Syed Ali (also spelled Sayyed Ali, Sayyid Ali, etc.) may refer to: * Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani (1314–1384), a Persian Sufi who spread Islam in Kashmir * Syed Ali (name), a family of

Syeds ''Sayyid'' (, ; ar, سيد ; ; meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master'; Arabic plural: ; feminine: ; ) is a surname of people descending from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, sons of Muhamma ...

in South Asia *

Syed Ameer Ali Syed Ameer Ali Order of the Star of India (1849–1928) was an Indian/ British Indian jurist hailing from the state of Oudh from where his father moved and settled down at Bengal Presidency. He was a prominent political leader, and author of a n ...

(1849–1928), Indian scholar who taught at Aligarh Muslim University * Syed Ghous Ali Shah (born 1934), former Chief Minister of Sindh, Pakistan * Syed Ali Shah Geelani (born 1929), politician from Jammu and Kashmir *

Syed Ali Raza Syed Ali Raza is a Pakistani businessman and author. He became the President of the National Bank of Pakistan, being the longest serving President of the bank up to that point, and has also worked at the North African branch of Bank of America. ...

, President and Chairman of the National Bank of Pakistan * Syed Ali (cricketer) (1913–1993), Trinidadian cricketer *

Syed Ali (field hockey, born 1942) Syed Mushtaq Ali (10 July 1942 – 2 March 2010) was a field hockey player from India who won a gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ...

(1942–2010), or Syed Mushtaq Ali, field hockey player from India, won 1964 Olympic gold medal *

Syed Ali (field hockey, born 1956) Syed Ali (born 21 August 1956) is an Indian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters ...

, Indian Olympic hockey player * Syed Ali Ahsan (1922–2002), writer, poet, and professor at the University of Dhaka *

Syed Ali Nawaz Shah Rizvi Syed Ali Nawaz Shah Rizvi (born 1 January 1942) is a Pakistani politician. Education Rizvi was born in Mirpur Khas, Sindh. He held various representative offices of the student communities at almost all the educational institutions he attended. ...

, former federal Minister in the Cabinet of the government of Pakistan *

Syed Ali Qutab Shah Rizvi Syed Ali Qutab Shah Rizvi was a member of the Pakistani Sindh Provincial Assembly in the 1970s and 1980s, representing the district of Tharparkar Tharparkar (Dhatki language, Dhatki/ sd, ٿرپارڪر, ur, ), also known as Thar, is a distric ...

, member of the Pakistani Sindh Provincial Assembly in Pakistan * Syed Ali Naqi Zaidi, poet who used the nom de plume

Safi Lakhnavi Safi Lakhnavi (Urdu: صفی لکھنوی, Hindi: सफ़ी लखनवी ), born Syed Ali Naqi Zaidi (2 January 1862 – 1950), was a prominent Urdu poet. He was born in the city of Lucknow, India in a family of Zaidi Syeds who claimed direc ...

* Syed Ali Urooj Naqvi or Ali Naqvi, Pakistani cricketer * Syed Ali Ashraf, founder of

Darul Ihsan University Darul Ihsan University ( bn, দারুল ইহসান বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) or DIU was a private university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was founded by late Syed Ali Ashraf in 1989. The government of Bangladesh accredit ...

* Syed Ali, a minor character in the television series ''24'' *

Syed Modasser Ali Syed Modasser Ali FRCS, FRCOpth is an ophthalmic surgeon from Bangladesh and was the Health, Family Welfare and Social Welfare adviser to the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, from 2009 to 2013. He is the founder of Mojibunnessa Eye Ho ...

, ophthalmic surgeon from Bangladesh

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