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| * ] (835, Baghdad – 912, Egypt) (1233–1160) historian and biographer. | * ] (835, Baghdad – 912, Egypt) (1233–1160) historian and biographer. | ||
| * ] (9th century) | * ] (9th century) | ||
| * ] (1010 AD), surnamed "the oculist", one of Islam's most famous ophthalmologists. | |||
| * ] (c. 988, Giza, Egypt–1061, Egypt), astronomer and geometer with ] | * ] (c. 988, Giza, Egypt–1061, Egypt), astronomer and geometer with ] | ||
| * ] (1242 - 1296 in Yemen) astronomer and ruler of yemen. | * ] (1242 - 1296 in Yemen) astronomer and ruler of yemen. | ||
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| * ] (739, Basra, Iraq–831, Basra, Iraq), pioneer of ], ] and ] | * ] (739, Basra, Iraq–831, Basra, Iraq), pioneer of ], ] and ] | ||
| * ] grammarian | * ] grammarian | ||
| * ] (1106–1175) Islamic scholar and a historian. | |||
| * ] (1946-2016), Nobel laureate in ]. | * ] (1946-2016), Nobel laureate in ]. | ||
| * ] (b. 1959) | * ] (b. 1959) | ||
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| * ] linguist | * ] linguist | ||
| * ] (b. 620), physician | * ] (b. 620), physician | ||
| * ] 12th-century agriculturist and Botanist | |||
| == B == | == B == | ||
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| * ] (850, Harran, Turkey – 929, Qasr al-Jiss, Iraq), astronomer and mathematician | * ] (850, Harran, Turkey – 929, Qasr al-Jiss, Iraq), astronomer and mathematician | ||
| * ] (d. 892), historian | * ] (d. 892), historian | ||
| * ] (c. 1014–1094), geographer and historian | |||
| * ] (1085 C.E.), botanist and agronomist | |||
| * ] (1038, 1075) Arab Christian physician | * ] (1038, 1075) Arab Christian physician | ||
| == D == | == D == | ||
| * ] (1599) physician and pharmacist. | |||
| * ] (1274 – 1348), muhaddith and historian. | |||
| * ] (837, Basra, Iraq–934, Baghdad, Iraq), ], ], poet, and ] | * ] (837, Basra, Iraq–934, Baghdad, Iraq), ], ], poet, and ] | ||
| * ] (1312–1359/62 CE), cryptologist | * ] (1312–1359/62 CE), cryptologist | ||
| * ] (1170-1230), physician | * ] (1170-1230), physician | ||
| * ] (1256-1327), geographer | * ] (1256-1327), geographer | ||
| * ] (11th century), explorer | |||
| == G == | == G == | ||
| * ] (1928–1993), geographer | * ] (1928–1993), geographer | ||
| * ] (1548–1610) physician. | |||
| * ], (d. 1165 CE)12th-century oculist | |||
| == H == | == H == | ||
| * ] (Abû l-Hasan 'Alî ibn Abî l-Rijâl) (? – 1037, Kairouan, Tunisia), ], best known for his ''Kitāb al-bāri' fi ahkām an-nujūm'' | * ] (Abû l-Hasan 'Alî ibn Abî l-Rijâl) (? – 1037, Kairouan, Tunisia), ], best known for his ''Kitāb al-bāri' fi ahkām an-nujūm'' | ||
| * ] islamic scholar | * ] islamic scholar | ||
| * ] Hadith scholar and theologian | |||
| * ](803 A.D - 871 A.D) Egyptian historian. | * ](803 A.D - 871 A.D) Egyptian historian. | ||
| * ] 8th century Alchemist. | * ] 8th century Alchemist. | ||
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| * ] (b. 1935, Cairo, Egypt), professor and chair of philosophy at Cairo University | * ] (b. 1935, Cairo, Egypt), professor and chair of philosophy at Cairo University | ||
| * ] (died 1295), chemist and engineer | * ] (died 1295), chemist and engineer | ||
| * ] (786–833), mathematician | |||
| * ] 12th century mathematician | |||
| * ] (893, Yemen – 945, Sanaa, Yemen), geographer, historian and astronomer | * ] (893, Yemen – 945, Sanaa, Yemen), geographer, historian and astronomer | ||
| * ] (1122, Baghdad, Iraq – 1213), physician, scientist and author of a medical compendium | * ] (1122, Baghdad, Iraq – 1213), physician, scientist and author of a medical compendium | ||
