Sufyan () is an Arabic name. *

Nader Sufyan Abbas Nader Sufyan Abbas (born Andrey Ivanov () on 12 December 1975) is a Qatari weightlifter who competed in the Men's weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and finished 9th. He is the 2001 world champion. One of eight Bulgarian weightlifters re ...

(born 1975), Qatari weightlifter *

Abu Sufyan Al-Azdi Sa'id Ali Jabir Al Khathim Al Shihri (Arabic: سعيد علي جابر الخثيم الشهري) was a Saudi Arabian deputy leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and possibly involved in the kidnappings and mu ...

(1973–2013), Saudi Arabian deputy leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula *

Khaled bin Sufyan Al-Hathali Khaled bin Sufyan Al-Hathali (name also al-Hudhali, or Hudayr) belonged to the Banu Lahyan tribe at the time of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. Muhammad said that Khalid was planning on attacking Madinah and instructed the people of Nakhla and Uranah ...

(died 625), belonged to the Banu Lahyan tribe at the time of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad *

Abu Sufyan ibn Harb Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya (; ), commonly known by his ' Abu Sufiyan (), was a prominent opponent-turned companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the father of the first Umayyad caliph Mu'awiya I () and namesake of the S ...

(560–652), leader of the Quraish tribe of Mecca *

Muawiyah ibn-abi-Sufyan Mu'awiya I (–April 680) was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 661 until his death. He became caliph less than thirty years after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and immediately after the four Rashid ...

or Muawiyah I (602–680) established the Umayyad Dynasty of the caliphate * Sufyan Ben Qumu or Abu Sufian bin Qumu (born 1959), citizen of Libya held in Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba *

Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith Abū Sufyān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib (), born al-Mughīra (), was a companion and first cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.Abdalmalik ibn Hisham. ''Notes to Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasool Allah''. Translated by Guillaume, A. (19 ...

, son of Ḥārith ibn Abd al-Muttalib and a sahaba (companion) and a cousin of Muhammad * Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (c. 594–666), a wife of Muhammad and therefore a Mother of the Believers *

Sufjan Stevens Sufjan Stevens ( ; born July 1, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has released ten solo studio albums and multiple collaborative albums with other artists. Stevens has received Grammy and Academy Award nomina ...

(born 1975), American singer *

Sufyan al-Thawri Abū ʿAbd Allāh Sufyān ibn Saʿīd ibn Masrūq ibn Ḥamza al-Thawrī al-Muḍarī al-Kūfī (; 716–778 CE / 97–161 AH), commonly known as Sufyān al-Thawrī (), was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, ascetic, traditionist, and eponymous ...

(716–778), tabi'i Islamic scholar, Hafiz and jurist, founder of the Thawri madhhab * Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah (725–814), prominent eighth-century Islamic religious scholar from Mecca *

Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan ibn Harb ibn Umayya (; died 639) was a leading Arab Muslim commander in the conquest of Syria from 634 until his death in the plague of Amwas in 639. Following the capture of Damascus around 635, he was placed in command of ...

(died 639), one of the companions of Muhammad *

Yazid Ibn Muawiyah Ibn Abu Sufyan Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (; 11 November 683), commonly known as Yazid I, was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from April 680 until his death in November 683. His appointment by his father Mu'awiya I () was the first ...

or Yazid I, (647–683), the second Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate *

Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan Abu al-Mughira Ziyad ibn Abihi (; ), also known as Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan (), was an administrator and statesman of the successive Rashidun and Umayyad caliphates in the mid-7th century. He served as the governor of Basra in 665–670 and ultimat ...

(622-673), Muslim general and administrator and a member of the clan of the Umayyads

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