Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (576? 674?

), companion of Prophet Muhammad Abu Mas'ud Al-Ansari, companion of Muhammad and narrator of hadith Habib ibn Zayd al-Ansari, sahaba and martyr of Islam Jabir ibn Abd-Allah al-Ansari (died 697), companion of Muhammad Abu Mas'ud Al-Ansari, companion of Muhammad Umayr ibn Sad al-Ansari, companion of Muhammad Habib ibn Zayd al-Ansari, companion of Muhammad Thameemul Ansari, Arab Sufi saint, with shrine in Kovalam, Tamil Nadu Sa'id ibn Aws al-Ansari (died 830), Arab linguist and narrator of hadith Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006 1088), Persian mystic and poet, and one of the descen dants of Abu Ayyub Ansari Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi (1256 1327), Syrian Arab geographer Zakariyya al-Ansari (1420 1520), Egyptian Sufi mystic Morteza Ansari (1781 1864), Shia jurist from Dezful, Iran Sheikh Sadiq Ali Ansari (active 1901), Indian politician Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari (1880 1936), Indian nationalist and political leader Abdul Hakim Ansari (1893 1977), Indain Sufi of the Naqshbandiya, Chishti Orders Abdul Qaiyum Ansari (1905 1973), Indian active in the freedom struggle of India Mateen Ansari (c. 1915 1943), Indian soldier awarded George Cross for conspicuous gallantry in British army Abdul Haq Ansari (born 1931), Indian Islamic philosopher Zafar Ishaq Ansari (born 1932), Pakistani scholar of Islamic Studies SM Razaullah Ansari (born 1932), Indian physicist Mohammad Ebrahim Ansari (1936 2011), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari (born 1936), revolutionary Shiite Muslim leader in Jammu & Kashmir and Founder of Ittihadul Muslimeen Mohammad Hamid Ansari (born 1937), Vice President of India Muhammad Hanif Ansari (1937 1985), Pakistani politician, businessman and philateli st Mohammed Jaber Al-Ansari (born 1939), Bahraini philosopher Jamshed Ansari (c. 1945 2005), Pakistani film, television and radio actor Allama Mustafa Hussain Ansari, (1945 2006), Kashmiri writer and public speaker Furkan Ansari (born 1948), Indian politician Zain Ansari (born 1950), Pakistani politician Majead Ansari (born 1950), Iranian Vice President of Legal and Parliamentary Aff airs Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein al-Ansari (born 1952), Shia scholar from Najaf, Iraq Afzal Ansari (born 1953), Indian politician Siamak Ansari (born 1969), Iranian television actor and director Amir Ansari (born 1970), Iranian-American entrepreneur Khalid A. H. Ansari, Indian entrepreneur, Chairman of Mumbai's Mid-Day Newspaper Aziz Ansari (born 1983), American stand-up comedian Faris Muslim al Ansari (born 1984), Afghan held in Guantanamo Jaber Ansari (born 1987), Iranian footballer Fahad Al Ansari (born 1987), Kuwaiti footballer Akbar Ansari (born 1988), English cricketer Karim Ansarifard (born 1990), Iranian footballer Zafar Ansari (born 1991), English cricketer Abdulaziz Rashid Al Ansari (born 1992), Qatari footballer Abdur Razzaque Ansari, Indian nationalist, freedom fighter and a weavers revolut ion leader Gholamreza Ansari, Iranian diplomat Ali Ansari, Iranian-British history professor Khizar Humayun Ansari, British race relations academic Salim Miya Ansari, Nepalese politician Mukhtar Ansari, Indian politician Sibakatullah Ansari, Indian politician Master Taj-ud-Din Ansari, Pakistani politician Rais Ansari, Indian Urdu poet

Sahar Ansari, Pakistani Urdu poet, critic and scholar of Urdu literature and lin guistics Mohammad Ansari, Pakistani cricketer Ali Al Ansari, UAE paralympic athlete Faheem Ansari, Indian accused of terrorism Mustafa al-Ansari, Saudi accused of terrorism Asad Ansari, Pakistani-Canadian accused of terrorism Keyvan Ansari, Iranian imprisoned student leader [edit]Females Noushafarin Ansari (born 1939), Indian-born Iranian librarian, educator and mana ger Bushra Ansari (born 1956), Pakistani television presenter Anousheh Ansari (born 1966), Iranian-American entrepreneur, first Iranian astron aut and backer of the Ansari X Prize Nazenin Ansari, Iranian journalist in exile [edit]Notable people of Ansari descent Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi, (936-1013) father of modern surgery Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi, first Vice Chancellor of Sindh University