| * ] (b. 1991, Mecca, Saudi Arabia), medical scientist, known for making major contributions to point-of-care medical testing and biotechnology | * ] (b. 1991, Mecca, Saudi Arabia), medical scientist, known for making major contributions to point-of-care medical testing and biotechnology | ||
| * ] Islamic scholar | |||
| * ] (d. 1174 CE), physician, musician and astrologer | * ] (d. 1174 CE), physician, musician and astrologer | ||
| * ] (d. 13 AH/634–35), physician | * ] (d. 13 AH/634–35), physician | ||
| * ] (d. 13 AH/634–35), physician | * ] (d. 13 AH/634–35), physician | ||
| * ] (12th century), traveler, merchant and sailor | * ] (12th century), traveler, merchant and sailor | ||
| * ] Twelver Shia theologian | |||
| * ] (d. 819) historian. | * ] (d. 819) historian. | ||
| * ] (d. 835) historian and biographer. | * ] (d. 835) historian and biographer. | ||
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| == I == | == I == | ||
| * ] (d. 777 CE), mathematician and astronomer | |||
| * ] '''اخوان الصفا وخلان الوفا''' (The Brethren of Purity) (], Iraq), a group of ] Arabic philosophers of the 10th century | * ] '''اخوان الصفا وخلان الوفا''' (The Brethren of Purity) (], Iraq), a group of ] Arabic philosophers of the 10th century | ||
| * ] (1099, Ceuta, Maghreb – 1166 CE, Sicily), ] and ] | * ] (1099, Ceuta, Maghreb – 1166 CE, Sicily), ] and ] | ||
| * ] (d. AD 735), earliest known grammarian of the ] | * ] (d. AD 735), earliest known grammarian of the ] | ||
| * ] (965–1040), physicist | * ] (965–1040), physicist | ||
| * ] (fl. c. 1213), astronomer and mathematician | |||
| * ] (1165–1240), Islamic scholar and philosopher | * ] (1165–1240), Islamic scholar and philosopher | ||
| * ] (1100 – 1165), geographer, cartographer and Egyptologist | * ] (1100 – 1165), geographer, cartographer and Egyptologist | ||
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| * ] (989, Cordoba, Spain – 1079, Jaen, Spain), mathematician and author | |||
| * ] (1100–1150), Muslim astronomer and mathematician | |||
| * ] (821–915), polymath who is considered the father of chemistry; emphasized systematic experimentation, and did much to free alchemy from superstition and turn it into a science | * ] (821–915), polymath who is considered the father of chemistry; emphasized systematic experimentation, and did much to free alchemy from superstition and turn it into a science | ||
| * ], (died after 976), physician and mathematician | |||
| * ] theologian and Alchemist | * ] theologian and Alchemist | ||
| * ] (10th century, Qairwan, Tunis), influential 10th-century physician and author | |||
| * ] (776, Basra, Iraq – 869, Basra, Iraq), ], ] and author | * ] (776, Basra, Iraq – 869, Basra, Iraq), ], ] and author | ||
| * ] heresiographer, historian,hagiographer and philologis | * ] heresiographer, historian,hagiographer and philologis | ||
| * ] grammarian and philologist | * ] grammarian and philologist | ||
| * ] theologian, and spiritual writer. | |||
| * ] (1145, Valencia, Spain – 1217, Egypt), geographer, traveller and poet, known for his detailed travel journals | |||
| * ] (d. c. 915), Mu'tazili theologian and philosopher | * ] (d. c. 915), Mu'tazili theologian and philosopher | ||
| * ] (c. 944 – c. 994) physician and pharmacologist. | |||
| * ] (11th century), physician | * ] (11th century), physician | ||
| == K == | == K == | ||
| * ] (died 1195), astronomer. | |||
| * ] (951–1029), scholar, philosopher, physician, astrologer, man of letters, and poet. | |||
| * ] (c. 1300, died 1373) influential Sunni scholar and historian. | |||
| * ] (1320, Damascus, Syria – 1380, Damascus, Syria), astronomer who compiled extensive tables for astronomical use | |||
