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==A==
==A==
* [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]] (Lew Alcindor) – retired basketball player and the NBA's all-time leading scorer;<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E5DB163BF93AA15752C0A962948260 |title=NY Times Archived Short Book Review of '&#39;Giant Steps'&#39; by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Peter Knobler |publisher=New York Times |date=29 January 1984 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref> converted from Christianity to [[The Nation of Islam]] and then to mainstream [[Sunni Islam]]
* [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]] (born Lew Alcindor) – retired basketball player and the NBA's all-time leading scorer;<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E5DB163BF93AA15752C0A962948260 |title=NY Times Archived Short Book Review of '&#39;Giant Steps'&#39; by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Peter Knobler |publisher=New York Times |date=29 January 1984 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref> converted from Christianity to [[The Nation of Islam]] and then to mainstream [[Sunni Islam]]
* [[Jamaal Abdul-Lateef]] – American basketball player previously known as Jackson Keith Wilkes<ref>{{cite news |title=Wilkes Wants Name Changed to Jamaal Abdul-Lateef |date=July 26, 1975 |newspaper=Daytona Beach Morning Journal |agency=Associated Press |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ykUfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eNEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4115,3163138&dq=keith-wilkes+jamaal-abdul-lateef&hl=en |accessdate=March 29, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Johari Abdul-Malik]] – convert from [[New York]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/imam-serves-as-public-face-of-an-embattled-mosque/2011/08/31/gIQA9vB2cK_story.html|author=William Wan|title=Imam serves as public face of an embattled mosque}}</ref>
* [[Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf]] (Chris Jackson) – retired basketball player, formerly with the [[NBA]]<ref>"[http://law.wustl.edu/WULQ/76-1/761-23.html MAHMOUD ABDUL-RAUF'S SUSPENSION FOR REFUSING TO STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM: A "FREE THROW" FOR THE NBA AND DENVER NUGGETS, OR A "SLAM DUNK" VIOLATION OF ABDUL-RAUF'S TITLE VII RIGHTS?]" Washington University Law Quarterly.</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.5280.com/magazine/2007/10/conversion-chris-jackson?page=full|title=The Conversion of Chris Jackson}}</ref>
* [[Tariq Abdul-Wahad]] (Olivier Saint-Jean) – originally from France, former basketball player for the Mavericks and Kings; first person raised in France who played for the [[NBA]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/tariq_abdul-wahad/bio.html |title=Tariq Abdul-Wahad Bio |publisher=NBA.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Thomas J. Abercrombie]] – photographer; senior staff writer for ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]''<ref>[http://www.bayweekly.com/year98/lead6_7.html Interview at Bayweekly] "Q: Am I right that you became a Moslem in the mid-1960s? Answer: I think it was '65 or '66."</ref>
* [[Éric Abidal]] (changed his name to Bilal) – French football player, converted to Islam after marriage<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internetspor.com/v3/futbol/haber.php?haberID=58738 |title=Abidal become Muslim with a name Bilal |publisher=Internetspor.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080224161454/http://www.internetspor.com/v3/futbol/haber.php?haberID=58738 |archivedate = 24 February 2008}}</ref>
* [[Ivan Aguéli]] (Johan Agelii) – Swedish painter<ref>Roald, Anne Sofie (2004). ''New Muslims in the European Context: The Experience of Scandinavian Converts ''. [[Brill Publishers]]. pg.28</ref><ref>[http://www.sala.se/turism/aguelimuseet/e-ivan.html Aguéli Museum] states "He changed his name to Ivan Aguéli. Later he converted to Islam."</ref>
* [[Akhenaton (rapper)|Akhenaton]] – French rapper and producer of [[French hip hop]]; born Philippe Fragiane; converted from [[Catholicism]] to Islam<ref>''Global Noise'', by Tony Mitchell, pg. 72</ref>
* [[Akhenaton (rapper)|Akhenaton]] – French rapper and producer of [[French hip hop]]; born Philippe Fragiane; converted from [[Catholicism]] to Islam<ref>''Global Noise'', by Tony Mitchell, pg. 72</ref>
* [[Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar]] (Sharmon Shah) – former [[NFL]] player; played for the [[Miami Dolphins]] 1996-2000<ref>"NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wants NFL player to stop using name&nbsp;— the former Sharmon Shah, Miami Dolphin running back being sued by former basketball player" Jet Online. 1 December 1997. Johnson Publishing Co.</ref>
* [[Al-Najashi]] – African emperor<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=mhCN2qo43jkC&pg=PA28|title=The Cross and the River: Ethiopia, Egypt, and the Nile|page=28|author=Hagai Erlikh}}</ref>
* [[Al-Najashi]] – African emperor<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=mhCN2qo43jkC&pg=PA28|title=The Cross and the River: Ethiopia, Egypt, and the Nile|page=28|author=Hagai Erlikh}}</ref>
*[[Mahershala Ali]] (born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore) – American actor<ref name="fdp1">{{cite web|url=http://www.alislam.org/library/books/Short-Stories-American-Converts-to-Islam.pdf|title=www.alislam.org|format=PDF|accessdate=2010-08-04}}</ref>
* [[Nicolas Anelka]] – football player<ref>{{citation|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/sports/2015/03/28/Nicolas-Anelka-talks-football-discrimination-and-his-Islamic-faith-.html|title=Nicolas Anelka talks football, discrimination, and his Islamic faith |author=Nabila Ramdani}}</ref>
* [[Sana al-Sayegh]] – Dean of the Science and Technology Faculty at Palestine International University, converted to Islam in August 2007<ref>[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1186066387589 Khaled Abou Toameh. "Hamas forced professor to convert."] ''[[Jerusalem Post]]''. 5 August 2007.</ref>
* [[Muhammad Ali]] (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., 1942-2016) – converted from [[Baptist]]<ref>''On the Other Side of Oddville'', by Dwight A. Moody, Ike Moody, pg. 122</ref><ref>''Muhammad Ali and Company'', by Thomas Hauser, pg. 18</ref> to [[The Nation of Islam]] to [[Sunni Islam]];<ref>{{cite web|author=Interview by Deborah Caldwell |url=http://www.beliefnet.com/story/160/story_16045_1.html |title=Muhammad Ali has embraced Sufi Islam and is on a new spiritual quest |publisher=Beliefnet.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref> American professional boxer (three-time world heavyweight champion), philanthropist and social activist
* [[Muhammad Ali]] (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., 1942-2016) – converted from [[Baptist]]<ref>''On the Other Side of Oddville'', by Dwight A. Moody, Ike Moody, pg. 122</ref><ref>''Muhammad Ali and Company'', by Thomas Hauser, pg. 18</ref> to [[The Nation of Islam]] to [[Sunni Islam]];<ref>{{cite web|author=Interview by Deborah Caldwell |url=http://www.beliefnet.com/story/160/story_16045_1.html |title=Muhammad Ali has embraced Sufi Islam and is on a new spiritual quest |publisher=Beliefnet.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref> American professional boxer (three-time world heavyweight champion), philanthropist and social activist
[[File:Ali.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Muhammad Ali]], an [[Olympics|Olympian]] and [[Professional boxing|professional boxer]], converted to Islam from Christianity.]]
[[File:Ali.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Muhammad Ali]], an [[Olympics|Olympian]] and [[Professional boxing|professional boxer]], converted to Islam from Christianity.]]
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==B==
==B==
* [[Kristiane Backer]] – German television presenter, television journalist and author residing in London<ref>{{cite web|title=Former German MTV host promotes Islam with new autobiography|url=http://www.dw.de/former-german-mtv-host-promotes-islam-with-new-autobiography/a-4461534-1|accessdate=11 November 2013}}</ref>
* [[Kristiane Backer]] – German television presenter, television journalist and author residing in London<ref>{{cite web|title=Former German MTV host promotes Islam with new autobiography|url=http://www.dw.de/former-german-mtv-host-promotes-islam-with-new-autobiography/a-4461534-1|accessdate=11 November 2013}}</ref>
* [[Yasin Abu Bakr]] (Lennox Philip) – of [[Trinidad and Tobago]]; former policeman who converted while in Canada
* [[M. A. R. Barker|Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker]] (Philip Barker) – professor of Urdu; former chair of the [[University of Minnesota]]'s Department of South Asian studies; creator of the [[Tékumel]] fantasy world<ref>[[Gary Fine]], ''Shared Fantasy: Role Playing Games As Social Worlds'', University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1983. Reprinted in 2002.</ref>
* [[Lauren Booth]] – sister-in-law of [[Tony Blair]]; [[England|English]] broadcaster; converted in 2010<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/03/lauren-booth-conversion-to-islam|title=Lauren Booth: I'm now a Muslim. Why all the shock and horror?|author=Lauren Booth}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2344364/Tony-Blairs-Muslim-convert-sister-law-Lauren-Booth-speaks-fear-wake-Lee-Rigby-killing|title='Grown men look like they want to hit me': Tony Blair's Muslim convert sister-in-law Lauren Booth speaks of her fear in wake of Lee Rigby killing|author=Paul Bentley|publisher=Daily Mail}}</ref>
* [[Abdullah Beg of Kartli]] – [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] convert to Islam; served as a viceroy of Kartli for the [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[Shah]], Nadir in 1737;<ref>''The Making of the Georgian Nation'', by Ronald Grigor Suny, pg.56</ref> claimant to the kingship of [[Kingdom of Kartli|Kartli]]
* [[Abdullah Beg of Kartli]] – [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] convert to Islam; served as a viceroy of Kartli for the [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[Shah]], Nadir in 1737;<ref>''The Making of the Georgian Nation'', by Ronald Grigor Suny, pg.56</ref> claimant to the kingship of [[Kingdom of Kartli|Kartli]]
* [[David Belfield]] – American, fled to [[Iran]] after [[assassination|assassinating]] [[Ali Akbar Tabatabai]], an Iranian [[dissident]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Silverman |first=Ira |url=http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?020805fa_fact |title=Annals of Crime: An American Terrorist |publisher=The New Yorker |date=7 January 2009 |accessdate=2 January 2010}}</ref>[[File:Bonneval-pasha.jpg|thumb|upright|French nobleman [[Claude Alexandre de Bonneval]] as "Humbaracı Ahmet Paşa"]]
[[File:Bonneval-pasha.jpg|thumb|upright|French nobleman [[Claude Alexandre de Bonneval]] as "Humbaracı Ahmet Paşa"]]
* [[Józef Bem]] – Polish and Hungarian general; historically defined as a national hero within [[Poland]] and [[Hungary]]; escaped to the [[Ottoman Empire]] where he converted to Islam and took up the name Murad Pasha<ref>The Islamic World and the West, Christoph Marcinkowski, pg. 99</ref>
* [[Józef Bem]] – Polish and Hungarian general; historically defined as a national hero within [[Poland]] and [[Hungary]]; escaped to the [[Ottoman Empire]] where he converted to Islam and took up the name Murad Pasha<ref>The Islamic World and the West, Christoph Marcinkowski, pg. 99</ref>
* [[Maurice Béjart]] – French convert<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.medmem.eu/en/notice/INA00457|title=Bejart and Islam|publisher=Mediterranean Memory}}</ref>
* [[Mohammed Knut Bernström]] – Swedish ambassador to Venezuela (1963–1969), Spain (1973–1976) and Morocco (1976–1983); converted in 1986<ref>Roald, Anne Sofie (2004). ''New Muslims in the European Context: The Experience of Scandinavian Converts ''. [[Brill Publishers]]. pg.130</ref>
* [[Bowe Bergdahl]] – soldier of the [[United States]] army<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/1955016/bowe-bergdahl-muslim-convert-soldier-charged-for-desertion/|title=Inquisitr|}}</ref>
* [[Ibrahim Bey]] – [[Egpytians|Egyptian]] [[Mamluk]] of [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] Christian origins<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=X-COBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT163|title=House of the Wolf: An Egyptian Novel|author=Ezzat El Kamhaw|page=163}}</ref>
