This is the list of the Muslims in entertainment and the media.
Film and television
Aamir Khan the "C" – actor, producer, director
Shah Rukh Khan – actor, producer, television presenter
Salman Khan – actor, film Producer, television personality
Nabil Abou-Harb – filmmaker, writer/director of "Arab in America".
Moustapha Akkad – film director, producer
Lewis Arquette – film actor, writer, and producer
Sayed Badreya – actor, filmmaker
Said Taghmaoui – actor
Riz Ahmed – actor, rapper, MC.
Mahershala Ali – actor, featured in the The Hunger Games film series and the TV series Luke Cage. In 2017, Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Moonlight, making him the first Muslim to win an Oscar for acting.
Mara Brock Akil – screenwriter, producer
Rizwan Manji – actor
Hasan Minhaj – actor, correspondent on The Daily Show
Mehmet Oz – medical doctor, talk show host
Kamran Pasha – screenwriter, producer
Iqbal Theba – actor
Bassem Youssef – Egyptian satirist and columnist, former host of Al-Bernameg
Adil Ray – British radio and television presenter, for BBC Asian Network
Adnan Nawaz – A News and Sports presenter working for the BBC World Service
Ali Abbasi – Former Scottish TV presenter
Anila Baig – A columnist at The Sun
Mazher Mahmood
Mehdi Hasan – Senior politics editor at the New Statesman and a former news and current affairs editor at Channel 4
Mishal Husain – Currently an anchor for BBC World
Riz Lateef – A news reader and the BBC Deputy News Manager
Saira Khan – Was the runner-up on the first series of The Apprentice, and now a TV presenter on BBC's Temper Your Temper and Desi DNA
Sarfraz Manzoor – A British writer, journalist, documentary maker, and broadcaster. He writes regularly for The Guardian, presents documentaries on BBC Radio 4.
Shereen Nanjiani – A radio journalist with BBC Radio Scotland
Tazeen Ahmad – A British television and radio presenter and reporter
Waheed Khan – Documentary television director working in British television
Ajmal Masroor – Television presenter, politician, Imam, and UK Parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow constituency representing Liberal Democrats in 2010 General Election. He is a television presenter on political and Islamic programmes on Islam Channel and Channel S.
Kanak 'Konnie' Huq – Television presenter, best known for being the longest-serving female Blue Peter presenter.
Lisa Aziz – News presenter, and journalist. Best known as the co-presenter of the Bristol-based ITV West Country nightly weekday news programme The West Country Tonight, one of the first Asian presenters to be seen on television. She won the Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy Best Television News Journalist Award.
Nina Hossain – Journalist, newscaster, and sole presenter of ITV London's regional news programme London Tonight.
Rizwan Hussain – Barrister, television presenter, philanthropist, international humanitarian worker, former Hindi music singer and producer. TV presenter for Islamic and charity shows on Channel S and Islam Channel.
Tasmin Lucia-Khan – Journalist, presenter, and producer. Best known for delivering BBC Three's nightly hourly 'World News' bulletins on in 60 Seconds, and presenting E24 on the rolling news channel BBC News. Currently delivers news bulletins and breaking stories on ITV breakfast television programme Daybreak.
A. N. M. Serajur Rahman – Journalist, broadcaster, and Bangladeshi nationalist.
Faisal Islam – Economics editor and correspondent for Channel 4 News. He was named Young Journalist of the Year at the Royal Society of Television awards 2006.
Fareena Alam – Editor of British Muslim Magazine Q News. She was named Media Professional of the Year by Islamic Relief in 2005 and at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in 2006.
Nurul Islam – Broadcast journalist, radio producer, and presenter best remembered for his work with the BBC World Service.
Shamim Chowdhury – Television and print journalist for Al Jazeera English.
Kristiane Backer – a German television presenter, television journalist and author residing in London.
Zeinab Badawi – BBC presenter of "Hard Talk"
Fareed Zakaria – Indian American journalist and author, host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS
Literature and art
Reza Aslan – Iranian-American author of No god but God and Zealot, public intellectual, religious studies scholar
Shahida Rahman – Award-winning author of Lascar, writer and publisher
Muhammad Iqbal – One of the most important figures in Urdu literature, with literary work in both the Urdu and Persian languages.
Hanif Kureishi – Playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer
Imtiaz Dharker – Poet and documentary filmmaker
Moniza Alvi – Poet and writer
Nadeem Aslam – Novelist
Razia Iqbal – Arts correspondent for the BBC; born in East Africa and is of Muslim Punjabi origin.