| * ] (c. 718, Oman – c. 791), writer and ], compiled the first dictionary of the ], the ''Kitab al-Ayn'' | * ] (c. 718, Oman – c. 791), writer and ], compiled the first dictionary of the ], the ''Kitab al-Ayn'' | ||
| * ] (777 A.D–854 A.D) Arab historian. | * ] (777 A.D–854 A.D) Arab historian. | ||
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| == M == | == M == | ||
| * ] (b. 1933) | * ] (b. 1933) | ||
| * ],16th-century mathematician. | |||
| * ] theologian, and hadith traditionist. | * ] theologian, and hadith traditionist. | ||
| * ] grammarian | |||
| * ] (c.1236) was a medieval Muslim metallurgist, chemist and sociologist | * ] (c.1236) was a medieval Muslim metallurgist, chemist and sociologist | ||
| * ], 10th-century female astronomer and maker of astrolabes | * ], 10th-century female astronomer and maker of astrolabes | ||
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| * ] ( 896–956), historian, geographer and philosopher, traveled to Spain, Russia, India, ] and China, spent his last years in ] and ] | * ] ( 896–956), historian, geographer and philosopher, traveled to Spain, Russia, India, ] and China, spent his last years in ] and ] | ||
| * ] theologian | * ] theologian | ||
| * ] (d. 1008 or 1007 CE), Arab Muslim scholar and ] in Spain | |||
| * ] (973 – 1057, Ma'arra (المعرة) in ]), blind Arab ], poet and writer | * ] (973 – 1057, Ma'arra (المعرة) in ]), blind Arab ], poet and writer | ||
| * ] (1364–1442) historian. | * ] (1364–1442) historian. | ||
| * ], known in ] as '''Alboacen''' (972, Basra, Iraq–1058, Iraq), judge, diplomat, and author of influential works on governance and ethics | |||
| * ] lexicographer and linguist | * ] lexicographer and linguist | ||
| * ] (born 7 July 1185), Moroccan historian. | |||
| * ] (d. 1266) astronomer. | * ] (d. 1266) astronomer. | ||
| * ] grammarian and linguis | * ] grammarian and linguis | ||
| * ] (946 CE, Jerusalem, Palestine–), medieval Arab ], author of ''Ahsan at-Taqasim fi Ma`rifat il-Aqalim'' (''The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions'') | * ] (946 CE, Jerusalem, Palestine–), medieval Arab ], author of ''Ahsan at-Taqasim fi Ma`rifat il-Aqalim'' (''The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions'') | ||
| * ] (c.1220 – c.1283 ), Muslim astronomer and mathematician who worked in Damascus | |||
| * ] (1423 – 1506), astronomer and mathematician | * ] (1423 – 1506), astronomer and mathematician | ||
| * ] (died 796 or 806) Muslim philosopher, mathematician and astronomer. | * ] (died 796 or 806) Muslim philosopher, mathematician and astronomer. | ||
| * ] ( 977– 1030), Fatimid historian. | |||
| * ] (11th century), mathematician | * ] (11th century), mathematician | ||
| * ] (11th century) Mechanical engineer and inventor | * ] (11th century) Mechanical engineer and inventor | ||
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| * ] hadith scholar | * ] hadith scholar | ||
| * ] grammarian | * ] grammarian | ||
| * ] (Alpetragius) (?, Morocco – 1204, Seville, Spain), ] and ]; the ] crater on the Moon is named after him | |||
| * ] (1279 – died 1333) historian and encyclopedist. | * ] (1279 – died 1333) historian and encyclopedist. | ||
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| == R == | == R == | ||
| * ] alchemist and tile maker. | |||
| * ] islamic scholar | |||
| * ] theologian and philosopher | * ] theologian and philosopher | ||
| * ] (9th century), physician | * ] (9th century), physician | ||