* [[Ibrahim Bey]] – [[Egpytians|Egyptian]] [[Mamluk]] of [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] Christian origins<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=X-COBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT163|title=House of the Wolf: An Egyptian Novel|author=Ezzat El Kamhaw|page=163}}</ref>
* [[Ezell Blair Jr.]] – civil-rights activist; member of the [[Greensboro Four]]; challenged policies aimed at denying service to non-whites; converted to Islam and is known as Jibreel Khazan<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=dN4-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA155|title=This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed|author=Charles E. Cobb|page=155}}</ref>
* [[Art Blakey]] – American [[jazz]] musician<ref>[http://www.artblakey.com/ Art Blakey official site] In 1948, Art told reporters he had visited Africa, where he learned polyrhythmic drumming and was introduced to Islam, taking the name Abdullah Ibn Buhaina.</ref>
* [[Danny Blum]] – German footballer<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.thenewstribe.com/2015/01/27/german-footballer-danny-blum-converted-to-islam/|title=German footballer Danny Blum converted to Islam|publisher=The News Tribe}}</ref>
* [[Danny Blum]] – German footballer<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.thenewstribe.com/2015/01/27/german-footballer-danny-blum-converted-to-islam/|title=German footballer Danny Blum converted to Islam|publisher=The News Tribe}}</ref>
* [[Wojciech Bobowski]] – raised [[Protestant]]; [[Poles|Polish]] musician; translator of the Bible into [[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]]<ref>''Subjects of the Sultan: Culture and Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire'', by Suraiya Faroqhi, pg. 92–93</ref>
* [[Wojciech Bobowski]] – raised [[Protestant]]; [[Poles|Polish]] musician; translator of the Bible into [[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]]<ref>''Subjects of the Sultan: Culture and Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire'', by Suraiya Faroqhi, pg. 92–93</ref>
* [[Omar Bongo]] – Gabonese, President of [[Gabon]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7115420.stm "Bongo's 40 years of ruling Gabon"] BBC News, 28 November 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2008.</ref>
* [[Omar Bongo]] – Gabonese, President of [[Gabon]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7115420.stm "Bongo's 40 years of ruling Gabon"] BBC News, 28 November 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2008.</ref>
* [[Claude Alexandre de Bonneval]] or Humbaracı Ahmet Paşa – 18th-century French nobleman<ref>{{cite web|author=Related Articles |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-73179/Claude-Alexandre-Comte-de-Bonneval |title=Claude Alexandre, Comte de Bonneval, or Humbaraci Ahmed Pasa (French noble) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia |publisher=Britannica.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Tawana Brawley]] (Maryam Muhammad) – African American woman who claimed to have been raped by several white men, a claim determined by a grand jury to be a fabrication; she later converted to Islam<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycourts.gov/press/old_keep/brawley.htm |title=Pagones v. Maddox et al |publisher=Nycourts.gov |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courttv.com/archive/legaldocs/newsmakers/tawana/ |title=court TV becomes truTV |publisher=Courttv.com |date= |accessdate=2 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCommentary.asp?Page=%5CCommentary%5Carchive%5C200603%5CCOM20060307a.html|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060317003417/http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCommentary.asp?Page=\Commentary\archive\200603\COM20060307a.html|archivedate=17 March 2006|title=If Michael Jackson Converts to Islam|first=Daniel|last=Pipes|date=7 March 2006|website=Cybercast News Service}}<!-- does this site have anything to do with Tawana Brawley? Don't know why it's referenced here, perhaps just spam [[www.islamicbookinurdupdf.blogspot.com|islamic books in urdu pdf]]--></ref>
* [[Willie Brigitte]] – French convert to [[Islam]] who associated with [[al-Qaeda]] in Pakistan; possibly involved in a plot to conduct a terrorist operation in Australia<ref name=TRIAL>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1841824.htm Brigitte terrorism trial nears] ABC News</ref>
* [[Willie Brigitte]] – French convert to [[Islam]] who associated with [[al-Qaeda]] in Pakistan; possibly involved in a plot to conduct a terrorist operation in Australia<ref name=TRIAL>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1841824.htm Brigitte terrorism trial nears] ABC News</ref>
* [[Mahdi Bray]] – civil rights and human rights activist<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.eisenhowerfoundation.org/docs/bray.pdf|title=Mahdi Bray,Executive Director, Muslim-American Society Freedom Foundation}}</ref>
* [[Lauder Brunton]] – [[Scotland|Scottish]] physician and baronet<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=uz09BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA269|title=Islam in Victorian Britain: The Life and Times of Abdullah Quilliam|author= Ron Geaves|page=269}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=105vAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT63|title=Why did they become muslims?|author=M. Sıddık Gümüş}}</ref>
* [[Johann Ludwig Burckhardt]] – [[Swiss]] [[travel]]ler and [[oriental studies|orientalist]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcrunch.com/food-travel/a-real-life-indiana-jones-who-converted-to-islam-and-discovered-an-ancient-city/basel-jordan-petra-burckhardt-sheikh/c6s10657/#.UQYm_SPI-PZ | title=A Real-Life Indiana Jones Who Converted To Islam And Discovered An Ancient City | publisher=LE TEMPS | work=Catherine Cossy | date=2013-01-27 | accessdate=January 28, 2013 | author=Catherine Cossy | pages=1}}</ref>
* [[Titus Burckhardt]] – also known as Ibrahim Izz al-Din; Swiss convert to Islam<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=xWl9AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT277|title=Making Art History|publisher=Routledge|year=2007}}</ref>


==C==
==C==
* [[Torquato Cardilli]] – Italian ambassador, converted from Catholicism; served as ambassador to Italy in Albania (1991), Tanzania (1993), Saudi Arabia (2000) and Angola (2005)<ref>[Rome's Envoy to Saudi Arabia Converts to Islam by Luke Baker, CNN, 26 November 2001]</ref>
* [[Torquato Cardilli]] – Italian ambassador, converted from Catholicism; served as ambassador to Italy in Albania (1991), Tanzania (1993), Saudi Arabia (2000) and Angola (2005)<ref>[Rome's Envoy to Saudi Arabia Converts to Islam by Luke Baker, CNN, 26 November 2001]</ref>
* [[André Carson]] – former [[Baptist]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080216/NATION/998204590/1002 |title=Islam Convert seeks a seat in Congress |publisher=Washingtontimes.com |date=16 February 2008 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref> second [[Muslim]] to serve the [[United States Congress]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/03/catching-up-ind.html |title=Catching up: Indiana's Carson will replace his grandmother in Congress |publisher=Blogs.usatoday.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512062556/http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/03/catching-up-ind.html |archivedate=12 May 2008 }}</ref>
* [[André Carson]] – former [[Baptist]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080216/NATION/998204590/1002|title=Islam Convert seeks a seat in Congress|publisher=Washingtontimes.com|date=16 February 2008|accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref> second [[Muslim]] to serve the [[United States Congress]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/03/catching-up-ind.html|title=Catching up: Indiana's Carson will replace his grandmother in Congress|publisher=Blogs.usatoday.com|accessdate=7 April 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512062556/http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/03/catching-up-ind.html|archivedate=12 May 2008}}</ref>
* [[Count Cassius]] – Visigothic aristocrat who founded the [[Banu Qasi]] dynasty of [[Muladi]] rulers<ref name="Auñamendi">[http://euskomedia.org/aunamendi/10935 Banu Kasi], [http://euskomedia.org/aunamendi/29699 Casius], [http://euskomedia.org/aunamendi/54481 Kasi] and [http://euskomedia.org/aunamendi/105201 Qasi] in the Spanish-language ''Auñamendi Encyclopedia''.</ref>
* [[Count Cassius]] – Visigothic aristocrat who founded the [[Banu Qasi]] dynasty of [[Muladi]] rulers<ref name="Auñamendi">[http://euskomedia.org/aunamendi/10935 Banu Kasi], [http://euskomedia.org/aunamendi/29699 Casius], [http://euskomedia.org/aunamendi/54481 Kasi] and [http://euskomedia.org/aunamendi/105201 Qasi] in the Spanish-language ''Auñamendi Encyclopedia''.</ref>
* [[Cat Stevens]], now known as [[Yusuf Islam]] (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948) – British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, humanitarian, education philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam<ref>[[Yusuf Islam]]</ref>
* [[Cat Stevens]], now known as [[Yusuf Islam]] (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948) – British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, humanitarian, education philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam<ref>[[Yusuf Islam]]</ref>
* [[Ashley Chin]] (Muslim Belal) – [[England|English]] [[actor]], [[screenwriter]], [[spoken word]] [[Performance poetry|performance]] [[poet]] and former [[Rapping|rapper]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://paradex.co.uk/index.php/muslim-belal|title=Muslim Belal}}</ref>
* [[Marion Caunter]] – disc jockey born in Malaysia<ref>{{citation|url=http://enveeus.com/uncategorized/marion-caunter-sm-nasarudin-are-no/|title=Marion Caunter & SM Nasarudin are no longer available|author=Bella Enveeus}}</ref>
* [[Dave Chappelle]] – comedian and television star<ref>{{Cite news|author=May. 15, 2005 |url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1061415,00.html |title=On the Beach With Dave Chappelle |publisher=TIME |date=15 May 2005 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Benjamin Chavis]] – former head of the [[NAACP]]; joined the Nation of Islam{{citation needed|date=October 2014}}
* [[Ashley Chin]] – [[England|English]] [[actor]], [[screenwriter]], [[spoken word]] [[Performance poetry|performance]] [[poet]] and former [[Rapping|rapper]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://paradex.co.uk/index.php/muslim-belal|title=Muslim Belal}}</ref>
* [[Chrisye]] – Indonesian singer; changed his name to Chrismansyah Rahadi from Christian Rahadi{{sfn|Endah|2007|p=221}}
* [[Chrisye]] – Indonesian singer; changed his name to Chrismansyah Rahadi from Christian Rahadi{{sfn|Endah|2007|p=221}}
* [[Emilia Contessa]] – [[Demographics of Indonesia|Indonesian]] actress, singer and politician (from Islam to [[Christianity]] back to Islam; known as Nur Indah Cintra Sukma Munsyi)<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=gZU0jbXt5MkC&pg=PA244&lpg=PA244&dq=emilia+contessa+1976+religion&source=bl&ots=_z7igZ1MEv&sig=zeLImzMwMDPVpBuAKOfhtHHkabI&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZgImAh6_KAhVBfhoKHcWVAhIQ6AEIKDAB#v=onepage&q=emilia%20contessa%201976%20religion&f=false: Islam, Law, and Equality in Indonesia: An Anthropology of Public Reasoning]</ref>
* [[Hedley Churchward]] – English painter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/bmh/BMH-IRO-famous_muslims.htm |title=Famous London Muslims |publisher=Masud.co.uk |date=10 December 1953 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Lady Evelyn Cobbold|Zainab Cobbold]] – formerly known as Evelyn Cobbold; changed her name to Zainab Cobbold; [[Scottish people|Scottish]] noblewoman who performed the [[Hajj]] in 1933<ref name="aramco">Facey, William (2008). [http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200805/mayfair.to.makkah.htm "Mayfair to Makkah"], ''Saudi Aramco World'', Vol. 59, No. 5, pages 18-23. <!--accessed October 22, 2008--></ref>
* [[Aukai Collins]] – fought in [[Chechnya]], paid [[FBI]] [[informant]], author of an autobiographical book<ref>http://dir.salon.com/story/books/review/2002/07/17/myjihad/index.html</ref>
