Mahmud

Mahmud
محمود
Pronunciation	Arabic: [maħˈmuːd]; Urdu: [mɛɦˈmuːd̪]
Gender	Male
Origin
Language(s)	Arabic
Meaning	Praiseworthy
Other names
Cognate(s)	Muhammad
Anglicisation(s)	Mahmood, Mahmad, Mahmoud, Mahmut, Makhmud, Mehmood, Mehmed, Mehmud, Mahmoed, Malamud, Mahmmoud
Derived	H-M-D root

Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name محمود (Maḥmūd), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning praise, along with Muhammad.

Given name

Mahmood

Mahmood Ali (1928–2008), Pakistani radio, television and stage artist
Mahmood Hussain (cricketer) (1932–1991), Pakistani Test cricketer
Mahmood Hussain (councillor), former Lord Mayor of Birmingham, England
Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistani politician who served as the 29th Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022.
Mahmood Shaam (born 1940), Pakistani Urdu language journalist, poet writer and analyst.
Mahmood Yakubu, Nigerian academic and current chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Mahmood Mamdani (born 1946), Ugandan academic, author and political commentator
Mahmood Monshipouri (born 1952), Iranian-born American scholar, educator, and author.
Mahmooda Sultana, Aerospace engineer (NASA)
Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan, Pakistani social worker.
Mahmood Hussein Mattan, Somalian former merchant seaman
Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, retired four-star admiral of the Pakistan Navy
Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani fighter pilot
Mahmood Anjir Faghnawi, the 13th sheikh in the chain of the masters of the Naqshbandi Order
Mahmood Mamdani, an Indian-born Ugandan academic, author, and political commentator.
Mahmood Hussein Mattan, was a Somali former merchant seaman who was wrongfully convicted
Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, the second caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

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), former President of Iran
Mahmoud Reza Pahlavi, a member of Iran's Pahlavi dynasty
Mahmoud Ahmed (born 1941), Ethiopian musician
Mahmoud Alavi, Iranian Shia Cleric
Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, Egyptian businessman
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 Darwish (1941–2008), Palestinian poet
Mahmoud Dahoud, German professional footballer
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (born 1940), Iranian writer and actor
Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha (1884–1955), Egyptian politician and diplomat
Mahmoud Fayad (1925–2002), Gold medal winner at the Summer Olympics of 1948 in London.
Mahmoud Fustuq (died 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 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 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), the vice president of Egypt from August 2012 to December 2012
Mahmoud el-Meliguy (1910–1983), Egyptian actor
Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad, Palestinian terrorist
Mahmoud Mohieldin (born 1965), economist
Mahmoud Nabavian, Iranian Shia Cleric
Mahmoud Namjoo (1918–1989), Iranian weightlifter
Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha (1888–1949), Prime Minister of Egypt 1945–1946 and 1946–1948
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, American basketball player
Mahmoud Abdul Razak, Syrian footballer
Mahmoud Salem (1931–2013), Egyptian journalist and author.
Mahmoud Salavati (born 1953), Iranian Shia Cleric
Mahmoud el-Sisi (born 1982), Egyptian brigadier general and son of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi
Mahmoud Taleghani (1911–1979), Iranian Shia Cleric
Mahmoud Vahidnia (born 1989), gold medal winner at the Iranian Mathematical Olympiad in 2007
Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi (1839–1904), Egyptian politician and poet
Mahmoud Zakzouk (1933–2020), Egyptian academic
Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan, (born c. 1987), Egyptian photojournalist
Mahmoud Charr, German professional boxer.
Mahmoud Hessabi, an Iranian nuclear physicist and senator, He was the minister of education
Mahmoud Bodo Rasch, a German architect who specializes in the construction of large convertible umbrellas and lightweight structures.
Mahmoud Kahil, a Lebanese-born British editorial cartoonist.

