Mousavi is a surname. It is also spelled Moosavi, Mossavi, Moussaoui, Moussavi and Moussawi. The word is an adjective in Arabic which means descendants of Musa al-Kazim. Notable people with the name include:
Politics
- Abbas al-Musawi (c.1952âÂÂ1992), Lebanese Muslim cleric and leader of Hezbollah
- Abdolrahim Mousavi (1960âÂÂ2026), Iranian general
- Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi Leader of TNFJ, Pakistan
- Fakhraddin Mousavi (1930âÂÂ2021), Iranian judge and politician
- Farid Mousavi, Iranian politician
- Majid Mousavi (1965âÂÂ2026), Iranian military commander
- Mir-Hossein Mousavi (born 1942), Iranian politician
- Mohammad Vaez Mousavi (born 1964), Iranian cleric and politician
- Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini (1902âÂÂ1989), Iranian politician who came to power after the 1979 Iranian revolution.
- Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, Iranian diplomat
Sport
Other people
- Farshid Moussavi (born 1965), Iranian-born British architect
- Granaz Moussavi (born 1946), Iranian-born Australian poet, film director and screenwriter
- Ibrahim Mousawi (born 1965), Lebanese journalist
- Hamid Hussain Musavi (1830âÂÂ1888), Indian scholar
- Jamaluddin Mousavi (born 1976), Afghan TV presenter
- Muhammad Quli Musavi (1775âÂÂ1844), Indian scholar
- Mohammad Mofti-ol-shia Mousavi (1928âÂÂ2010), Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja
- Seyed Ali Mousavi, nephew of Mir-Hossein Mousavi who was killed during the 2009 Iranian election protests
- Syed Askar Mousavi (born 1956), Afghan author
- Sayyed Razi Mousavi (1963âÂÂ2023), Iranian major general in the IRGC's Quds Force
See also