Shams al-Din (Arabic: شمس الدين , "Sun of the Faith") is an Arabic personal name or title.
Notable persons with this name are:
Muhammad ibn Ahmad Shams al-Din al-Muqaddasi (c. 945 - 1000), Arab geographerShams al-Din Muhammad bin Ali, or Suzani Samarqandi (died 1166), Persian poetShams al-Din Ildeniz (died c. 1175), atabeg of AzerbaijanShams al-din Muhammad ibn al-Muqaddam (fl. 12th century), Zengid governor of Damascus and Ayyubid emir of BaalbekShams-ud-din Iltutmish (died 1236), Muslim Turkic sultan of DelhiShamsuddin Sabzwari (died 1247), Sufi missionary in southern PunjabShams al-Din Mohammad, or Shams Tabrizi (died 1248), Persian Sufi mysticShams al-Din 'Ali ibn Mas'ud (died 1255), Mihrabanid malik of SistanSayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar (1211 - 1279), provincial governor of YunnanShams al-Dīn Abū Al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Khallikān (1211 – 1282), Iraqi Shafi'i Islamic scholarShams ad-Din Juvayni (died 1285) vizier and sahib-divan under three Mongol IlkhansShams al-Din Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Shahrazuri (died c. 1290), Kurdish physician and historianShams al-Dīn al-Samarqandī (c. 1250 – c. 1310), astronomer and mathematician from SamarkandShamsuddin Firoz Shah (died 1322), sultan of the Bengali kingdom of LakhnautiShams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi (1256 - 1327), Arab geographerShams-ud-Din Shah Mir (died 1342), ruler of KashmirShams al-Din ibn Fazl Allah (died c. 1348), leader of the Sarbadars of SabzewarKhwaja Shams al-Din 'Ali (died c. 1352), leader of the Sarbadars of SabzewarShams ud din, or Shams Tabraiz (missionary) (died 1356), Ismaili saint in IndiaShamsuddin Ilyas Shah (died 1358), sultan of BengalShams al-Din Ibn Muflih (died 1361), authority on Hanbali LawShams ud-Din Amir Kulal (died 1370), tribal head, scholar and religious figure in TurkistanShams al-Dīn Abū Abd Allāh al-Khalīlī (1320 - 1380), Syrian astronomerShams-ud-Din Kermani (died c. 1385), Sunni scholarKhwaja Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz-e Shirazi (1315 - 1390), Persian lyric poetMolla Şemseddin Fenari (1350 — 1431), Turkish logician, Islamic theologian, and Islamic legal academicShamsuddin Ahmad Shah (died 1435), ruler of BengalShams al-Din 'Ali ibn Qutb al-Din (c. 1387 - c. 1438), Mihrabanid malik of SistanShamsuddin Yusuf Shah (died 1481), ruler of BengalShams ad-Din ibn Muhammad (died 1487), sultan of AdalShamsuddin Muzaffar Shah (died 1494), Abyssinian sultan of BengalShams al-Din Muhammad (died c. 1494), Mihrabanid malik of SistanShams al-Din Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Rahman al-Sakhawi (1428 - 1497), Egyptian Islamic scholarMir Shamsuddin (died 1526), Sufi Shi'a missionary in KashmirShamsuddin Muhammad Ataga Khan (died 1562), minister in Mughal courtKhawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi (died 1600), minister to Emperor AkbarQazi Mohamed Shamsuddin (died 1645), Chief Justice of the MaldivesMuhammad Shamsuddeen II (died c. 1774), Sultan of the MaldivesŞemseddin Sami Efendi, pen-name of Sami Frashëri (1850 – 1904), Albanian writer, philosopher and playwrightMuhammad Shamsuddeen III (1879 - 1935), Sultan of the MaldivesŞemsettin Günaltay (1883 – 1961) prime minister of TurkeyAbul Kalam Shamsuddin (1897 - 1978), Bengali journalist and politicianAbujafar Shamsuddin (1911 - 1989), Bangladeshi author and novelistKhwaja Shams-ud-Din (1922 – 1999), Prime Minister of Jammu and KashmirShamsuddin Abul Kalam (1926 - 1997), Bangladeshi author and novelistNasri Shamseddine (1927 - 1983), Lebanese singer and actorA. T. M. Shamsuddin (born 1927), Bangladeshi authorKhwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (born 1927), patriarch of the Sufi Order of AzeemiaMohammad Mehdi Shamseddine (1936 - 2001), Lebanese Twelver Shia Islamic scholarShamsodin Vaezi (born 1936), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a MarjaShamsuddeen Usman (born 1949), Nigerian politicianSemezdin Mehmedinović (born 1960), Bosnian writerShamsuddin Amiri (born 1985), Afghan footballerMohd Ashaari Shamsuddin (born 1985), Malaysian footballerAbdul Aziz Shamsuddin, Malaysian politician