Mahmud

Mehmed II, Caesar of Rome, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1444-1446 (The sultan of two lands and the khan of two seas).
Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1730–1754
Mahmud II, Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1808–1839
Ghazan 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), was last Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate (1384–1402).
Mahmud Khan (Moghul Khan), Khan of Tashkent and of the Moghuls of western Moghulistan
Mäxmüd of Kazan, the Khan of the Khanate of Kazan from 1445 to 1466.
Arpa Ke'un 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 or Jalal ad-Din Mahmud, Khan of the Golden Horde from 1342 to 1357
Mahmud bin Küchük, a Khan who founded the Khanate of Astrakhan in the 1460s
Mahmud Khizr, khan of the Golden Horde in uncertain dates between 1359 and 1362.
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 or Mahmud ibn Mamdud, military leader and the third or fourth Mamluk Sultan of Turkic origin.
Mahmud I (Seljuk sultan), sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1092 to 1094.
Mahmud II of Great Seljuk, Sultan of Baghdad in 1118
Mahmud of Ghazni, ruler of Ghazni 997–1030
Mahmud Begada, the most prominent Sultan of the Gujarat Sultanate.
Mahmud Shah III of Gujarat, 12th Sultan of Gujarat
Mahmud Hotak, the Shah of Persia from 1722-1725.
Mahmud Shah Durrani, 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), Emir of Aleppo and Damascus
Al-Muzaffar II Mahmud, the Ayyubid emir of Hama first in 1219 (616 AH) and then restored in 1229–1244 (626 AH–642 AH)
Al-Muzaffar III Mahmud, the Kurdish Ayyubid emir of Hama from 1284 to 1300.
Mu'izz al-Din Mahmud, the Zengid Emir of the Jazira 1208–1241.
Mahmood Shah Bahmani II or Shihab-Ud-Din Mahmud , the sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate from 1482-1518.
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah, Sultan of Delhi, the eighth sultan of the Mamluk Dynasty 1246-1266.
Rashid al-Dawla Mahmud, the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo
Nasr ibn Mahmud, the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo in 1075–1076.
Sabiq ibn Mahmud, the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo from 1076 to 1080.
Nasir ad-Din Mahmud, Emir of Mosul from 1219 to 1234.
Alp Arslan ibn Mahmud, ruler of Mosul from 1127-1146.
Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq, the last sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty
Nāṣir al-Dīn Maḥmūd, a ruler of the Hasankeyf of the Artuqid dynasty.
Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud, Sultan of the Ghurid Empire 1206-1212
Mahmud Shah of Bengal, the First Sultan of Bengal
Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah, the last Sultan of the Hussain Shahi dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate, from 1533-1538 CE.
Mohammed bin Salman, the heir apparent to the Saudi Arabian throne, He is currently Crown Prince and Prime Minister.
Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Emirati royal and politician who currently serves as the third president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi.
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, an Emirati politician and royal who is the current ruler of Dubai, and serves as the vice president, prime minister, and minister of defense of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Mohammed VI of Morocco, King of Morocco.
Mohamed Hadid, American real estate developer.
Mahmud ibn Muhammad, the seventh leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia from 1814-1824.
Muhammad II ibn Mahmud, Sultan of Seljuq Empire from 1153 to 1159.
Mahmud Khalji, the Sultan of Malwa, in what is now the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
Nasiruddin Mahmud (eldest son of Iltutmish), the eldest son of the Delhi Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish
Şehzade Mahmud (son of Mehmed III), was an Ottoman prince
Mahmud Khan of Bengal, 17th-century Bengali nobleman.
Sultan Mahmud Mirza, was a Timurid Dynasty prince.
Sayyed Mahmud Khan, was a general in the Akbar's army
Mirza Shah Mahmud, Timurid ruler of Herat 1446.
Mahmud Mirza Qajar, Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty.
Mirza Mahmud Shah Bahadur, also known Shah Jahan IV, the eighteenth Mughal emperor for a brief period in 1788.
Mahmud Shah of Jaunpur, the 4th ruler of the Jaunpur Sultanate, reigned from 1440 to 1457.
Jalal al-Din Mahmud, the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1350.
Sultan Mahmud ibn Nizam al-Din Yahya, the last Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1495 until 1537.
Osman Mohamoud (king) known as Uthman III ibn Mahmud, was a Somali king, He led the Majeerteen Sultanate during the 19th century.
Mohamoud Ali Shire, Somali Sultan of the Warsengali Sultanate.
Mahmud Gawan, prime minister in the Bahmani Sultanate of Deccan 1411 – 1481.
Mahmud Bey, the fourth and final bey of the Chobanids.
Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas al-Shirazi, 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).
Matthew the Apostle, the New Testament as one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
Mark the Evangelist, the author of the Gospel of Mark.
Matthias the Apostle, the last Apostles of Jesus.
Martin of Tours, the most familiar and recognizable saints in France
Charlemagne, the first recognized emperor to rule in the west after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Chaophraya Chakri (Mud) or Mahmud, the Prime Minister of Siam.
Syarif Abdullah Mahmud, King of Champa 1471-1478.
Muhammad Shah of Brunei known as Mahmud Shah, the Sultanate of Brunei and was its first sultan, possibly from 1363 to 1402.
Sultan Mahmud Syah, Hero of the Revolution of Independence.
Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Malacca), Sultan of Malacca 1488–1528
Mahmud Badaruddin II, Sultan of Palembang.
Abu al-Mafakhir of Banten born Abu al-Mafakhir Mahmud Abdulkadir, the first king in Java to use the title " Sultan".
Mahmud of Terengganu, Sultan Terengganu.
Mahmud Shah I of Pahang, the fifth Sultan of Pahang from 1519 to 1530.
Raja Mahmud ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Jalil, the first Yamtuan Besar Melewar of Negeri Sembilan
Mahmud Manoppo (Antogia) Korompot, the 14th king of Kaidipang 1908-1910.
Mahmud Arya Lamanjiji, the 14th king of Medan since 2005
