Mousavi (surname)

Mousavi is a surname. It is also spelled Moosavi, Moussaoui, Moussavi and Moussawi. The word is an adjective in Arabic which means descendants of Musa. Notable people with the name include:

Politics

 * Abbas al-Musawi (c.1952–1992), Lebanese Muslim cleric and leader of Hezbollah
 * Abdolrahim Mousavi, Iranian general
 * Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi Leader of TNFJ, Pakistan
 * Fakhraddin Mousavi (1930–2021), Iranian judge and politician
 * Farid Mousavi, Iranian politician
 * Mir-Hossein Mousavi (born 1942), Iranian politician
 * Mohammad Vaez Mousavi (born 1964), Iranian cleric and politician
 * Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini (1902—1989), Iranian politician who came to power after the 1979 Iranian revolution.
 * Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, Iranian diplomat
 * Salam Adil, Iraqi communist politician

Sport

 * Ahmad Mousavi (born 1992), Iranian football player
 * Ali Mousavi (born 1976), Iranian football player
 * Alireza Mousavi (born 1990), Iranian handball player
 * Danial Mousavi (born 1997), Iranian football player
 * Hussain Al-Moussawi (born 1988), Kuwaiti football player
 * Iman Mousavi (born 1989), Iranian footballer
 * Kaveh Mousavi (born 1985), Iranian athlete
 * Mohammad Mousavi (born 1987), Iranian volleyball player
 * Seyed Ayoub Mousavi (born 1995), Iranian weightlifter

Other people

 * Farshid Moussavi (born 1965), Iranian-born British architect
 * Granaz Moussavi (born 1946), Iranian-born Australian poet, film director and screenwriter
 * Ibrahim Mousawi (born 1965), Lebanese journalist
 * Hamid Hussain Musavi (1830–1888), Indian scholar
 * Jamaluddin Mousavi (born 1976), Afghan TV presenter
 * Muhammad Quli Musavi (1775–1844), Indian scholar
 * Mohammad Mofti-ol-shia Mousavi (1928–2010), Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja
 * Seyed Ali Mousavi, nephew of Mir-Hossein Mousavi who was killed during the 2009 Iranian election protests
 * Syed Askar Mousavi (born 1956), Afghan author
 * Sayyed Razi Mousavi (1963–2023), Iranian major general in the IRGC's Quds Force