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- Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Hischam , Qādī of Menorca
- Abu Abdallah († 1578), third sultan of the Saadians in Morocco (1574–1576)
- Abu Abdallah al-Qa'im († 1517), Sheikh of the Saadians in Morocco (1505-1517)
- Abu Abdallah ar-Raschid al-Baghdadi († 2010), leader of the Islamic State Organization in Iraq and the Levant, or ISIS for short
- Abū ʿAbdallāh al-Shīʿī († 911), Ismaili missionary in the Maghreb
- Abu Abdullah Zanjani (1891–1941), Iranian legal scholar, Koran scholar and author
- Abu Abdullah, Mohamed (* 1981), Bangladeshi athlete
- Abu Ain, Ziyad (1959-2014), Palestinian politician
- Abu al-Jadyan, Jamal (1958–2007), Palestinian politician and co-founder of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
- Abu al-Hasan , Indian miniature painter
- Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi (1909–1934), Tunisian poet
- Abu al-Salt (1067–1134), Andalusian-Arab polymath
- Abu ʿAli al-Chayyat , Muslim astrologer
- Abu ʿAmir, Muhammad Zaki , Egyptian lawyer
- Abu Amr, Ziad (* 1950), Palestinian politician
- Abu Arafeh, Khaled , Palestinian politician
- Abū Ayyūb al-Ansārī , companion of the Prophet Muhammad
- Abu Azrael , Iraqi Shiite militia commander
- Abu Bakar Bashir (* 1938), Indonesian religious leader and Islamist terrorist
- Abu Bakar of Johor (1833–1895), Sultan of Johor (1886–1895)
- Abu Bakar of Pahang (1904–1974), King of Malaysia, Sultan of Pahang
- Abū Bakr († 634), first of the four “rightly guided” caliphs, the successor of Muhammad according to the Sunnis
- Abū Bakr ibn Sālim (1513–1584), Sufi scholar
- Abu Bakr ibn Umar († 1087), leader of the Almoravids
- Abu Bakr II. († 1346), Caliph of the Hafsids in Ifriqiya
- Abu Bakr, Radanfah (* 1987), Trinidadian-Tobag football player
- Abu Bakr, Randa (* 1966), Egyptian literary scholar
- Abu Darda , Prophet Companion of Muhammad
- Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī , companion of the Prophet Mohammed
- Abu Dschaʿfar Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ghafiqi , Andalusian doctor and botanist
- Abu el-Haggag († 1243), Sufi Sheikh
- Abu Ghaith, Sulaiman (* 1965), Kuwaiti terrorist
- Abu Ghazala, Abd al-Halim (1930–2008), Egyptian general and politician
- Abu Ghazaleh, Tamer (* 1986), Egyptian-Palestinian composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist
- Abu Golayyel, Hamdi (* 1967), Egyptian author
- Abu Hafs Umar I († 1295), Caliph of the Hafsids in Ifriqiya (1284–1295)
- Abu Hamdan, Lawrence (* 1985), British-Lebanese artist
- Abu Hamid al-Gharnati († 1170), Arab traveler, geographer and writer
- Abu Hammu I. Musa († 1318), Sultan of the Abdalwadids in Algeria (1308-1318)
- Abu Hammu II. Musa († 1388), Sultan of the Abdalwadids in Algeria
- Abu Hamza al-Masri (* 1958), fundamentalist Islamic clergyman
- Abū Hanīfa (699–767), Islamic theologian and legal scholar
- Abu Hanna, Joel (* 1998), German soccer player
- Abū Huraira , companion of the Prophet Mohammed
- Abu Ibrahim Ahmad († 863), Emir of the Aghlabids
- Abū ʿInān Fāris (1329–1358), Sultan of the Merinids in Morocco
- Abu Ishaq Ibrahim I († 1283), Caliph of the Hafsids in Ifriqiya (1279-1283)
- Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm II (850-902), ninth Emir of the Aghlabids in Ifrīqiya
- Abu Ismail, Hazem Salah (* 1961), Egyptian scholar and Islamist thinker
- Abu Jaber, Kamel (* 1932), Jordanian politician and author
- Abu Kalidschar († 1048), Buyid ruler
- Abu Kamil , Arabic mathematician
- Abu l-Abbas Abdallah II. († 903), tenth emir of the Aghlabids in Ifriqiya (902–903)
- Abu l-Abbas Ahmad († 1549), third sultan of the Wattasids in Morocco
