Mumtaz

Mumtaz (ممتاز) is a name commonly used in various countries in the Muslim world, mainly Afghanistan, Brunei, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Turkey. It can also be used as a female name. Mumtazah is a related female version. Its root is from Arabic language, meaning "excellent".

People with the given name

 * Mumtaz (Indian actress) (born 1947), Indian film actress
 * Mumtaz (Pakistani actress) (born 1948), Pakistani film actress
 * Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi, birth name of Madhubala (1933–1969), Indian film actress
 * Momtaz Begum (born 1974), Bangladeshi folk singer
 * Mumtaz Begum (actress) (born 1923), Indian film actress
 * Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani (born 1940), Pakistani politician
 * Mumtaz Habib (born 1987), Afghan cricketer
 * Momtaz Al Ket, Egyptian writer
 * Mumtaz Mahal (1593–1631), Indian empress
 * Mumtaz Mufti (1905–1995), Pakistani novelist
 * Mumtaz Hamid Rao (1941–2011), Pakistani television journalist and broadcaster
 * Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh (1869–1954), Iranian diplomat
 * Mümtaz Sevinç (1952–2006), Turkish actor
 * Mumtaz Sorcar (born 1986), Indian actress
 * Mümtaz Soysal (1929–2019), Turkish politician
 * Mumtaz Shanti (1926-1994), Indian actress
 * Mümtaz Tahincioğlu (born 1952), Turkish racing driver

People with the surname

 * Anjana Mumtaz (born 1941), Indian actress
 * Ismail Mumtaz (1880–1933), Iranian statesman
 * Jamshid Momtaz (born 1942), Iranian academic
 * Khawar Mumtaz, Pakistani women's rights activist
 * Ruslaan Mumtaz (born 1982), Indian actor
 * Salman Mumtaz (1884–1941), Azerbaijani literary scholar and poet