Mustafa () is one of the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in Muslim-majority countries.
Given name
Moustafa
- Moustafa Ali (1965âÂÂ2025), EgyptianâÂÂCanadian Canadian football player
- Moustafa Amar (born 1966), Egyptian musician and actor
- Moustafa Bayoumi (born 1966), American writer, journalist, and professor
- Moustafa Farroukh (1901âÂÂ1957), Lebanese painter
- Moustafa Al-Qazwini (born 1961), Iraqi-American imam, religious leader, and scholar
- Moustafa Reyadh (1941âÂÂ2026), Egyptian footballer
- Moustafa Shakosh (born 1986), Syrian footballer
- Moustafa Ahmed Shebto (born 1986), Qatari long-distance runner
Moustapha
- Moustapha Agnidé (born 1981), Beninese footballer
- Moustapha Akkad (1930âÂÂ2005), Syrian-American film producer and director
- Moustapha Alassane (1942âÂÂ2015), Nigerien filmmaker
- Moustapha Bokoum (born 1999), Belgian footballer
- Moustapha Lamrabat (born 1983), Moroccan-Belgian photographer
- Moustapha Niasse (born 1939), Senegalese politician and diplomat
- Abdul Moustapha Ouédraogo (born 1988), Ivorian footballer
- Moustapha Salifou (born 1983), Togolese footballer
- Moustapha Sall (1967âÂÂ2025), Mauritanian football manager and player
- Moustapha Bayal Sall (born 1985), Senegalese footballer
Mostafa
Mustafa
- Mustafa I, Mustafa II, Mustafa III, and Mustafa IV, Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
- Mustafa Abdul-Hamid (born 1988), American basketball player
- Mustafa Abi (born 1979), Turkish basketball player
- Mustafa Ali (born 1986), American wrestler
- Mustafa Zaman Abbasi (1936âÂÂ2025), Bangladeshi musicologist
- Mustafa Abubakar (born 1949), Indonesian politician
- Mustafa Adrisi (1922âÂÂ2013), third Vice-President of Uganda
- Mustafa Afridi, Pakistani television screenwriter and actor
- Mustafa Ahmed (born 1996), Sudanese-Canadian spoken word poet, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker
- Mustafa Amini (born 1993), Australian association footballer of Afghan and Nicaraguan descent
- Mustafa Altñoklar (born 1958), Turkish film director, producer, and screenwriter
- Mustafa Akaydñn (born 1952), Turkish politician
- Mustafa Akñncñ (born 1947), fourth President of North Cyprus
- Mustafa ArmaÃÂan (born 1961), Turkish Islamist journalist and conspiracy theorist
- Mustafa Arruf (1948âÂÂ2025), Spanish sculptor
- Mustafa ArslanoviÃÂ (born 1960), Bosnian footballer
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881âÂÂ1938), Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey
- Mustafa Aydñn (born 1967), Turkish academic, writer, columnist, TV commentator, and public intellectual
- Mustafa Badreddine (1961âÂÂ2016), Lebanese freedom fighter who was a member of Hezbollah
- Mustafa Barzani (1903âÂÂ1979), Iraqi Kurdish nationalist leader
- Mustafa Bey Alibeyov (1872âÂÂ1945), Azerbaijani publicist, writer, playwright, and lawyer
- Mustafa bey Vakilov (1896âÂÂ1965), Azerbaijani public figure, politician and diplomat
- Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (1925âÂÂ2006), 16th Prime Minister of Turkey
- Mustafa Cengiz (1949âÂÂ2021), Turkish businessman and former president of the sports club Galatasaray S.K.
- Mustafa Cevahir (born 1986), Turkish footballer
- Mustafa ÃÂaÃÂrñcñ (born 1950), Turkish civil servant
- Mustafa ÃÂakñr (born 1986), Turkish yacht racer
- Mustafa Fevzi ÃÂakmak (1876âÂÂ1950), Turkish field marshal
- Mustafa Demir (1961âÂÂ2025), Turkish politician
- Mustafa Denizli (born 1949), Turkish football coach and player
- Mustafa Erdik (born 1948), Turkish earthquake engineer
- Mustafa Fahmi Pasha (1840âÂÂ1914), seventh Prime Minister of Egypt
- Mustafa Güzelgöz (1921âÂÂ2005), Turkish librarian
- Mustafa Hadid (born 1988), Afghan footballer
- Mustafa Hamid (1945âÂÂ2025), also known by his nom de guerre Abu Walid al-Masri, Egyptian journalist and jihadist
- Mustafa Hassan (born 1990), Iraqi footballer
- Mustafa al-Hawsawi (born 1968), Saudi alleged financier of the New York Raid
- Mustafa Hukià(1951âÂÂ1999), Bosnian footballer
- Mustafa ðsmet ðnönü (1884âÂÂ1973), Turkish Army general, first Prime Minister, second President
- Mustafa Abdul Jalil (born 1952), Libyan politician
- Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (born 1967), 79th Prime Minister of Iraq
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan (literature scholar) (1912âÂÂ2005), Pakistani scholar, researcher, literary critic, linguist, author, educationist, and religious leader