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| * ] (1304, Damascus – 1375, Syria, Damascus), astronomer, mathematician, engineer and inventor, worked at the ] in Damascus, Syria, developed an original astronomical model | * ] (1304, Damascus – 1375, Syria, Damascus), astronomer, mathematician, engineer and inventor, worked at the ] in Damascus, Syria, developed an original astronomical model | ||
| * ] (784 CE-845 CE) scholar and Arabian biographer. | * ] (784 CE-845 CE) scholar and Arabian biographer. | ||
| * ] (1445–1505 AD) islamic scholar and historian. | |||
| * ] Twelver Shia theologian | * ] Twelver Shia theologian | ||
| * ] father of Muslim international law | * ] father of Muslim international law | ||
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| == T == | == T == | ||
| * ] (?, Suhar, Oman – 1033 CE, Valencia, Spain), ] and author of an encyclopedia of medicine | * ] (?, Suhar, Oman – 1033 CE, Valencia, Spain), ] and author of an encyclopedia of medicine | ||
| * ] Islamic Scholar | |||
| * ] (1105, Granada, Spain – 1185, Marrakech, Morocco), Andalusian writer, novelist, Islamic philosopher, Islamic theologian, physician, astronomer, vizier, and court official | * ] (1105, Granada, Spain – 1185, Marrakech, Morocco), Andalusian writer, novelist, Islamic philosopher, Islamic theologian, physician, astronomer, vizier, and court official | ||
| * ], 10th-century physician from ] | * ], 10th-century physician from ] | ||
| * ] 10th-century alchemist and mystic | * ] 10th-century alchemist and mystic | ||
| * ] (7th century), physician | * ] (7th century), physician | ||
| * ] (1526–1585) physician, mathematician, clockmaker and astronomer | |||
| == U == | == U == | ||
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| * ] (Yemen, ? – Syria, Damscus, 709), poet, famous for his erotic and romantic poems | * ] (Yemen, ? – Syria, Damscus, 709), poet, famous for his erotic and romantic poems | ||
| * ] ( 997– 1074), pharmacologist and physician | |||
| * ] (1292-1342), historian | * ] (1292-1342), historian | ||
| * ] theologian and founder of the Mutazilite school of Islamic thought. | * ] theologian and founder of the Mutazilite school of Islamic thought. | ||
Revision as of 17:24, 16 January 2018
This is a list of Arab scientists and scholars from the Muslim World and Spain (Al-Andalus) who lived from antiquity up until the beginning of the modern age, consisting primarily of scholars during the Middle Ages. In some cases, their exact ancestry is unclear.
Both the Arabic and Latin names are given. The following Muslim naming articles are not used for indexing:
- Al - the
- ibn, bin, banu - son of
- abu - father of, the one with
To maintain consistency and keep the list easy to navigate, please follow the Entries Format for the List of Arab scientists and scholars on the Talk page when adding names.
Contents:
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- Ahmad al-Qalqashandi (1355 or 1356, Nile Delta, Egypt–1418), writer and mathematician
- 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Wafa'i (1408–1471), astronomer
- Abd el-Latif el-Baghdadi (1162, Baghdad–Iraq–1231), physician, historian and Egyptologist
- Al Achsasi al Mouakket 17th century Astronomer.
- Ibn 'Adlan (1187–1268 CE), cryptographer and poets.
- Ibn al-Adim ((1192–1262), biographer and historian.
- Al-Akhfash al-Akbar grammarian and linguist
- Avempace (1085–1138), polymath
- Ahmad ibn Fadlan (10th century, Baghdad, Iraq), writer and traveler; member of an embassy of the Caliph of Baghdad to the Volga Bulgars
- Ahmad ibn Hanbal theologian, ascetic, and hadith traditionist.
- Ahmad ibn Mājid (1432, Ras al-Khaimah, Oman – 1500, ?), navigator and poet
- Ahmad ibn Yusuf (835, Baghdad – 912, Egypt), mathematician
- Ali ibn al-Athir (835, Baghdad – 912, Egypt) (1233–1160) historian and biographer.