* [[Emilia Contessa]] – [[Demographics of Indonesia|Indonesian]] actress, singer and politician (from Islam to [[Christianity]] back to Islam)<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=gZU0jbXt5MkC&pg=PA244&lpg=PA244&dq=emilia+contessa+1976+religion&source=bl&ots=_z7igZ1MEv&sig=zeLImzMwMDPVpBuAKOfhtHHkabI&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZgImAh6_KAhVBfhoKHcWVAhIQ6AEIKDAB#v=onepage&q=emilia%20contessa%201976%20religion&f=false: Islam, Law, and Equality in Indonesia: An Anthropology of Public Reasoning]</ref>
* [[Jerôme Courtailler]] – one of two French brothers convicted by French authorities in 2004 for abetting terrorists<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=105681 |title=Al Qaeda exploits 'blue-eyed' Muslim converts |publisher=Financialexpress.com |date=15 October 2005 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://www.liberation.fr/page. php?Article=217105]</ref><ref>[http://www.norwalkadvocate.com/news/nationworld/sns-worldtrade-embassyplot-lat,0,3646484.story?page=3&coll=sns-newsnation-headlines Embassy plot offers insight into terrorist recruitment, training – The Advocate] {{wayback|url=http://www.norwalkadvocate.com/news/nationworld/sns-worldtrade-embassyplot-lat,0,3646484.story?page=3&coll=sns-newsnation-headlines |date=20080107134605 |df=y }}</ref>
* [[Jerôme Courtailler]] – one of two French brothers convicted by French authorities in 2004 for abetting terrorists<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=105681 |title=Al Qaeda exploits 'blue-eyed' Muslim converts |publisher=Financialexpress.com |date=15 October 2005 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://www.liberation.fr/page. php?Article=217105]</ref><ref>[http://www.norwalkadvocate.com/news/nationworld/sns-worldtrade-embassyplot-lat,0,3646484.story?page=3&coll=sns-newsnation-headlines Embassy plot offers insight into terrorist recruitment, training – The Advocate] {{wayback|url=http://www.norwalkadvocate.com/news/nationworld/sns-worldtrade-embassyplot-lat,0,3646484.story?page=3&coll=sns-newsnation-headlines |date=20080107134605 |df=y }}</ref>
* [[Robert D. Crane]] – former adviser to President [[Richard Nixon]] and former Deputy Director (for Planning) of the US National Security Council<ref>[http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Guestcv.asp?hGuestID=gTlc0C Guest CV – Dr. Robert (Farooq) D. Crane], ''[[Islam Online]]''</ref>


==D==
==D==
* [[Olu Dara]] (born 1941 as Charles Jones III) – American cornetist, guitarist and singer<ref>{{citation|url=http://ethnicelebs.com/nas|title=Nas|}}</ref>
* [[Damian of Tarsus]] – Emir of Tarsus<ref>{{citation|title=Some Historical Events of the Muslim World|url=http://imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?print=10437|}}</ref>
* [[Arnoud van Doorn]] – Dutch politician and anti-Islam movie maker<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2013/oct/23/arnoud-van-doorn-anti-islamic-convert-hajj|title= Arnoud van Doorn: from anti-Islamic film-maker to hajj pilgrim}}</ref>
* [[Ian Dallas]] – Abdalqadir as-Sufi; Sufi [[shaykh]] of Scottish origins<ref>''The Collected Works'', by Ian Dallas, Budgate Press, 2005, ISBN 0-620-34379-6</ref>
* [[Mujahid Dokubo-Asari]] – founder and leader of the [[Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3713664.stm|title=Nigeria's oil militant}}</ref>
* [[Mujahid Dokubo-Asari]] – founder and leader of the [[Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3713664.stm|title=Nigeria's oil militant}}</ref>
* [[Dragut]] – seaman of Greek origin<ref>{{cite book |author= Lewis, Dominic Bevan Wyndham |title= Charles of Europe |publisher= Coward-McCann |year= 1931 |pages= 174–175 |oclc= 485792029|quote= A new star was now rising in the piratical firmament, Barbarossa's lieutenant Dragut-Reis, a Greek who had been taken prisoner by the corsairs in his youth and had turned Mahometan.}}</ref>
* [[Dragut]] – seaman of Greek origin<ref>{{cite book |author= Lewis, Dominic Bevan Wyndham |title= Charles of Europe |publisher= Coward-McCann |year= 1931 |pages= 174–175 |oclc= 485792029|quote= A new star was now rising in the piratical firmament, Barbarossa's lieutenant Dragut-Reis, a Greek who had been taken prisoner by the corsairs in his youth and had turned Mahometan.}}</ref> He was captured and taken prisoner by the corsairs in his youth and had been forceably converted to Islam.<ref>{{cite book |author= Lewis, Dominic Bevan Wyndham |title= Charles of Europe |publisher= Coward-McCann |year= 1931 |pages= 174–175 |oclc= 485792029|quote= A new star was now rising in the piratical firmament, Barbarossa's lieutenant Dragut-Reis, a Greek who had been taken prisoner by the corsairs in his youth and had turned Mahometan.}}</ref>


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==E==
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| title = Muslim cleric guilty of soliciting murder | accessdate =23 December 2007
| title = Muslim cleric guilty of soliciting murder | accessdate =23 December 2007
| date = 4 February 2003 | work = Special report: Race in the UK | publisher = The Guardian
| date = 4 February 2003 | work = Special report: Race in the UK | publisher = The Guardian
| location=London| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20071219031625/http://www.guardian.co.uk/race/story/0,11374,902009,00.html| archivedate= 19 December 2007 | deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=BpYHonKn_vIC&pg=PA130&dq=Abdullah+el-Faisal&lr=lang_en&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=100&as_brr=3&client=firefox-a&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Abdullah%20el-Faisal&f=false ''Postcolonial melancholia''], p. 130, Paul Gilroy, [[Columbia University Press]], 2005, ISBN 978-0-231-13454-5. Retrieved 9 January 2010.</ref>
| location=London| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071219031625/http://www.guardian.co.uk/race/story/0,11374,902009,00.html| archivedate= 19 December 2007 | deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BpYHonKn_vIC&pg=PA130&dq=Abdullah+el-Faisal&lr=lang_en&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=100&as_brr=3&client=firefox-a&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Abdullah%20el-Faisal&f=false ''Postcolonial melancholia''], p. 130, Paul Gilroy, [[Columbia University Press]], 2005, ISBN 978-0-231-13454-5. Retrieved 9 January 2010.</ref>
* [[Wadih el-Hage]] – former [[Al-Qaeda]] member who was convicted for his part in the [[1998 United States embassy bombings]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091402265.html | work=The Washington Post | first=Craig | last=Whitlock | title=Converts To Islam Move Up In Cells | date=15 September 2007}}</ref>
* [[Wadih el-Hage]] – former [[Al-Qaeda]] member who was convicted for his part in the [[1998 United States embassy bombings]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091402265.html | work=The Washington Post | first=Craig | last=Whitlock | title=Converts To Islam Move Up In Cells | date=15 September 2007}}</ref>
* [[Nathan Ellington]] – English football player<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3113378/Nathan-Ellington-gets-off-to-a-fast-start-with-Skoda-Xanthi.html Ellington gets off to a fast start]</ref>
* [[C. Jack Ellis]] – Mayor of [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]], Georgia<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/02/macon.mayor.ap/index.html CNN: Macon, Georgia, mayor converts to Islam] {{wayback|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/02/macon.mayor.ap/index.html |date=20070227152240 |df=y }}</ref>
* [[Keith Ellison (politician)|Keith Ellison]] – American, Representative from [[Minnesota's 5th congressional district]], first [[Muslim]] to be elected to the [[United States Congress]], converted from Catholicism<ref name="KE">[http://www.keithellison.org/StribOpEd.htm Keith Ellison for U.S. Congress] {{wayback|url=http://www.keithellison.org/StribOpEd.htm |date=20070103224726 |df=y }}</ref>
* [[Keith Ellison (politician)|Keith Ellison]] – American, Representative from [[Minnesota's 5th congressional district]], first [[Muslim]] to be elected to the [[United States Congress]], converted from Catholicism<ref name="KE">[http://www.keithellison.org/StribOpEd.htm Keith Ellison for U.S. Congress] {{wayback|url=http://www.keithellison.org/StribOpEd.htm |date=20070103224726 |df=y }}</ref>
* [[Elpidius (rebel)|Elpidius]] – [[Byzantine]] aristocrat and governor of [[Sicily]]<ref>{{citation|title=Byzantine Slavery and the Mediterranean World|author1=Youval Rotman |author2=Jane Marie Todd |page=41|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=p24Z2Nz4bGsC&pg=PA41|publisher=President and Fellows of Harvard College|quote=''Hence, for example, Theophanes tells how Elpidios, the strategos of Sicily, took refuge in Africa, without mentioning his conversion to Islam.''}}</ref>
* [[Elpidius (rebel)|Elpidius]] – [[Byzantine]] aristocrat and governor of [[Sicily]]<ref>{{citation|title=Byzantine Slavery and the Mediterranean World|author1=Youval Rotman |author2=Jane Marie Todd |page=41|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=p24Z2Nz4bGsC&pg=PA41|publisher=President and Fellows of Harvard College|quote=''Hence, for example, Theophanes tells how Elpidios, the strategos of Sicily, took refuge in Africa, without mentioning his conversion to Islam.''}}</ref>
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* [[Erekle I of Kakheti]] – [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] convert to Islam<ref>''Islamic Desk Reference'', by E. J. van Donzel, pg.111</ref> who ruled the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Kakheti|Kakheti]] and [[Kartli]]
* [[Erekle I of Kakheti]] – [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] convert to Islam<ref>''Islamic Desk Reference'', by E. J. van Donzel, pg.111</ref> who ruled the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Kakheti|Kakheti]] and [[Kartli]]
* [[Yusuf Estes]] – former preacher and federal prison chaplain, converted from [[Protestantism]]<ref name="uconn">{{Cite news| publisher=Advance, [[University of Connecticut]] | date=17 November 2003 | title=Ramadan Awareness Event Designed To Debunk Negative Images | author=Elizabeth Omara-Otunnu | url=http://advance.uconn.edu/2003/031117/03111715.htm}}</ref>
* [[Yusuf Estes]] – former preacher and federal prison chaplain, converted from [[Protestantism]]<ref name="uconn">{{Cite news| publisher=Advance, [[University of Connecticut]] | date=17 November 2003 | title=Ramadan Awareness Event Designed To Debunk Negative Images | author=Elizabeth Omara-Otunnu | url=http://advance.uconn.edu/2003/031117/03111715.htm}}</ref>
* [[Chris Eubank]] – British boxer<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1399923/Lengthy-queue-to-join-religion-that-offers-sense-of-direction.html |title=Lengthy queue to join religion that offers 'sense of direction' |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date= 1 August 2005|accessdate=7 April 2010 | location=London |first=Andrew |last=Haldenby}}</ref>
* [[Everlast (musician)|Everlast]] – rapper from the Irish-American hip-hop group [[House of Pain]], converted from Catholicism<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uga.edu/islam/everlast_banjoko.html |title=Being Muslim One Day at a Time by Adisa Banjoko |publisher=Uga.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-01-02}}</ref>
* [[Everlast (musician)|Everlast]] – rapper from the Irish-American hip-hop group [[House of Pain]], converted from Catholicism<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uga.edu/islam/everlast_banjoko.html |title=Being Muslim One Day at a Time by Adisa Banjoko |publisher=Uga.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-01-02}}</ref>
* [[Gazi Evrenos]] – [[Byzantine]] convert to Islam<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=54gAAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA310|page=310|title=The Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building|author=Erik J. Zurcher}}</ref>
* [[Gazi Evrenos]] – [[Byzantine]] convert to Islam<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=54gAAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA310|page=310|title=The Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building|author=Erik J. Zurcher}}</ref>
* [[Emeka Ezeugo]] – former Nigerian football defender and midfielder; played in 1994 World Cup<ref>[http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/archive_details.php?date=2012-02-13&nid=50241 Emeka converts to Islam]</ref>


