List of Tamil Muslims

Last updated November 09, 2025

This is a list of Tamil Muslims worldwide.

Historical personalities

Economy

Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed - entrepreneur, recipient of 2011 Padma Shri Award
B. S. Abdur Rahman - (1927 – 2015) entrepreneur, philanthropist and educationist.
Kajamian Rowther – entrepreneur and philanthropist^[1]

Politics and law

Politicians

K. A. M. Muhammed Abubacker (born 1971) - Legislative Party Leader of the Indian Union Muslim League from 2016 to 2021.
A. Aslam Basha (1968 -2020) - member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
M. H. Jawahirullah - (born 1959) - member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2021 and founding member/leader of the Manithaneya Makkal Katchi party
T. P. M. Mohideen Khan (born 1947) - former minister for environment in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
S. M. Abdul Majid - minister for local administration in Kamaraj cabinet between 1962 and 1963
K. S. Masthan (born 1955) - MLA from 2016 and Minister from 2021
K. M. Kader Mohideen (born 1940) - current National President, Indian Union Muslim League, former Lok Sabha member 2004-2009
Kani K. Navas (born 1979) - Lok Sabha member for the Indian Union Muslim League 2019-to date
S. M. Nasar - Indian Politician
S. J. Sadiq Pasha - former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu
M. Mariam Pichai (died 2011) - appointed as minister in the 2011 Legislative Assembly election, but died on his way to the oath-swearing ceremony
Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim, (born 1966) - a Malaysian politician, MP since May 2013 and chairman of the Tabung Haji from 2013 to 2018.
Abdul Rahman (born 1959) - Lok Sabha member for the Indian Union Muslim League 2009-2014
J. M. Aaroon Rashid (born 1950) - former member of the Parliament of India, representing the Theni Lok Sabha constituency.
A. Anwar Rhazza - former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu
M. Muhammad Ismail Sahib (1896—1972) - Founder of the Indian Union Muslim League
P. Khalifulla Sahib - Statesman, Dewan of Pudukkottai State
Yakub Hasan Sait (1875–1940) - served as the Minister for Public Works in the Madras presidency for the Indian Union Muslim League
A. K. A. Abdul Samad (1926-1999) - state President of the Indian Union Muslim League
Aloor Shanavas (born 1982) - politician, writer and social worker from Tamil Nadu. currently a Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
S. M. Muhammed Sheriff - elected to Lok Sabha from Periyakulam constituency as an Indian Union Muslim League candidate in 1971
S. N. M. Ubayadullah (born 1941) - former minister for Commercial Taxes in Tamil Nadu
Sir Mohammad Usman (1884–1960) - served as the Minister of Home for the Madras Presidency and the first Indian acting Governor of Madras
Y. S. M. Yusuf - former MLA and former Minister of Public Work Department, Irrigation department of Tamil Nadu

Justices

M. M. Ismail (1921-2005) - former State Governor and Chief Justice
Basheer Ahmed Sayeed (1900-1984) - former member of the Madras Legislative Council and judge of the Madras High Court

Science

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931 - 2015) - aerospace scientist and statesman who was the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007
Masha Nazeem (born 1993) - inventor
Nigar Shaji - Indian space scientist
Dr Mohamed Rela Expertise in liver transplantation and hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgery.

Literature

Sport

Nasser Hussain OBE, the captain of the England cricket team during 1999-2003
Syed Sabir Pasha Football

Criminals

Haji Mastan ^[2]

References

↑ Pillay, Kolappa Pillay Kanakasabhapathi (1957). History of Higher Education in South India. Associated Printers.
↑ "When Tamil dons ruled Bombay". The Times of India . 2 November 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

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[1] Pillay, Kolappa Pillay Kanakasabhapathi (1957). History of Higher Education in South India. Associated Printers.

[TOI1-2] "When Tamil dons ruled Bombay". The Times of India . 2 November 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

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