- Ali Ben Isa (9th century)
- Ali ibn Ridwan (c. 988, Giza, Egypt–1061, Egypt), astronomer and geometer with Khalid Ben Abdulmelik
- Al-Ashraf Umar II (1242 - 1296 in Yemen) astronomer and ruler of yemen.
- Abu 'Amr ibn al-'Ala' linguists and grammarian
- Al-Asma'i (739, Basra, Iraq–831, Basra, Iraq), pioneer of zoology, botany and animal husbandry
- Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali grammarian
- Ahmed Zewail (1946-2016), Nobel laureate in chemistry.
- Nayef Al-Rodhan (b. 1959)
- Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (c. 850 – c. 930), mathematician
- Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (874–936 CE), Shafi'i scholar and theologian
- Sa'id ibn Aws al-Ansari linguist
- Rufaida Al-Aslamia (b. 620), physician
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- Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (980, Baghdad, Iraq – 1037), arithmetic
- Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (1162–1231), physician, historian, Egyptologist and traveler
- Al-Baqillani (?, Basra, Iraq – 1013, Basra, Iraq), theologian, scholar, and Maliki lawyer
- Al-Battani (850, Harran, Turkey – 929, Qasr al-Jiss, Iraq), astronomer and mathematician
- Al-Baladhuri (d. 892), historian
- Ibn Butlan (1038, 1075) Arab Christian physician
D
- Ibn Duraid (837, Basra, Iraq–934, Baghdad, Iraq), geographer, genealogist, poet, and philologist
- Ibn al-Durayhim (1312–1359/62 CE), cryptologist
- Al-Dakhwar (1170-1230), physician
- Al-Dimashqi (1256-1327), geographer
G
- Gamal Hamdan (1928–1993), geographer
H
- Haly Abenragel (Abû l-Hasan 'Alî ibn Abî l-Rijâl) (? – 1037, Kairouan, Tunisia), astrologer, best known for his Kitāb al-bāri' fi ahkām an-nujūm
- Ibn Abi'l-Hadid islamic scholar
- Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam(803 A.D - 871 A.D) Egyptian historian.
- Harbi al-Himyari 8th century Alchemist.
- Ibn Hawqal (943, Baghdad, Iraq – 969, ?), writer, geographer, and chronicler
- Hassan Hanafi (b. 1935, Cairo, Egypt), professor and chair of philosophy at Cairo University
- Hasan al-Rammah (died 1295), chemist and engineer
- Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani (893, Yemen – 945, Sanaa, Yemen), geographer, historian and astronomer
- Ibn Hubal (1122, Baghdad, Iraq – 1213), physician, scientist and author of a medical compendium
- Hayat Sindi (b. 1991, Mecca, Saudi Arabia), medical scientist, known for making major contributions to point-of-care medical testing and biotechnology
- Abu al-Majd ibn Abi al-Hakam (d. 1174 CE), physician, musician and astrologer
- Al-Harith ibn Kalada (d. 13 AH/634–35), physician
- Nafi ibn al-Harith (d. 13 AH/634–35), physician
- Abu'l Abbas al-Hijazi (12th century), traveler, merchant and sailor
- Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (d. 819) historian.
- Ibn Hisham (d. 835) historian and biographer.
- Hunayn ibn Ishaq (809 – 873) arab Christian scholar, physician, and a scientist
I
- Ikhwan al-Safa اخوان الصفا وخلان الوفا (The Brethren of Purity) (Basra, Iraq), a group of neo-Platonic Arabic philosophers of the 10th century
- Al-Idrisi (1099, Ceuta, Maghreb – 1166 CE, Sicily), geographer and cartographer
- Ibn Abi Ishaq (d. AD 735), earliest known grammarian of the Arabic language
- Ibn al-Haytham (965–1040), physicist
- Ibn Arabi (1165–1240), Islamic scholar and philosopher
- Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100 – 1165), geographer, cartographer and Egyptologist
- Ishaq ibn Hunayn (c. 830 – c. 910-1), physician and translator
- Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam theologian
J
- Jabir ibn Hayyan (821–915), polymath who is considered the father of chemistry; emphasized systematic experimentation, and did much to free alchemy from superstition and turn it into a science
- Ja'far al-Sadiq theologian and Alchemist
- Al-Jahiz (776, Basra, Iraq – 869, Basra, Iraq), historian, biologist and author
- Ibn al-Jawzi heresiographer, historian,hagiographer and philologis
- Abu Mansur Mauhub al-Jawaliqi grammarian and philologist
- Al-Jubba'i (d. c. 915), Mu'tazili theologian and philosopher
- Ibn Jazla (11th century), physician
K
- Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (c. 718, Oman – c. 791), writer and philologist, compiled the first dictionary of the Arabic language, the Kitab al-Ayn
- Khalifah ibn Khayyat (777 A.D–854 A.D) Arab historian.