Mahmud Pasha Angelović, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1456 to 1466 and from 1472 to 1474. He also wrote Persian and Turkish poems under the pseudonym Adni (the "Eden-like").
Mahmud Pasha (1853–1903), Ottoman statesman, poet and writer
Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha, Ottoman army general and statesman of ethnic Georgian background.
Mahmud Pasha (governor), was an Ottoman statesman from Bosnia
Mahmud Shams, known as Ma He, Chinese admiral and world explorer
Mu Ying, a Chinese military general and politician during the Ming dynasty, and an adopted son of its founder, the Hongwu Emperor.
Muryeong of Baekje, the 25th king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
Ma Teng, Chinese military general and warlord.
Ma Yuan (Han dynasty), Chinese military general and politician.
Mo Heng Tan, the goalkeeper of the Dutch East Indies football team during the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France.
Mo Yan, a Chinese novelist and short story writer.
Mohamed Salah, an Egyptian professional footballer.
Mao Zedong, a Chinese politician, Marxist theorist, military strategist, poet, and revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Ma Dong-seok, is a South Korean–American actor based in South Korea.
Ma clique, is a collective name for a group of Hui (Muslim Chinese) warlords
Mahmud Shevket Pasha, was an Ottoman generalissimo and statesman, who was an important political figure during the Second Constitutional Era.
Mahmud al-Kashgari, lexicographer Uyghur scholar.
Abu-Mahmud Khujandi, Transoxanian astronomer and mathematician.
Amat-Mamu, a Naditu priestess and temple scribe in Sippar, in ancient Babylonia.
Anthony Mamo, the first president of Malta and the first Maltese citizen to be appointed Governor-General.
Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader.
Al-Khawarizmi, was a Persian polymath who produced vastly influential Arabic-language works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography.
Mahmud Karimov, Azerbaijani physicist
Makhmud Muradov, professional mixed martial artist
Makhmud Sabyrkhan, a Kazakh boxer.
Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono, Indonesian general
La Nyalla Mattalitti, full name is La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti (born 10 May 1959) is an Indonesian politician.
Karaeng Pattingalloang, or Sultan Mahmud known as Father of Makassar.
Mochtar Riady, Indonesian financial magnate
Laksamana Mahmud Syah, the father of Hero of the Revolution of Independence (keumalahayati).
Mahmud Pasha (1853-1903), Ottoman statesman, poet and writer.
Mahmud Taymur, was a fiction writer.
Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, a 13th-century Iraqi-Arab painter and calligrapher.
Sultan Mahmud Khan, a commander of the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of Sarkar e Khalsa.
Shah Mahmud Khan, the Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1946 to 1953.
Mahmud Jamal, Canadian jurist serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2021.
Mahmud Al-Nashaf, Israeli Arab politician
Mahmud Khalid, Ghanaian politician
Mahmud Mahmud, Iranian politician
Mahmud Tarzi, Afghan journalist
Mahmud Arif, Saudi Arabian poet
Mahmud Ali Durrani, retired Pakistani two-star rank general officer.
Mahmud Eyvazov, Azerbaijani long-lived 150 years collective farmer.
Rafiga Mahmud qizi Shabanova, awarded the Gold Medal of Olympic 1976 Montreal for women's Handball first place.
Mahmud Kamani, British billionaire businessman.
Aziz Mahmud Hudayi, the most famous Sufi Muslim saints of the Ottoman Empire.
Sayyid Mahmud Agha, was a Sufi saint of South Asia.
Sheikh Karimul Makhdum an Arab Sunni Sufi Muslim as well as a known missionary from Syria who came to Malacca.
al-Zamakhshari, a medieval Muslim scholar of Iranian descent.
Mahmud al-Muntasir, the first Prime minister of Libya
Mahmud Barzanji, King of Kurdistan
Mahmud Ali (statesman), progressive leftist Pakistani politician
Mahmud Nedim Pasha, a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1871–1872 and 1875–1876
Mahmud Bayazidi, was an Ottoman Kurdish philosopher and polymath from Bayazid.
Mahmud Bayumi, was an Egyptian orthopaedic surgery professor at Kasr El Aini Medical School.
Makhmud Esambayev, a Soviet and Chechen dancer, ballet master, choreographer and actor.
Mahmudkhodja Behbudiy, a Jadid activist, writer, journalist and leading public figure in Imperial Russian and Soviet Turkestan.
Mads Johansen Lange, known as the King of Bali, Indonesia.
Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founding father of international finance.
Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal, the first Queen of Portugal.
Ma Huateng, a Chinese business magnate, investor, politician, and philanthropist.
Bill Maher, an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host.
Jan Ernst Matzeliger, a Surinamese-American inventor whose automated lasting machine brought significant change to the manufacturing of shoes.
Mar'ie Muhammad, an Indonesian politician and philanthropist.
Mari Emmanuel, an Iraqi-born, Assyrian Australian prelate.
Alicia Machado, Venezuelan-American actress, tv host, singer and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1996, she previously crowned Miss Venezuela 1995.
Riyo Mori, Japanese actress, dancer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City.
Marisol Malaret, Puerto Rican tv host, model and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 1970, becoming the first Caribbean and Puerto Rican woman to be crowned Miss Universe.
Robin Hood, legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema.
Mark Mateschitz, Austrian entrepreneur.
Bruce McLaren, New Zealand racing car designer, driver, engineer, and inventor.
Lionel Martin, English businessman who co-founded the company that became Aston Martin.
Bruno Mars, American singer and songwriter.
PJ Morton, American musician and singer-songwriter.
Mahmud Deobandi
Mahmud Hasan Deobandi
Mahmud Hasan Gangohi
Mufti Mahmud
Abubakar Gumi, Nigerian Islamic scholar and Grand Khadi of the Northern Region of Nigeria (1962–1967).
Mahamudu Bawumia, Ghanaian and former central banker who serves as the 5th Vice President of Ghana in the 4th Ghanaian Republic.
Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Djibouti.
Mahamed Mahamed, British long-distance runner.

