Mahmud

Mahmood

• Mahmood Ali (1928-2008), Pakistani radio, television and stage artist
• Mahmood Hussain (cricketer) (1932-1991), Pakistani Test cricketer
• Shah Mahmood Qureshi (born 1956), Pakistani politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022
• Mahmood Shaam (born 1940), Pakistani Urdu-language journalist, poet writer and analyst
• Mahmood Yakubu (born 1962), Nigerian academic and current chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission
• Mahmood Monshipouri (born 1952), Iranian-born American scholar, educator, and author
• Mahmooda Sultana, Bangladeshi American aerospace engineer (NASA)
• Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan (1913-2007), Pakistani social worker
• Mahmood Hussein Mattan (1923-1952), Somalian merchant seaman
• Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, four-star admiral of the Pakistan Navy
• Muhammad Mahmood Alam (1935-2013), Pakistani fighter pilot
• Mahmood Anjir Faghnawi (1231-1317), the 13th sheikh in the chain of the masters of the Naqshbandi Order
• Mahmood Mamdani (born 1946), Indian-born Ugandan academic, author, and political commentator

Mahmoud

• Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935), President of the State of Palestine
• Mahmoud al-Abrash (born 1944), Syrian politician
• Mahmoud Afshartous (1907-1953), Iranian military officer
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born 1956), Iranian politician, President of Iran (2005-2013)
• Mahmoud Ahmed (born 1941), Ethiopian musician
• Mahmoud Alavi (born 1954), Iranian Shia Cleric
• Mahmoud Alavi (military officer), Iranian military officer
• Mahmoud El-Araby (1932-2021), Egyptian businessman and philanthropist
• Mahmoud Baharmast (1899-1977), Iranian army general
• Mahmoud Balbaa (born 1952), Egyptian businessman and politician
• Mahmoud Chahoud (born 1976), Lebanese footballer
• Mahmoud Charr (born 1984), German professional boxer
• Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008), Palestinian poet
• Mahmoud Dahoud (born 1996), German professional footballer
• Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (born 1940), Iranian writer and actor
• Mahmoud Etemadzadeh (1915-2006), Iranian writer and literary translator
• Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha (1884-1955), Egyptian politician and diplomat
• Mahmoud Farshchian (1930-2025), Iranian painter and miniaturist
• Mahmoud Farshidi (1951-2025), Iranian politician
• Mahmoud Fayad (1925-2002), Egyptian Olympic weightlifter
• Mahmoud Fustuq (1936-2006), Lebanese businessman
• Mahmoud Guinia (1951-2015), Moroccan singer
• Mahmoud Hamshari (1938-1973), assassinated Palestinian official
• Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (1948-2018), Iranian Shia Cleric
• Mahmoud Hessabi (1903-1992), Iranian nuclear physicist and politician
• Mahmoud Hussein (born 1966), Egyptian journalist
• Mahmoud Hweimel (died 2013), Jordanian politician
• Mahmoud Ismail (1914-1983), Egyptian actor, filmmaker
• Mahmoud Jaballah, Egyptian-Canadian Jihad member
• Mahmoud Kahil (1936-2003), Lebanese-born British editorial cartoonist
• Mahmoud Khalil (born 1995), Syrian-born Palestinian Columbia University student detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2025: see Detention of Mahmoud Khalil
• Mahmoud El Khatib (born 1954), Egyptian footballer and President of Al Ahly
• Mahmoud Khayami (1930-2020), Iranian industrialist and philanthropist of French nationality
• Mahmoud Labadi (1940-2014), Palestinian journalist, writer and politician
• Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi (born 1941), Iranian Shia cleric
• Mahmoud Mekki (born 1954), Vice President of Egypt from August 2012 to December 2012
• Mahmoud el-Meliguy (1910-1983), Egyptian actor
• Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad (1943-2015), Palestinian terrorist
• Mahmoud Mohieldin (born 1965), economist
• Mahmoud Nabavian (born 1965), Iranian Shia cleric
• Mahmoud Namjoo (1918-1989), Iranian weightlifter
• Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar (born 1936/37), Egyptian businessman
• Mahmoud Reza Pahlavi (1926-2001), member of Iran's Pahlavi dynasty
• Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha (1888-1949), Prime Minister of Egypt 1945-1946 and 1946-1948
• Mahmoud Bodo Rasch (born 1943), German architect who specializes in the construction of large convertible umbrellas and lightweight structures
• Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (born 1969), American basketball player
• Mahmoud Abdul Razak (born 1971), Syrian footballer
• Mahmoud Saeed (1939-2025), Iraqi-born American novelist
• Mahmoud Salavati (born 1953), Iranian Shia cleric
• Mahmoud Salem (1931-2013), Egyptian journalist and author
• Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi (1839-1904), Egyptian politician and poet
• Mahmoud el-Sisi (born 1982), Egyptian brigadier general and son of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi
• Mahmoud Taleghani (1911-1979), Iranian Shia cleric
• Mahmoud Zakzouk (1933-2020), Egyptian academic
• Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as "Shawkan" (born 1987), Egyptian photojournalist