==F==
==F==
* [[José Faria]] – football coach of Brazilian ancestry, he converted to Islam while being a coach in Morocco<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.bladi.net/mort-mehdi-faria.html|title=Mort de Mehdi Faria, ancien entraîneur de l’équipe du Maroc de Football |publisher=bladi.net}}</ref>
* [[Shah Shahidullah Faridi]] – writer of German descent born to a Christian family<ref>''Islamic Sufism Unbound: Politics and Piety in Twenty-First Century Pakistan'', by Robert Rozehnal, pg.60</ref>
* [[Shah Shahidullah Faridi]] – writer of German descent born to a Christian family<ref>''Islamic Sufism Unbound: Politics and Piety in Twenty-First Century Pakistan'', by Robert Rozehnal, pg.60</ref>
* [[Danilo Fernando]] – Brazilian footballer; changed his name to Muhammad Danilo Fernando<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.eramuslim.com/dakwah-mancanegara/para-pemain-sepak-bola-mualaf-mereka-menemukan-kedamaian-saat-ibadah.htm#.VTq8DpO4mK0|title=Para Pemain Sepak Bola Mualaf, Mereka Menemukan Kedamaian Saat Ibadah|publisher=eramuslim}}</ref>
* [[Firouz]] – [[Armenians|Armenian]] Christian convert to Islam<ref>''The Moslem World'', Volume 58, pg.63, Samuel Marinus Zwemer, Christian Literature Society for India, Hartford Seminary Foundation, published for the Nile Mission Press by the Christian Literature Society for India, 1911</ref> who served as a spy for [[Bohemond I of Antioch|Bohemund]] during the [[Siege of Antioch]]<ref>''The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Crusades'', by Paul L. Williams, pg. 73</ref>
* [[Firouz]] – [[Armenians|Armenian]] Christian convert to Islam<ref>''The Moslem World'', Volume 58, pg.63, Samuel Marinus Zwemer, Christian Literature Society for India, Hartford Seminary Foundation, published for the Nile Mission Press by the Christian Literature Society for India, 1911</ref> who served as a spy for [[Bohemond I of Antioch|Bohemund]] during the [[Siege of Antioch]]<ref>''The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Crusades'', by Paul L. Williams, pg. 73</ref>
* [[Myriam Francois-Cerrah]] – journalist who converted from Roman Catholicism in 2003<ref>{{cite web|title=Myriam Francois Cerrah, Oxford University DPhil student in Middle East Politics, and regular contributor on current affairs, embraced Islam in 2003 aged 21 |url= http://www.emel.com/article?id=81&a_id=2262 |website= www.emel.com/ |accessdate= 16 December 2014}}</ref>
* [[Myriam Francois-Cerrah]] – journalist who converted from Roman Catholicism in 2003<ref>{{cite web|title=Myriam Francois Cerrah, Oxford University DPhil student in Middle East Politics, and regular contributor on current affairs, embraced Islam in 2003 aged 21 |url= http://www.emel.com/article?id=81&a_id=2262 |website= www.emel.com/ |accessdate= 16 December 2014}}</ref>
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==G==
* [[Adam Gadahn]] (born Adam Pearlman) – [[al-Qaeda]] English language spokesman; home-schooled Christian<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/specials/terror/gadahn.html |title=Al-Qaeda's New Leadership: Adam Gadahn | work=The Washington Post}}</ref>
* [[Adam Gadahn]] (born Adam Pearlman) – [[al-Qaeda]] English language spokesman; home-schooled Christian<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/specials/terror/gadahn.html |title=Al-Qaeda's New Leadership: Adam Gadahn | work=The Washington Post}}</ref>
* [[Ghazan]] – seventh ruler of the [[Ilkhanate]] division of the [[Mongol Empire]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=w0IOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA256 ''The Crusade in the Later Middle Ages'' A. S. Atiya p.256''ff'']</ref>
* [[Roger Garaudy]] – French philosopher, French resistance fighter and prominent communist author; converted in 1982<ref name=Kuwait>{{cite web|title=Islamic Arabic Heritage: Connection between Past and Present |url= http://www.islam.gov.kw/eng/meet_consult/print_contents.php?ID=237%27 |work= www.islam.gov.kw |publisher=Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs – Kuwait|accessdate=17 June 2012}}</ref>
* [[Diam's|Mélanie Georgiades]] or [[Diam's]] – French rapper of Greek ancestry<ref>{{citation|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/10/01/241253.html|author=Ramdane Belamri|title=French rapper stuns fans, makes first TV appearance wearing hijab}}</ref>
* [[Usman Ghani]] – Indian actor and television personality<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* [[Ghazan]] – seventh ruler of the [[Ilkhanate]] division of the [[Mongol Empire]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=w0IOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA256 ''The Crusade in the Later Middle Ages'' A. S. Atiya p.256''ff'']</ref>
* [[Khalid Gonçalves]] – Portuguese American actor and musician (born Paul Pires Gonçalves), converted from Catholicism<ref>{{cite web|last1=Robbins|first1=Christopher|title=Bay Ridge Muslims Vs. The Trump Effect|url=http://gothamist.com/2015/12/14/meet_your_muslim_neighbors.php|website=The Gothamist|publisher=Gothamist LLC.|accessdate=4 February 2016}}</ref>
* [[Khalid Gonçalves]] – Portuguese American actor and musician (born Paul Pires Gonçalves), converted from Catholicism<ref>{{cite web|last1=Robbins|first1=Christopher|title=Bay Ridge Muslims Vs. The Trump Effect|url=http://gothamist.com/2015/12/14/meet_your_muslim_neighbors.php|website=The Gothamist|publisher=Gothamist LLC.|accessdate=4 February 2016}}</ref>
* [[Cristian Gonzáles]] – Uruguayan-born Indonesian footballer<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.ib-article.com/2012/09/cristian-gonzales-biography-el-loco.html|quote=''Then right on 9th October 2003 Christian Gonzales decided to convert to Islam on the basis of their own accord in the presence of the Great Mosque cleric Mustafa al Akbar Surabaya''|title=Biography of Cristian Gonzales}}</ref>
* [[Cristian Gonzáles]] – Uruguayan-born Indonesian footballer<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.ib-article.com/2012/09/cristian-gonzales-biography-el-loco.html|quote=''Then right on 9th October 2003 Christian Gonzales decided to convert to Islam on the basis of their own accord in the presence of the Great Mosque cleric Mustafa al Akbar Surabaya''|title=Biography of Cristian Gonzales}}</ref>
* [[Charles Greenlee (musician)|Charles Greenlee]] – American jazz trombonist<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=likFBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA84|title=John Coltrane|author=Bill Bole|quote=''His cousin Mary's first husband, Charles Greenlee, had been a devout disciple...''}}</ref>
* [[Charles Greenlee (musician)|Charles Greenlee]] – American jazz trombonist<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=likFBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA84|title=John Coltrane|author=Bill Bole|quote=''His cousin Mary's first husband, Charles Greenlee, had been a devout disciple...''}}</ref>
* [[Philippe Grenier]] – first Muslim MP of France; doctor; Muslim convert<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.saphirnews.com/Docteur-Philippe-Grenier_a1740.html|title=Docteur Philippe Grenier|author=Rédigé par Amara Bamba}}</ref>


==H==
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* [[Sir Archibald Hamilton, 5th Baronet]] – distinguished British convert to Islam<ref name=autogenerated1b>[http://www.wokingmuslim.org/pers/others.htm Some converts from 'The Islamic Review', Woking<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name=autogenerated3>[http://www.al-islam.com/articles/articles-e.asp?fname=ALISLAM_R44_E Articles<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.salaam.co.uk/themeofthemonth/june02_index.php?l=34 Conversion: Islam, the growing religion<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Sir Archibald Hamilton, 5th Baronet]] – distinguished British convert to Islam<ref name=autogenerated1b>[http://www.wokingmuslim.org/pers/others.htm Some converts from 'The Islamic Review', Woking<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name=autogenerated3>[http://www.al-islam.com/articles/articles-e.asp?fname=ALISLAM_R44_E Articles<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.salaam.co.uk/themeofthemonth/june02_index.php?l=34 Conversion: Islam, the growing religion<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Omar Hammami]] – American-born member of the Somali Islamist paramilitary group [[Al-Shabaab (Somalia)|al-Shabaab]]; known as Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki<ref name="elliott">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/magazine/31Jihadist-t.html?hp=&pagewanted=all|title=The Jihadist Next Door |last=Elliott|first=Andrea|date=27 January 2010|work=New York Times Magazine|accessdate=28 January 2010}}</ref>
* [[Omar Hammami]] – American-born member of the Somali Islamist paramilitary group [[Al-Shabaab (Somalia)|al-Shabaab]]; known as Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki<ref name="elliott">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/magazine/31Jihadist-t.html?hp=&pagewanted=all|title=The Jihadist Next Door |last=Elliott|first=Andrea|date=27 January 2010|work=New York Times Magazine|accessdate=28 January 2010}}</ref>
* [[Tevfik Fikret#Biography|Hatice Refia Hanım]] – mother of [[Tevfik Fikret]]<ref>Mehmet Kaplan, ''Tevfik Fikret: Devir- Şahsiyet- Eser'', Dergâh Yayınları, 1987, [http://books.google.com/books?id=pZgbAQAAMAAJ p. 63.], {{Tr icon}} "Ana tarafına gelince: Fikret'in annesi Hatice Refia Hanım, annesi ve babası ihtida etmiş bir Sakızlı Rum ailesinden"</ref>
* [[Tevfik Fikret#Biography|Hatice Refia Hanım]] – mother of [[Tevfik Fikret]]<ref>Mehmet Kaplan, ''Tevfik Fikret: Devir- Şahsiyet- Eser'', Dergâh Yayınları, 1987, [https://books.google.com/books?id=pZgbAQAAMAAJ p. 63.], {{Tr icon}} "Ana tarafına gelince: Fikret'in annesi Hatice Refia Hanım, annesi ve babası ihtida etmiş bir Sakızlı Rum ailesinden"</ref>
* [[Ryan Harris (American football)|Ryan Harris]] – football player for the Denver Broncos<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/Sports/Detail?contentId=3454826&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=6.1.1 |title=MyFox Colorado Being Muslim in The Big Leagues |publisher=Myfoxcolorado.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Joel Hayward]] – British scholar, author and poet<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emel.com/article?id=89&a_id=2473&c=99 |title=Here's Hoping |publisher=Emel: Muslim Lifestyle |date=28 September 2011 |accessdate=28 September 2011}}</ref>
* [[Joel Hayward]] – British scholar, author and poet<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emel.com/article?id=89&a_id=2473&c=99 |title=Here's Hoping |publisher=Emel: Muslim Lifestyle |date=28 September 2011 |accessdate=28 September 2011}}</ref>
* [[Muhammad Robert Heft]] – Canadian activist and writer<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.mheft.com/|title=About Muhammad Robert Heft}}</ref>
* [[Muhammad Robert Heft]] – Canadian activist and writer<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.mheft.com/|title=About Muhammad Robert Heft}}</ref>
* [[Murad Wilfred Hofmann]] – [[NATO]] official, converted from Catholicism<ref>''Journey to Islam – Diary of a German Diplomat'', by Murad Hoffman</ref>
* [[Murad Wilfred Hofmann]] – [[NATO]] official, converted from Catholicism<ref>''Journey to Islam – Diary of a German Diplomat'', by Murad Hoffman</ref>
* [[Knud Holmboe]] – Danish journalist and explorer who converted from Catholicism<ref>http://www.knud-holmboe.com/books/knud_biography.pdf</ref>
* [[Knud Holmboe]] – Danish journalist and explorer who converted from Catholicism<ref>http://www.knud-holmboe.com/books/knud_biography.pdf</ref>
* [[Bernard Hopkins]] – American boxer<ref>{{Cite news|author=Steve Bunce |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/2001review/story/0,,623766,00.html |title=Ex-champion Naseem Hamed's comeback battle Special reports &#124; The Observer |publisher=Observer.guardian.co.uk |date= 11 November 2001|accessdate=7 April 2010 | location=London}}</ref>
* [[Markus Horison]] – Indonesian footballer who changed his name to Muhammad Haris Maulana<ref>{{citation|title= 27 Indonesian Celebrities Who Prefer So Converts |url=http://celebrities86.blogspot.ca/2014/01/27-indonesian-celebrities-who-prefer-so.html|}}</ref>


==I==
==I==
[[File:Arolsen Klebeband 02 331.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha]] was [[Ottoman Empire]]'s mightiest Grand Vizier.]]
