Yahia (Arabic: يحيى‎, romanized: Yaḥyā), is a common Arabic male given name also written as Yahya or

Yehia Yehia or Yehya is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: * Yehia Chahine (1917–1994), Egyptian film producer and an actor of film and theater * Yehia El-Fakharany (born 1945), Egyptian actor *Yehia El-Mashad (1932–1980) ...

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Yahia Badreddin al-Houthi Yahia Badreddin al-Houthi ( ar, يحيى بدر الدين الحوثي; born 1961) is the political leader of the Zaidi rebels, known as the Houthis, who are fighting against the government of Yemen. He is a brother of current Houthi leader A ...

(born c. 1965), political leader of the Zaidi rebels in Yemen * Yahia Belaskri (born 1952), Algerian novelist *

Yahia Ben Bakr Yahia Ben Bakr (born in the 9th century) was an important Mozarab ( Iberian Christian or, in some instances, a Christianized Iberian Jew, living under Muslim domination) figure in the al-Gharb al-Andalus. He was a member of a family of ''muladí''s ...

(born 9th century), Mozarab (Iberian Christian living under Muslim domination) figure in Medieval Portugal *

Yahia Ben Rabbi Yahia Ben Rabbi (c.1150 – 1222) (pronounced YAH-hee-yah), also known as Yahia the Negro, was a Portuguese nobleman. He was reputed to be a direct descendant of the Hebrew exilarchs of ancient Babylonia (Iraq) that claimed direct descent from the B ...

(c. 1150–1222), also known as Yahya Ha-Nasi, Yahya Ibn Yaish, Dom Yahia "o Negro", direct descendant of the Exilarchs of Babylon, the eponymous ancestor of the Ibn Yahya family *

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(1935-1960), Algerian politician and military *

Yehia El-Fakharany Yehia el-Fakharany ( ar, يحيى الفخراني); born April 7, 1945 in Mansoura, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt is an Egyptian television and film actor. Early years El-Fakharany earned a bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery from Ain Sh ...

(born 1945), Egyptian TV and movie actor *

Yahia El-Mekachari Yahia El-Mekachari (born February 7, 1990 in Gafsa) is a Tunisian light heavyweight amateur boxer who competed at the 2012 Olympics. At the All-Africa Games 2011 he lost to eventual winner Abdelhafid Benchebla 7:14. but won the 2011 African Cham ...

(born 1990), Tunisian light heavyweight amateur boxer, Olympian *

Yahia Kébé Yahia Kébé (born 11 July 1985) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Zawraa. Club career Kébé began his career in 1999 with US Torcy. He played with the club's youth squad before transferring to Blackburn R ...

(born 1985), Burkinabé football player *

Yahia Ouahabi Yahia Ouahabi (born 1 August 1940) is a retired Algerian footballer who played as a defender. Career Ouahabi was born in Sidi-Aïssa, Algeria. He started his playing career at age 11 with home-town team ''SS Sidi-Aïssa''. At age 16, he left ...

(born 1940), Algerian football player *

Yahia Shakmak Yahia M. Shakmak (born 9 January 1985 in Benghazi) is a Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered ...

(born 1985), Libyan basketball player *

Yahia Turki Yahia Turki, (), born Yahia Ben Mahmoud El Hajjem in 1903 in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, died 1 March 1969, was a Tunisian painter described as the "father of Tunisian painting". After the Independence in 1956, Yahia became the president of l'Ecole ...

(1903–1969), Tunisian painter

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Alaeddine Yahia Alaeddine Yahia ( ar, علاء الدين يحيى; born 26 September 1981) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Yahia has previously played for Stade Tunisien, Guingamp and had a brief spell at Southampton, ...

(born 1981), French-Tunisian football player *

Antar Yahia Antar Yahia ( ar, عنتر يحيى; born 21 March 1982) is a retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Yahia is a former French youth international having earned caps for both the under-16 and under-18 youth teams for a bri ...

(born 1982), Algerian football player *

Karim Naït Yahia Karim Naït Yahia ( ar, كريم نايت يحي; born December 19, 1980 in Akbou) is an Algerian football player. He currently plays for Olympique Akbou in the Béjaïa Béjaïa (; ; ar, بجاية‎, Latn, ar, Bijāya, ; kab, Bgayet, Vgay ...

(born 1980), Algerian football player *

Latif Yahia Latif Yahia ( ar, لطيف يحيى, ''Laṭīf Yaḥīa''; born 14 June 1964) is an Iraqi human rights activist, blogger and former lieutenant in the Iran–Iraq War. He is known for being the alleged former body double of Uday Hussein. Biog ...

(born 1964), Iraqi-born author and former combatant in the Iran-Iraq War, and alleged body double of Saddam Hussein's eldest son Uday Hussein *

Rafik Haj Yahia Rafik Haj Yahia ( ar, رفيق حاج يحيى, he, רפיק חאג'-יחיא; 3 September 1949 – 16 April 2000) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party and One Nation between March 1998 a ...

(1949–2000), Israeli Arab politician, member of the Knesset

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Adnan Oktar Adnan Oktar (; born 2 February 1956), also known as Adnan Hoca or Harun Yahya, is a Turkish religious sex cult leader, creationist/ anti-evolutionist, conspiracy theorist, preacher and pamphleteer.Filiu, ''Apocalypse in Islam'', 2011: p.171 In ...

(born 1956), Turkish creationist and cult leader, also known as "Harun Yahya"

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