Namesakes
Egyptian Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister/president
(prime minister/president) Hosni Mubarak (a.k.a. Muhammad) 1981-1982; 1981-2011 
Indian Sultans and Emperors:
9 emperors, 4 sultans
Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq 1325-1351
Sultan Nasir ud-Din Muhammad Shah 1390-1394
Sultan Muhammad Shah 1434-1445
Emperor Babur (middle name Muhammad) 1526-1530
Sultan Muhammad Adil Shah 1554-1555
Emperor Humayun (middle name Muhammad) 1530-1540; 1555-1556
Emperor Akbar I the Great (middle name Muhammad) 1556-1605
Emperor Jahangir (middle name Muhammad) 1605-1627
Emperor Aurangzeb (middle name Muhammad) 1658-1707
Emperor Muhammad Azam Shah 1707
Emperor Bahadur Shah I (middle name Muhammad) 1707-1712
Emperor Farrukhsiyar (middle name Muhammad) 1713-1719
Emperor Muhammad Shah 1719-1748
Islamic Caliphs:
8 caliphs
Caliph Muhammad al-Mahdi 775-785 Abbasid
Caliph Muhammad al-Amin 809-813 Abbasid
Caliph Muhammad al-Qahir 932-934 Abbasid
Caliph Muhammad ar-Radi 934-940 Abbasid
Caliph Mehmed III (a.k.a. Muhammad) 1595-1603 Ottoman
Caliph Mehmed IV (a.k.a. Muhammad) 1648-1687 Ottoman
Caliph Mehmed V (a.k.a. Muhammad) 1909-1918 Ottoman
Caliph Mehmed VI Vahideddin (a.k.a. Muhammad) 1918-1922 Ottoman
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 peace
(peace) Muhammad Yunus 2006
Notable Athletes:
1 boxing, 1 wrestling
(boxing) Muhammad Ali 1942-2016
(wrestling) Antonio Inoki (a.k.a. Muhammad) 1943-2022
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
Muhammad Yunus 1940-
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
1 explorer
Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battuta 1304-1369
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director/producer
Ismail Merchant (middle name Muhammad) 1936-2005
Notable Military Figures:
1 commander
Muhammad 570-632
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
4 philosophers, 1 geographer, 1 jurist, 1 mathematician, 1 theologian
Muhammad 570-632
Al-Shafi'i (a.k.a. Muhammad) 767-820
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi c. 780-850
Abu Bakr Muhammad al-Razi 865-925
Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi c. 872-c. 950
Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali 1058-1111
Muhammad al-Idrisi 1099-c. 1165
Abu l-Walid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd 1126-1198
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 astronomer, 1 physician, 1 physicist/anthropologist
Abu Bakr Muhammad al-Razi 865-925
Abu Rayhan Muhammad al-Biruni 973-c. 1050
Ulugh Beg (middle name Muhammad) 1394-1449
Notable Writers:
3 poets
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi 1207-1273
Muhammad "Fuzuli" bin Suleyman 1483-1556
Muhammad Iqbal 1877-1938
Olympic Medalists:
1 bronze
(bronze) Mohamed Suleiman (a.k.a. Muhammad) 1992 1500 m
Other Royalty:
1 prince, 1 sultan
Alp Arslan (a.k.a. Muhammad) 1063-1072 Seljuk Empire
Muhammad bin Talal 1940-2021 Jordan
Ottoman Sultans:
6 sultans
Sultan Mehmed I (a.k.a. Muhammad) 1413-1421
Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror (a.k.a. Muhammad) 1444-1445; 1451-1481
Sultan Mehmed III (a.k.a. Muhammad) 1595-1603
Sultan Mehmed IV (a.k.a. Muhammad) 1648-1687
Sultan Mehmed V (a.k.a. Muhammad) 1909-1918
Sultan Mehmed VI Vahideddin (a.k.a. Muhammad) 1918-1922