[[File:Arolsen Klebeband 02 331.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha]] was [[Ottoman Empire]]'s mightiest Grand Vizier.]]
* [[Ice Cube]] – rapper, born [[O'Shea Jackson]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2000/feb/25/icecube|title=Ice Cube on Islam|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|accessdate=November 15, 2008 | location=London | date=February 25, 2000}}</ref>
* [[Silma Ihram]] – formerly a born-again [[Baptist]]; Australian pioneer of Muslim education in the West; founder and former school [[Principal (school)|Principal]] of the Noor Al Houda Islamic College; campaigner for racial [[Toleration|tolerance]]; author<ref name="SilmaIhramAust">{{cite web|url = http://www.blogger.com/profile/14309477462606091182|title = About me |accessdate = 26 September 2007|year = 2007|work = Silma |publisher = Push-Button Publishing}}</ref>
* [[Silma Ihram]] – formerly a born-again [[Baptist]]; Australian pioneer of Muslim education in the West; founder and former school [[Principal (school)|Principal]] of the Noor Al Houda Islamic College; campaigner for racial [[Toleration|tolerance]]; author<ref name="SilmaIhramAust">{{cite web|url = http://www.blogger.com/profile/14309477462606091182|title = About me |accessdate = 26 September 2007|year = 2007|work = Silma |publisher = Push-Button Publishing}}</ref>
* [[Ahmed el Inglizi]] – English architect and engineer who worked for the Sultan of Morocco [[Mohammed ben Abdallah]] in the 18th century<ref name="Searight">[http://books.google.com/books?id=t4hmPoi_CJ4C&pg=PA171 ''Maverick Guide to Morocco'', by Susan Searight, p.171]</ref>
* [[Rex Ingram (director)|Rex Ingram]] – [[Irish people|Irish]] film director<ref>"Rex Ingram Embracing Mohammedan Faith; Announces Abandoning Motion-Picture Field", ''New York Times'', 2 July 1933;</ref>
* [[T. B. Irving]] – American [[scholar]], [[author]] and [[translator]]<ref>{{citation|title=Interview with Prof. T. B. Irving |url=http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/profile_professor_thomas_ballantine_tb_irving|author=Sheila Musaji}}</ref>
* [[Iyasu V of Ethiopia|Iyasu V]] – Ethiopian emperor<ref>Bahru Zewde, ''A History of Modern Ethiopia'' (London: James Currey, 1991), p. 121.</ref>
* [[Iyasu V of Ethiopia|Iyasu V]] – Ethiopian emperor<ref>Bahru Zewde, ''A History of Modern Ethiopia'' (London: James Currey, 1991), p. 121.</ref>


==J==
==J==
* [[Ibn Jazla]] – 11th-century physician and Christian convert who later wrote to refute doctrines of Christianity<ref>''A History of Arabic Literature'', by [[Clément Huart]], pg.311</ref>
*[[Gauhar Jaan]] – British-Indian singer;<ref name="Tribune">[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020526/spectrum/main7.htm The importance of being Gauhar Jan] [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 26 May 2002.</ref> previously named Angelina Yeoward; of Armenian descent<ref name="Tribune"/>
* [[Ibn Jazla]] – 11th-century physician and Christian convert who later wrote to refute doctrines of Christianity<ref>''A History of Arabic Literature'', by Clément Huart, pg.311</ref>
* [[Jermaine Jackson]] (Muhammad Abdul Aziz) – [[Michael Jackson]]'s elder brother and one of the original former members of [[The Jackson 5]]<ref>{{IMDb name|id=0413659|section=bio|name=Jermaine Jackson}}</ref>
* [[Jermaine Jackson]] (Muhammad Abdul Aziz) – [[Michael Jackson]]'s elder brother and one of the original former members of [[The Jackson 5]]<ref>{{IMDb name|id=0413659|section=bio|name=Jermaine Jackson}}</ref>
* [[Sarah Joseph (editor)|Sarah Joseph]] – commentator on women's issues and founder of [[emel magazine]], converted from Catholicism<ref>"[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article576288.ece Putting a good glossy on the Muslim lifestyle]," ''[[Times (magazine)|Times]]''</ref>
* [[Sarah Joseph (editor)|Sarah Joseph]] – commentator on women's issues and founder of [[emel magazine]], converted from Catholicism<ref>"[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article576288.ece Putting a good glossy on the Muslim lifestyle]," ''[[Times (magazine)|Times]]''</ref>
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* [[David Benjamin Keldani]] – former [[Catholic]] priest who converted to Islam and changed his name to Abd ul-Aḥad Dāwūd<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=yDowAAAAYAAJ|title=The Muslim World League Journal - Volume 9|page=14}}</ref>
* [[David Benjamin Keldani]] – former [[Catholic]] priest who converted to Islam and changed his name to Abd ul-Aḥad Dāwūd<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=yDowAAAAYAAJ|title=The Muslim World League Journal - Volume 9|page=14}}</ref>
* [[Nuh Ha Mim Keller]] – Islamic scholar who converted from Catholicism to agnosticism to Sunni Islam<ref>Keller, Nu Ha Mim. ''[http://www.islamfortoday.com/keller04.htm Becoming Muslim]''.</ref>
* [[Nuh Ha Mim Keller]] – Islamic scholar who converted from Catholicism to agnosticism to Sunni Islam<ref>Keller, Nu Ha Mim. ''[http://www.islamfortoday.com/keller04.htm Becoming Muslim]''.</ref>
* [[Saida Miller Khalifa]] – author; previously known as ''Sonya Miller; [[United Kingdom|British]]; converted in 1959 and married an Egyptian professor named Yusry Khalifa, with whom she went to Hajj<ref>{{citation|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CMOreBqoaKMC&pg=PA283|title=Why Women are Accepting Islam|publisher=Darussalam|page=283}}</ref>
* [[Allahverdi Khan]] – general and statesman of [[Georgians in Iran|Georgian]] origin who was Christian<ref>''Shah ʹAbbas and the Arts of Isfahan'', by Anthony Welch, pg. 17</ref>
* [[Allahverdi Khan]] – general and statesman of [[Georgians in Iran|Georgian]] origin who was Christian<ref>''Shah ʹAbbas and the Arts of Isfahan'', by Anthony Welch, pg. 17</ref>
* [[Mirza Malkam Khan]] – [[Iranian Armenian]] proponent of [[Freemasonry]] who was active during the period leading up to the [[Iranian Constitutional Revolution]]<ref>''The Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906–1911'', by Janet Afary, pg. 26</ref>
* [[Mirza Malkam Khan]] – [[Iranian Armenian]] proponent of [[Freemasonry]] who was active during the period leading up to the [[Iranian Constitutional Revolution]]<ref>''The Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906–1911'', by Janet Afary, pg. 26</ref>
* [[John Kingerlee]] – [[Irish people|Irish]] painter who converted to Islam in Morocco<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/artsvibe/artist-kingerlee-bewitched-by-the-beauty-of-beara-257930.html|author=Marc O'Sullivan|title=Artist Kingerlee bewitched by the beauty of Beara}}</ref>
* [[Michael Muhammad Knight]] – American novelist, writer, and journalist<ref>{{Cite news|author=Logged in as click here to log out |url=http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/brian_whitaker/2007/03/sex_drugs_and_prayer.html |title=Comment is free Punk Muslims |publisher=Commentisfree.guardian.co.uk |date= 19 March 2007|accessdate=7 April 2010 | location=London}}</ref>
* [[Jamilah Kolocotronis]] – American Muslim writer of Greek ancestry<ref>{{citation|url=https://iwamagazine.wordpress.com/in-memory-of-linda-jamilah-kolocotronis/|title=In memory of Linda Jamilah Kolocotronis}}</ref>
* [[John Tzelepes Komnenos]] – allied himself with the [[Seljuks]] against his uncle; Greek convert<ref name = Norwich>{{cite book | last = Norwich | first = John Julius | title = Byzantium: The Decline and Fall | publisher = Alfred A. Knopf | year = 1996 | location = New York | pages = 81–82 | isbn = 0-679-41650-1 }}</ref><ref>''O city of Byzantium: Annals of Niketas Choniatēs'', by Nicetas Choniates, Harry J. Magoulias, pg. xxiv</ref>
* [[John Tzelepes Komnenos]] – allied himself with the [[Seljuks]] against his uncle; Greek convert<ref name = Norwich>{{cite book | last = Norwich | first = John Julius | title = Byzantium: The Decline and Fall | publisher = Alfred A. Knopf | year = 1996 | location = New York | pages = 81–82 | isbn = 0-679-41650-1 }}</ref><ref>''O city of Byzantium: Annals of Niketas Choniatēs'', by Nicetas Choniates, Harry J. Magoulias, pg. xxiv</ref>


==L==
==L==
* [[Colleen LaRose]] – identifies herself as "Jihad Jane";<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/jihad-jane-colleen-larose-became-terrorist-love-n284636</ref> American citizen charged with terrorism-related crimes<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/10/colleen-larose-jihad-jane-charges|title= Muslim convert Colleen LaRose, aka Jihad Jane, faces terror charges |publisher=The Guardian}}</ref>
* [[Colleen LaRose]] – identifies herself as "Jihad Jane";<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/jihad-jane-colleen-larose-became-terrorist-love-n284636</ref> American citizen charged with terrorism-related crimes<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/10/colleen-larose-jihad-jane-charges|title= Muslim convert Colleen LaRose, aka Jihad Jane, faces terror charges |publisher=The Guardian}}</ref>
* [[Johann von Leers]] – German convert; changed his name to Omar Amin<ref>{{citation|url=http://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/gercke.htm|title=German Propaganda Archive {{ndash}} The End of Jewish Migration|first=Johann|last=von Leers|website=Calvin College}}</ref>
* [[Leo of Tripoli]] – [[Byzantine]] [[Greek people|Greek]] [[turncoat|renegade]] who freed 4000 Muslim prisoners while attacking the Byzantine city of [[Thessalonica]]<ref>''Faith and Sword: A Short History of Christian-Muslim Conflict'', by Alan G. Jamieson, pg.32</ref>
* [[Leo of Tripoli]] – [[Byzantine]] [[Greek people|Greek]] [[turncoat|renegade]] who freed 4000 Muslim prisoners while attacking the Byzantine city of [[Thessalonica]]<ref>''Faith and Sword: A Short History of Christian-Muslim Conflict'', by Alan G. Jamieson, pg.32</ref>
* [[Samantha Lewthwaite]] – also known as Sherafiyah Lewthwaite or the White Widow, one of the United Kingdom's most wanted terrorism suspects<ref name="Brown">{{cite news|title='I just wanted to marry a Muslim and settle down'|last=Brown|first=David|work=[[The Times]]|location=London|date=29 February 2012|page=6|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article3335196.ece|accessdate=29 September 2013}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
* [[Samantha Lewthwaite]] – also known as Sherafiyah Lewthwaite or the White Widow, one of the United Kingdom's most wanted terrorism suspects<ref name="Brown">{{cite news|title='I just wanted to marry a Muslim and settle down'|last=Brown|first=David|work=[[The Times]]|location=London|date=29 February 2012|page=6|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article3335196.ece|accessdate=29 September 2013}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
* [[Tage Lindbom]] (1909–2001) – Swedish historian, PhD in political science; disciple of the Swiss metaphysician [[Frithjof Schuon]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.radioislam.org/Blagul-islam/lindbom.htm|title=Tage Lindbom}}</ref>
* [[Germaine Lindsay]] – one of the suicide terrorists in the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]]<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1898856,00.html Western white woman a suicide bomber – World – Times Online] {{wayback|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1898856,00.html |date=20081015130411 |df=y }}</ref><ref>[http://www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=113 ICT – International Institute for Counter-Terrorism] {{wayback|url=http://www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=113 |date=20080212035534 |df=y }}</ref> in which 52 people were murdered
