Mansour ( ar, منصور, Manṣūr); also spelled Mounsor, Monsur (Bengali), Mansoor, Manser, Mansur, Mansyur (Indonesian) or Mensur (Turkish), is a male Arabic name that means "He who is victorious", from the Arabic root '' naṣr'' (نصر), meaning "victory." The first known bearer of the name was

Al-Mansur Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; ar, أبو جعفر عبد الله بن محمد المنصور‎; 95 AH – 158 AH/714 CE – 6 October 775 CE) usually known simply as by his laqab Al-Manṣūr (المنصور) w ...

, second

Abbasid caliph The Abbasid caliphs were the holders of the Islamic title of caliph who were members of the Abbasid dynasty, a branch of the Quraysh tribe descended from the uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib. The family came t ...

and the founder of

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. Other people called Mansour during the

golden Age of Islam The Islamic Golden Age was a period of cultural, economic, and scientific flourishing in the history of Islam, traditionally dated from the 8th century to the 14th century. This period is traditionally understood to have begun during the reign ...

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Ismail al-Mansur Abu Tahir Isma'il ( ar, أبو طاهر إسماعيل, Abū Ṭāhir ʾIsmāʿīl; January 914 – 18 March 953), better known by his regnal name al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah (), was the third caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate in Ifriqiya, ruling fro ...

, third ruler of the Fatimid dynasty ruled from 946 to 953. *

Mansur Al-Hallaj Al-Hallaj ( ar, ابو المغيث الحسين بن منصور الحلاج, Abū 'l-Muġīth Al-Ḥusayn bin Manṣūr al-Ḥallāj) or Mansour Hallaj ( fa, منصور حلاج, Mansūr-e Hallāj) ( 26 March 922) (Islamic calendar, Hijri ...

, Persian mystic, writer, and teacher of Sufism *

Almanzor Abu ʿĀmir Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Abi ʿĀmir al-Maʿafiri ( ar, أبو عامر محمد بن عبد الله بن أبي عامر المعافري), nicknamed al-Manṣūr ( ar, المنصور, "the Victorious"), which is often Latiniz ...

, 10th-century ruler of al-Andalus *

Mansur ibn Ilyas Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf Ibn Ilyās () was a late 14th century and early 15th century Persian physician from Shiraz, Timurid Persia, commonly known for his publication of the colored atlas of the human body, Mansur’s Ana ...

, Timurid physician *

Mansur Khan (Moghul Khan) Mansur Khan (1482/3–1543) (; chg, منصور خان}), was the last khan of a united Moghulistan from 1503 until his death. From his father Ahmad Alaq, the previous khan, he inherited the eastern parts of Moghulistan proper ( Yili area), t ...

, a khan of Moghulistan *

Mansur Shah of Malacca Sultan Mansur Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Muzaffar Shah (died 1477) was the sixth Sultan of Malacca from 1459 to 1477. He ascended the throne after the death of his father, Muzaffar Shah. Expansions Mansur Shah implemented a policy of expansionis ...

, a sultan of Malacca *

Mansur I of Samanid Abu Salih Mansur ( fa, ابو صالح منصور, Abu Ṣāliḥ Manṣur; died 13 June 976), better known as Mansur I () was amir of the Samanids from 961 to 976. The son of Nuh I (), his reign was characterized by weak rule and perpetual financ ...

and

Mansur II of Samanid Abu'l-Harith Mansur II ( fa, منصور دوم سامانی) was Amir of the Samanids (997–999). He was the son of Nuh II. Biography Mansur II was still young when he succeeded his father as amir. His short reign was marked by his inabilit ...

, amirs of the Samanids *

Mansur ad-Din of Adal Mansur ad-Din ( ar, منصور اد الدين) (died 1424) was a Sultan of the Sultanate of Adal and a son of Sa'ad ad-Din II. Reign On the death of his brother Sabr ad-Din III, Sultan Mansur succeeded the throne and enjoyed support of his brot ...

