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 ...
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall ( ar, إعلي ولد محمد فال ''I‘lī Wald Muḥammad Fāl''; 1953 – 5 May 2017) was a Mauritanian political and military figure. Following a coup d'état in August 2005, he served as the transitional ...
Mohamed Vall (1953–2017), Mauritanian political and military figure
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Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya
Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya (born 17 March 1961) is a Mauritanian politician who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Mauritania from 5 August 2019 to 6 August 2020. He headed the Ministry of Housing, Town Planning and Regional Development ...
(born 1961), Mauritanian politician
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Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
Ismaïl Ould Cheikh Ahmed ( ar, إسماعيل ولد الشيخ أحمد; born 9 November 1960, in Nouakchott) is a Mauritanian diplomat and politician. He served as a United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen and was therefore head of the Office ...
(born 1960), Mauritanian diplomat and politician
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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 ...
, Mauritanian blogger and political prisoner
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Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
Ret. Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah ( ar, محمد خونا ولد هيداله ''Muḥammad Khouna Wald Haidallah'') (born 1940) was the head of state of Mauritania (Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation, CMSN) from 4 Janu ...
(born 1940), head of state of Mauritania
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Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed
Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed ( ar, محمد لامين ولد أحمد; born 1947) is a Sahrawi politician, writer and member of the Polisario Front.
Since January 2012, he is the Minister of Health of the Sahrawi Republic.
Born in Smara and b ...
(born 1947), Sahrawi politician, writer and member of the Polisario Front
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Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig
Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig ( ar, محمد الأمين ولد جيج; born July 1, 1959) is a Mauritanian academic and political figure. He was the 8th Prime Minister of Mauritania from December 18, 1997 to November 16, 1998 (11 months). Guig was the ...
(born 1959), Mauritanian academic and political figure
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Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly
Lt. Col. Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly ( ar, محمد محمود ولد أحمد لولي; 1 January 1943 – 16 March 2019) was the President of Mauritania and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation
The Military Committee f ...
(1943–2019), Mauritanian politician
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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ( ar, محمد ولد عبد العزيز ''Muḥammad Wald 'Abd al-'Azīz''; born 20 December 1956) is a former Mauritanian politician who was the 8th List of heads of state of Mauritania, President of Mauritania, in of ...
(born 1956), Mauritanian politician
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Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani ( ar, محمد ولد الشيخ محمد أحمد ولد الغزواني; born 4 December 1956), also known as Ghazouani and Ould Ghazouani, is a Mauritanian politician and retired Mauritanian A ...
(born 1956)
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Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir
Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir ( ar, محمد سالم ولد البشير) is a Mauritanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Mauritania from 2018 to 2019, following the resignation of his predecessor, Yahya Ould Hademine, and his governme ...
, Mauritanian politician
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Moktar Ould Daddah
Moktar Ould Daddah ( ar, مختار ولد داداه, Mukhtār Wald Dāddāh; December 25, 1924 – October 14, 2003) was a Mauritanian politician who led the country after it gained its independence from France. Daddah served as the country's ...
(1924–2003), Mauritanian politician
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Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf ( ar, مولاي ولد محمد لغظف) (born 1957) served as the Prime Minister of Mauritania from August 2008 until August 2014.Mustafa Ould Salek (1936–2012), Mauritanian politician
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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 .
(born 1954), Mauritanian politician
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Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara (1947 – 30 August 2017) was the 4th Prime Minister of Mauritania from December 12, 1980 to April 25, 1981. Biography
He had a short term as the governor of Central Bank of Mauritania in summer 1978.
He was first appointe ...
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi ( ar, سيدي محمد ولد الشيخ عبد الله; 193822 November 2020) was a Mauritanian politician who was President of Mauritania from 2007 to 2008. He served in the government during the 1970s ...
(born 1938), Mauritanian politician
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Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef
Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef ( ar, يحيى ولد أحمد الواقف; born 1960 as Prime Minister, Agence Mauritanienne d'Inform ...
(born 1960), Mauritanian politician
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Yahya Ould Hademine
Yahya Ould Hademine ( ar, يحي ولد حدمين; born December 31, 1953) is a Mauritanian engineer and politician who served as Defence Minister of Mauritania. He served as the Prime Minister of Mauritania from August 21, 2014. to October 29, 2 ...
(born 1953), Mauritanian engineer and politician
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Zeine Ould Zeidane
Zeine Ould Zeidane ( ar, الزين ولد زيدان) (born 1966) Agence Mauritanienne d'Information, April 21, 2007 .
(born 1966), Mauritanian economist and politician
* Zinédine Ould Khaled (born 2000), French football player