# List of Tamil Muslims

This is a list of Tamil Muslims worldwide.

## Historical personalities

* Vavar
* Tun Ali of Malacca
* Tun Mutahir of Malacca
* Tun Fatimah Queen of Malacca Sultanate
* Maruthanayagam Pillai
* Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, Sufi mystic

## Economy

* Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed - entrepreneur, recipient of 2011 Padma Shri Award
* B. S. Abdur Rahman - (1927 – 2015) entrepreneur, philanthropist and educationist.
* Kajamian Rowther – entrepreneur and philanthropist

## Politics and law
### Politicians

* K. A. M. Muhammed Abubacker (born 1971) - Legislative Party Leader of the Indian Union Muslim League from 2016 to 2021.
* A. Aslam Basha (1968 -2020) - member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
* M. H. Jawahirullah - (born 1959) - member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2021 and founding member/leader of the Manithaneya Makkal Katchi party
* T. P. M. Mohideen Khan (born 1947) - former minister for environment in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
* S. M. Abdul Majid - minister for local administration in Kamaraj cabinet between 1962 and 1963
* K. S. Masthan (born 1955) - MLA from 2016 and Minister from 2021
* K. M. Kader Mohideen (born 1940) - current National President, Indian Union Muslim League, former Lok Sabha member 2004-2009
* Kani K. Navas (born 1979) - Lok Sabha member for the Indian Union Muslim League 2019-to date
* S. M. Nasar - Indian Politician
* S. J. Sadiq Pasha - former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu
* M. Mariam Pichai (died 2011) - appointed as minister in the 2011 Legislative Assembly election, but died on his way to the oath-swearing ceremony
* Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim, (born 1966) - a Malaysian politician, MP since May 2013 and chairman of the Tabung Haji from 2013 to 2018.
* Abdul Rahman (born 1959) - Lok Sabha member for the Indian Union Muslim League 2009-2014
* J. M. Aaroon Rashid (born 1950) - former member of the Parliament of India, representing the Theni Lok Sabha constituency.
* A. Anwar Rhazza - former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu
* M. Muhammad Ismail Sahib (1896—1972) - Founder of the Indian Union Muslim League
* P. Khalifulla Sahib - Statesman, Dewan of Pudukkottai State
* Yakub Hasan Sait (1875–1940) - served as the Minister for Public Works in the Madras presidency for the Indian Union Muslim League
* A. K. A. Abdul Samad (1926-1999) - state President of the Indian Union Muslim League
* Aloor Shanavas (born 1982) - politician, writer and social worker from Tamil Nadu. currently a Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
* S. M. Muhammed Sheriff - elected to Lok Sabha from Periyakulam constituency as an Indian Union Muslim League candidate in 1971
* S. N. M. Ubayadullah (born 1941) - former minister for Commercial Taxes in Tamil Nadu
* Sir Mohammad Usman (1884–1960) - served as the Minister of Home for the Madras Presidency and the first Indian acting Governor of Madras
* Y. S. M. Yusuf - former MLA and former Minister of Public Work Department, Irrigation department of Tamil Nadu

### Justices

* M. M. Ismail (1921-2005) - former State Governor and Chief Justice
* Basheer Ahmed Sayeed (1900-1984) - former member of the Madras Legislative Council and judge of the Madras High Court

## Science

* A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931 - 2015) - aerospace scientist and statesman who was the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007
* Masha Nazeem (born 1993) - inventor
* Nigar Shaji - Indian space scientist
* Dr Mohamed Rela Expertise in liver transplantation and hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgery.

## Literature

* Kombai Anwar
* Makkal Paavalar Inqulab
* Manushyaputhiran
* Thoppil Mohamed Meeran
* Mu. Metha
* Gulam Kadir Navalar
* Umaru Pulavar
* S. Abdul Rahman
* Kunangudi Masthan Sahib
* Rajathi Salma
* P. Dawood Shah
* Ka. Mu. Sheriff

## Sport

* Nasser Hussain OBE, the captain of the England cricket team during 1999-2003
* Syed Sabir Pasha Football

## Art
### Cinema

* I. Ahmed
* Ameer
* Arav
* Aziz Ansari
* Arnav
* Irfan
* Sanjeev Karthick
* Amzath Khan
* Mansoor Ali Khan
* Monica
* Nassar
* Aranthangi Nisha
* Rajkiran
* Ibrahim Rowther
* Shaam
* Halitha Shameem

### Musicians

* Ghibran
* Shahul Hameed
* Nagore E. M. Hanifa
* Mu. Metha
* A. R. Rahman
* A. R. Reihana
* Shabir
* Yuvan Shankar Raja