Mustafa () is one of the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in Muslim-majority countries.

Given name

Moustafa

  • Moustafa Ali (1965–2025), Egyptian–Canadian Canadian football player
  • Moustafa Amar (born 1966), Egyptian musician and actor
  • Moustafa Bayoumi (born 1966), American writer, journalist, and professor
  • Moustafa Farroukh (1901–1957), Lebanese painter
  • Moustafa Al-Qazwini (born 1961), Iraqi-American imam, religious leader, and scholar
  • Moustafa Reyadh (1941–2026), Egyptian footballer
  • Moustafa Shakosh (born 1986), Syrian footballer
  • Moustafa Ahmed Shebto (born 1986), Qatari long-distance runner

Moustapha

  • Moustapha Agnidé (born 1981), Beninese footballer
  • Moustapha Akkad (1930–2005), Syrian-American film producer and director
  • Moustapha Alassane (1942–2015), Nigerien filmmaker
  • Moustapha Bokoum (born 1999), Belgian footballer
  • Moustapha Lamrabat (born 1983), Moroccan-Belgian photographer
  • Moustapha Niasse (born 1939), Senegalese politician and diplomat
  • Abdul Moustapha Ouédraogo (born 1988), Ivorian footballer
  • Moustapha Salifou (born 1983), Togolese footballer
  • Moustapha Sall (1967–2025), Mauritanian football manager and player
  • Moustapha Bayal Sall (born 1985), Senegalese footballer

Mostafa

  • Mostafa Kamal (Bir Sreshtho) (1947–1971), Bangladeshi freedom fighter and recipient of the Bir Sreshtho
  • Mostafa Madbouly (born 1966), 54th and current Prime Minister of Egypt
  • Mostafa Matar (born 1995), Lebanese footballer
  • Mostafa Mohsin Montu (1945–2025), Bangladeshi politician