- Abu l-Abbas Ahmad II († 1394), Caliph of the Hafsids in Ifriqiya (1370-1394)
- Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Laukarī , Islamic philosopher and poet
- Abu l-Abbas as-Saffah (722–754), first Abbasid caliph (749–754)
- Abū ʾl-ʿAbbās Muhammad I († 856), Emir of the Aghlabids in Ifriqiya (841–856)
- Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī (973-1057), Arabic poet
- Abu l-Asakir († 896), ruler of the Tulunids
- Abū l-Aswad ad-Duʾalī († 688), Arabic lexicographer, Koran reader and grammarian
- Abu l-Atahiya , Arabic poet
- Abū l-Barakāt an-Nasafī († 1310), Hanafi lawyer and theologian
- Abū l-Faraj al-Isfahānī (897–967), Arab scholar
- Abū l-Faraj Hārūn ibn Faraj , Karaean scholar
- Abu l-Fawaris (957–987), ruler of the Ichschidids in Egypt (968–969)
- Abu 'l-Fazl (1551–1602), chronicler and historiographer in the Indian Mughal empire
- Abū l-Fażl Baihaqī († 1077), author of a comprehensive historical work on the Ghaznavid period: Tārīḫ-i Baihaqī
- Abu l-Gharaniq Muhammad II († 875), Emir of the Aghlabids in Ifriqiya (864–875)
- Abu l-Hasan († 1351), Sultan of the Merinids in Morocco (1331–1351)
- Abu l-Hasan Ali († 1485), Emir of Granada and 1483 to 1485 (1464–1482)
- Abu l-Huda, Tawfiq (1894–1956), Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Jordan
- Abū l-Hudhail , speculative theologian of the Muʿtazilites
- Abu l-Laith as-Samarqandi (944-983), Hanafi Faqih and Maturidite theologian
- Abū l-Makārim , Copt and writer
- Abu l-Qasim († 982), Emir of Sicily
- Abū l-Qāsim al-Balchī († 931), Muʿtazilite scholar
- Abū l-Qāsim at-Taiyib , 21st Imam of the Musta'li-Tayyibi Ismailis
- Abu l-Wafa (940–998), Persian mathematician
- Abu l-Walid (1967-2004), Chechen resistance fighter
- Abū l-Walīd ibn Ruschd († 1126), Maliki scholar and judge
- Abu l-Yaqzan, Ibrahim (1888–1973), Algerian Ibadian religious scholar, publicist, writer and anti-colonialist
- Abu l-Yazid, Mustafa (1955-2010), Egyptian terrorist
- Abū Lahab († 624), uncle and implacable opponent of the Prophet Mohammed
- Abu Libdeh, Salwa (* 1966), Palestinian television journalist
- Abū Lubāba , Nuqaba (leader) of Medina, under the command of Muhammad, one of 12
- Abu Madyan (1126–1197), Arab-Andalusian teacher and poet of Sufism
- Abū Mansūr al-ʿIdschlī , founder of an extreme Shiite sect
- Abū Mansūr al-Māturīdī (893–941), Islamic theologian
- Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik († 1578), fourth Saadian sultan in Morocco
- Abū Michnaf († 774), Arab historian
- Abū Muhammad al-Kikunī (1835–1913), Avar sheikh
- Abu Muhammad ibn al-Baitar († 1248), Arab physician, botanist and pharmacologist
- Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī , Companion (Sahaba) of the Prophet Muhammad
- Abū Muslim († 755), Persian national hero and resistance fighter
- Abū Nasr as-Sarrādsch († 988), Sufi scholar
- Abu Nasr Mansur , Persian-Muslim mathematician and astronomer
- Abu Nidal (1937–2002), Palestinian terrorist and the founder of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, a split from the PLO in 1974
- Abū Nuʿaim (948-1038), Persian theologian
- Abu Nuwas (757-815), Arabic poet
- Abu Odeh, Adnan (* 1933), Jordanian politician, diplomat and author
- Abū Quḥāfa , father of the first caliph Abu Bakr
- Abū Rāfiʿ († 627), opponent of Muhammad
- Abu Rakwa († 1007), leader of an uprising against the Fatimids (1005-1006)
- Abu Risha, Abd as-Sattar (1972-2007), Iraqi clan leader; Leader and co-founder of the Sunni resistance movement "Council for the Solution of Anbar" in Iraq
- Abu Risha, Omar (1908–1990), Syrian diplomat and poet
- Abu Sabbah, Sarah (* 1999), German-Jordanian soccer player