* [[Germaine Lindsay]] – one of the suicide terrorists in the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]]<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1898856,00.html Western white woman a suicide bomber – World – Times Online] {{wayback|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1898856,00.html |date=20081015130411 |df=y }}</ref><ref>[http://www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=113 ICT – International Institute for Counter-Terrorism] {{wayback|url=http://www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=113 |date=20080212035534 |df=y }}</ref> in which 52 people were murdered
* [[John Walker Lindh]] – American insurgent, known as the "American Taliban"; converted from Catholicism<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,187564,00.html]</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0202/05/ip.00.html |title=Transcript of John Ashcroft – February 5, 2002 |publisher=Transcripts.cnn.com |date=5 February 2002 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[John Walker Lindh]] – American insurgent, known as the "American Taliban"; converted from Catholicism<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,187564,00.html]</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0202/05/ip.00.html |title=Transcript of John Ashcroft – February 5, 2002 |publisher=Transcripts.cnn.com |date=5 February 2002 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Alexander Litvinenko]] – former FSB officer; converted to Islam on his deathbed<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article664318.ece Litvinenko converted to Islam, father says – Times Online] {{wayback|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article664318.ece |date=20110720111754 |df=y }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/12/E4B19AB3-82B6-45C8-BABB-A13B7CEAB243.html |title=Litvinenko's Father Says Son Requested Muslim Burial – RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY |publisher=Rferl.org |date=5 December 2006 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Alexander Litvinenko]] – former FSB officer; converted to Islam on his deathbed<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article664318.ece Litvinenko converted to Islam, father says – Times Online] {{wayback|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article664318.ece |date=20110720111754 |df=y }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/12/E4B19AB3-82B6-45C8-BABB-A13B7CEAB243.html |title=Litvinenko's Father Says Son Requested Muslim Burial – RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY |publisher=Rferl.org |date=5 December 2006 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Loon (rapper)|Loon]] – American hip hop and rap artist<ref>[http://www.mpacuk.org/content/view/5861/102/ Rapper star Loon converts to Islam] MPACUK (15 July 2009). Retrieved on 2009-08-09.</ref>
* [[Fernão Lopes]] – 16th-century [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] soldier; tortured and disfigured by Christians for siding with Muslims<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=1sCcbWXsWiQC&pg=PA13|quote=''..Lopez and others had converted to Islam and sided with Moslem resistance to the Portuguese.''|author=Yvette Christianse|title=Castaway}}</ref>
* [[Fernão Lopes]] – 16th-century [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] soldier; tortured and disfigured by Christians for siding with Muslims<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=1sCcbWXsWiQC&pg=PA13|quote=''..Lopez and others had converted to Islam and sided with Moslem resistance to the Portuguese.''|author=Yvette Christianse|title=Castaway}}</ref>
* [[Badr al-Din Lu'lu']] – [[Armenian people|Armenian]] convert to Islam<ref>''Islamic Art and Architecture 650–1250'', by Richard Ettinghausen, Oleg Grabar, Marilyn Jenkins, pg. 134</ref> and successor to the [[Zengid dynasty|Zangid]] rulers of [[Mosul]]
* [[Badr al-Din Lu'lu']] – [[Armenian people|Armenian]] convert to Islam<ref>''Islamic Art and Architecture 650–1250'', by Richard Ettinghausen, Oleg Grabar, Marilyn Jenkins, pg. 134</ref> and successor to the [[Zengid dynasty|Zangid]] rulers of [[Mosul]]
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* [[Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood]] – British author, converted from [[Protestantism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ruqaiyyah.karoo.net/index.htm |title=Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood Dawah Theology Islam |publisher=Ruqaiyyah.karoo.net |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood]] – British author, converted from [[Protestantism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ruqaiyyah.karoo.net/index.htm |title=Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood Dawah Theology Islam |publisher=Ruqaiyyah.karoo.net |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Ingrid Mattson]] – Canadian scholar and current president of the [[Islamic Society of North America]] (2006); converted from Catholicism<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16242486/site/newsweek/ MSBC] Article's title says "Raised Catholic, this Muslim professor is bringing the moderate viewpoint to the world."</ref>
* [[Ingrid Mattson]] – Canadian scholar and current president of the [[Islamic Society of North America]] (2006); converted from Catholicism<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16242486/site/newsweek/ MSBC] Article's title says "Raised Catholic, this Muslim professor is bringing the moderate viewpoint to the world."</ref>
*[[Miss South Africa#Titleholders|Lynn Massyn]] – former Miss South Africa, 1976<ref>{{citation|title=Former Miss SA embraces Islam in Gaza|url=http://www.ciibroadcasting.com/2012/07/12/former-miss-sa-embraces-islam-in-gaza/|}}</ref>
* [[Jacques-Francois Menou]] – French general under [[Napoleon I of France]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.isnet.org/off/Islam/New/napoleon.html |title=The history of new Muslims |accessdate=17 March 2007 |date= |year= |month= |work= |publisher=Media ISNET |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>
* [[Bruno Metsu]] – French coach of the Senegal team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup<ref>{{cite web|last=Hughes |first=Rob |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2002/07/31/soccer_ed3__8.php |title=SOCCER : Metsu's magic ride ends |publisher=International Herald Tribune |date=31 July 2002 |accessdate=7 April 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080914172351/http://www.iht.com:80/articles/2002/07/31/soccer_ed3__8.php? |archivedate=14 September 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Köse Mihal]] – [[Byzantine]] renegade; accompanied [[Osman al-Ghazi]] in his ascent to power and converted to Islam<ref>''The Last Great Muslim Empires'', by H.J. Kissling, Bertold Spuler, F.R.C. Bagley, pg.3</ref><ref>American studies in altaic linguistics, By Denis Sinor, pg.5</ref>
* [[Köse Mihal]] – [[Byzantine]] renegade; accompanied [[Osman al-Ghazi]] in his ascent to power and converted to Islam<ref>''The Last Great Muslim Empires'', by H.J. Kissling, Bertold Spuler, F.R.C. Bagley, pg.3</ref><ref>American studies in altaic linguistics, By Denis Sinor, pg.5</ref>
* [[Mleh, Prince of Armenia]] – [[Armenian people|Armenian]] convert to Islam from Catholicism;<ref>''Assassin!: The Deadly Art of the Cult of the Assassins'', by Haha Lung, pg. 29</ref> eighth [[King of Cilicia|lord of Armenian Cilicia]]
* [[Mleh, Prince of Armenia]] – [[Armenian people|Armenian]] convert to Islam from Catholicism;<ref>''Assassin!: The Deadly Art of the Cult of the Assassins'', by Haha Lung, pg. 29</ref> eighth [[King of Cilicia|lord of Armenian Cilicia]]
* [[Leo Morris]] – [[New Orleans]] drummer;changed his name to Idris Muhammad<ref>{{citation|url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/135735-idris-muhammad-drummer-who-crossed-genre-lines-dies-at-74|title=Idris Muhammad, Drummer Who Crossed Genre Lines}}</ref>
* [[Preacher Moss]] – American comedian who converted from [[Baptist]] Christianity;<ref>[http://www.icfresno.org/Media/Comedy.html Christian and Muslim comics show believers that faith sometimes is best shared through laughter – especially when it's at themselves] {{wayback|url=http://www.icfresno.org/Media/Comedy.html |date=20060629120502 |df=y }}</ref> American comedian and comedy writer<ref>[http://www.allahmademefunny.com/press/iol05april2005.html “Allah Made Me Funny!” – A Popular Muslim-American Comedy]. IslamOnline.net</ref>
* [[Preacher Moss]] – American comedian who converted from [[Baptist]] Christianity;<ref>[http://www.icfresno.org/Media/Comedy.html Christian and Muslim comics show believers that faith sometimes is best shared through laughter – especially when it's at themselves] {{wayback|url=http://www.icfresno.org/Media/Comedy.html |date=20060629120502 |df=y }}</ref> American comedian and comedy writer<ref>[http://www.allahmademefunny.com/press/iol05april2005.html “Allah Made Me Funny!” – A Popular Muslim-American Comedy]. IslamOnline.net</ref>
* [[Matthew Saad Muhammad]] (formerly Matthew Franklin) – former boxer, converted from Catholicism<ref>[http://www.matthewsaadmuhammed.com/ Matthew Saad Muhammad]</ref>
* [[Matthew Saad Muhammad]] (formerly Matthew Franklin) – former boxer, converted from Catholicism<ref>[http://www.matthewsaadmuhammed.com/ Matthew Saad Muhammad]</ref>
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==N==
==N==
* [[Jamilah Nasheed]] – American politician from [[Missouri]] who currently represents the fifth district of the [[Missouri Senate]]; visited a mosque in Grand Boulevard and eventually converted to Islam after studying<ref>{{citation|url=http://themissouritimes.com/3321/from-the-projects-to-the-capitol-part-two/|title=From the projects to the Capitol, part two}}</ref>
* [[John Nelson (convert)|John Nelson]] – [[Englishman]] sailor who converted to Islam in Morocco before 1583<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/uk_1.shtml |title=Religion & Ethics – Islam in the UK (1500s-present): Before the 20th century |publisher=BBC |date=7 September 2009 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Adam Neuser]] – German [[Lutheran]] pastor who criticized [[antitrinitarian|the doctrine of the trinity]] and was consequently imprisoned<ref>''Lessing's Theological Writings: Selections in Translation'', by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Henry Chadwick, pg.12</ref>
* [[Adam Neuser]] – German [[Lutheran]] pastor who criticized [[antitrinitarian|the doctrine of the trinity]] and was consequently imprisoned<ref>''Lessing's Theological Writings: Selections in Translation'', by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Henry Chadwick, pg.12</ref>
* [[Tech N9ne]] – American rapper born to a Christian mother who converted to Islam during adulthood<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1439/title.tech-n9ne-deeper-than-rap |title=Tech N9ne: Deeper Than Rap |publisher=HipHopDX |date=16 November 2009 |accessdate=5 October 2012}}</ref>
* [[Tech N9ne]] – American rapper born to a Christian mother who converted to Islam during adulthood<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1439/title.tech-n9ne-deeper-than-rap |title=Tech N9ne: Deeper Than Rap |publisher=HipHopDX |date=16 November 2009 |accessdate=5 October 2012}}</ref>
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* [[Öljaitü]] – ruler of the [[Ilkhanate]] dynasty<ref>{{cite book|title=Iran: A Chronological History |first=Saeed |last=Alizadeh|author2=Alireza Pahlavani |author3=Ali Sadrnia |page=137}}</ref>
