Moussa
Appearance
Moussa (sometimes spelled Mousa) is both a given name and a surname. It is a Gallicized spelling of the Arabic name Mūsā (Arabic: موسی, "Moses"). Notable people with the name include:
Moussa
[edit]- 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 Benhamadi (1953–2020), Algerian politician
- Moussa Camara (athlete) (born 1988), Malian track and field athlete
- Moussa Camara (goalkeeper) (born 1998), Guinean footballer
- Moussa Coulibaly (footballer, born 1981), Malian footballer
- Moussa Dembélé (French footballer) (born 1996), French footballer
- Moussa Dembélé (hurdler), Senegalese hurdler
- Moussa Diabaté (born 2002), French basketball player
- 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 Kermanian (1922–1980), Iranian Jewish community leader, businessman and journalist
- 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 footballer
- Moussa N'Diaye (disambiguation)
- Moussa Narry (born 1986), Nigerian football midfielder
- Moussa Ouattara (disambiguation), several people
- Moussa Pokong (born 1987), Cameroonian footballer
- 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), Nigerian footballer
Given name: Mousa
[edit]- Mousa Dembélé (Belgian footballer) (born 1987), Belgian footballer
- Mousa Ghaninejad (born 1951), Iranian economist
- Mousa Hadid (born 1965), Palestinian civil engineer and politician
- Mousa Kalantari (born 1949), Iranian politician and government minister
- Mousa Khiabani (1947–1982), Iranian politician, leading member of MEK
- Mousa Kraish, American actor and director
- Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook (born 1951), Palestinian senior member of Hamas
- Mousa Namjoo (1938–1981), Iranian military figure and government minister
- Mousa Qorbani, Iranian Shia cleric
- Mousa Refan (born 1958), Iranian electrical engineer and former military officer
- Mousa Shubairi Zanjani (born 1928), Iranian Twelver Shia Marja
Middle name
[edit]- Balla Moussa Keïta (1934–2001), Malian actor and comedian
Surname
[edit]- Abdul Halim Moussa (1930–2003), Egyptian police officer and interior minister
- Amr Moussa (born 1936), Egyptian politician and diplomat
- Franck Moussa (born 1989), Belgian footballer
- Hassan Moussa, imam of the Stockholm Mosque
- Hassen Moussa (born 1973), Tunisian judoka
- Idriss Ndele Moussa (1959–2013), Chadian dentist politician
- Mustapha Moussa (born 1962), boxer
- Raouf Salama Moussa (1929–2006), notable Egyptian bacteriologist and editor
- Salama Moussa (1887–1958), Egyptian journalist and reformer
- Sameera Moussa (1917–1952), Egyptian nuclear scientist
- Samy Moussa (born 1984), Canadian conductor and composer
- Tarek El Moussa (born 1981), American businessman and television personality
- Zara Moussa (born c. 1980), Nigerian singer and rapper
See also
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- Moussa Castle, Lebanon
- Mousa, the island in Shetland
- Musa (disambiguation)
- Musa, the Israelite prophet known to Christians and Jews as Moses; see Islamic view of Moses