Abu Bakr (name)

• Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (573–634) • Abu Bakr ibn Ali (650–680) • Abu Bakr ibn Hasan ibn Ali (died 680) • Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm (died 737), Sunni Islamic scholar based in Madinah, Saudi Arabia • Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Malik (died 750), an Umayyad prince • Abu Bakr al-Isfahani (died 908), Persian scholar in Warsh recitation • Abu Bakr al-Khallal (died 923), Muslim jurist • Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya' al-Razi (865–925), Persian physician, alchemist, and philosopher • Abu Bakr Ibn Mujāhid (860–936), Iraqi Islamic scholar • Abu Bakr Muhammad (died 941), Muhtajid ruler of Chaghaniyan and governor of Samanid Khurasan • Abu Bakr al-Shibli (861–946), Sufi of Persian descent, disciple of Junayd Baghdadi • Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (880–946), Arab shatranj player • Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Qutia (died 997), historian and author born in Córdoba, Spain • Abu Bakr Ahmed ibn 'Ali ibn Qays al-Wahshiyah, or Ibn Wahshiyya (died 930), Iraqi alchemist, agriculturalist, farm toxicologist, egyptologist and historian • Abu Bakr al-Alami al-Idrissi (died 10th-century), ancestor of the Alami Sayyids of Morocco and leader of the Beni Arrous tribe • Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi (late 10th Century), Bukhara Sufi, author of the Kitab at-ta'arruf • Abu Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Baqillani (930–1013), Iraqi Islamic scholar, theologian and logician • Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Furak (941–1015) Muslim Imam, specialist of Arabic language, grammar and poetry, an orator, a jurist, and a hadith scholar from the Shafi'i Madhab • Abu Bakr Abd al-Karīm ibn al-Faḍl al-Muti better known by his regnal name At-Ta'i (932–1003), was the caliph of Baghdad from 974 to 991. • Abul-Mahāsin Abu Bakr Zaynuddin Azraqi (died 1072), Persian poet • Abu Bakr ibn Umar (died 1087), Almoravid ruler • Abu Bakr al-Turtushi (1059–1127), Muslim jurist and political theorist from Tortosa, Spain • Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076–1148), judge and scholar of Maliki law from al-Andalus • Abu Bakr Abd al-Malik ibn Quzman (1078–1160) poet in al-Andalus • Abû Bakr Muḥammad Ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣâ’igh at-Tûjîbî Ibn Bâjja al-Tujibi, known as Avempace, (1085–1138), Andalusian polymath: whose writings cover astronomy, physics, psychology, music, etc. • Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Tufail al-Qaisi al-Andalusi; (1105–1185), Andalusian Arab physician and philosopher • Abu Bakr al-Hassar or Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Ayyash al Hassar (12th century), Muslim mathematician from Morocco • al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu-Bakr ibn Ayyub or Al-Adil I (1145–1218), Ayyubid-Egyptian general, brother of Saladin • Abu Bakr Ibn Sayyid al-Nās (1200–1261), Almohad theologian. • Saif ad-Dīn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr b. Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad or Al-Adil II (1221?–1248), Ayyubid sultan of Egypt • Abubakr Sa'd ibn Zangy (1231–1260), ruler of Shiraz • Abu Bakr (mid 13th century), brother and companion of Sunjata, founder of the Mali Empire • Abu Bakr (late 13th century), mansa of the Mali Empire • Saif ad-Din Abu-Bakr (1321–1341), Mamluk sultan of Egypt • Abu Bakr ibn Faris (died 1359), Marinid Sultan • Abu Bakr Shah (died 1390), ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty • Aboobakuru I of the Maldives (died 1443?), sultan of Maldives during 1443 • Abu Bakr al-Aydarus (1447–1508), Hadhrami religious scholar of Sufism and poet • Mirza Abu Bakr Dughlat (died after 1514), ruler in eastern Central Asia, an emir of the Dughlat tribe • Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad (died 1526), sultan of Adal Sultanate • Abu Bakr Qatin, governor of Adal Sultanate • Abu Bakr Mirza (died 1602), self-declared Shah of Shirvan after the downfall of Kavus Mirza == 18th century to present ==

• Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (enslaved man from Timbuktu), Islamic scholar • Abu Bakr Atiku (1782–1842), sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate or Fulani Empire • Abu Bakr II ibn ʽAbd al-Munan (died 1852), emir of Harar • Abu Bakr Effendi (1814–1880), Ottoman qadi of Kurdish descent in the Cape of Good Hope from 1862 to 1880 • Abu Bakar of Johor (1833–1895), Sultan of Johor • Mulla Abu Bakr Effendi, or just Mulla Effendi (1863–1942), Kurdish Muslim cleric, Islamic philosopher, scholar, astronomer and politician • Abu Bakar bin Taha (1882–1956), Yemen-born Islamic educator in Singapore • Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem (1897–1975), Pakistani political scientist and first vice-chancellor of Karachi University • Abu Bakar Jambol (1897–1976), Bruneian civil servant and community leader • Abu Bakar of Pahang (1904–1974), Sultan of Pahang • Pengiran Abu Bakar Umar (1906–1985), Bruneian legislative speaker • Pengiran Abu Bakar Salleh (1907–1974), Bruneian legislative speaker • Abu Bakr Khairat (1910–1963), Egyptian composer of classical music • Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912–1966), first prime minister of independent Nigeria • Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana (1916–2005), second President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) • Roqia Abubakr (1917-after 1973), one of the first four women elected to parliament in Afghanistan • Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane (died 1979), Chadian warlord • Abubakar Olusola Saraki (1933–2012), Nigerian politician • Abdullahi Abubakar (1936–2026), Nigerian Islamic cleric and humanitarian • Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (born 1938), Indonesian Muslim cleric • Aboubakar Diaby Ouattara (born 1938), diplomat from Côte d'Ivoire • Datti Abubakar (1939–2005), Military Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria • Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (born 1939), Yemeni politician and sometime Prime Minister • Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad (born 1939), leader of one of the traditionalist Sunni (Sufi) Muslims (shafi) in Kerala, India • Abubakar Rimi (1940–2010), Nigerian politician • Abu Bakr Baira (born 1941), Libyan politician, Acting President of the Council of Deputies of Libya • Yasin Abu Bakr (1941–2021), leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago. • Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (born 1942), Yemeni politician • Abdulsalami Abubakar (born 1942), Nigerian general and politician • Abu Baker Asvat (1943–1989), murdered South African activist and medical doctor • Aboubacar Somparé (1944–2017), Guinean politician, President of the National Assembly • Abu Bakar Abdul Jamal (born 1946), admiral in the Malaysian Navy • Atef Abu Bakr (born 1946), Palestinian politician and PLO member • Atiku Abubakar (born 1946), Nigerian politician • Boubaker Ayadi (born 1949), Tunisian author • Mustafa Abubakar (born 1949), Indonesian politician • Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr (1952–2011), Libyan Minister of Defence under Gaddafi • Abu Bakar (1952–2019), Indonesian regent of West Bandung • Sa'adu Abubakar (born 1956), Sultan of Sokoto in northern Nigeria • Abu Bakr, name used by Australian militant activist Abdul Nacer Benbrika (born 1960) • Aboubacar Ibrahim Abani (born 1962), Nigerian diplomat • Abubakar Bukola Saraki (born 1962), Nigerian politician • Mohammed Badaru Abubakar (born 1962), Nigerian politician • Aboe Bakar Al-Habsyi (born 1964), Indonesian politician • Aboubakr Jamaï (born 1968), Moroccan journalist and banker • Abu Bakker Qassim (born 1969), Uyghur who was held in Guantanamo Bay • Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971–2019) as Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badri, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group and self-proclaimed caliph • Aboubacar Doumbia (born 1974), also known as Abou Nidal, Ivorian singer • Aboubakar Soumahoro (born 1980), Italian-Ivorian trade unionist, labor activist and politician • Abu Bakr Mansha (born 1983/1984), convicted under the British Terrorism Act 2000 • Abu Bakar (Dubrovka attack) or Abubakar, pseudonym of Khanpasha Terkibayev, perpetrator of the 2002 Dubrovka attack • Abu-Bakr al-Mansouri, Libyan politician, secretary for Agriculture, Animal Wealth and Marine Resources • Abubakar Salim (born 1993), British actor and video game voice actor • Abu Bakr Shawky (born 1985), Egyptian-Austrian writer and director • Abubakar Tabuni (born 1995/1996), Indonesian Papuan separatist militant • Aboubakar Moukadas Nouré (born 1958), Central African academician, sociologist, writer, and politician • Md. Abu Bakar, Bangladeshi politician • Md. Abu Bakr Siddique, Bangladeshi civil servant Sportspeople • Abu Bakr Ratib (1896-??), Egyptian fencer • Abubakar Al-Mass (born 1955), Yemeni footballer • Aboubakar Camara (born 1965), former rugby union footballer and current coach from Côte d'Ivoire • Aboubacar Cissé (born 1969), Ivorian footballer • Aboubacar Titi Camara, (born 1972), Guinean footballer • Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (born 1977), Guinean football referee • Abubaker Tabula (born 1980), Ugandan footballer • Aboubacar Guindo (born 1981), Malian footballer • Abubakari Yakubu (born 1981), Ghanaian footballer • Abubakr Al Abaidy (born 1981), Libyan footballer • Aboubacar Bangoura (born 1982), Guinean international footballer • Aboubakar Koné (born 1982), footballer from Côte d'Ivoire • Abubakari Yahuza (born 1983), Ghanaian footballer • Aboubacar Tandia (born 1983), French footballer • Aboubacar Sylla (born 1983), Guinean footballer • Abubaker Ali Kamal (born 1983), Qatari runner who has specialized in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase • Aboubacar M'Baye Camara (born 1985), Guinean footballer • Radanfah Abu Bakr (born 1987), Trinidadian footballer • Abubakar Bello-Osagie (born 1988), Nigerian footballer • Mé Aboubacar Diomandé (born 1988), Ivorian footballer • Aboubacar Camara (born 1988), Guinean footballer • Abubaker Kaki Khamis (1989–2025), Sudanese Olympic middle-distance runner • Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar (born 1990), Malaysian footballer • Abou Bakr Al-Mel (born 1992), Lebanese footballer • Vincent Aboubakar (born 1992), Cameroonian international footballer • Lalas Abubakar (born 1994), Ghanaian footballer • Aboubacar Doumbia (born 1995), Malian footballer • Aboubacar Doumbia (born 1999), Ivorian footballer • Aboubacar Keita (born 2000), American footballer • Umar Abubakar (born 2006), Nigerian footballer == Other uses ==

• Hazrati Abu Bakr Siddique, mosque in Flushing, Queens, New York • Abu Bakar Royal Mosque, Pahang, Malaysia • Saidina Abu Bakar As Siddiq Mosque, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia • Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque, Johor, Malaysia • Sultan Abu Bakar Complex, customs, immigration and quarantine complex, Malaysia • Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria • BNS Abu Bakr (1982), Bangladeshi warship • BNS Abu Bakr (2014), Bangladeshi warship == See also ==