ar, أحمد مصطفى; 8 March 1940 – 17 February 2022) was an Egyptian footballer who played as a defender and midfielder for Zamalek, he also played for the Egypt national team. International career Mostafa represented E ...

, Egyptian footballer * Hassan Mostafa, Egyptian footballer * Tarek Mostafa, Egyptian footballer

Moustafa

Hisham Talaat Moustafa Hisham Talat Moustafa ( ar, هشام طلعت مصطفى) (born December 12, 1959) is an Egyptian realtor and former chairman and head of the Real Estate Branch of the Talaat Moustafa Group. He had been elected in 2004 to the Shura Council in th ...

, Egyptian businessman * Ibrahim Moustafa, Egyptian wrestler *

Tamer Moustafa Tamer Moustafa (born July 5, 1982) is an Egyptian basketball player currently playing for El Geish of the Egyptian Super League. He is a member of the Egypt national basketball team. Moustafa participated with the Egypt national basketball team a ...

, Egyptian basketball player

Moustapha

* Baba Moustapha, Chadian playwright *

Hamadou Moustapha Hamadou Moustapha (born 11 May 1945Page on Moustapha at government ...

, Cameroonian politician

Mustafa

* Nawshirwan Mustafa, Kurdish politician *

Abu Mustafa A total of 67 players represented the East Pakistan cricket team in first-class matches between the team's debut in November 1954 and its final completed match in September 1969. Representing East Pakistan (East Bengal prior to 1955), a forme ...

(1925–1966), Pakistani cricketer * Abu Ali Mustafa, Palestinian politician * Domenico Mustafà, Italian singer and composer * Erkan Mustafa (born 1970), British actor *

Fazil Mustafa Fazil Mustafa (born 15 October 1965) is an Azerbaijani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly since 2005. Mustafa ran for President of Azerbaijan in the 2008 Azerbaijani presidential election Presidential elections were ...

(born 1965), Azerbaijani politician * Herro Mustafa (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 Ismail Isa Mustafa ( bg, Исмаил Иса Мустафа; born 26 June 1989) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cherno More Varna. Career Born in Targovishte, Isa started playing football at PFC Svetkavitsa's ...

, 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 Melton "Shakir" Mustafa Sr. (November 23, 1947 – December 28, 2017) was an American jazz musician, music educator, and arranger who played the trumpet and flugelhorn. Biography Mustafa, the younger brother of saxophonist Jesse Jones Jr., grew ...

, American jazz musician and educator *

Mohamed Mustafa Mohamed Mustafa Mohamed Ahmed (born 19 February 1996) is a Sudanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Merrikh and the Sudan national football team The Sudan national football team ( ar, منتخب السودان الو ...

(born 1996), Sudanese footballer * Mustafa Mustafa, Greek politician * Rahma El Siddig Mustafa, Sudanese disability rights activist * Şehzade Mustafa (1515–1553), Turkish ''şehzade'' (prince) * Shukri Mustafa, 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, 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, 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, Nigerian academic and politician

Given name

Moustafa

Moustapha

Mostafa

Mustafa

Mustafah

Mustapa

Mustapha

Surname

Mostafa

Moustafa

Moustapha

Mustafa

Mustapha

See also