- Abu Sad al-Ala ibn Sahl , Persian mathematician and physicist
- Abū Saʿīd (1305-1335), Mongolian Ilkhan of Persia
- Abu Said Uthman I († 1303), second sultan of the Abdalwadids in Algeria
- Abu Said Uthman II († 1331), seventh Sultan of the Merinids in Morocco (1310-1331)
- Abū Saʿīd-i Abū l-Chair (967-1049), important Persian Sufi (Islamic mystic)
- Abu Saif, Atef (* 1973), Palestinian writer
- Abū Salama ibn ʿAbd al-Asad († 625), contemporary of Muhammad
- Abu sch-Schalaghlagh († 899), third grand master of the Ismailis in Salamya
- Abu Shagur, Mustafa (* 1951), Libyan politician, Prime Minister (2012)
- Abu Shawir, Rashad (* 1942), Palestinian author
- Abu Sisi, Dirar (* 1969), Arab engineer
- Abu Subaida (* 1971), Palestinian terror suspect
- Abū Sufyān ibn Harb († 652), leader of the Quraish in Mecca
- Abu Sway, Mustafa (* 1958), Palestinian scholar of Islam
- Abu Tahir as-Sa'igh († 1113), head of the Ismailis in Syria
- Abu Taleb, Sufi (1925-2008), Egyptian politician
- Abū Tālib ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib († 619), uncle of the Prophet Mohammed and his patron in Mecca
- Abu Tammam (804-845), Arabic poet
- Abu Tashfin I († 1337), Sultan of the Abdalwadids in Algeria (1318–1337)
- Abu Thabit Amir († 1308), Sultan of Morocco
- Abu Tir, Muhammad (* 1951), Palestinian politician (Hamas)
- Abu Tir, Ziyad (* 1973), Palestinian commander of the "Islamic Holy War"
- Abū ʿUbaid al-Bakrī (1014-1094), Spanish-Arab geographer and historian
- Abū ʿUbaida ibn al-Jarrāh († 638), companion of Muhammad (Sahaba)
- Abū ʿUbaida Muslim ibn Abī Karīma , Islamic legal scholar
- Abu Umar ibn Said († 1287), Raʾīs of Manūrqa
- Abu Uthman Said ibn Hakam al-Quraschi (1204–1282), Raʾīs of Menorca
- Abu Wael, Tawfik (* 1976), Palestinian filmmaker and director
- Abu Walaa (* 1984), man of Iraqi origin who works as an Islamic preacher in Germany
- Abu Yahya († 1230), Moorish governor on the Balearic island of Mallorca
- Abu Yahya († 1282), first sultan of the Abdalwadids in Algeria
- Abu Yahya Abu Bakr († 1258), first sultan of the Merinids in Morocco (1244–1258)
- Abu Yaqub Yusuf († 1307), ruler of the Merinids in Morocco (1286–1307)
- Abu Yaqub Yusuf I († 1184), second caliph of the Almohads (1163–1184)
- Abū Yazīd Machlad ibn Kaidād (873-947), leader of the Kharijites in Ifriqiya
- Abū Yūsuf († 798), co-founder of the Hanafi school of law in Sunni Islam
- Abu Yusuf Yaqub († 1286), third sultan of the Merinids in Morocco
- Abu Zaid, Nasr Hamid (1943-2010), Egyptian thinker and Islamic scholar
- Abu Zaid, Salah (* 1923), Jordanian politician and diplomat
- Abu Zayd, Hikmat († 2011), Egyptian politician
- Abu Zeid, Mahmoud (* 1935), Egyptian politician
- Abu Zeid, Mahmud (* 1987), Egyptian press photographer
- Abu Zeid, Mohamed Hamdy (* 1918), Egyptian diplomat and politician
- Abu, Mohammed (* 1991), Ghanaian soccer player
- Abu-Assad, Hany (* 1961), Dutch-Palestinian film director and screenwriter
- Abu-Ghazaleh, Talal (* 1938), Jordanian entrepreneur
- Abu-Jamal, Mumia (* 1954), American journalist and civil rights activist
- Abu-Libdeh, Mohammad (* 1983), Jordanian Taekwondoin
- Abu-Lughod, Ibrahim (1929–2001), Palestinian-American political scientist and politician
Abua
- Abuaku, Joshua (* 1996), German sprinter and hurdler
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- Abubakar, Abdu Usman (* 1954), Nigerian diplomat
- Abubakar, Abdulsalami (* 1942), Nigerian President
- Abubakar, Atiku (* 1946), Nigerian politician and entrepreneur
- Abubakar, Hajiya Aisha (* 1966), Nigerian politician
- Abubakar, Muhammad Sa'ad (* 1956), Nigerian soldier and Sultan of Sokoto