- Ibn al-Khatib (1313–1374) polymath, poet, writer, historian, philosopher, physician
- Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi islamic scholar and historian
- Abu 'Ali al-Khayyat (c.770 - c.835), astrologer and a student of Mashallah.
- Al-Kindi (c. 801, Kufa, Iraq – 873, Bahgdad, Iraq), Arab philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, physician and geographer
- Ibn Khaldun (1332, Tunis – 1406, Cairo, Egypt)
- Khalid bin Yazid (d. 704) an Umayyad prince and alchemist
- Abu 'Ali al-Khayyat (c.770 – c.835), astrologer
- Al-Kaŝkarī (fl. 930 CE), physician
M
- Mostafa El-Sayed (b. 1933)
- Malik ibn Anas theologian, and hadith traditionist.
- Mansur al-Kamili (c.1236) was a medieval Muslim metallurgist, chemist and sociologist
- Mariam al-Asturlabi, 10th-century female astronomer and maker of astrolabes
- Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi (1256 – c. 1321), mathematician, astronomer, Islamic scholar, Sufi, and astrologer.
- Ibn al-Majdi (359–1447 CE) mathematician and astronomer.
- Al-Masudi ( 896–956), historian, geographer and philosopher, traveled to Spain, Russia, India, Sri Lanka and China, spent his last years in Syria and Egypt
- Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi theologian
- Al-Maʿarri (973 – 1057, Ma'arra (المعرة) in Syria), blind Arab philosopher, poet and writer
- Al-Maqrizi (1364–1442) historian.
- Ibn Manzur lexicographer and linguist
- Muʾayyad al-Dīn al-ʿUrḍī (d. 1266) astronomer.
- Al-Mubarrad grammarian and linguis
- Muhammad Al-Muqaddasi (946 CE, Jerusalem, Palestine–), medieval Arab geographer, author of Ahsan at-Taqasim fi Ma`rifat il-Aqalim (The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions)
- Sibt al-Maridini (1423 – 1506), astronomer and mathematician
- Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (died 796 or 806) Muslim philosopher, mathematician and astronomer.
- Yusuf al-Mu'taman ibn Hud (11th century), mathematician
- Al-Muradi (11th century) Mechanical engineer and inventor
- Sulaiman Al Mahri (1480–1550), geographer
- Mujir al-Din (1456–1522), qadi and historian.
N
- Ibn al-Nafis (1213, Damascus, Syria – 1288, Cairo, Egypt), physician and author, the first to describe pulmonary circulation, compiled a medical encyclopedia and wrote numerous works on other subjects
- Abu Jaʿfar an-Nahhas grammarian
- Al-Nawawi hadith scholar
- Niftawayh grammarian
- Al-Nuwayri (1279 – died 1333) historian and encyclopedist.
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Q
- Al-Qabisi (died 967), astrologer and mathematician.
- Al-Qadi al-Nu'man(died 974 CE) the official historian of the Fatimid caliphs.
- Qadi Ayyad (1083–1149), biographer and historian.
- Abū al-Ḥasan al-Qalaṣādī (1412–1486) mathematician from Al-Andalus specializing in Islamic inheritance jurisprudence.
- Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr islamic scholar
- Ibn Qudamah theologian.
- Ibn al-Qalanisi (c. 1071 – 1160) chronicler and historian.
- Thābit ibn Qurra (826, Harran, Turkey – 902), mathematician, physician, astronomer, and translator
- Al-Qurtubi (1233–1286), muhaddith and faqih.