, 15th-century sultan of Adal.

Imams of Yemen

Al-Mansur Yahya Al-Mansur Yahya (died 976) was an imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen, whose tenure as imam is counted from 934 to 976. Yahya bin Ahmad was the fifth son of the imam an-Nasir Ahmad, and the grandson of the founder-imam al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya. Eve ...

(d. 976) *

Al-Mansur Abdallah Al-Mansur Abdallah (February 24, 1166 - April 21, 1217), was an imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen who held the imamate from 1187 (or 1197) to 1217. Background Abdallah bin Hamzah was born in the village Ayshan in the territory of the Hamdan tribe ...

(1166-1217) *

Al-Mansur al-Hasan Al-Mansur al-Hasan (1199–1271) was an imam of the Zaidi state of Yemen who ruled in 1262–1271. Al-Hasan bin Badr ad-Din came from the same family as imam al-Hadi Yahya (d. 1239). When the former imam Yahya bin Muhammad as-Siraji was blinded b ...

(1199–1271) *

Al-Mansur an-Nasir Al-Mansur an-Nasir (died 1462) was an imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen who held power in parts of the northern Yemeni highland in 1436–1462. The old imam al-Mansur Ali bin Salah ad-Din died from the plague in 1436. His position was then claimed ...

(d. 1462) * Al-Mansur Muhammad, Imam of Yemen (1441-1505) *

Al-Mansur al-Husayn Al-Mansur al-Husayn (1669–1720) was an Imam over parts of Yemen, who ruled in rivalry with other competitors in 1716–1720. He belonged to the Qasimid family who dominated the Zaidi imamate of Yemen in 1597–1962. Al-Husayn bin al ...

(1669 - 1720) *

Al-Mansur Ali I Al-Mansur Ali I (1738 – 25 October 1809) was an Imam of Yemen who ruled in 1775–1809. He belonged to the Qasimid family, descended from the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, which dominated the Zaidi imamate in 1597–1962. Early reign Ali bin Abba ...

(1738-1809) *

Al-Mansur Ahmad Al-Mansur Ahmad (died 1853) was a Zaydiyya imam who claimed the rulership over Yemen in the years 1849–1853. His strife-ridden career spelt the end of the Zaydi Imamate of Yemen as a coherent force. Background of the rebellion In the 19th cen ...

(d. 1853) *

Al-Mansur Ali II, Imam of Yemen Al-Mansur Ali II (1812–1871) was an Imam of Yemen who reigned in the capital San'a during four brief terms (1835–1837, 1844–1845, 1849–1850, 1851). He belonged to the Qasimid family, descended from the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, which domin ...

(1812 - 1871) * Al-Mansur al-Husayn III (d.1888)

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and Arabic, while the transliteration ''Mansoor'' is typically used by

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ns, and ''Mensur'' is used in the

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Mansur Yavaş Mansur Yavaş (; born 23 May 1955) is a Turkish lawyer and politician who is currently the Mayor of Ankara, holding the office since April 2019. He was elected in the 2019 local election as the candidate of the Nation Alliance, an opposition all ...

, Turkish politician and the mayor of Ankara *

Sheikh Mansur Sheikh Mansur ("The-Victorious"; born Mansur Ushurma, Mansur Ucherman; 2 June 1762 – 13 April 1794) was a Chechen military commander and Islamic leader who fought for Chechnya and Circassia. He was influential in the resistance against Cather ...

, Chechen leader against Catherine the Great's Russia * Mansur Mozaffarov, Russian Tatar composer and pedagogue * Mansur Abdulin, Soviet memoirist and soldier

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* Mensur Akgün, Turkish scholar *

Mensur Bajramović Mensur Bajramović (born 15 August 1965) is a Bosnian professional basketball coach. Since November 2018, he has coached South China of HK A1 Division. Since 2022, he works with Al Nassr BC,he currently serves as the head coach Eastern for Hon ...