* [[Öljaitü]] – ruler of the [[Ilkhanate]] dynasty<ref>{{cite book|title=Iran: A Chronological History |first=Saeed |last=Alizadeh|author2=Alireza Pahlavani |author3=Ali Sadrnia |page=137}}</ref>
* [[Occhiali]] – Italian convert<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=-AznJs58wtkC&pg=PA118|title=The Last Great Muslim Empires|author1=H. J. Kissling |author2=Bertold Spuler |author3=N. Barbour |author4=J. S. Trimingham |author5=H. Braun |author6=H. Hartel |page=118}}</ref>
* [[Occhiali]] – Italian convert<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=-AznJs58wtkC&pg=PA118|title=The Last Great Muslim Empires|author1=H. J. Kissling |author2=Bertold Spuler |author3=N. Barbour |author4=J. S. Trimingham |author5=H. Braun |author6=H. Hartel |page=118}}</ref>
* [[Omar Pasha]] (1806–1871) – Ottoman general, born Orthodox<ref>{{cite book|author=Andrew James McGregor|title=A Military History of Modern Egypt: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Ramadan War|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=WrbCziCWJPEC&pg=PA121|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-98601-8|page=121}}</ref>
* [[Omar Pasha]] (1806–1871) – Ottoman general, born Orthodox<ref>{{cite book|author=Andrew James McGregor|title=A Military History of Modern Egypt: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Ramadan War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WrbCziCWJPEC&pg=PA121|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-98601-8|page=121}}</ref>


==P==
==P==
* [[José Padilla (prisoner)|José Padilla]] – also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah; US citizen from Brooklyn, New York; convicted in federal court of aiding terrorists; also known as "the dirty bomber"<ref>http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,262917,00.html</ref>
* [[José Padilla (prisoner)|José Padilla]] – also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah; US citizen from Brooklyn, New York; convicted in federal court of aiding terrorists; also known as "the dirty bomber"<ref>http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,262917,00.html</ref>
* [[Robin Padilla]] – Filipino actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=69182 |title=Robin Padilla opens school for Muslim kids |publisher=Showbizandstyle.inquirer.net |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Naledi Pandor]] – Minister of Science and Technology for [[South Africa]]; converted to Islam and is married to a Muslim man<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.youthvillage.co.za/2013/10/10-things-dont-know-naledi-pandor/|title=10 Things you don't know about Naledi Pandor|publisher=Youth Village}}</ref>
* [[Wayne Parnell]] – South African [[cricketer]]; converted to Islam in January 2011<ref>[http://www.cricket.co.za/news_article.aspx?id=911&section=news&subsection=news_all Statement sent on Behalf of Wayne Parnell] Cricket South Africa</ref>
* [[Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha]] – born to a Christian [[Croats|Croatian]]<ref name="Mladen Klemenčić">{{cite book | last=Klemenčić | first=Mladen | page=88 | title=A Concise atlas of the Republic of Croatia & of the Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina | publisher=Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute (original from University of Michigan Press) | location=Michigan | year=1993 | language= | isbn=}}</ref>
* [[Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha]] – born to a Christian [[Croats|Croatian]]<ref name="Mladen Klemenčić">{{cite book | last=Klemenčić | first=Mladen | page=88 | title=A Concise atlas of the Republic of Croatia & of the Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina | publisher=Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute (original from University of Michigan Press) | location=Michigan | year=1993 | language= | isbn=}}</ref>
* [[Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha]] – Ottoman Grand Vizier<ref name=Andrews>Walter G. Andrews, Najaat Black, Mehmet Kalpaklı.[http://books.google.com/books?id=88nBOTl1BTcC&pg=PA230&dq=Parga%2Bibrahim+Pasha%2Bgreek&hl=el&ei=uCRdTLTeGYWlsAaw-OHuBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22Born%20a%20Greek%20near%20Parga%22&f=false''Ottoman lyric poetry: an anthology.''] University of Washington Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0-295-98595-4, p. 230.</ref>
* [[Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha]] – Ottoman Grand Vizier<ref name=Andrews>Walter G. Andrews, Najaat Black, Mehmet Kalpaklı.[https://books.google.com/books?id=88nBOTl1BTcC&pg=PA230&dq=Parga%2Bibrahim+Pasha%2Bgreek&hl=el&ei=uCRdTLTeGYWlsAaw-OHuBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22Born%20a%20Greek%20near%20Parga%22&f=false''Ottoman lyric poetry: an anthology.''] University of Washington Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0-295-98595-4, p. 230.</ref>
* [[Koca Yusuf Pasha]] – [[Georgian people|Georgian]] [[Grand Vizier]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] who also served as the governor of [[Peloponnese]]<ref>''The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire'', by Alan Palmer, pg. 52</ref>
* [[Koca Yusuf Pasha]] – [[Georgian people|Georgian]] [[Grand Vizier]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] who also served as the governor of [[Peloponnese]]<ref>''The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire'', by Alan Palmer, pg. 52</ref>
* [[Damat Hasan Pasha]] – [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Grand Vizier<ref>{{cite book |author= Evg Radushev, Svetlana Ivanova, Rumen Kovachev - Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ. Orientalski otdel, International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture |title= Inventory of Ottoman Turkish documents about Waqf preserved in the Oriental Department at the St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library |publisher= Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ |year= 2003 |page= 224 |isbn= 954-523-072-X |quote= Hasan Pasa (Damad-i- Padisahi), Greek convert from Morea. }}</ref>
* [[Damat Hasan Pasha]] – [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Grand Vizier<ref>{{cite book |author= Evg Radushev, Svetlana Ivanova, Rumen Kovachev - Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ. Orientalski otdel, International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture |title= Inventory of Ottoman Turkish documents about Waqf preserved in the Oriental Department at the St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library |publisher= Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ |year= 2003 |page= 224 |isbn= 954-523-072-X |quote= Hasan Pasa (Damad-i- Padisahi), Greek convert from Morea. }}</ref> He converted to Islam early on at the [[Enderun School]] through the [[Devşirme]] Christian child tax system.<ref>{{cite book |author= Evg Radushev, Svetlana Ivanova, Rumen Kovachev - Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ. Orientalski otdel, International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture |title= Inventory of Ottoman Turkish documents about Waqf preserved in the Oriental Department at the St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library |publisher= Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ |year= 2003 |page= 224 |isbn= 954-523-072-X |quote= Hasan Pasa (Damad-i- Padisahi), Greek convert from Morea. }}</ref>
* [[Mehmed Ali Pasha (marshal)|Mehmed Ali Pasha]] – German-born Chief of Staff of the Ottoman Army<ref>{{citation|title=The Crescent and the Eagle: Ottoman Rule, Islam and the Albanians, 1874-1913|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=wPOtzk-unJgC&pg=PA49|quote=''..Marshal Mehmed Ali Pasa (1827-78), originally a German named Karl Detroit who had come to Istanbul at the age of fifteen and converted to Islam.''|page=49|author=George Gawrych}}</ref>
* [[Moralı Enişte Hasan Pasha]] – [[Greek people|Greek]] Ottoman [[Grand Vizier]]<ref>{{cite book |author= Evg Radushev, Svetlana Ivanova, Rumen Kovachev – Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ. Orientalski otdel, International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture |title= Inventory of Ottoman Turkish documents about Waqf preserved in the Oriental Department at the St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library |publisher= Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ |year= 2003 |page= 224 |isbn= 954523072X |quote= Hasan Pasa (Damad-i- Padisahi), Greek convert from Morea. }}</ref>
* [[Moralı Enişte Hasan Pasha]] – [[Greek people|Greek]] Ottoman [[Grand Vizier]]<ref>{{cite book |author= Evg Radushev, Svetlana Ivanova, Rumen Kovachev – Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ. Orientalski otdel, International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture |title= Inventory of Ottoman Turkish documents about Waqf preserved in the Oriental Department at the St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library |publisher= Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ |year= 2003 |page= 224 |isbn= 954523072X |quote= Hasan Pasa (Damad-i- Padisahi), Greek convert from Morea. }}</ref>
* [[Judar Pasha]] – conqueror of the [[Songhai Empire]]<ref>Davidson, Basil. Africa in History. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.</ref>
* [[Judar Pasha]] – conqueror of the [[Songhai Empire]]<ref>Davidson, Basil. Africa in History. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.</ref>
* [[Raghib Pasha]] – [[Greeks|Greek]] [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] politician who served as [[Prime Minister of Egypt]];<ref>{{cite book |author= Mohamed, Duse |title=In the land of the pharaohs: a short history of Egypt from the fall of Ismail to the assassination of Boutros Pasha |publisher=D. Appleton and company |year= 1911|page=xii |oclc=301095947 |quote= PRIME MINISTERS * Ragheb Pasha was Prime Minister from July 12, 1882 }}</ref> converted to Islam from Christianity<ref>{{cite book |author= Schölch, Alexander |title= Egypt for the Egyptians!: the socio-political crisis in Egypt, 1878–1882 |publisher= Ithaca Press |year= 1981 |page= 326 |isbn= 0903729822 |quote= Isma'il Raghib was born in Greece in 1819; the sources differ over his homeland. After first being kidnapped to Anatolia, he was brought as a slave to Egypt in 1246 (1830/1), by Ibrahim Pasha, and there he was 'converted' from Christianity}}</ref>
* [[Raghib Pasha]] – [[Greeks|Greek]] [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] politician who served as [[Prime Minister of Egypt]];<ref>{{cite book |author= Mohamed, Duse |title=In the land of the pharaohs: a short history of Egypt from the fall of Ismail to the assassination of Boutros Pasha |publisher=D. Appleton and company |year= 1911|page=xii |oclc=301095947 |quote= PRIME MINISTERS * Ragheb Pasha was Prime Minister from July 12, 1882 }}</ref> converted to Islam from Christianity<ref>{{cite book |author= Schölch, Alexander |title= Egypt for the Egyptians!: the socio-political crisis in Egypt, 1878–1882 |publisher= Ithaca Press |year= 1981 |page= 326 |isbn= 0903729822 |quote= Isma'il Raghib was born in Greece in 1819; the sources differ over his homeland. After first being kidnapped to Anatolia, he was brought as a slave to Egypt in 1246 (1830/1), by Ibrahim Pasha, and there he was 'converted' from Christianity}}</ref>
