Shakur is a surname and rarely used as a name like

Shakir Shakir is both a surname and a given name, similar to the surname or name Shakur. Notable people with the name include: * Ahmad Muhammad Shakir, Egyptian scholar of Hadith (prophetic traditions) * Faiz Shakir, American Democratic political advisor a ...

. Also, it is from one of the

names of God in Islam Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

, '' Ash-Shakur''. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

'Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur Amir Abdullahi, formally Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur or Amir Hajji 'Abdu'llahi II ibn 'Ali 'Abdu's Shakur ( – 1930), was the last amir of Harar and ruled from late 1884 to 26 January 1887, when the state was terminated, following th ...

(died 1930), Ethiopia emir * Afeni Shakur (1947–2016), American activist * Assata Shakur (born 1947), American activist and convict *

Mopreme Shakur Maurice Harding (born August 16, 1967), better known by his stage name Mopreme Shakur, originally known as Wycked, is an American rapper. He was a member of the hip-hop group Thug Life and is the stepbrother of Tupac Shakur. He was also a member o ...

(born 1969), American rapper * Muhammad ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur, Ethiopian emir * Mustafa Shakur (born 1984), American basketball player * Mutulu Shakur (born 1950), Black Liberation Army leader * Sanyika Shakur (1963–2021), Los Angeles gang member * Tupac Shakur (1971–1996), American rapper and actor

Given name

* Shakur Brown (born 1999), American football player * Shakur Stevenson (born 1997), American professional boxer

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