- Ibn al-Qūṭiyya (died 8 November 977) Andalusian historian.
- Ibn al-Quff (1233–1286), physician
- Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203–1283), physician, astronomer, geographer
R
- Fakhr al-Din al-Razi theologian and philosopher
- Al-Ruhawi (9th century), physician
S
- Ibn al-Saffar (died in 1035), astronomer
- Said al-Andalusi (1029–1070), astronomer, historian and philosopher.
- Al-Ṣaidanānī 10th century astronomer
- Sameera Moussa (1917 – 1952)
- Abu al-Salt (c. 1068 -1134) astronomer, physician and alchemist
- Al-Shafi‘i islamic scholar
- Al-Sakhawi (1428 - 1497) hadith scholar and historian.
- Ibn al-Shatir (1304, Damascus – 1375, Syria, Damascus), astronomer, mathematician, engineer and inventor, worked at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, developed an original astronomical model
- Ibn Sa'd (784 CE-845 CE) scholar and Arabian biographer.
- Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid Twelver Shia theologian
- Muhammad al-Shaybani father of Muslim international law
- Abu Amr Ishaq ibn Mirar al-Shaybani lexicographer and collector of Arabic poetry
- Ibn Sidah grammarian and lexicographer
- Ibn Abi al-Shukr (died 1283 CE) astronomer, astrologer and mathematician
- Rashidun al-Suri (1177–1241), physician and botanist
T
- Ibn Al-Thahabi (?, Suhar, Oman – 1033 CE, Valencia, Spain), physician and author of an encyclopedia of medicine
- Ibn Tufail (1105, Granada, Spain – 1185, Marrakech, Morocco), Andalusian writer, novelist, Islamic philosopher, Islamic theologian, physician, astronomer, vizier, and court official
- Muhammad Tamimi, 10th-century physician from Palestine
- Muhammed ibn Umail al-Tamimi 10th-century alchemist and mystic
- Ibn Abi Ramtha al-Tamimi (7th century), physician
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- Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi (920, Damascus, Syria – 980, Damascus, Syria), wrote two works on arithmetic, may have anticipated the invention of decimals
- Usama ibn Munqidh (1095–1188, Damascus, Syria), Arab historian, politician, and diplomat
- Ibn Abi Usaibia (1203–1270, Damascus, Syria), physician and historian, wrote Uyun al-Anba fi Tabaqat al-Atibba (Lives of the Physicians)
- Yaʿīsh ibn Ibrāhīm al-Umawī (1400, Spain – 1489, Damascus, Syria), mathematician, wrote works on mensuration and arithmetic
- Ibn Uthal (7th century), physician
W
- Waddah al-Yaman (Yemen, ? – Syria, Damscus, 709), poet, famous for his erotic and romantic poems
- Ibn al-Wardi (1292-1342), historian
- Wasil ibn Ata theologian and founder of the Mutazilite school of Islamic thought.
Y
- Omar M. Yaghi (b, 1965, Amman, Jordan), chemistry professor at the University of California, Berkeley
- Ibn Yunus (c. 950–1009), mathematician and astronomer
- Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179–1229), biographer and geographer
- Ya'qubi (d. 897-898), geographer
- Abu Yusuf islamic scholar
Z
- Al-Zahrawi (936, Cordoba, Spain – 1013, Cordoba, Spain), Islam's greatest medieval surgeon, wrote comprehensive medical texts combining Middle-Eastern, Indian and Greco-Roman classical teachings, shaped European surgical procedures until the Renaissance, considered the "father of surgery", wrote Al-Tasrif, a thirty-volume collection of medical practice
- Al-Zarqali (1028, Spain – 1087, ? CE), mathematician, influential astronomer, and instrument maker, contributed to the famous Tables of Toledo
- Zayn al-Din al-Amidi islamic scholar and inventor
- Ibn Zuhr (1091, Seville, Spain – 1161, Seville, Spain), prominent physician of the Medieval Islamic period
- Al-Zuhri (d. 897/8), geographer
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See also
- Islamic science
- List of Muslim scientists
- List of Iranian scientists and scholars
- List of famous Arabs
- List of Turkic scholars