Bilal (name)

Bilal (Arabic: بلال‎‎) is both a masculine given name and a surname of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:

Mononym

• Bilal ibn al-Harith (? – died ca. 682), one of the sahaba, companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
• Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi (c. 580 – c. 640), companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Aksumite Ethiopian whom Muhammad chose as his muezzin
• Bilal (American singer), (born 1979), American R&B/jazz singer
• Bilal (British singer), (born 1993), full name Bilal Shahid, British singer of Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent
• Bilal (Lebanese singer), (born 1983), full name Bin Bella Al-Hunteer, Lebanese gypsy singer
• Cheb Bilal (born 1966), full name Bilal Mouffok, Algerian raï singer

Given name

• Bilal Abdullah, British doctor of Iraqi descent behind the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack
• Bilal Akgül (born 1982), Turkish Olympian mountain biker
• Bilal Asad (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
• Bilal Clarance, (born 1979), Danish basketball player
• Bilal Çubukçu (born 1987), Turkish footballer
• Bilal Duckett (born 1989), American football (soccer) player
• Bilal Gülden, Turkish footballer
• Bilal Haider (born 1973), Pakistani cricketer
• Bilal Hajji, sometimes also known as The Chef or Bilal "The Chef" Hajji, a lyricist, songwriter and record producer based in Sweden
• Bilal Hussein, photojournalist
• Bilal Khan (singer) (born 1986), Pakistani pop singer and songwriter
• Bilal Khan (actor) (1978–2010), Pakistani television actor and model
• Bilal Khazal, Lebanese Australian suspected member of Al-Qaeda
• Bilal Kısa (born 1983), Turkish footballer
• Bilal Lashari, Pakistani film director and cinematographer
• Bilal Macit (born 1984), Turkish politician
• Bilal Maqsood, Pakistani pop artist and member of the Pakistani pop band Strings
• Bilal Mohammed (born 1986), Qatari football player
• Bilal Yusuf Mohammed (born 1983), French football player
• Bilal Moumen, (born 1990), Algerian football player
• Bilal Saad Mubarak (born 1972), Qatari shot putter
• Bilal Najjarine (born 1981), Lebanese football player
• Bilal Najjarin (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
• Bilal Nazki (born 1947), Indian chief justice, Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Bihar, India
• Bilal Orfali, Lebanese scholar of Arabic language and literature and university professor
• Bilal Ould-Chikh (born 1997), Dutch football player
• Bilal Aziz Özer, Lebanese-Turkish footballer
• Bilal Philips (born 1947), speaker and author on Islam
• Bilal Powell (born 1988), American football running back
• Bilal Rafiq (born 1985), Pakistani footballer
• Bilal Rifaat (born 1957), Egyptian fencer
• Bilal Salaam, American singer and composer
• Bilal Shafayat (born 1984), English cricketer
• Bilal Sidibé (born 1978), Mauritanian football player
• Bilal Skaf, Australian convicted gang rapist
• Bilal Xhaferri (1935–1986) Albanian poet, novelist, political dissident against the Albanian communist regime

Middle name

• Ahmed Bilal Osman, Sudanese politician
• Muhammad Bilal Khan, Pakistani Justice in the Lahore High Court

Surname/family name

• Ammar Bilal (born 1993), Saudi Arabian football player
• Badr Bilal (born 1962), Qatari football player
• Charles Bilal, American administrator, mayor of Kountze, Texas
• Enki Bilal (born 1951), French comic book creator, comics artist and film director
• Malika Bilal, broadcast journalist
• Mohamed Gharib Bilal (born 1945), nuclear scientist, Chief Minister of Zanzibar
• Muhammad Rashid Bilal (1907?-1988), famous Ethiopian Islamic scholar
• Muhammad Ibrahim Bilal, member of a terrorist group dubbed the Portland Seven
• Muhsen Bilal (born 1944), Syrian surgeon, ambassador and politician
• Muslim Belal (born 1982), real name Ashley Chin, British actor, screenwriter and spoken word performance poet
• Wafaa Bilal (born 1966), Iraqi American artist

See also

• Bilel