Mustafa

  • Mustafa I, Mustafa II, Mustafa III, and Mustafa IV, Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
  • Mustafa Abdul-Hamid (born 1988), American basketball player
  • Mustafa Abi (born 1979), Turkish basketball player
  • Mustafa Ali (born 1986), American wrestler
  • Mustafa Zaman Abbasi (1936–2025), Bangladeshi musicologist
  • Mustafa Abubakar (born 1949), Indonesian politician
  • Mustafa Adrisi (1922–2013), third Vice-President of Uganda
  • Mustafa Afridi, Pakistani television screenwriter and actor
  • Mustafa Ahmed (born 1996), Sudanese-Canadian spoken word poet, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker
  • Mustafa Amini (born 1993), Australian association footballer of Afghan and Nicaraguan descent
  • Mustafa Altıoklar (born 1958), Turkish film director, producer, and screenwriter
  • Mustafa Akaydın (born 1952), Turkish politician
  • Mustafa Akıncı (born 1947), fourth President of North Cyprus
  • Mustafa Armağan (born 1961), Turkish Islamist journalist and conspiracy theorist
  • Mustafa Arruf (1948–2025), Spanish sculptor
  • Mustafa Arslanović (born 1960), Bosnian footballer
  • Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey
  • Mustafa Aydın (born 1967), Turkish academic, writer, columnist, TV commentator, and public intellectual
  • Mustafa Badreddine (1961–2016), Lebanese freedom fighter who was a member of Hezbollah
  • Mustafa Barzani (1903–1979), Iraqi Kurdish nationalist leader
  • Mustafa Bey Alibeyov (1872–1945), Azerbaijani publicist, writer, playwright, and lawyer
  • Mustafa bey Vakilov (1896–1965), Azerbaijani public figure, politician and diplomat
  • Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006), 16th Prime Minister of Turkey
  • Mustafa Cengiz (1949–2021), Turkish businessman and former president of the sports club Galatasaray S.K.
  • Mustafa Cevahir (born 1986), Turkish footballer
  • Mustafa Çağrıcı (born 1950), Turkish civil servant
  • Mustafa Çakır (born 1986), Turkish yacht racer
  • Mustafa Fevzi Çakmak (1876–1950), Turkish field marshal
  • Mustafa Demir (1961–2025), Turkish politician
  • Mustafa Denizli (born 1949), Turkish football coach and player
  • Mustafa Erdik (born 1948), Turkish earthquake engineer
  • Mustafa Fahmi Pasha (1840–1914), seventh Prime Minister of Egypt
  • Mustafa Güzelgöz (1921–2005), Turkish librarian
  • Mustafa Hadid (born 1988), Afghan footballer
  • Mustafa Hamid (1945–2025), also known by his nom de guerre Abu Walid al-Masri, Egyptian journalist and jihadist
  • Mustafa Hassan (born 1990), Iraqi footballer
  • Mustafa al-Hawsawi (born 1968), Saudi alleged financier of the New York Raid
  • Mustafa Hukić (1951–1999), Bosnian footballer
  • Mustafa İsmet İnönü (1884–1973), Turkish Army general, first Prime Minister, second President
  • Mustafa Abdul Jalil (born 1952), Libyan politician
  • Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (born 1967), 79th Prime Minister of Iraq
  • Ghulam Mustafa Khan (literature scholar) (1912–2005), Pakistani scholar, researcher, literary critic, linguist, author, educationist, and religious leader
  • Mustafa Kamal (mayor) (born 1971), Pakistani politician
  • Mustafa Kamal (judge) (1933–2015), Chief Justice of Bangladesh
  • Mustafa Kamal (politician) (born 1947), Bangladeshi politician, businessman, and cricket official
  • Mustafa Karim (born 1987), Iraqi footballer
  • Mustafa Kocabey (born 1974), Turkish footballer
  • Mustafa Korkmaz (born 1988), Dutch wheelchair basketball player of Turkish descent
  • Mustafa Kučuković (born 1986), German footballer
  • Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (1931–2009), Pakistani statesman
  • Mustafa Mahmoud (1921–2009), Egyptian scientist, doctor, philosopher, journalist, and author
  • Mustafa Malayekah (born 1986), Saudi Arabian footballer
  • Mustafa Merlika-Kruja, (1887–1958), 16th Prime Minister of Albania
  • Mustafa Nadarević (1943–2020), Bosnian actor
  • Mustafa Nayyem (born 1981), Afghan-Ukrainian journalist
  • Mustafa Özkan (born 1975), Turkish footballer
  • Mustafa Pasha (1557–1614), Georgian noble
  • Mustafa Pektemek (born 1988), Turkish footballer
  • Mustafa Qureshi (born 1938), Pakistani actor
  • Mustafa Rahi (1931–1986), Pakistani poet
  • Mustafa Sandal (born 1970), Turkish singer-composer and actor
  • Mustafa Sarp (born 1980), Turkish footballer
  • Mustafa Shahabi (1893–1968), Syrian agronomist, politician, and writer
  • Mustafa Shaikh (born 1979/80), Indian cricketer
  • Mustafa Shokay (1890–1941), Kazakh political activist and nationalist of Turkestan
  • Mustafa Şentop (born 1968), Turkish politician and 29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2019–2023)
  • Mustafa Subhi (1883–1921), Turkish communist leader
  • Mustafa Topchubashov (1895–1981), Azerbaijani surgeon
  • Mustafa Tuna (born 1957), Turkish environmental engineer, politician and Mayor of Ankara
  • Mustafa Yılmaz (born 1992), Turkish chess grandmaster
  • Mustafa Yumlu (born 1987), Turkish footballer
  • Mustafa Wahba, Saudi politician
  • Mustafa Zahid (born 1984), Pakistani music composer and singer
  • Mustafa Zaidi (1930–1970), Pakistani poet and civil servant
  • Mustafa Pasha (disambiguation), various people
  • Nur Mustafa Gülen (born 1960), Turkish footballer and coach

Mustafah

  • Mustafah Muhammad (born 1973), American gridiron footballer

Mustapa

  • Mustapa Mohamed (born 1950), Malaysian politician

Mustapha

  • Mustapha Aga, Ottoman Empire ambassador to the Swedish Court
  • Mustapha Cassiem (born 2002), South African field hockey player
  • Mustapha Chadili (born 1973), Moroccan football goalkeeper
  • Mustapha Dahleb (born 1952), Algerian footballer
  • Mustapha Djazaïri (1814–1863), Algerian resistant
  • Mustapha Hadji (born 1971), Moroccan footballer
  • Mustapha Harun (1918–1995), Sabahan 1st governor and 3rd chief minister
  • Mustapha Ishak Boushaki (born 1967), Algerian cosmologist
  • Mustapha Karkouti (1943–2020), Syrian journalist
  • Mustapha Kartali (born 1946), Islamist guerrilla leader
  • Mustapha Khalfi (born 1980), Moroccan basketball player
  • Mustapha Labsi, Algerian arrested on terrorism charges
  • Mustapha Larfaoui (born 1932), Algerian athlete
  • Mustapha Matura (1939–2019), Trinidadian playwright
  • Mustapha Sama (born 1979), Sierra Leonean soccer player
  • Mustapha Zaari (1945–2024), Moroccan actor
  • Jimmy Durham (1883–1910), originally named Mustapha, first African soldier in the British Army

Surname

Mostafa

  • Ahmed Mostafa (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2022), Egyptian footballer
  • Ahmed Mostafa (footballer, born 1987) (born 1987), Egyptian footballer
  • Amr Mostafa (born 1979), Egyptian singer and composer
  • Hassan Mostafa (born 1979), Egyptian footballer
  • Tarek Mostafa (born 1971), Egyptian footballer
  • Walid Mostafa (1972–2025), Egyptian media executive

Moustafa

  • Hisham Talaat Moustafa (born 1959), Egyptian businessman
  • Ibrahim Moustafa (1904–1968), Egyptian wrestler
  • Mouaz Moustafa (born 1986), Syrian-American activist
  • Tamer Moustafa (born 1982), Egyptian basketball player

Moustapha

  • Baba Moustapha (1952–1982), Chadian playwright
  • Hamadou Moustapha (born 1945), Cameroonian politician

Mustafa

  • Nawshirwan Mustafa (1944–2017), Kurdish politician
  • Abu Mustafa (1925–1966), Pakistani cricketer
  • Abu Ali Mustafa (1938–2001), Palestinian politician
  • Allan Mustafa (born 1985), British actor and comedian
  • Domenico Mustafà (1829–1912), Italian singer and composer
  • Erkan Mustafa (born 1970), British actor
  • Fazil Mustafa (born 1965), Azerbaijani politician
  • Herro Mustafa (born 1973), American diplomat
  • Isaiah Mustafa (born 1974), American actor
  • Ismail Isa Mustafa (born 1989), Bulgarian footballer
  • Kara Mustafa (1634/35–1683), Ottoman Albanian military leader and Vizier in the 17th century, led the 1683 siege of Vienna
  • Melton Mustafa (1947–2017), American jazz musician and educator
  • Mohamed Mustafa (born 1996), Sudanese footballer
  • Mustafa Mustafa (born 1955), Greek politician
  • Rahma El Siddig Mustafa, Sudanese disability rights activist
  • Şehzade Mustafa (1515–1553), Turkish şehzade (prince)
  • Shukri Mustafa (1942–1978), Egyptian Islamist
  • Shkodran Mustafi (born 1992), German footballer
  • Zubeida Mustafa (1941–2025), Pakistani journalist

Mustapha

  • Boss Mustapha (born 1956), Nigerian lawyer and politician
  • J. F. O. Mustapha (died 1997), Ghanaian physician and academic
  • Joseph Mustapha, Sierra Leonean politician and lawyer
  • Malik Mustapha (born 2002), American football player
  • Riga Mustapha (born 1981), Ghanaian-born Dutch footballer
  • Shettima Mustapha (1939–2022), Nigerian academic and politician

See also

  • Mustapha (song)
  • Mustafayev
  • Mustafa (disambiguation)
  • Mustafa Prize
  • Arabic name
  • Azerbaijani name
  • Turkish name
  • Pakistani name

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