Mahmudi/Mahmudin

Elias Mahmoudi, French Muay Thai fighter currently signed to ONE Championship.
Nur Mahmudi Ismail, Mayor of Depok City, a satellite city of West Java located in the southern part of Jakarta.
Mahmuddin Yasin, the first Deputy Minister of BUMN.
Bey Machmudin, Governor of West Java

Mahmut

Mahmut Celal Bayar, third President of Turkey.
Mahmut Dikerdem (1916–1993), Turkish diplomat, writer and peace activist.
Mahmut Cuhruk, Turkish judge.
Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu, Turkish Sufi Sheikh and the leader of the influential İsmailağa jamia of the Naqshbandi-Khalidiyya Ṭarīqah centred in Çarşamba, Istanbul.
Mahmut Orhan, Turkish disc jockey and record producer.
Mahmut Atalay, Turkish freestyle wrestler and coach of Circassian origin, won a gold medal in 1968 Olympics.
Mahmut Özgener, Turkish Football Federation president.
Mahmut Bezgin, Turkish footballer.
Mahmut Boz, Turkish footballer.
Mahmut Hoşgiz, Turkish footballer.
Mahmut Tekdemir, Turkish footballer.
Mahmut Özdemir (born 1987), German politician of Turkish descent.
Mahmut Yilmaz, German footballer of Turkish descent.
Mahmut Bozteke (born 1997), Turkish para taekwondo practitioner.
Mahmut Demir, Turkish sport wrestler.
Mahmut Şenol, Turkish author.
Mahmut Yavuz, Turkish navy officer and ultramarathon runner.
Mahmut Yıldırım, Kurdish contract killer.