Mahmud

• Mahmud I (1696-1754), Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1730-1754
• Mahmud II (1785-1839), Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1808-1839
• Ghazan (1271-1304), born Mahmud Ghazan, (Khan, Ilkhan, Sultan) the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ilkhanate division in modern-day Iran from 1295 to 1304
• Sultan Mahmud (Chagatai) (died 1402), last Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate (1384-1402).
• Mahmud Khan (Moghul Khan) (1464-1508), Khan of Tashkent and of the Moghuls of western Moghulistan
• Mäxmüd of Kazan (died 1466), the Khan of the Khanate of Kazan from 1445 to 1466
• Arpa Ke'un (died 1336), known as Mu'izz ad-Din Mahmud, an Ilkhan (1335-1336) during the disintegration of the Ilkhanate, Mongol state in Southwest Asia based in Persia
• Jani Beg (died 1357), or Jalal ad-Din Mahmud, Khan of the Golden Horde from 1342 to 1357
• Mahmud bin Küchük (died 1466), Khan who founded the Khanate of Astrakhan in the 1460s
• Maghan III, known as Mahmud I, mansa of the Mali Empire from 1390 to about 1400.
• Mahmud II (mansa), mansa of the Mali Empire of 1481-1496
• Qutuz (1221-1260), or Mahmud ibn Mamdud, military leader and the third or fourth Mamluk Sultan of Turkic origin
• Mahmud I (Seljuk sultan) (1088-1094), Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1092 to 1094.
• Mahmud II of Great Seljuk (1104-1131), Sultan of Baghdad in 1118
• Mahmud of Ghazni (971-1030), ruler of Ghazni 997-1030
• Mahmud Begada (1458-1511), the most prominent Sultan of the Gujarat Sultanate.
• Mahmud Shah III of Gujarat (1526-1554), 12th Sultan of Gujarat
• Mahmud Hotak (1697-1725), the Shah of Persia from 1722 to 1725
• Mahmud Shah Durrani (1769-1829), ruler of Afghanistan 1801-1803 & 1809-1818
• Shahanshah ibn Mahmud, the Kurdish Shaddadid emir of Ani from 1164 to 1174
• Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī, known as Nur ad-Din (died 1174) (1118-1174), Emir of Aleppo and Damascus
• Al-Muzaffar II Mahmud (died 1244), the Ayyubid emir of Hama first in 1219 (616 AH) and then restored in 1229-1244 (626 AH-642 AH)
• Al-Muzaffar III Mahmud (died 1300), the Kurdish Ayyubid emir of Hama from 1284 to 1300
• Mu'izz al-Din Mahmud (died 1241), the Zengid Emir of the Jazira 1208-1241
• Mahmood Shah Bahmani II (1470-1518), or Shihab-Ud-Din Mahmud, the sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate 1482-1518
• Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (1229/30-1266), Sultan of Delhi, the eighth sultan of the Mamluk Dynasty 1246-1266
• Rashid al-Dawla Mahmud (died 1075), the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo
• Nasr ibn Mahmud (died 1076), the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo in 1075-1076
• Sabiq ibn Mahmud, the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo from 1076 to 1080
• Nasir ad-Din Mahmud (1216-1234), Emir of Mosul from 1219 to 1234
• Alp Arslan ibn Mahmud (died 1146), ruler of Mosul 1127-1146
• Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq (died 1413), the last sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty
• Nāṣir al-Dīn Maḥmūd (died 1222), ruler of the Hasankeyf of the Artuqid dynasty
• Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud (died 1212), Sultan of the Ghurid Empire 1206-1212
• Mahmud Shah of Bengal (died 1459), the First Sultan of Bengal
• Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah (died 1538), the last Sultan of the Hussain Shahi dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate, from 1533 to 1538 CE
• Mahmud ibn Muhammad (1757-1824), the seventh leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia from 1814 to 1824
• Muhammad II ibn Mahmud (1128-1159), Sultan of Seljuq Empire from 1153 to 1159
• Mahmud Khalji (1436-1469), the Sultan of Malwa, in what is now the state of Madhya Pradesh, India
• Nasiruddin Mahmud (eldest son of Iltutmish) (died 1229), the eldest son of the Delhi Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish
• Şehzade Mahmud (son of Mehmed III) (1587-1603), Ottoman prince
• Mahmud Khan of Bengal, 17th-century Bengali nobleman
• Sultan Mahmud Mirza (1453-1495), Timurid Dynasty prince
• Sayyed Mahmud Khan (died 1573), general in the Akbar's army
• Mirza Shah Mahmud (1446-?), Timurid ruler of Herat 1446
• Mahmud Mirza Qajar (1799-?), Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty
• Mirza Mahmud Shah Bahadur, also known Shah Jahan IV (1749-1790), the eighteenth Mughal emperor for a brief period in 1788
• Mahmud Shah of Jaunpur (1429-1457), the 4th ruler of the Jaunpur Sultanate, reigned from 1440 to 1457
• Jalal al-Din Mahmud (died 1352), the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1350
• Sultan Mahmud ibn Nizam al-Din Yahya (1464-1543), the last Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1495 until 1537