- Mustafa Kamal (mayor) (born 1971), Pakistani politician
- Mustafa Kamal (judge) (1933âÂÂ2015), Chief Justice of Bangladesh
- Mustafa Kamal (politician) (born 1947), Bangladeshi politician, businessman, and cricket official
- Mustafa Karim (born 1987), Iraqi footballer
- Mustafa Kocabey (born 1974), Turkish footballer
- Mustafa Korkmaz (born 1988), Dutch wheelchair basketball player of Turkish descent
- Mustafa KuÃÂukoviÃÂ (born 1986), German footballer
- Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (1931âÂÂ2009), Pakistani statesman
- Mustafa Mahmoud (1921âÂÂ2009), Egyptian scientist, doctor, philosopher, journalist, and author
- Mustafa Malayekah (born 1986), Saudi Arabian footballer
- Mustafa Merlika-Kruja, (1887âÂÂ1958), 16th Prime Minister of Albania
- Mustafa Nadarevià(1943âÂÂ2020), Bosnian actor
- Mustafa Nayyem (born 1981), Afghan-Ukrainian journalist
- Mustafa ÃÂzkan (born 1975), Turkish footballer
- Mustafa Pasha (1557âÂÂ1614), Georgian noble
- Mustafa Pektemek (born 1988), Turkish footballer
- Mustafa Qureshi (born 1938), Pakistani actor
- Mustafa Rahi (1931âÂÂ1986), Pakistani poet
- Mustafa Sandal (born 1970), Turkish singer-composer and actor
- Mustafa Sarp (born 1980), Turkish footballer
- Mustafa Shahabi (1893âÂÂ1968), Syrian agronomist, politician, and writer
- Mustafa Shaikh (born 1979/80), Indian cricketer
- Mustafa Shokay (1890âÂÂ1941), Kazakh political activist and nationalist of Turkestan
- Mustafa Ã
Âentop (born 1968), Turkish politician and 29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2019âÂÂ2023)
- Mustafa Subhi (1883âÂÂ1921), Turkish communist leader
- Mustafa Topchubashov (1895âÂÂ1981), Azerbaijani surgeon
- Mustafa Tuna (born 1957), Turkish environmental engineer, politician and Mayor of Ankara
- Mustafa Yñlmaz (born 1992), Turkish chess grandmaster
- Mustafa Yumlu (born 1987), Turkish footballer
- Mustafa Wahba, Saudi politician
- Mustafa Zahid (born 1984), Pakistani music composer and singer
- Mustafa Zaidi (1930âÂÂ1970), Pakistani poet and civil servant
- Mustafa Pasha (disambiguation), various people
- Nur Mustafa Gülen (born 1960), Turkish footballer and coach
Mustafah
Mustapa
Mustapha
- Mustapha Aga, Ottoman Empire ambassador to the Swedish Court
- Mustapha Cassiem (born 2002), South African field hockey player
- Mustapha Chadili (born 1973), Moroccan football goalkeeper
- Mustapha Dahleb (born 1952), Algerian footballer
- Mustapha Djazaïri (1814âÂÂ1863), Algerian resistant
- Mustapha Hadji (born 1971), Moroccan footballer
- Mustapha Harun (1918âÂÂ1995), Sabahan 1st governor and 3rd chief minister
- Mustapha Ishak Boushaki (born 1967), Algerian cosmologist
- Mustapha Karkouti (1943âÂÂ2020), Syrian journalist
- Mustapha Kartali (born 1946), Islamist guerrilla leader
- Mustapha Khalfi (born 1980), Moroccan basketball player
- Mustapha Labsi, Algerian arrested on terrorism charges
- Mustapha Larfaoui (born 1932), Algerian athlete
- Mustapha Matura (1939âÂÂ2019), Trinidadian playwright
- Mustapha Sama (born 1979), Sierra Leonean soccer player
- Mustapha Zaari (1945âÂÂ2024), Moroccan actor
- Jimmy Durham (1883âÂÂ1910), originally named Mustapha, first African soldier in the British Army
Surname
Mostafa
Moustafa
Moustapha
Mustafa
- Nawshirwan Mustafa (1944âÂÂ2017), Kurdish politician
- Abu Mustafa (1925âÂÂ1966), Pakistani cricketer
- Abu Ali Mustafa (1938âÂÂ2001), Palestinian politician
- Allan Mustafa (born 1985), British actor and comedian
- Domenico Mustafà(1829âÂÂ1912), Italian singer and composer
- Erkan Mustafa (born 1970), British actor
- Fazil Mustafa (born 1965), Azerbaijani politician
- Herro Mustafa (born 1973), American diplomat
- Isaiah Mustafa (born 1974), American actor
- Ismail Isa Mustafa (born 1989), Bulgarian footballer
- Kara Mustafa (1634/35âÂÂ1683), Ottoman Albanian military leader and Vizier in the 17th century, led the 1683 siege of Vienna
- Melton Mustafa (1947âÂÂ2017), American jazz musician and educator
- Mohamed Mustafa (born 1996), Sudanese footballer
- Mustafa Mustafa (born 1955), Greek politician
- Rahma El Siddig Mustafa, Sudanese disability rights activist
- Ã
Âehzade Mustafa (1515âÂÂ1553), Turkish Ã
Âehzade (prince)
- Shukri Mustafa (1942âÂÂ1978), Egyptian Islamist
- Shkodran Mustafi (born 1992), German footballer
- Zubeida Mustafa (1941âÂÂ2025), Pakistani journalist
Mustapha
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