, Bosnian basketball coach *

Mensur Suljović Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић; born 5 March 1972) is an Austrian professional darts player. He plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously played in the British Darts Organisation (BD ...

, professional darts player * Mensur Kurtiši, Macedonian association football player

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Mansoor Abdullah On 13 March 1997, at one of the HDB flats in King George's Avenue, Kallang, 53-year-old Sivapackiam Veerappan Rengasamy was discovered dead in her bedroom by her son. Sivapackiam was found to have been stabbed three times in the neck and she die ...

, Singaporean convicted murderer *

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Nawab Mohammad Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (also known as Mansur Ali Khan, or M. A. K. Pataudi; 5 January 1941 – 22 September 2011; nicknamed Tiger Pataudi) was an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the Indian cricket team. Pataudi was a ...

, Indian cricketer * Mansoor Al-Shehail, Saudi Arabian professional wrestler *

Mansoor Ahmed Mansoor Ahmed Batt (7 January 1968 – 12 May 2018) was a hockey player. Career Ahmed played as a goalkeeper and Captain for the Pakistan national hockey team from 1986 to 2000. He played 338 International matches and participated in three O ...

, Pakistani hockey player *

Mansoor Akhtar Mansoor Akhtar (born 25 December 1957) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in 19 Test cricket, Test matches and 41 One Day Internationals between 1980 and 1990. In his Test career Mansoor scored one century and three half-centuries, with ...

, Pakistani cricketer *

Mansoor Amjad Mansoor Amjad (, ), born 14 December 1987, is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team and Leicestershire County Cricket Club in England. His father, mother, and other family members supported him throughout his ca ...

, Pakistani cricketer *

Mansoor Hekmat Mansoor Hekmat ( fa, منصور حکمت, born Zhoobin Razani fa, ژوبین رازانی; June 4, 1951 - July 4, 2002) was an Iranian Marxist theorist, revolutionary and leader of the Worker-communist movement. He opposed the Shah and, after the ...

, Iranian political theorist and activist *

Mansoor Ijaz Mansoor Ijaz (born August 1961) is a Pakistani-American venture financier and hedge-fund manager. He is founder and chairman of Crescent Investment Management Ltd, a New York and London-based investment firm that operates ''CARAT'', a proprietar ...

, American commentator and businessman * Mansoor Muhammed Ali Qattaa, Saudi Arabian held in detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps *

Mansoor Khan Mansoor Hussain Khan is an Indian film director and producer known for his works in Hindi cinema. Early and Personal life He is the son of film-maker Nasir Hussain. Khan attended IIT Bombay, Cornell University, and MIT before making his for ...

, Pakistani film maker *

Mullah Bakht Mohammed Mullah Mansoor Dadullah (died 2015) was Mullah Dadullah's younger half-brother who succeeded him as a senior military commander of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. He came from the Arghandab district of Kandahar province, and belonged to the ...

, military commander for Afghanistan's Taliban known as Mansoor Dadullah * Mansoor Muftah, Qatari football player *

, ''nawab'' of Bengal *

Mansoor Zaman Mansoor Zaman (born April 14, 1980 in Peshawar) is a Pakistani professional squash player. In 2007, Mansoor won the Governor NWFP international and then at the President PSF international 2007 when he beat his compatriot Aamir Atlas Khan. 2002 ...

, Pakistani professional squash player

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Mansour (singer) Mansour Jafari Mamaghani ( fa, منصور جعفری مَمَقانی, born 28 July 1971), better known as Mansour, is an Iranian Azerbaijani musical artist specializing in Iranian traditional music based in Southern California. Iran's Green ...

, Iranian singer *

Mansour Abbas Mansour Abbas ( ar, منصور عباس, he, מַנְסוּר עַבַּאס; born 22 April 1974) is an Israeli Arab politician. He is currently the leader of the United Arab List and represents the party in the Knesset. He was appointed as the ...

