Ansari (surname)
Ansari or Al Ansari is a surname mainly found in the Middle East and South Asia. People with the surname Al-Ansari or Ansari are said to be the descendants of the Ansar tribesmen of Medina. Some notable Ansaris are as follows:
- Abbas Ansari (born 1992), Indian sportsman and shooter
- Abdulaziz Rashid Al Ansari (born 1992), Qatari footballer
- Abdul Haq Ansari (1931–2012), Indian Islamic philosopher
- Abdul Qaiyum Ansari (1905–1973), Indian active in the freedom struggle of India
- Abdur Razzaque Ansari, Indian Muslim nationalist, freedom fighter, and a weavers revolution leader
- Afzal Ansari (born 1953), Indian politician
- Akbar Ansari (born 1988), English cricketer of Pakistani descent
- Akram Ansari (born 1954), Pakistani politician
- Ali Ansari, Iranian-British history professor
- Ali Al Ansari, Emirati paralympic athlete
- Allama Mustafa Hussain Ansari, (1945–2006), Kashmiri writer and public speaker
- Amir Ansari (born 1970), American businessman and entrepreneur of Iranian descent
- Anousheh Ansari (born 1966), Iranian-American engineer, businesswoman and entrepreneur
- Asad Ansari, Pakistani-Canadian accused of terrorism
- Aziz Ansari (born 1983), American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director
- Bushra Ansari, Pakistani television presenter, comedian, singer, actress and playwright
- Faheem Ansari, an Indian national who was charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks
- Fahad Al Ansari (born 1987), Kuwaiti footballer
- Faris Muslim al Ansari (born 1984), Afghan held in Guantanamo
- Furkan Ansari (born 1948), Indian politician
- Gholamreza Ansari (born 1956), Iranian politician
- Jaber Ansari (born 1987), Iranian footballer
- Jamshed Ansari (1942–2005), Pakistani film, television and radio actor
- Karim Ansarifard (born 1990), Iranian footballer
- Khalid A. H. Ansari, Indian entrepreneur, journalist
- Khizar Humayun Ansari, British race relations academic
- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, (1914–1987), popularly known as K. A. Abbas, Indian film director
- Majid Ansari (born 1950), Iranian cleric, politician, Vice President of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
- Master Taj-ud-Din Ansari, Pakistani politician
- Mateen Ansari (c. 1915–1943), Indian soldier awarded George Cross for conspicuous gallantry in British army
- Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari (born 1936), revolutionary Shiite Muslim leader in Jammu & Kashmir and Founder of Ittihadul Muslimeen
- Mohammad Ansari (disambiguation), a number of people named Mohammad Ansari
- Mohammad Ansari (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
- Mohammad Ebrahim Ansari (1936–2011), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja
- Mohammad H. Ansari Theoretical Physicist
- Mohammad Hamid Ansari (born 1937), Indian politician
- Muhammad Hanif Ansari (1937–1985), Pakistani politician, businessman and philatelist
- Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari (1914–1974), Indian Islamic scholar and philosopher
- Mohammed Jaber Al-Ansari (born 1939), Bahraini philosopher
- Mukhtar Ansari, Indian mafia-don turned politician
- Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari (1880–1936), Indian nationalist and political leader
- Mustafa al-Ansari, Saudi accused of terrorism
- Nazenin Ansari, Iranian journalist in exile
- Noushafarin Ansari (born 1939), Indian-born Iranian librarian, educator and manager
- Rais Ansari, Urdu Indian poet
- Sahar Ansari, Pakistani Urdu poet, critic and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics
- Salim Miya Ansari, Nepalese politician
- Saman Ansari (born 1974), Pakistani television actress
- Sarah Ansari, professor of history
- Sheikh Sadiq Ali Ansari (active 1901), Indian politician
- Siamak Ansari (born 1968), Iranian television actor and director
- Sibakatullah Ansari, Indian politician
- SM Razaullah Ansari (born 1932), Indian physicist
- Zabiuddin Ansari a.k.a. Abu Hamza or Abu Jundal, an Indian national, fundamentalist/terrorist belonging to Indian Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba. He is accused of being involved in 2008 Mumbai attacks.
- Zeeshan Ansari (born 1999), Indian cricketer
- Zafar Ansari (born 1991), English cricketer of Pakistani descent
- Zafar Ishaq Ansari (1932–2016), Pakistani scholar of Islamic Studies
- For people with Ansari as a nesba, coming from or belonging to, see Ansari (nesba)
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