Qaisra Shahraz – Novelist, journalist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a director of Gatehouse Books
Tariq Ali – Historian and novelist
Eenasul Fateh (Aladin) – Cultural practitioner, magician and live artist, named International Magician of the Year in 1991, and winner of the 1997 Golden Turban Award from the Magic Academy of Bangalore, in India.
Kaniz Ali – Makeup artist and freelance beauty columnist. She won Best Make-Up Artist category at the 2011 International Asian Fashion Awards.
Rezia Wahid MBE – Award-winning textile artist whose work has been exhibited both in the UK and abroad.
Ruby Hammer MBE – Fashion and beauty makeup artist, and founder of Ruby & Millie cosmetics brand.
Runa Islam – Film and photography visual artist, nominated for the Turner Prize 2008.
G. Willow Wilson – an American comics writer, prose author, essayist, and journalist.
Dr Ghulam Murshid – Author, scholar, and journalist. He's received numerous top literary awards from India and Bangladesh including the Bangla Academy award.
Kia Abdullah – Novelist and journalist. She contributes to The Guardian newspaper and has written two novels: Life, Love and Assimilation and Child's Play.
Mohammed Mahbub 'Ed' Husain – Writer of the book The Islamist on account of his experience for five years with the Hizb ut-Tahrir.
Monica Ali – Author of Brick Lane a story based on a Bangladeshi woman.
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed – Author, lecturer, political scientist specialising in interdisciplinary security studies, and participant of the 9/11 Truth Movement.
Rekha Waheed – Writer and novelist best known as the author of The A-Z Guide To Arranged Marriage.
Roopa Farooki – Novelist.
Tahmima Anam – Author of A Golden Age which was the Best First Book winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
Shamim Azad – Bilingual poet, storyteller and writer
Ayad Akhtar – Writer, actor
Iman (Mohamed Abdulmajid) – Model and designer, Muslim originally from Somalia.
Atif Aslam - Filmi
Ahmad Jamal – Jazz pianist
Ahmet Ertegün – Songwriter and founder of Atlantic Records
Akon – Singer
Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Producer, DJ and rapper. Formerly of A Tribe Called Quest. He is a Sunni Muslim.
Art Blakey – American jazz drummer and bandleader
Bas – Rapper
B.G. Knocc Out – Rapper from Compton, CA, (converted to Islam in 1999)
Beanie Sigel – Rapper
Big Daddy Kane – Rapper. He is a 5 percenter.
Blacc Magic - De Facto Leader of the up-and-coming Baltimore based rap group
Brother Ali – Rapper. Converted to Sunni Islam.
Busta Rhymes – Hip-hop artist and rapper. He is a 5 percenter.
Chali 2na – Rapper. Formerly of the alternative hip-hop group Jurassic 5, and of Ozomatli
Dawud Wharnsby – Canadian singer-songwriter, poet
DJ Khaled – Rap artist and DJ
Everlast – Rapper from the Irish-American hip-hop group House of Pain. Converted to Sunni Islam.
Flesh N Bone – Rapper
Freddie Gibbs – Rapper
Freeway – Rapper, Sunni Muslim
French Montana – Rapper
Ghostface Killah – Rapper. Member of the hip-hip group the Wu-Tang Clan
Ice Cube – Rapper, actor and producer.
Jermaine Jackson – Singer, bass guitarist
Jay Electronica – Rapper
Junoon - Sufi Rock Band
Kevin Gates – Rapper
K'naan – Canadian rapper of Somali descent
Lupe Fiasco – Rapper. He is a Sunni Muslim.
MC Ren – Rapper
Mos Def – Rapper. Initially joined the Nation of Islam before converting to Sunni Islam.
Napoleon – Former member of Tupac Shakur's rap group the Outlawz, now a motivational Muslim speaker
Nas – Rapper and 5 percenter
Native Deen – Artist rap group
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Pakistani traditional singer, helped popularise Qawwali singing throughout the non-Muslim world
Q-Tip – Rapper. Formerly of A Tribe Called Quest. He is a Sunni Muslim.
Rakim – 5 percenter, Rapper & former member of the hip-hop duo Eric B. & Rakim.
Scarface – Rapper
Swizz Beatz – Producer
Raekwon – Rapper. Member of the hip-hip group the Wu-Tang Clan
Rhymefest – Grammy award winning hip hop artist and co-writer of the single "Jesus Walks"
T-Pain – singer, rapper
Richard Thompson – British singer-songwriter.
Vinnie Paz – Rapper in the hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks.
Yusef Lateef – Jazz musician and Grammy Award winner
Yusuf Islam – commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, humanitarian, and education philanthropist.
Zayn Malik – former member of One Direction
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