List of Tamil Muslims

This is a list of Tamil Muslims worldwide.

Historical personalities

 * Vavar
 * Tun Ali of Malacca
 * Tun Mutahir of Malacca
 * Tun Fatimah Queen of Malacca Sultanate
 * Maruthanayagam Pillai

Economy

 * Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed - entrepreneur, recipient of 2011 Padma Shri Award
 * B. S. Abdur Rahman - (1927 – 2015) entrepreneur, philanthropist and educationist.
 * Kajamian Rowther – entrepreneur and philanthropist

Politicians

 * K. A. M. Muhammed Abubacker (born 1971) - Legislative Party Leader of the Indian Union Muslim League from 2016 to 2021.
 * A. Aslam Basha (1968 -2020) - member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
 * M. H. Jawahirullah - (born 1959) - member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2021 and founding member/leader of the Manithaneya Makkal Katchi party
 * T. P. M. Mohideen Khan (born 1947) - former minister for environment in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
 * S. M. Abdul Majid - minister for local administration in Kamaraj cabinet between 1962 and 1963
 * K. S. Masthan (born 1955) - MLA from 2016 and Minister from 2021
 * K. M. Kader Mohideen (born 1940) - current National President, Indian Union Muslim League, former Lok Sabha member 2004-2009
 * Kani K. Navas (born 1979) - Lok Sabha member for the Indian Union Muslim League 2019-to date
 * S. J. Sadiq Pasha - former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu
 * M. Mariam Pichai (died 2011) - appointed as minister in the 2011 Legislative Assembly election, but died on his way to the oath-swearing ceremony
 * Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim, (born 1966) - a Malaysian politician, MP since May 2013 and chairman of the Tabung Haji from 2013 to 2018.
 * Abdul Rahman (born 1959) - Lok Sabha member for the Indian Union Muslim League 2009-2014
 * J. M. Aaroon Rashid (born 1950) - former member of the Parliament of India, representing the Theni Lok Sabha constituency.
 * A. Anwar Rhazza - former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu
 * M. Muhammad Ismail Sahib (1896—1972) - Founder of the Indian Union Muslim League
 * P. Khalifulla Sahib - Statesman, Dewan of Pudukkottai State
 * Yakub Hasan Sait (1875–1940) - served as the Minister for Public Works in the Madras presidency for the Indian Union Muslim League
 * A. K. A. Abdul Samad (1926-1999) - state President of the Indian Union Muslim League
 * Aloor Shanavas (born 1982) - politician, writer and social worker from Tamil Nadu. currently a Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
 * S. M. Muhammed Sheriff - elected to Lok Sabha from Periyakulam constituency as an Indian Union Muslim League candidate in 1971
 * S. N. M. Ubayadullah (born 1941) - former minister for Commercial Taxes in Tamil Nadu
 * Sir Mohammad Usman (1884–1960) - served as the Minister of Home for the Madras Presidency and the first Indian acting Governor of Madras
 * Y. S. M. Yusuf - former MLA and former Minister of Public Work Department, Irrigation department of Tamil Nadu

Justices

 * M. M. Ismail (1921-2005) - former State Governor and Chief Justice
 * Basheer Ahmed Sayeed (1900-1984) - former member of the Madras Legislative Council and judge of the Madras High Court

Science

 * A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931 - 2015) - aerospace scientist and statesman who was the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007
 * Masha Nazeem (born 1993) - inventor
 * Nigar Shaji - Indian space scientist
 * Dr Mohamed Rela Expertise in liver transplantation and hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgery.

Literature

 * Makkal Paavalar Inqulab
 * Manushyaputhiran
 * Thoppil Mohamed Meeran
 * Mu. Metha
 * Gulam Kadir Navalar
 * Umaru Pulavar
 * S. Abdul Rahman
 * Kunangudi Masthan Sahib
 * Rajathi Salma
 * P. Dawood Shah
 * Ka. Mu. Sheriff

Sport

 * Nasser Hussain OBE, the captain of the England cricket team during 1999-2003
 * Syed Sabir Pasha Football

Cinema

 * I. Ahmed
 * Ameer
 * Arav
 * Arnav
 * Aziz Ansari
 * Irfan
 * Sanjeev Karthick
 * Amzath Khan
 * Mansoor Ali Khan
 * Riyaz Khan
 * Uma Riyaz Khan
 * Monica
 * Nassar
 * Aranthangi Nisha
 * Rajkiran
 * Ibrahim Rowther
 * Shaam
 * Halitha Shameem

Musicians

 * Ghibran
 * Shahul Hameed
 * Nagore E. M. Hanifa
 * Mu. Metha
 * A. R. Rahman
 * A. R. Reihana
 * Shabir
 * Yuvan Shankar Raja