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 geographer
Shams al-Din Muhammad bin Ali, or Suzani Samarqandi (died 1166), Persian poet
Shams al-Din Ildeniz (died c. 1175), atabeg of Azerbaijan
Shams al-din Muhammad ibn al-Muqaddam (fl. 12th century), Zengid governor of Damascus and Ayyubid emir of Baalbek
Shams-ud-din Iltutmish (died 1236), Muslim Turkic sultan of Delhi
Shamsuddin Sabzwari (died 1247), Sufi missionary in southern Punjab
Shams al-Din Mohammad, or Shams Tabrizi (died 1248), Persian Sufi mystic
Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Mas'ud (died 1255), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar (1211 - 1279), provincial governor of Yunnan
Shams al-Dīn Abū Al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Khallikān (1211 – 1282), Iraqi Shafi'i Islamic scholar
Shams ad-Din Juvayni (died 1285) vizier and sahib-divan under three Mongol Ilkhans
Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Shahrazuri (died c. 1290), Kurdish physician and historian
Shams al-Dīn al-Samarqandī (c. 1250 – c. 1310), astronomer and mathematician from Samarkand
Shamsuddin Firoz Shah (died 1322), sultan of the Bengali kingdom of Lakhnauti
Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi (1256 - 1327), Arab geographer
Shams-ud-Din Shah Mir (died 1342), ruler of Kashmir
Shams al-Din ibn Fazl Allah (died c. 1348), leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar
Khwaja Shams al-Din 'Ali (died c. 1352), leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar
Shams ud din, or Shams Tabraiz (missionary) (died 1356), Ismaili saint in India
Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah (died 1358), sultan of Bengal
Shams al-Din Ibn Muflih (died 1361), authority on Hanbali Law
Shams ud-Din Amir Kulal (died 1370), tribal head, scholar and religious figure in Turkistan
Shams al-Dīn Abū Abd Allāh al-Khalīlī (1320 - 1380), Syrian astronomer
Shams-ud-Din Kermani (died c. 1385), Sunni scholar
Khwaja Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz-e Shirazi (1315 - 1390), Persian lyric poet
Molla Şemseddin Fenari (1350 — 1431), Turkish logician, Islamic theologian, and Islamic legal academic
Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah (died 1435), ruler of Bengal
Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Qutb al-Din (c. 1387 - c. 1438), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah (died 1481), ruler of Bengal
Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad (died 1487), sultan of Adal
Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah (died 1494), Abyssinian sultan of Bengal
Shams al-Din Muhammad (died c. 1494), Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Rahman al-Sakhawi (1428 - 1497), Egyptian Islamic scholar
Mir Shamsuddin (died 1526), Sufi Shi'a missionary in Kashmir
Shamsuddin Muhammad Ataga Khan (died 1562), minister in Mughal court
Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi (died 1600), minister to Emperor Akbar
Qazi Mohamed Shamsuddin (died 1645), Chief Justice of the Maldives
Muhammad Shamsuddeen II (died c. 1774), Sultan of the Maldives
Şemseddin Sami Efendi, pen-name of Sami Frashëri (1850 – 1904), Albanian writer, philosopher and playwright
Muhammad Shamsuddeen III (1879 - 1935), Sultan of the Maldives
Şemsettin Günaltay (1883 – 1961) prime minister of Turkey
Abul Kalam Shamsuddin (1897 - 1978), Bengali journalist and politician
Abujafar Shamsuddin (1911 - 1989), Bangladeshi author and novelist
Khwaja Shams-ud-Din (1922 – 1999), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Shamsuddin Abul Kalam (1926 - 1997), Bangladeshi author and novelist
Nasri Shamseddine (1927 - 1983), Lebanese singer and actor
A. T. M. Shamsuddin (born 1927), Bangladeshi author
Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (born 1927), patriarch of the Sufi Order of Azeemia
Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine (1936 - 2001), Lebanese Twelver Shia Islamic scholar
Shamsodin Vaezi (born 1936), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja
Shamsuddeen Usman (born 1949), Nigerian politician
Semezdin Mehmedinović (born 1960), Bosnian writer
Shamsuddin Amiri (born 1985), Afghan footballer
Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin (born 1985), Malaysian footballer
Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin, Malaysian politician