, Arab-Israeli politician * Mansour F. Armaly, Palestinian-American physician and researcher * Mansour al-Balawi, former Al-Ittihad president *

Mansour Bahrami Mansour Bahrami ( fa, منصور بهرامی; born 26 April 1956) is a former professional tennis player. He is Iranian with dual French nationality since 1989. While only moderately successful on the ATP Tour, his showmanship has made him a lo ...

, Iranian tennis player *

Mansour Leghaei fa, شيخ منصور لقائى , location = Sydney , Period = 1997–2010 , Title = Sheikh , Predecessor = Founder , Successor = , ordination = , post = Sheikh , birth_date = , birth_pla ...

, Iranian Shia Imam and Founder of the Imam Husain Islamic Centre *

Mansour Matloubi Mansour Matloubi (born 1952) is an Iranian-British professional poker player living in London. Matloubi won the 1990 World Series of Poker Main Event for $835,000, becoming the first non-American to win the title. He made the final table of th ...

, Iranian professional poker player *

Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ( ar, منصور بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; born 21 November 1970), often referred to as Sheikh Mansour, is an Emirati politician who is the deputy prime minister of the United Arab ...

, member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates * Mansour Nariman, Iranian oud player and composer * Mansour Osanlou, Iranian trade union activist *

Mansour Rahbani Mansour Rahbani ( ar, منصور الرحباني, Manṣūr Al-Raḥbāni; 17 March 1925 – 13 January 2009) was a Lebanese composer, musician, poet, philosopher, thinker and producer, known as one of the Rahbani brothers, and the b ...

, Lebanese composer, musician, and producer * Mansour Rouhani, Iranian politician *

Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, منصور بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Manṣūr ibn ‘Abdul‘azīz Āl Su‘ūd''; 1921 – 2 May 1951) was a Saudi royal and politician who served as the defense minister of Saudi Arabia b ...

, Saudi royal and politician * Mansour bin Mutaib Al Saud, Saudi royal and politician * Mansour bin Muqrin Al Saud (1974–2017), Saudi royal *

Mansour bin Saud Al Saud Mansour bin Saud Al Saud (born 1946) is a Saudi Arabian businessman and former military officer. He is a member of the House of Saud. Early life and education Prince Mansour was born in 1946 in Riyadh. He is the fifteenth child of King Saud, and ...

, Saudi royal and businessman *

Mansour Seck Mansour Seck is a Senegalese singer and musician born in Podor, in the north of the country. Best known for his collaboration with lifelong friend Baaba Maal, he has also toured and released several solo albums. He is blind. Biography Seck was ...

, Senegalese singer and musician * Mansour Al-Thagafi, Saudi Arabian footballer *

Mansour Zalzal Manṣūr Zalzal al-Ḍārib (منصور زلزل; died after 842 CE) or simply Zalzal, was an Iranian musician during the early Abbasid period. The renowned musician Ishaq al-Mawsili was his student; he declared Zalzal to be the most outstandin ...

, Abbasid musician and composer

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, American farmer, whose first name is a form of ''al-Manṣūr''. *

Mansurul Haq Admiral Mansurul Haq ( ur, ; 16 October 1937 – 21 February 2018) was a senior officer of the Pakistan Navy who was forcibly retired from his service in 1997 on the allegations leveled against him in the corruption and kickbacks resultin ...

, Pakistani admiral and Chief of Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy *

Mancur Olson Mançur Lloyd Olson Jr. (; January 22, 1932 – February 19, 1998) was an American economist and political scientist who taught at the University of Maryland, College Park. His most influential contributions were in institutional economics, and i ...

, American economist and political scientist *

Mansyur S. Mansyur S. (born Mansyur Subhawannur; November 30, 1948) is an Indonesian singer, songwriter and actor. He is a star of the ''dangdut'' style of Music of Indonesia, Indonesian music.Colin BassIndonesia:Pop and Folk ''The Rough Guide to World Musi ...

