Moussa

Moussa (sometimes spelled Mousa) is both a given name and a surname. It is the Arabic word for Moses. Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

• Balla Moussa Keïta (1934–2001), Malian actor and comedian
• Moussa Ag Amastan, Amenokal of the Kel Ahaggar Tuareg
• Moussa Arafat, cousin of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat
• Moussa Ayoub, (c.1873–1955) Syrian-born British portrait artist.
• Moussa Castle, a castle on the outskirts of Deir el Qamar
• Moussa Coulibaly (footballer, born 1981), Malian football player
• Mousa Dembélé (born 1987), Belgian footballer
• Moussa Dembélé (born 1996), French footballer
• Moussa Diaby (born 1999), French footballer
• Moussa Faki (born 1960), Prime Minister of Chad
• Moussa Helal, former professional squash player
• Moussa Hojeij (born 1974), Lebanese football player
• Moussa Ibrahim (born 1974), Libyan spokesman for Muammar Gaddafi's regime
• Moussa Konaté (born 1951), Malian writer
• Moussa Koussa (born c. 1949), former Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs under Gaddafi
• Moussa Kouyate, kora player
• Moussa Latoundji (born 1978), Beninese football player
• Moussa N'Diaye (born 1979), Senegalese football player
• Moussa Narry (born 1986), Nigerien football midfielder
• Moussa Ouattara (disambiguation)
• Moussa Pokong (born 1987), Cameroonian football player
• Moussa Saïb (born 1969), Algerian footballer
• Moussa Sanogo (born 1985), footballer
• Moussa Sissoko (born 1989), French footballer
• Moussa Sow (born 1986), Senegalese footballer
• Moussa Sy (born 1979), Guinean football striker
• Moussa Sylla (disambiguation), several people
• Moussa Timbiné (born 1974), Malian politician
• Moussa Traoré (born 1936), Malian soldier and politician
• Moussa Wagué (born 1998), Senegalese footballer
• Moussa Yahaya (born 1975), Nigerien football striker

Surname:

• Abdul Halim Moussa (born 1930), Egyptian police officer and interior minister
• Amr Moussa (born 1936), current Secretary-General of the League of Arab Nations
• Christina El Moussa, co-host of Flip or Flop, an HGTV television series with her husband Tarek El Moussa
• Franck Moussa (born 1989), Belgian footballer
• Hassan Moussa, leading imam of the Stockholm Mosque
• Hassen Moussa (born 1973), Tunisian judoka
• Idriss Ndele Moussa, Chadian politician
• Mustapha Moussa (born 1962), boxer
• Raouf Salama Moussa (1929–2006), notable Egyptian bacteriologist and editor
• Salama Moussa (1887–1958), notable Egyptian journalist and reformer
• Sameera Moussa (1917–1952), Egyptian nuclear scientist
• Samy Moussa (born 1984), Canadian conductor and composer
• Tarek El Moussa, co-host of Flip or Flop, an HGTV television series with his wife Christina El Moussa
• Zara Moussa (born c. 1980), Nigerien singer and rapper

Ibrahim Moussa was born on September 30, 1946 in Egypt. He was a producer and actor, He was married to Nastassja Kinski. He died on June 24, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

See also

• Mousa, the island in Shetland.
• Musa (disambiguation)
• Musa, the Israelite prophet known to Christians and Jews as Moses; see Islamic view of Moses