• Osman Mohamoud (king), known as Uthman III ibn Mahmud, Somali king who led the Majeerteen Sultanate during the 19th century.
• Mohamoud Ali Shire (died 1960), Somali Sultan of the Warsengali Sultanate
• Mahmud Gawan (1411-1481), prime minister of the Bahmani Sultanate of Deccan
• Mahmud Bey, the fourth and final bey of the Chobanids
• Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas al-Shirazi (died 1330), Persian physician from Shiraz
• Mahmud Yalavach, administrator in the Mongol Empire who ruled over Turkestan as governor and eventually went on to be mayor of Taidu (now Beijing)
• Chaophraya Chakri (Mud) (1727-1774), or Mahmud, the Prime Minister of Siam
• Muhammad Shah of Brunei (died 1402), known as Mahmud Shah, first sultan of Brunei, possibly from 1363 to 1402
• Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Malacca) (died 1528), Sultan of Malacca 1488-1528
• Mahmud Badaruddin II (1767-1852), Sultan of Palembang
• Abu al-Mafakhir of Banten (died 1651), born Abu al-Mafakhir Mahmud Abdulkadir, the first king in Java to use the title Sultan
• Mahmud of Terengganu (1930-1998), Sultan Terengganu
• Mahmud Shah I of Pahang (died 1530), the fifth Sultan of Pahang from 1519 to 1530
• Melewar of Negeri Sembilan (died 1795), the first Yamtuan Besar
• Mahmud Pasha Angelović (1420-1474), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1456-1466 and 1472-1474). He also wrote Persian and Turkish poems under the pseudonym Adni (the 'Eden-like')
• Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha (1864-1931), Ottoman army general and statesman of ethnic Georgian background
• Mahmud Pasha (governor) (died 1567), Ottoman statesman from Bosnia
• Mahmud Shams, known as Ma He (1371-1433/35), Chinese admiral and world explorer
• Mahmud Shevket Pasha (1856-1913), Ottoman generalissimo and statesman, who was an important political figure during the Second Constitutional Era
• Mahmud al-Kashgari (1005-1102), lexicographer and Uyghur scholar
• Abu-Mahmud Khujandi (940-1000), Transoxanian astronomer and mathematician
• Mahmud Karimov (1948-2013), Azerbaijani physicist
• Makhmud Muradov (born 1990), professional mixed martial artist
• Makhmud Sabyrkhan (born 2001), Kazakh boxer
• Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono (born 1945), Indonesian general
• La Nyalla Mattalitti (born 10 May 1959), full name La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti, Indonesian politician
• Karaeng Pattingalloang (1600-1654), or Sultan Mahmud, known as the Father of Makassar
• Mahmud Pasha (1853-1903), Ottoman statesman, poet and writer
• Mahmud Taymur (1894-1973), Egyptian fiction writer
• Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 13th-century Iraqi-Arab painter and calligrapher
• Sultan Mahmud Khan (died 1859), commander of the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of Sarkar e Khalsa
• Shah Mahmud Khan (1890-1959), Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1946 to 1953
• Mahmud Jamal (born 1967), Canadian jurist serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2021
• Mahmud Al-Nashaf (1906-1979), Israeli Arab politician
• Mahmud Khalid, Ghanaian politician
• Mahmud Mahmud (1882-1965), Iranian politician
• Mahmud Tarzi (1865-1933), Afghan journalist
• Mahmud Arif (1909-2001), Saudi Arabian poet
• Mahmud Ali Durrani (born 1941), Pakistani two-star rank general officer
• Mahmud Eyvazov (1808-1960), Azerbaijani long-lived collective farmer
• Mahmud Kamani (born 1964), British billionaire businessman
• Aziz Mahmud Hudayi (1541-1628), one of the most famous Sufi Muslim saints of the Ottoman Empire
• Mahmud al-Muntasir (1903-1970), first Prime minister of Libya
• Mahmud Barzanji (1878-1956), King of Kurdistan
• Mahmud Ali (statesman) (1919-2006), progressive leftist Pakistani politician
• Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1818-1883), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1871-1872 and 1875-1876)
• Mahmud Bayazidi (1797-1859), Ottoman Kurdish philosopher and polymath from Bayazid
• Mahmud Bayumi (1890-1938), Egyptian orthopaedic surgery professor at Kasr El Aini Medical School
• Makhmud Esambayev (1924-2000), Soviet and Chechen dancer, ballet master, choreographer and actor
• Mahmudkhodja Behbudiy (1875-1919), Jadid activist, writer, journalist and leading public figure in Imperial Russia and Soviet Turkestan
• Mahmud Deobandi (died 1886), Indian Muslim scholar
• Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (1851-1920), Indian Muslim scholar and activist
• Mahmud Hasan Gangohi (1907-1996), Indian mufti and Islamic scholar
• Mufti Mahmud (1919-1980), Pakistani statesman and Islamic scholar
• Md. Mahmud Hassan Talukder (born 1966), Bangladeshi politician
• Mahmud Sheet Khattab (1919-1998), Iraqi polymath and Major General