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Adly Mansour Adly Mahmoud Mansour ( ar, عدلى محمود منصور ; born 23 December 1945) is an Egyptian judge and politician who served as the president (or chief justice) of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt. He also served as interim ...

, Egyptian politian and acting President in 2014 *

Adnan Mansour Adnan Mansour ( ar, عدنان منصور; born 5 January 1946) is a Lebanese diplomat, politician and the former minister of foreign affairs and emigrants. Early life and education Mansour was born in Bourj el-Barajneh on 5 January 1946 into ...

, Lebanese diplomat and politician *

Agnes Mary Mansour Agnes Mary Mansour (April 10, 1931 – December 17, 2004) was an American former Catholic nun, as well as a politician and public official. She is known for having been given a choice from the Vatican in 1983 to end her religious vows or to resig ...

, American political figure and former nun * Ahmed Subhy Mansour, Egyptian cleric, founder of the Quranist group * Akhtar Mohammad Mansour (1968–2016), leader of the Taliban, in Afghanistan *

Amal Mansour Amal Murshid Abu Mansour ( ar, أمل منصور) (; 1950 – 31 October 2018) was a Palestinian-Jordanian author and translator to Arabic from English who focused on the genres of education, mathematics, science fiction and science. She had previ ...

(1950–2018), Palestinian-Jordanian author and translator *

Amir Mansour Amir Mansour (born Lavern Moorer; July 25, 1972) is an American professional boxer who fights at heavyweight. His professional debut came in 1997. He fought 9 fights, before he was sent to prison in 2001, serving 8 1/2 years on a controlled sub ...

, American professional boxer *

Eli Mansour Eli J. Mansour (born 1968) is a rabbi at Edmond J. Safra Synagogue (Brooklyn), Edmond J. Safra Synagogue in Brooklyn. Education Mansour studied at Mercaz HaTorah in Israel, and after returning to the US at Yeshiva Ateret Torah in Brooklyn, and ...

, American rabbi, author/writer *

Gueye Mansour Mansour Gueye (born December 30, 1985 in Dakar) is a Senegalese-Romanian Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for Romanian Liga III side CSM Satu Mare (football), CSM Satu Mare. He was nicknamed ...

, Senegalese footballer * Hend Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabian-American artist *

Josh Mansour Josh Mansour (Arabic: جوش منصور; born 17 June 1990) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for Newtown Jets. He has represented Lebanon and Australia at international level. He has previously played for the Penrith ...

, Australian Rugby League player *

Joyce Mansour Joyce Mansour nee Joyce Patricia Adès, (25 July 1928 – 27 August 1986), was an Egyptian-French author, notable as a surrealist poet. She became the best known surrealist female poet, author of 16 books of poetry, as well as a number of importa ...

, British born Egyptian Surrealist poet who also wrote in French * Mustafa Mansour, Egyptian footballer *

Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour ( ar, رمضان عبدالرحيم منصور; – December 16, 2010), also known as ''al-Tourbini'' (; ), was an Egyptian street gang leader and serial killer who raped and murdered at least 32 children and you ...

, Egyptian street gang leader and serial killer *

Reda Mansour Reda Mansour ( ar, رضا منصور, he, רדא מנצור) is an Israeli Druze poet, historian and diplomat. He has published three books of Hebrew poetry and received the University of Haifa Miller Award as well as the State President Scholars ...

(born 1965), Israeli writer, historian and diplomat * Richard Mansour, better known as Dick Dale, Lebanese-American guitarist *

Shadia Mansour Shadia Mansour ( ar, شادية منصور , born 1985), also known as "the first lady of Arabic hip hop" See also is a British-Palestinian rapper who performs in Arabic and English. Much of her music revolves around Middle Eastern politics ...

