- Mohamed Sheikh Baron Sheikh
Mohamed Iltaf Sheikh, Baron Sheikh is chairman and executive of Camberford Law, a firm established in 1958 providing insurance broking and underwriting services. He was made a life peer in 2006, and sits on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords. The life barony conferred upon Mohamed Iltaf Sheikh has been gazetted by the name, style and title of Baron Sheikh, of Cornhill in the City of London.
- Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh (sometimes known as Omar Sheikh, "Sheikh Omar", "Sheik Syed", or by the alias "Mustafa Muhammad Ahmad") (b. December 23 1973) is a British-born militant of Pakistani descent with alleged links to various Islamic-based organisations, including Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. He was arrested and served time in prison for the 1994 abduction of several British nationals in India, …
- Javed Sheikh
Javed Sheikh is a Pakistani actor, director and producer who is involved with Bollywood, Lollywood, and Pollywood films. The first movie he acted in was the Lollywood film "Dhamaka", released in 1974. He has since acted in over 100 urdu films from the 1970s through to the early 2000s. The first movie he directed was Mushkil, released in 1995.. In 2002 he directed "Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa" and had a minor role in the film.
- Mohammed Sheikh
Mohammed Sheikh (born July 2, 1973) is an English cricketer. Born in Birmingham, he is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. In his nine years of first-class cricket he has played for Warwickshire and Derbyshire. As early as 1994, Sheikh was playing for Warwickshire's second XI, and the following year he would move briefly to Worcestershire and Essex's representative second XI teams. Pigeonholed early on as a limited overs cricketer, …
- Zaheera Sheikh
Zaheera Sheikh (aka Zahira Sheikh, is the key witness in India's Best Bakery case. She is the daughter of the owner of the bakery involved in the Best Bakery case. On March 1, 2002, 14 persons were burnt alive in the premises of the bakery. Zaheera, who was the prime witness turned hostile in court. In January 2005, the Supreme Court of India ordered an inquiry into the repeated change of statement by Zaheera.
- Hameed Sheikh
Hameed Sheikh was born in Quetta Pakistan he did his schooling from Sanda man high school Quetta he started his acting career from his School his first TV Drama was From PTV Pakistan television With Jamal Shah and Frayal Ali gouher Hameed Sheikh did more then 20 TV serials, he is nominated best actor from Pakistan TV & Indus TV
- Ahmed Sheikh
Ahmed Sheikh (born 1967) is a Palestinian journalist and the current editor-in-chief of the Qatar-based television channel Al Jazeera. Ahmed Sheikh was born in Nablus on the West Bank. He left his homeland in 1968 to study in Jordan.
- Nur Mohammad Sheikh
Nur Mohammad Sheikh (1936-1971) was a Lance Nayek in East Pakistan Rifles during the Liberation War. He was born on 26 February 1936 in Moheskhali village under Narail district. He joined the then East Pakistan Rifles on 14 March 1959. He was killed in an engagement with the Pakistan Army with fire for covering the extrication of fellow soldiers at Goalhati in Jessore district on September 5 1971.
- Ghulam Nabi Sheikh
Ghulam Nabi Sheikh was a noted Kashmiri singer who revived Kashmiri music after the Pandits left Kashmir during the turmoil there in the early 1990s. He gained widespread popularity in the region, and became particularly famous in Kashmir, where he is is still remembered as the "Mehdi Hassan of Kashmir". He started his career at the young age of 14. He was honoured by the Chief Minister Of Kashmir on several occasions.
- Tayyab Sheikh
Tayyab Sheikh is a convicted gang rapist. He was a member of a Lebanese Australian gang rape attack squad during the Sydney gang rapes who was involved in the August 30 rape which targeted White Australian females. Sheikh was originally tried by a jury in a case known as "Regina vs. Sheikh (2004)".
- Ishrat Sheikh
Ishrat Sheikh also known as Ishrat Jehan (1975-June 15, 2004) was an Indian teenager who was killed along with three alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba militants in Ahmedabad on June 15 2004 in a police encounter. It was alleged that she too was a terrorist. This led to much controversy as there were claims that she had no links to terrorism at all. Thousands of people showed up at her funeral and a politian donated a considerable amount of money to her family.
- Mohammad Sheikh
Mohammad Sheikh (born August 29, 1980 in Nairobi) is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler. Sheikh took part in the senior Cricket World Cup of 1999, while just eighteen and still at school, and, the following year, took part in the Under-19s Cricket World Cup. He has since visited England to play in Hertfordshire. Presently he is living in Australia and is taking part in club cricket there, …
- Haji Baba Sheikh
Haji Baba Sheikh was the prime minister of the Republic of Mahabad. After the republic was conquered by the Iranian army in 1947 he was the only one who wasn't hanged together with president Qazi Muhammad at the Chuwarchira Square in Mahabad in 1947. He was immune because of his religious standing. The journalist and lyric Hemin Mukriyani was his secretary during the republic.
- Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh
Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh (b. 1937) is an internationally renowned painter, writer and art critic. He was awarded the prestigious Padmashri among other awards. His collection of surrealistic poems "Athwa" has won considerable critical acclaim. He has also written a prose series "Ghar Jatan" and edited a special number of Kshitij. His sensibility and artworks belong very much to the Baroda School of arts.
- Zara Sheikh
Zara Sheikh (Urdu: زارا شیخ is a famous Pakistani model and actress. Zara Sheikh is a successful model who was well known in the world of fashion well before she made her debut in feature films. Zara began her career as a model while she was still a relatively young student. Her father was in the Civil Service which would normally result in a life spent moving all over Pakistan.
- Aashif Sheikh
Aashif Sheikh (born c. 1960) in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) an Indian film actor. He has acted alongside Shilpa Shetty in a number of films including "Chhote Sarkar" (1996), "Auzaar" (1997), "Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya" and "Pardesi Babu" (1998)
- Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic (محمد بن راشد آلمكتوم) (born 1949) is currently the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, as well as the Ruler of Dubai. His wealth is estimated at $14 billion.
- Hassan Nasrallah
Hassan Nasrallah (b. August 30 1960, Bourj Hammoud, Beirut, Lebanon) is the current Secretary General of the Lebanese Islamist party Hezbollah. He is also a Shi'a cleric who is a protege of Ali Khamenei. Nasrallah is considered a terrorist by the U.S. and U.K. governments.
- Ayman Al-Zawahiri
Ayman Muhammad Rabaie al-Zawahiri or closer to the original Arabic pronunciation al-Zawahri (born June 19, 1951) is a prominent member of al-Qaeda, and was the second and last "emir" of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, having succeeded 'Abbud al-Zummar in the latter role when al-Zummar was jailed for life in Egypt. Al-Zawahiri is a qualified surgeon, and is an author of works including numerous al-Qaeda statements. He speaks Arabic, French, and English.
- Omar Abdel-Rahman
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman is a blind Egyptian Muslim cleric who is currently serving a life sentence at the Federal Administrative Maximum Penitentiary hospital in Florence, Colorado, United States. Formerly a resident of New York City, Abdel-Rahman and nine others were convicted of "Seditious Conspiracy," which requires only that a crime be planned, not that it necessarily be attempted. His prosecution grew out of investigations of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
- Hassan Dahir Aweys
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, aged 61 in 2006, was the head of the 90-member shura council of the Islamic Courts Union of Somalia. Aweys is viewed as one of the more radical leaders of the Union, which promotes shari'a and directs militias that took control of the former Somali capital of Mogadishu in June 2006. An eight-member executive committee is headed by the more moderate Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, although the BBC stated that he was the "real power" of the organization.
- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: أحمد الجابر الصباح) was sheikh of Kuwait from March 29 1921 to January 29 1950, and 10th ruler of the Al-Sabah dynasty of Kuwait. He was born in 1885 in Kuwait as the eldest son of Jabir II Al-Sabah, who was shaykh of Kuwait between 1915 and 1917. Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was elected to power after the death of his uncle Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah in 1921. During his reign, the Kuwaiti borders were set by the British, …
- Maktoum bin Rashid al Maktoum
Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum was the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and the emir or ruler of Dubai. Born in Al Shindagha, Dubai, he first became Prime Minister on 9 December 1971 and served until 25 April 1979 when he was replaced by his father, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum. Following the latter's death on 7 October 1990 he resumed his position as Prime Minister and also took over as Ruler of Dubai.
- Sheikh Imam
Imam Mohammad Ahmad Eissa or Sheikh Imam (July 2 1918 - June 71995) was a famous Egyptian composer and singer. For most of his life, he formed a duo with the famous Egyptian colloquial poet Ahmad Fouad Negm. Together, they were known for their political songs in favor of the poor and working classes
- Sharif Ahmed
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is a member of the Islamic Court Union (ICU), which controlled Somalia's capital of Mogadishu and much of south and central Somalia until the war in Somalia. Ahmed was born in Shabeellaha Dhexe province, Somalia, and studied at Libyan and Sudanese universities. He is from the Abgaal branch of the Hawiye clan. He has also worked as a secondary school teacher of geography, Arabic, and religious studies. He speaks Arabic, Somali, and English.
