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List of Converts to Islam And Their Fields



    List of Converts to Islam And Their Fields
    • A
    • Abd al Malik - birth name Régis Fayette-Mikano — French rapper of Congolese origins.
    • Abd al Haqq Kielan - Swedish cleric.
    • Abdallah Schleifer - prominent Middle East expert, former NBC Cairo Bureau chief, and a professor of TV journalism at the American University in Cairo who converted to SufiIslam.
    • Abdul Alim Musa - Muslim activist and director of Masjid Al-Islam in Washington, D.C.
    • Abdul Waheed (Don Stewart-Whyte) - accused of participating in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot.
    • Abdullah Ibrahim - South African Jazz musician.
    • Ahmad Jamal - Jazz pianist.
    • Ajdin Muzaka - was the commander in the Battle of Torvioll.
    • Ali Shaheed Muhammad - member of A Tribe Called Quest.
    • Alys Faiz - human rights and peace activist; converted at the time of her marriage to Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
    • Amir Butler- author, engineer and Islamic activist.
    • Anthony Mundine - Australian Boxer, Former 2 time Super Middleweight Champion.
    • Antoni Aleksander Iliński - a Polish-Ottoman military officer and general.
    • Apisai Tora - Fijian politician.
    • B
    • Batool Al-Toma - Irishwoman who is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism.
    • B.G. Knocc Out - American west coast rapper.
    • Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan - born Yvette Blanche Labrousse, Miss France 1930, wife of Aga Khan III.
    • Bob Denard - French mercenary.
    • Busta Rhymes - American rapper, songwriter and actor
    • C
    • Celestino Caballero - Boxer and former Super Bantamweight Champion.
    • Charles John Pelham (Abdul Mateen)- 8th Earl of Yarborough.
    • Christian Ganczarski- Head of "al Qaeda in Europe".
    • Christopher de Bellaigue - British journalist and author
    • Colleen LaRose - alleged intended assassin of Danish cartoonist Lars Vilks.
    • Craig Hodges - former NBA player.
    • D
    • Divine Styler - American hip-hop musician.
    • Dwight Muhammad Qawi - Former boxing world Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight champion.
    • Divya Bharti (Late) Indian Actress married with Sajid Nadiadwala.
    • E
    • Edoardo Agnelli - eldest son of Gianni Agnelli, the industrialist patriarch of Fiat.
    • Lady Evelyn Cobbold - Scottish noblewoman.
    • Everlast - Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter.
    • F
    • Frithjof Schuon - Swiss-German metaphysician, poet, painter, philosopher and leading figure of the perennialist school.
    • G
    • Gary Legenhausen - American philosopher and writer.
    • Ghostface Killah - member of the Wu-Tang Clan.
    • Gigi Gryce - American saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator.
    • Gustave-Henri Jossot - French caricaturist, illustrator and Orientalist painter.
    • H.
    • H. Rap Brown - civil rights activisit.
    • I
    • Ibrahim Hooper (Douglas Hooper) - Islamic activist, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)..
    • Idris Muhammad - American jazz musician.
    • Iliaş Colceag - Moldavian military commander in the Ottoman and Russian Empire.
    • Isabelle Eberhardt - explorer and writer.
    • J.
    • Jadel Gregório - a Brazilian athlete.
    • James Achilles Kirkpatrick - was the British Resident in Hyderabad.
    • Jemima Goldsmith daughter of the billionaire Sir James, who was married to Imran Khan
    • Jesse of Kakheti - a ruler of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1614 to 1615.
    • Johann von Leers - advisor to Muhammad Naguib known for his anti-Semitic polemics.
    • Juan Carlos Gomez - Former Cruiserweight Boxing Champion.
    • Julia Volkova - Russian singer and actress best known as a member of the Russian pop duo, t.A.T.u., along with Lena Katina.
    • K
    • Khaled Edward Blair - British barrister, later married Princess Badiya bint Al Hassan of Jordan.
    • Khalid Sheldrake - an English pickle manufacturer who established a branch of the Western Islamic Association in South Shields in 1930.
    • L
    • Larry Johnson - retired American professional basketball player.
    • Lauren Booth - a British broadcaster, journalist and human rights activist.
    • Li Nu - a Chinese scholar in the Ming dynasty who visited Persia, converted to Islam, married a Persian or an Arab girl and brought her back to Quanzhou in Fujian.
    • Lim Yew Hock - Singapore’s second Chief Minister from 1956 to 1959.
    • Lewis Arquette - actor and father of actors David Arquette and Rosanna Arquette; father-in-law of actress Courtney Cox.
    • M
    • MC Ren - American rapper and hip-hop producer.
    • Malcolm X - American to Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam, African-American civil rights leader.
    • Malik ul Salih - established the first Muslim state of Samudera Pasai.
    • Maryam Jameelah - formerly Margret Marcus. Author of many books covering several subjects, including Modernism, Sociology, History, Jihad, Theology and Technology.
    • Maurice Béjart - French choreographer.
    • Mike Tyson (Malik Abdul Aziz) - former heavyweight boxing champion of the world.
    • Mohammed Knut Bernström - Swedish ambassador.
    • Michael Wolfe - American poet, author, and the President and Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation.
    • Michael X - civil rights activist in the United Kingdom
    • N
    • Nahshid Sulaiman - alternative hip hop artist.
    • Nur al-Anwar al-Jerrahi (born Lex Hixon) - syncretist, Sufi convert, and co-founder of the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order in the United States.
    • O
    • Omar Ong Yoke Lin - (1917–2010) Malaysian politician, former government minister and founder of the Malaysian Chinese Association.
    • Baron omar Rolf von Ehrenfels - Austrian anthropologist and orientalist.
    • Omar Epps - American actor, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
    • P
    • Philippe Fragione - French rapper and producer of French hip hop.
    • Philippe Grenier - (1865–1944) French doctor, first Muslim MP in France.
    • Q
    • Q-Tip - North American hip-hop emcee, actor, and hip hop producer who was the leader of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest.
    • R
    • Robert "Kool" Bell - musician.
    • Robert D. Crane - former Presidential advisor and ambassador.
    • Rodrigo de Triana - sailor and the first European since the Vikings known to have seen America who converted to Islam from Judaism or Christianity.
    • Ronald Bell - musician.
    • Rory McLeod - British snooker player.
    • S
    • Sahib Shihab - American jazz saxophonist and flautist.
    • Saida Miller Khalifa - British author who was originally called Sonya Miller.
    • Shaheed Akbar - notable rapper who converted to Islam.
    • Sonny Bill Williams - Former NRL player and current All Black, Professional boxer.
    • Stephen Schwartz - American journalist, columnist, and author.
    • Susanne Osthoff - German archaeologist who had worked in Iraq since 1991 and had been taken captive there for three weeks.
    • Sharmila Tagore - Indian film actress. Converted after marriage to M A Patudi.
    • T
    • Thomas J. Abercrombie - famous photographer and writer for National Geographic 
    • Tiara Jacquelina - Malaysian actress.
    • Titus Burckhardt - Swiss writer and scholar.
    • Tony Hussein Hinde - Australian-born Maldivian surfer and surfing pioneer who converted to Islam.
    • Uri Davis - an academic and activist who works on civil rights in Israel, Palestinian National Authority and the Middle East.
    • V
    • Vernel Fournier - jazz drummer.
    • W
    • Walt Hazzard - former NBA player.
    • Y
    • Yusef Lateef - American Jazz musician.
    • Z