, British born Palestinian singer * Sliman Mansour, Palestinian painter * Toufik Mansour, Israeli mathematician

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Belal Mansoor Ali Belal Mansoor Ali ( ar, بلال منصور علي; born 17 October 1988) is a middle distance runner now representing Bahrain after changing nationality from Kenya. He was born John Yego on 17 October 1988 in Kenya. Works with Bahrain Defence ...

, Bahraini runner from Kenya *

Ghulam Mansoor Ghulam Mansoor (b. 1227 AH / 1812 AD) was Subedar-Major in 1867 at Bhopal State. Biography Ghulam Mansoor was a scholar of repute in both Arabic and Persian. He was appointed in the army during the Bhonsle Dynasty at the princely state of Nagp ...

, Subedar major, Bhopal state * M. A. Mansoor, Egyptian antiquarian *

Maghfoor Mansoor Maghfoor Mansoor (March 9, 1966 – May 11, 2001) was a U.S.-based Pakistani native who worked as a cab driver and tour guide. He was a fugitive in the United States who had been on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. During his crime rampage, ...

, Pakistani native who was a fugitive in the United States *

Misha Mansoor Misha Mansoor (born October 31, 1984), also known as Bulb after the name of his solo project, is an American musician, best known as the founder of and one of the three guitarists in the progressive metal band Periphery. He is also a part of t ...

, American musician and founder of the Progressive Metal band Periphery *

Peter Mansoor Peter R. Mansoor (born February 28, 1960) is a retired United States Army officer, military historian, and commentator on national security affairs in the media. He is known primarily as the executive officer to General David Petraeus during the I ...

, Palestinian American Army colonel, executive officer to Gen. Petraeus during Iraq War troop surge of 2007 *

Shoaib Mansoor Shoaib Mansoor (Full name, Shoaib Mansoor), ( ur, ; born 4 February 1951 Karachi) is a Pakistani television and film director, writer, producer, lyricist and musician of Muhajir origin. Active in the television industry since 1980, he first f ...

, Pakistani film producer, director, writer, lyricist, and composer

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Ali Mansur Ali Khan Mansur ( fa, علی خان منصور, also known as ''Mansur ul-Mulk'' ()‎; 1886 – 8 December 1974) was the Prime Minister of Iran for two terms between 1940 and 1941 and in 1950. Biography Born in Tehran, he served as Govern ...

, prime minister of Iran *

Hassan-Ali Mansur Hasan Ali Mansur ( fa, حسن علی منصور‎; 13 April 1923 – 26 January 1965) was an Iranian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1964 to 1965. He served during the White Revolution of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and was as ...

, Iranian politician and prime minister * João Mansur, Brazilian politician and governor of Lebanese descent *

Jossy Mansur Jossy Mehsen Mansur (June 7, 1934, Aruba – October 15, 2016) was the editor of the Papiamento-language newspaper'' Diario'' in Aruba. He wrote two dictionaries for the Papiamento language and a history of Aruba among other books. Powerful Arub ...

, Aruban newspaper editor of Lebanese descent *

Mallikarjun Mansur Pandit Mallikarjun Bheemaraayappa Mansur (Kannada: ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ ಮನ್ಸೂರ), (31 December 1910 – 12 September 1992) was an Indian classical singer from Karnataka, an excellent vocalist in the khyal style in the ...

, Indian classical singer *

Muhammad Mansur Ali Muhammad Mansur Ali (16 January 1917 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician who was a close confidant of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh. A senior leader of the Awami League, Mansur also served as the Prime ...

, Bangladeshi politician and prime minister * Sheikh Mukhtar Robow, leader and spokesman for Somalia's al-Shabaab known as ''Abu Mansur'' *

Ustad Mansur Ustad Mansur (flourished 1590-1624) was a seventeenth-century Mughal painter and court artist. He grew up during the reign of Jahangir (r. 1605 - 1627) during which period he excelled at depicting plants and animals. He was the earliest artist t ...

, Mughal painter from India

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, United States Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient