Bilal (name)

Bilal (بلال Bilāl), or variants, is both a given name and a surname of Arabic/African origin. Notable people with the name include:

Mononym

 * Bilal ibn Rabah (580–640), companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
 * Bilal ibn al-Harith (? – died c. 682), one of the sahaba, companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
 * Cheb Bilal (born 1966), full name Bilal Mouffok, Algerian raï singer
 * Bilal (American singer) (born 1979), American R&B/jazz singer
 * Bilal (Lebanese singer) (born 1983), Lebanese gypsy singer
 * Belal Mansoor Ali (born 1988), Kenyan-Bahraini distance runner

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 Ali (born 1951), American politician
 * Bilal Asad (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
 * Billel Attafen (born 1985), Algerian football player
 * Bilal Aziz Özer, Lebanese-Turkish footballer
 * Bilal Baig (born 1995), Canadian writer and actor
 * Billel Benaldjia (born 1988), Algerian football player
 * Bilal Çubukçu (born 1987), Turkish footballer
 * Bilal Duckett (born 1989), American football (soccer) player
 * Billel Dziri (born 1972), Algerian football player
 * Bilal Fawaz (born c. 1988), UK-based Nigerian born boxer of Lebanese/Benin descent
 * Bilal Gülden (born 1993), Turkish footballer
 * Bilal Gurbanov (born 2006), Azerbaijani gymnast
 * Bilal Haider (born 1973), Pakistani cricketer
 * Bilal Hajji, lyricist, songwriter and record producer based in Sweden
 * Bilal Hasna (born 1999), British actor
 * Bilal Hassani (born 1999), French pop singer and YouTuber
 * Bilal Hussein, photojournalist
 * Bilel Ifa (born 1990), Tunisian football player
 * 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 (born 1984), Pakistani film director and cinematographer
 * Bilal Macit (born 1984), Turkish politician
 * Bilal Maqsood (born 1971), Pakistani pop artist and member of the Pakistani pop band Strings
 * Bilal Mohammed (born 1986), Qatari football player
 * Bilel Mohsni (born 1987), French-Tunisian football player
 * Franck Ribéry, later known as Bilal Yusuf Mohammed (born 1983), French football player
 * Bilal Moumen, (born 1990), Algerian football player
 * Bilal Saad Mubarak (born 1972), Qatari shot putter
 * Billel Naïli (born 1986), Algerian football player
 * Bilal Najdi (born 1993), Lebanese football player
 * Bilal El 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 Nichols (born 1996), American football player
 * Billel Omrani (born 1993), French football player
 * Bilal Orfali, Lebanese scholar of Arabic language and literature
 * Bilal Ould-Chikh (born 1997), Dutch football player
 * 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 Saeed (born 1988), Pakistani singer and songwriter
 * Bilal Salaam, American singer and composer
 * Bilal Shafayat (born 1984), English cricketer
 * Bilel Slimani (born 1989), Algerian football player
 * Bilal Sidibé (born 1978), Mauritanian football player
 * Bilal Skaf (born 1981), Australian convicted gang rapist
 * Bilal Wahib (born 1999), Dutch actor, singer and rapper
 * Bilal Xhaferri (1935–1986), Albanian poet, novelist, political dissident

Surname or family name

 * Asmar Bilal (born 1997), American 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 Ibrahim Bilal, member of a terrorist group dubbed the Portland Seven
 * Muhsen Bilal (born 1944), Syrian surgeon, ambassador and politician
 * Ashley Chin (born 1982), also known by his stage name Muslim Belal, British actor, screenwriter and spoken word performance poet
 * Wafaa Bilal (born 1966), Iraqi American artist