Mahmudi/Mahmudin

• Elias Mahmoudi (born 1998), French Muay Thai fighter
• Nur Mahmudi Ismail (born 1961), Mayor of Depok City, Indonesia

Mahmut

• Mahmut Celal Bayar (1883-1986), third President of Turkey
• Mahmut Dikerdem (1916-1993), Turkish diplomat, writer and peace activist
• Mahmut Cuhruk (1925-2018), Turkish judge
• Mahmut Esat Bozkurt (1892-1943), Turkish politician
• Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu (1929-2022), Turkish Sufi Sheikh and leader of the İsmailağa jamia of the Naqshbandi-Khalidiyya Ṭarīqah centred in Çarşamba, Istanbul
• Mahmut Orhan (born 1993), Turkish disc jockey and record producer
• Mahmut Bakalli (1936-2006), Kosovo Albanian politician
• Mahmut Atalay (1934-2004), Turkish freestyle wrestler and coach
• Mahmut L. Unlu (born 1967), Turkish business executive and entrepreneur
• Mahmut Özgener (born 1963), Turkish Football Federation president
• Mahmut Bezgin (born 1986), Turkish footballer
• Mahmut Boz (born 1991), Turkish footballer
• Mahmut Hoşgiz (born 1975), Turkish footballer
• Mahmut Tekdemir (born 1988), Turkish footballer
• Mahmut Özdemir (born 1987), German politician of Turkish descent
• Mahmut Yilmaz (born 1979), German footballer of Turkish descent
• Mahmut Bozteke (born 1997), Turkish para taekwondo practitioner
• Mahmut Küçükşahin (born 2004), Turkish footballer
• Mahmut Demir (born 1970), Turkish sport wrestler
• Mahmut Şenol (born 1958), Turkish author
• Mahmut Sönmez (born 1990), Turkish-Dutch footballer
• Mahmut Yavuz (born 1982), Turkish navy officer and ultramarathon runner
• Mahmut Yıldırım (born 1953), Kurdish contract killer

Mehmood

• Mehmood (actor) (1932-2004), Indian actor, singer, director and producer
• Mehmood Aslam (born 1951), Pakistani television and stage actor
• Mehmood Bhatti (born 1958), Pakistani fashion designer
• Mehmood Quaraishy (born 1942), Kenyan cricketer
• Mehmood Sham (born 1940), Pakistani journalist

Mehmud

• Maulana Mehmud Hasan (1851-1920), Indian independence activist
• Mehmud Abdukerem (born 1993), Chinese footballer

