Hamza (name)
Hamza is an Arabic masculine given name in the Muslim world. Meaning strong, and steadfast, it is an Arabic epithet for lion. It was borne by one of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's uncles, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, a wrestler and an archer who was renowned for his strength and bravery in battle. His exploits were detailed in the Hamzanama, an adventure epic written in Persian.
Given name
- Hamza (rapper), full name Hamza Al-Farissi, Belgian rapper of Moroccan descent
- Hamza Ali Abbasi, Pakistani actor, model, and film director
- Hamza Abdallah, Comorian footballer
- Hamza Abdel Mawla, Egyptian footballer
- Hamza Aboud, Lebanese footballer
- Hamza Abourazzouk, Moroccan footballer
- Hamza Abdullah, American football safety
- Hamza Abdullahi, Nigerian Air Force air marshal and governor
- Hamza Abu-Ghalia, Libyan weightlifter
- Hamza Akman is a Turkish professional footballer
- Hamza al-Ghamdi, Saudi hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175
- Hamza al-Khateeb, Syrian child tortured to death by Syrian government
- Hamza Alvi, Pakistani Marxist academic sociologist and activist
- Humza Arshad, British-Pakistani actor, writer, comedian and YouTube personality
- Hamza Abdi Barre, prime minister of Somalia
- Hamza Bencherif, footballer
- Hamza Bogary, Arabic author from Mecca
- Hamza Boulemdaïs, Algerian football player
- Hamza Çakir, German footballer of Turkish descent
- Hamza Çalışkan, Turkish Paralympian para table tennis player
- Hamza Čataković, Bosnian professional footballer
- Hamza Chatholi, Indian athlete
- Khamzat Chimaev, Chechen mixed martial artist
- Hamza Choudhury, professional footballer
- Hamza Demir, Swedish politician
- Hamza El Din, Oud player, composer and ethnomusicologist
- Hamza Dirani, Jordanian racing driver
- Hamzah Fansuri, Sufi poet from Sumatra
- Hamza Feghouli, Algerian actor
- Hamza Güreler, Turkish footballer
- Hamza Hamzaoğlu, former Turkish footballer and football manager
- Hamzah Haz, former vice-president of Indonesia
- Hamza Humo, Bosnian journalist, poet, dramatist, and writer
- Hamza Jashari, Albanian guerrilla fighter.
- Prince Hamzah of Jordan, son of the late King Hussein of Jordan
- Hamza Kashgari, Saudi columnist
- Hamza Kastrioti, Ottoman military personnel
- Hamza Kattan, Jordan taekwondo practitioner
- Hamza al-Kateab, Syrian doctor, activist, and public health advocate
- Hamza Kheir, Lebanese footballer
- Hamza Koudri, Algerian footballer
- Hamza Ménina, retired Algerian triple jumper
- Hamza Mirza, Safavid crown prince of Iran
- Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, noted Sahābi and uncle of Muhammad
- Hamza Namira, Egyptian singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
- Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Uzbek poet
- Hamza Pasha, multiple people
- Hamza Rhattas, Moroccan footballer
- Hamza Ruhezamihigo, Rwandan basketball player
- Hamza Sakhi, Moroccan football player
- Hamza Shah Saifuddin, fourth Sultan of Bengal
- Hamzah Sheeraz, British boxer
- Hamzah Shehatta, Saudi poet
- Hamza Tzortzis, British Muslim apologist, public speaker and a researcher on Islam
- Hamza Uddin, English professional boxer
- Hamza Yassin, Sudanese-born British TV presenter
- Hamza Yerlikaya, Turkish Graeco-Roman style wrestler
- Hamza Younés, Tunisian footballer
- Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician
- Hamza Yusuf, American Islamic scholar, neo-traditionalist, and co-founder of Zaytuna College
- Hamzah Zainudin, Malaysian politician
- Hamza Zakari (footballer), Ghanaian professional football midfielder
Surname
- Amiruddin Hamzah, Malaysian politician
- Bur’i Mohamed Hamza, Somali politician
- Fuad Hamza, Saudi Arabian government official
- Gamal Hamza, Egyptian footballer
- Khidir Hamza, nuclear technician who worked with Saddam Hussein
- Mauro Hamza, Egyptian fencing coach
- Mir Hamza, a Pakistani cricketer
- Muhammad Hamza, Pakistani politician
- Obaidullah Hamzah, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
- Tengku Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet
- Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Malaysian politician
- Zubayr Hamza, a South African cricketer
- Abdul Nasir bin Amer Hamsah, Singaporean criminal and prisoner