Mehmood

Mehmood (actor), Indian actor, singer, director and producer.
Mehmood Aslam, Pakistani Television & Stage Actor
Mehmood Bhatti, Pakistani fashion designer
Mehmood Quaraishy, Kenyan cricketer
Mehmood Sham, Pakistani journalist

Mehmud

Maulana Mehmud Hasan, Indian independence activist
Mehmud Khurd, Pakistani ruler
Mehmud Abdukerem, Chinese footballer who played most recently as a defender for Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard.

Surname

Mahmood

Khalid Mahmood (British politician), He is the longest serving Asian MP in the current Parliament.
Shabana Mahmood, British politician.
Jemilah Mahmood, Doctor and humanitarian activist.
Mazher Mahmood, British reporter
Saba Mahmood, American anthropologist
Sajid Mahmood, English cricketer
Abdullah al Mahmood, Bengali politician, lawyer and former minister in Pakistan
Iqbal Hasan Mahmud, Bangladeshi politician and minister.
Ayaz Mahmood, hockey player won a gold medal in 1984 summer olympics, Los Angeles.
Kashif Mahmood (cricketer, born 1985), Pakistani cricketer
Shahid Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer
Zia Mahmood, Pakistani bridge player.
Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, Pakistani nuclear engineer
Syed Mahmood, Indian jurist
Tahir Mahmood, Indian jurist
Talat Mahmood, Indian singer and actor
Banaz Mahmod, Honour killing victim.

Mahmoud

Ahmad Mahmoud, Iranian novelist
Alessandro Mahmoud, known as Mahmood (singer), Italian singer and songwriter
Aram Mahmoud, badminton player
Emtithal Mahmoud, Sudanese poet and activist
Joseph Mahmoud, French athlete
Karem Mahmoud, Egyptian singer
Mayam Mahmoud, rapper and women activist in Egypt
Shaaban Mahmoud, Egyptian footballer
Younis Mahmoud, Iraqi footballer
Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, was President of Somaliland from 2010 to 2017.

Mehmood

Arshad Mehmood (composer), Pakistani actor and music composer
Kashif Mehmood, Pakistani actor
Hasnat Mehmood, Pakistani artist
Arshad Mehmood (singer), Pakistani singer
Faakhir Mehmood, Pakistani singer
Arif Mehmood, Pakistani footballer

Mehmud

Salim Mehmud, Pakistani rocket scientist

Mahmud

Arslanbek Makhmudov, Russia professional boxer
Abid Hamid Mahmud, Iraqi general
Nureddin Mahmud, the Prime Minister of Iraq from 23 November 1952 until 29 January 1953.
Amir Machmud, Indonesian military general
Machmud Singgirei Rumagesan, Papuan King of Sekar, and Indonesian independence activist
Abdul Taib Mahmud, Chief Minister of Sarawak for 33 years from 1981-2014
Al Mahmud, was a Bangladeshi poet, novelist, and short-story writer
Mahmud Mahmud, Iranian academic and politician
Hayat Mahmud, Bengali feudal lord and military commander
Abdul Gafoor Mahmud, former chief of the Bangladesh Air Force
Heyat Mahmud, medieval Bengali poet
Firoz Mahmud, Bangladeshi artist
Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer
A. T. Mahmud, Indonesian songwriter
Syamsuddin Mahmud, Indonesian economist and politician.
Sultan Mahmud (minister), politician from Arakan, Burma (now Rakhine State, Myanmar)
Hasan Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer
Dean Mahomed, a British Indian traveller, soldier, surgeon, entrepreneur, and one of the most notable early non-European immigrants to the Western World.

Mahfud

Mahfud MD, Indonesian Politician and Lawyer.

Mahfouz

Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz, Saudi Arabian businessman
Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Fictional characters

Mahmoud Bishara, fictional character in the book Refugee

Given name

Mahmood

Mahmoud

Mahmud

Mahmudi/Mahmudin

Mahmut

Mehmood

Mehmud

Surname

Mahmood

Mahmoud

Mehmood

Mehmud

Mahmud

Mahfud

Mahfouz

Fictional characters

See also