- Pierre Gemayel
Sheikh Pierre Gemayel (November 6, 1905 – August 29, 1984) (last name also spelt Jmayyel, Jemayyel or al-Jumayyil, Sheikh is an honorific title in Arab countries), was a Lebanese political leader. He is remembered as the founder of the Kataeb Party (also known as the Phalangist Party), as a parliamentary powerbroker, and as the father of Bachir Gemayel and Amine Gemayel, …
- Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahayan
His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan (born 1948) is the current president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He succeeded to the post on 3 November 2004, replacing his father Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan, who had died the day before. He had effectively been acting president earlier, since his father was in ill health. He is also the hereditary emir and ruler of Abu Dhabi. Following the establishment of the UAE on 2 December 1971, …
- Rashid bin Saeed al Maktoum
Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum was the Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates from 1979 to 1990 and Emir (Ruler) of Dubai. He ruled for 32 years, until his death. Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum was the father of four sons: # Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1943-2006) # Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum (b. 1945) # Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (b. 1949) # Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (b. 1950) Both his predecessor (as Prime Minister) and his successor was his son, …
- Nuh Ha Mim Keller
Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller, is an American Muslim translator of Islamic books and specialist in Islamic Law as well as an authorised sheikh in tasawwuf in the Shadhili Sufi order and in the Shafi Madhhab who currently lives in Amman, Jordan.
- Nahyan bin Mubarak al Nahyan
Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan Arabic: (الشيخ نهيان بن مبارك آل نهيان) is the Minister of Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates. He is one of the important people in the country.
- Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan
Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan (born April 9, 1960 or April 9, 1969, in Mombasa, Kenya) is a fugitive wanted in the United States as a participant in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings. He is alleged to have purchased the Toyota and Nissan trucks used in the attacks, flying out of Nairobi to Karachi, Pakistan five days before the assault was launched. Swedan has been on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list since its inception in October of 2001.
- Zayed bin Sultan al Nahayan
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Emir of Abu Dhabi, the principal architect of the seven United Arab Emirates, was the ruler of Abu Dhabi and president of the UAE for over 30 years (1971-2004). Sheikh Zayed was the youngest son of Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the traditional ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1922 to 1926. He was named after his famous grandfather, Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, who ruled the emirate from 1855 to 1909. On August 6, 1966 he succeeded his brother, …
- Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan is one of the sons of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and hails from the Royal Family of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Sheikh Mansour is an accomplished horse rider and has won a number of Endurance Racing tournaments held in the Middle East region. Sheikh Mansour also fulfills a number of responsibilities and undertakings in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
- Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden
Sheikh Sharif Hassan Adan is a Somali politician and former Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) of Somalia. He is of the Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) clan, of the Adan Mirifle (Siyeed) Asharaaf subclan.
- Muzaffer Ozak
Muzaffer Ozak (1916 - february 12, 1985) was one of the head "sheikhs" of the "Halveti-Jerrahi order of Dervishes", a traditional muslim Sufi order ("tarika") from Istanbul (Turkey). In western countries he is well known because of his visits to Europe and the United States of America where he celebrated public "dhikrs" (Remembrance of God; in Turkish "zikrullah") with his dervishes.
- Mubarak Al-Sabah
Sheikh Mubarak bin Sabah Al-Sabah "the Great" was the ruler of Kuwait from May 18, 1896 to his death on November 28, 1915. Mubarak ascended the throne upon the assassination of his brother, Muhammad bin Sabah. Mubarak was the seventh ruler of the Al-Sabah dynasty. Mubarak was also the father of two important rulers of Kuwait that succeeded him, Jaber II Al-Sabah and Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, from which the Al-Jaber and Al-Salim branches originated from respectively.
- Princess Haya Bint al Hussein
Princess Haya of Jordan is a daughter of late King Hussein I of Jordan and the current junior wife of the two wives of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai.
- Bachir Gemayel
Sheikh Bachir Gemayel (also known as Sheikh Bachir Gemayel; first name also spelled "Bashir" and surname also spelled "Joomuyyeel") (Arabic: بشير الجميّل) was a Lebanese military commander, politician, and president-elect. He was born in Beirut, the son of Pierre Gemayel, founder of the influential Lebanese Kataeb Party, also known as the Phalangist party, a right-wing nationalist organization that, …
- Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Jaber III al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, of the al-Sabah dynasty, served as the thirteenth Emir of Kuwait, and third Emir since Kuwait's independence from Britain, from December 31, 1977, until his death. Sheikh Jaber was known to have married at least thirteen times, and had thirty-nine children. Jaber was born in Kuwait City. Sheikh Jaber (of the Al-Sabah dynasty, which has ruled Kuwait since the 18th century) was the third son of the late Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, …
- Amine Gemayel
Sheikh Amine Pierre Gemayel was President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988. Born in the Lebanese village of Bikfaya, Amine Gemayel is the son of Pierre Gemayel, founder of the Kataeb Party. Gemayel was elected to the presidency by the National Assembly on September 21, 1982, to succeed his brother Bachir Gemayel who had been elected the previous month but had been assassinated before taking office.