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 (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 (born 1985), Burkinabé football player * Yahia Ouahabi (born 1940), Algerian football player * Yahia Shakmak (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 (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 (born 1980), Algerian football player * Latif Yahia (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 (1949–2000), Israeli Arab politician, member of the Knesset

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

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