Mahmood

• Khalid Mahmood (British politician) (born 1961), British politician
• Shabana Mahmood (born 1980), British politician
• Jemilah Mahmood (born 1959), doctor and humanitarian activist
• Mazher Mahmood (born 1963), British reporter
• Saba Mahmood (1961-2018), American anthropologist
• Sajid Mahmood (born 1981), English cricketer
• Abdullah al Mahmood (1900-1975), Bengali politician, lawyer and minister in Pakistan
• Iqbal Hassan Mahmood, Bangladeshi politician and minister
• Ayaz Mahmood (born 1964), Pakistani field hockey player
• Kashif Mahmood (cricketer, born 1985) (born 1985), Pakistani cricketer
• Shahid Mahmood (1939-2020), Pakistani cricketer
• Zia Mahmood (born 1946), Pakistani bridge player
• Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood (born 1940), Pakistani nuclear engineer
• Syed Mahmood (1850-1903), Indian jurist
• Tahir Mahmood (born 1941), Indian jurist
• Talat Mahmood (1924-1998), Indian singer and actor
• Banaz Mahmod (1985-2006), Iraqi Kurdish honour killing victim

Mahmoud

• Ahmad Mahmoud (1931-2002), Iranian novelist
• Alessandro Mahmoud, known as Mahmood (singer) (born 1992), Italian singer and songwriter
• Aram Mahmoud (born 1997), badminton player
• Emtithal Mahmoud (born 1992/93), Sudanese poet and activist
• Joseph Mahmoud (born 1955), French athlete
• Karem Mahmoud (1922-1995), Egyptian singer
• Mayam Mahmoud, Egyptian rapper and women's rights activist
• Shaaban Mahmoud (born 1981), Egyptian footballer
• Younis Mahmoud (born 1983), Iraqi footballer
• Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1938-2024), President of Somaliland from 2010 to 2017

Mehmood

• Arshad Mehmood (composer), Pakistani actor and music composer
• Kashif Mehmood (born 1971), Pakistani actor
• Hasnat Mehmood (born 1978), Pakistani artist
• Arshad Mehmood (singer), Pakistani singer
• Faakhir Mehmood (born 1973), Pakistani singer
• Arif Mehmood (born 1983), Pakistani footballer

Mehmud

• Salim Mehmud, Pakistani rocket scientist

Mahmud

• Arslanbek Makhmudov (born 1989), Russian professional boxer
• Abid Hamid Mahmud (1957-2012), Iraqi general
• Nureddin Mahmud (1899-1981), Prime Minister of Iraq (1952-1953)
• Amir Machmud (1923-1995), Indonesian military general
• Machmud Singgirei Rumagesan (1885-1964), Papuan King of Sekar and Indonesian independence activist
• Abdul Taib Mahmud (1936-2024), Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak (1981-2014)
• Al Mahmud (1936-2019), Bangladeshi poet, novelist, and short-story writer
• Mahmud Mahmud (1882-1965), Iranian academic and politician
• Hayat Mahmud, Bengali feudal lord and military commander
• Abdul Gafoor Mahmud (born 1934), former chief of the Bangladesh Air Force
• Heyat Mahmud (1693-1760), medieval Bengali poet
• Firoz Mahmud (born 1974), Bangladeshi artist
• Khaled Mahmud (born 1971), Bangladeshi cricketer
• A. T. Mahmud (1930-2010), Indonesian songwriter
• Syamsuddin Mahmud (1935-2021), Indonesian economist and politician
• Sultan Mahmud (minister) (1900-1982), politician from Arakan, Burma (now Rakhine State, Myanmar)
• Hasan Mahmud (cricketer) (born 1999), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Dean Mahomed (1759-1851), British Indian traveller, soldier, surgeon, entrepreneur, and one of the most notable early non-European immigrants to the Western World

Mahfud

• Mahfud MD (born 1957), Indonesian politician and lawyer

Mahfouz

• Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz (born 1969), Saudi Arabian businessman
• Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006), Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature

• Mahmudul Amin Choudhury (1937-2019), 11th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Mahmudullah
  • Mahmoodullah Shah Hussaini (died 1894), Indian Sufi poet
  • Mahmudullah Riyad (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Mahmudul Haque (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mahmudul Hasan (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mahmudul Islam
  • Mahmudul Islam (1936-2016), 10th Attorney General of Bangladesh
  • Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury (born 1950), 1st Mayor of Chittagong
• Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury (1938-2012), Bangladeshi politician
• Mahmudunnabi Chowdhury (1908-1995), Bangladeshi politician, businessman and former minister
• Mahmudur Rahman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mehmood-ur-Rasheed (born 1954), Pakistani politician
• Sikder Mahmudur Razi, Bangladeshi High Court justice

• Mahmoud Bishara, fictional character in the book Refugee