- Abubakar, Mustafa (* 1949), Indonesian Minister of Economic Affairs
- Abubakari II , King of the Mali Empire in West Africa
- Abubaker, Foaad Ali (* 1982), Qatari marathon runner
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- Abuchazira, Aharon (* 1938), Israeli politician and minister
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- Abudiente, Moses Gideon († 1688), rabbi and author
- Abudius Ruso , Roman Senator and Delator
- Abudu, Mosunmola (* 1964), Nigerian media entrepreneur and personality and businesswoman
Abue
- Abueg, Frederick , Filipino politician
Abug
- Abugan, Folashade (* 1990), Nigerian sprinter
- Abughaush, Ahmad (* 1996), Jordanian Taekwondoin
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- Abuhatzeira, Elazar (1948–2011), Israeli rabbi
- Abuhif, Abdellatif (1929-2008), Egyptian marathon swimmer
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- Abuín Ares, Uxío (* 1991), Spanish triathlete
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- Abukari, Ibrahim (* 1996), Ghanaian soccer player
- Abukhousa, Mohammed (* 1992), Palestinian sprinter
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- Abul Futuh, Abdel Moneim (* 1951), Egyptian politician
- Abul Gharib , Byzantine governor of Cilicia
- Abu'l-Fida (1273-1331), Muslim chronicler, Lord of Hama
- Abuladze, Tengis (1924–1994), Georgian film director
- Abulafia, Abraham , Spanish Kabbalist and mystic
- Abulafia, David (* 1949), British historian
- Abulcasis (936-1013), Muslim doctor and surgeon
- Abulhawa, Susan (* 1970), Palestinian-American author and political activist
- Abulites († 324 BC), satrap of Susa
- Abulwalid Merwan ibn Janach , Jewish scholar
Abum
- Abumdas, Khalid Belaied (* 1987), Libyan snooker player
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- Abunda, Dominic Ondigi (* 1993), Kenyan hammer thrower
- Abundantius , Roman army master of late antiquity
- Abundis, José Manuel (* 1973), Mexican football player
- Abundius , Catholic priest
- Abunimah, Ali (* 1971), Palestinian-American journalist and co-founder of the Electronic Intifada
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- Aburaya, Shigeru (* 1977), Japanese marathon runner
- Aburdschania, Giorgi (* 1995), Georgian football player
- Aburius Bassus, Decimus , Roman suffect consul (85)
- Aburni , King of Nobatia in Nubia (around 450)
- Aburnius Caedicianus, Quintus , Consul 120/121
- Aburnius Severus, Lucius , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Aburnius Valens, Gaius , Roman suffect consul (109)
- Aburumieh, Margarete (* 1951), Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the Federal Council
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- Abusch, Alexander (1902–1982), German journalist, writer and politician (SED), MdV
- Abusch, Dorit (* 1955), Israeli author and linguist with a focus on semantics
- Abuschachmetow, Alexander (1954–1996), Soviet sword fencer
- Abusdal, Helene (* 1978), Norwegian badminton player
- Abusdal, Lars Gunnar (* 1981), Norwegian badminton player
- Äbussejitow, Qairat (* 1955), Kazakh diplomat
- Abussi, Franco (* 1947), Italian cameraman, screenwriter and film director
- Abussi, Luigi , Italian violinist, music teacher and composer
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- Abutalıbov, Hacıbala (* 1944), Azerbaijani physicist and politician
- Abutbul, Alon (* 1965), Israeli actor
- Abutbul, Shay (* 1983), Israeli soccer player
- Abutkow, Alexei Wladimirowitsch († 1945), Russian composer and music teacher
- Abutovic, Aleksandar (* 1965), Serbian-German soccer player
- Abutović, Ilija (* 1988), Serbian handball player
- Abutsu-ni († 1283), Japanese poet