Ould is an English surname and an Arabic name ( ar, ولد). In some Arabic dialects, particularly
Hassaniya Arabic
Hassānīya ( ar, حسانية '; also known as , , , , and ''Maure'') is a variety of Maghrebi Arabic spoken by Mauritanian Arabs and the Sahrawi. It was spoken by the Beni Ḥassān Bedouin tribes, who extended their authority over most of M ...
Fielding Ould
Sir Fielding Ould (1710–29 November 1789) was an Irish doctor and medical writer.
Ould was the son of British Army Captain Abraham Ould (1689–1715) and a Miss Shawe of Galway, in which city he was born. He studied in Paris and settled in Go ...
(1710–1789), Irish doctor
* Johnny Ould (born 1940), British boxer
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Robert Ould
Robert Ould (January 31, 1820 – December 15, 1882) was a lawyer who served as a Confederate official during the American Civil War. From 1862 to 1865 he was the Confederate agent of exchange for prisoners of war under the Dix–Hill Cartel. ...
(1820–1882), American lawyer
Arabic name
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Ahmed Ould Bouceif
Lt. Col. Ahmed Ould Bouceif ( ar, أحمد ولد بوسيف, 1934 – 27 May 1979) was a Mauritanian military and political leader. In April 1979, he seized power in a coup d'état together with Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah and other off ...
(1934–1979), Mauritanian military and political leader
* Ahmed Ould Daddah (born 1942), Mauritanian economist, politician and civil servant
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Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed
Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (born August 11, 1949 at AMI website .) is a Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi Sidi (1939–1981), Mauritanian military and political leader
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Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah ( ar, أحمدو ولد عبد الله) (born November 21, 1940) is a Mauritanian diplomat who was a senior United Nations official.
Background
Ould-Abdallah was born on November 21, 1940, in Mauritania. He graduated fr ...
(born 1940), Mauritanian diplomat who
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Bilal Ould-Chikh
Bilal Ould-Chikh (born 28 July 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Eredivisie club Volendam.
Club career
Born in Roosendaal, Netherlands, Ould-Chikh joined the youth system at Willem II in 2011, before moving to ...
Mahfouz Ould al-Walid
Mahfouz Ould al-Walid (Arabic: محفوظ ولد الوالد), kunya Abu Hafs al-Mauritani ( ar, أبو حفص الموريتاني), is a Mauritanian Islamic scholar and poet previously associated with al-Qaeda. A veteran of the Soviet–Afgh ...
, Mauritanian Islamic scholar and poet previously associated with al-Qaeda
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Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir
Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir (Arabic: محمد الشيخ ولد امخيطير ) is a Mauritanian blogger who was a political prisoner from 2014 to 2019. He was sentenced to death after he wrote an article critical of Islam and the caste system ...
Myriam Ould-Braham
Myriam Ould-Braham (born January 1982) is a French ballet dancer. After joining the Paris Opera Ballet in 1999, she became a ''première danseuse'' (principal) in 2005 and was elevated to the rank of ''étoile'' (star) in 2012.
Early life
Born in ...
(born 1982), French ballet dancer
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Noureddine Ould Ali
Noureddine Ould Ali ( ar, نور الدين ولد علي; born 23 June 1972) is an Algerian football coach who was most recently the manager of the Palestine national football team.
Early life
Ould Ali was born in Bab El Oued, a suburb of the c ...
(born 1972), Algerian football coach
* Omar Ould Hamaha (1963–2014), Mali Islamist militia commander
* Saleh Ould Hanenna (1965–1966), Mauritanian soldier and political figure
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Sghair Ould M'Bareck
Sghair Ould M'Bareck ( ar, اسغير ولد امبارك; born 1954 , ''Agence Mauritanienne d'Information'', July 6, 2003 .