* [[Soliman Pasha (al-Faransawi)|Suleiman Pasha]] – French-born [[Egypt under Muhammad Ali and his successors|Egyptian]] commander<ref>{{cite web|author=Paul Sève |url=http://soliman-pacha.ifrance.com/biograph.htm |title=Biographie |publisher=Soliman-pacha.ifrance.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Zağanos Pasha]] – one of the prominent [[military commander]]s of [[Mehmet II]] (Mehmet the Conqueror) and a ''lala'', at once an advisor, [[mentor]], [[tutor]], [[councillor]], [[wiktionary:protector|protector]], for the [[sultan]]<ref>The Genoese in Galata: 1453–1682, Louis Mitler, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 10, No. (Feb. 1979), pp. 71–91.</ref>
* [[Zağanos Pasha]] – one of the prominent [[military commander]]s of [[Mehmet II]] (Mehmet the Conqueror) and a ''lala'', at once an advisor, [[mentor]], [[tutor]], [[councillor]], [[wiktionary:protector|protector]], for the [[sultan]]<ref>The Genoese in Galata: 1453–1682, Louis Mitler, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 10, No. (Feb. 1979), pp. 71–91.</ref>
* [[St. John Philby]] – [[Arabist]], explorer, writer, and British colonial office [[spy|intelligence operative]]; converted from Anglicanism<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9059645 Philby, H. Saint John]. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2 July 2007.</ref>
* [[Bilal Philips]] – Islamic scholar and author<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bilalphilips.com/bilal_pages.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=240 |title=Dr.Bilal Philips' Official website |publisher=Bilalphilips.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Marmaduke Pickthall]] – famous translator of the [[Quran]]<ref>[http://library.dartmouth.edu/guides/sub.php?page_id=721&subject_id=201&section_id=2 Islamic Studies : A Research Guide] {{wayback|url=http://library.dartmouth.edu/guides/sub.php?page_id=721&subject_id=201&section_id=2 |date=20080119021628 |df=y }}</ref>
* [[Mauro Poggia]] – [[Swiss-Italian]] convert; politician and a lawyer and a member of the [[Geneva Citizens' Movement]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Me Mauro Poggia ou la course en tandem du battant solitaire |url=http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu/mauro-poggia-course-tandem-battant-solitaire-2009-11-02 |newspaper=[[Tribune de Genève]] |date=3 November 2009 |accessdate=29 October 2011}}</ref>
* [[Vyacheslav Polosin]] – Russian academic and former priest of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.themodernreligion.com/convert/convert_polosin.htm|title=Russian Archpriest Viacheslav Polosin Converts to Islam}}</ref>
* [[Vyacheslav Polosin]] – Russian academic and former priest of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.themodernreligion.com/convert/convert_polosin.htm|title=Russian Archpriest Viacheslav Polosin Converts to Islam}}</ref>
* [[Sean Price]] – [[United States|American]] rapper who converted in 2009<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1975/title.sean-price-interviews-scarface-they-discuss-religion-emceeing-ultimate-rap-collaborations|title=Sean Price Interviews Scarface: They Discuss Religion, Emceeing & Ultimate Rap Collaborations}}</ref>
* [[Poncke Princen]] – Dutch soldier and human rights activist; converted from Catholicism<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etan.org/et2002a/march/01-9/05ponke.htm |title=Ponke, a human rights hero, is dead |publisher=Etan.org |date=28 February 2002 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Poncke Princen]] – Dutch soldier and human rights activist; converted from Catholicism<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etan.org/et2002a/march/01-9/05ponke.htm |title=Ponke, a human rights hero, is dead |publisher=Etan.org |date=28 February 2002 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>

==Q==
* [[William Abdullah Quilliam]] – 19th-century British poet, ambassador and journalist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/people/law/whqllm.htm |title=William Henry ('Sheikh Abdullah') Quilliam, 1856 |publisher=Isle-of-man.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>


==R==
==R==
* [[Ilie II Rareş]] – prince of Moldavia<ref>''The Historians' History of the World'', by Henry Smith Williams, p. 137, published 1907</ref>
* [[Ilie II Rareş]] – prince of Moldavia<ref>''The Historians' History of the World'', by Henry Smith Williams, p. 137, published 1907</ref>
* [[Ahmad Rashād]] – [[Emmy]] award-winning sportscaster (mostly with [[NBC Sports]]) and former [[American football]] [[wide receiver]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/ahmad-rashad/person/4497/biography.html |title=Ahmad Rashad Bio – Ahmad Rashad Biography – Ahmad Rashad Stories |publisher=Tv.com |date=2 June 2009 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vikingstickets.com/main/players/Ahmad+Rashad |title=Minnesota Vikings Football Tickets – Vikings Football |publisher=Vikings Tickets |date=19 November 1949 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Richard Colvin Reid]] – "shoe bomber"; convicted terrorist<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,203478,00.html |title=The Shoe Bomber's World |publisher=TIME |date=16 February 2002 |accessdate=7 April 2010 | first=Michael | last=Elliott}}</ref>
* [[Richard Colvin Reid]] – "shoe bomber"; convicted terrorist<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,203478,00.html |title=The Shoe Bomber's World |publisher=TIME |date=16 February 2002 |accessdate=7 April 2010 | first=Michael | last=Elliott}}</ref>
* [[Jan Janszoon|Murat Reis]] or [[Jan Janszoon]] – [[Dutch people|Dutch]] Barbary corsair who was an admiral for the [[Republic of Salé]]; converted from Christianity; became a very active Muslim missionary who tried to convert his fellow Christian Europeans<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=F-_lr6ozg5cC&pg=PA24|title=The Devil's Anarchy: The Sea Robberies of the Most Famous Pirate Claes G. Compaen|author=Stephen Snelders|page=24|quote=''After his conversion, Jansz. proselytized actively for his new faith, trying to convert Christian slaves...''}}</ref>
* [[Jan Janszoon|Murat Reis]] or [[Jan Janszoon]] – [[Dutch people|Dutch]] Barbary corsair who was an admiral for the [[Republic of Salé]]; converted from Christianity; became a very active Muslim missionary who tried to convert his fellow Christian Europeans<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=F-_lr6ozg5cC&pg=PA24|title=The Devil's Anarchy: The Sea Robberies of the Most Famous Pirate Claes G. Compaen|author=Stephen Snelders|page=24|quote=''After his conversion, Jansz. proselytized actively for his new faith, trying to convert Christian slaves...''}}</ref>
* [[Franck Ribéry]] – French football player; his name after he converted to Islam is Bilal<ref>[http://worldcup.sportinglife.com/football/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/06/07/04/WORLDCUP_France_Ribery.html RIBERY HAILS GREAT ZIDANE: Sporting Life 2006 World Cup Finals in Germany, Breaking News, Features, Cannavaro, Zidane, Lippi, Domenech, Buffon, Vieira, Henry] {{wayback|url=http://worldcup.sportinglife.com/football/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/06/07/04/WORLDCUP_France_Ribery.html |date=20090415205558 |df=y }}</ref>
* [[Yvonne Ridley]] – British journalist, from Anglicanism; converted after being kidnapped and released by the Taliban<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3673730.stm "Yvonne Ridley: From captive to convert"], by Hannah Bayman, BBC News (online), 21 September 2004</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northeast/series4/yvonne_ridley_iraq.shtml |title=BBC Inside Out – Yvonne Ridley |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=6 October 2003 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Yvonne Ridley]] – British journalist, from Anglicanism; converted after being kidnapped and released by the Taliban<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3673730.stm "Yvonne Ridley: From captive to convert"], by Hannah Bayman, BBC News (online), 21 September 2004</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northeast/series4/yvonne_ridley_iraq.shtml |title=BBC Inside Out – Yvonne Ridley |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=6 October 2003 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Robert of St. Albans]] – English [[Knights Templar|templar knight]] who converted to Islam from Christianity in 1185 and led an army for [[Saladin]] against the [[Crusades|Crusaders]] in [[Jerusalem]]<ref>''Pirates and the Lost Templar Fleet'', by David Hatcher Childress, pg. 94</ref>
* [[Robert of St. Albans]] – English [[Knights Templar|templar knight]] who converted to Islam from Christianity in 1185 and led an army for [[Saladin]] against the [[Crusades|Crusaders]] in [[Jerusalem]]<ref>''Pirates and the Lost Templar Fleet'', by David Hatcher Childress, pg. 94</ref>
* [[Hamza Robertson]] – [[England|English]] singer<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=0213123820612-2011-02-13|title=Pop stars of Muslim world continuing rise up charts|publisher=Daily News|others=Anatolia News Agency}}</ref>
* [[Roger Garaudy]] – French philosopher
* [[Baron Omar Rolf von Ehrenfels]] – baptised as Rolf Werner Leopold von Ehrenfels; changed his name; prominent [[Austrians|Austrian]] personality; decided to convert to Islam around 1926<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.discoveringislam.org/umar_ehrenfels.htm|title=Dr. Umar Rolf Baron Ehrenfels (Austria)}}</ref>
* [[Baron Omar Rolf von Ehrenfels]] – baptised as Rolf Werner Leopold von Ehrenfels; changed his name; prominent [[Austrians|Austrian]] personality; decided to convert to Islam around 1926<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.discoveringislam.org/umar_ehrenfels.htm|title=Dr. Umar Rolf Baron Ehrenfels (Austria)}}</ref>


==S==
==S==
* [[Salman the Persian]] – convert from Christianity;<ref>{{cite book | last = Spellman | first = Kathryn | author-link = Kathryn Spellman | title = Religion and nation: Iranian local and transnational networks in Britain | page = 145 | publisher = Berghahn Books | location = New York | year = 2004 | isbn = 9781571815767 }}</ref> previously Zoroastrian
* [[Salman the Persian]] – convert from Christianity;<ref>{{cite book | last = Spellman | first = Kathryn | author-link = Kathryn Spellman | title = Religion and nation: Iranian local and transnational networks in Britain | page = 145 | publisher = Berghahn Books | location = New York | year = 2004 | isbn = 9781571815767 }}</ref> previously Zoroastrian
* [[Ahmed Santos (militant)|Ahmed Santos]] – [[Philippines|Filipino]], fugitive, founder of the [[Rajah Solaiman Movement]]; converted from Catholicism<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1128/p07s02-woap.html |title=In Philippines, watchful eye on converts |publisher=Csmonitor.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/philippines/110_philippines_terrorism_the_role_of_militant_islamic_converts.pdf |title=Militant Islamic Converts And Terrorism in the Philippines |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080709041652/http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/philippines/110_philippines_terrorism_the_role_of_militant_islamic_converts.pdf |archivedate = 9 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=4690 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |publisher=Tkb.org |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415194413/http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=4690 |archivedate=15 April 2009 }}</ref>
* [[Ahmed Santos (militant)|Ahmed Santos]] – [[Philippines|Filipino]], fugitive, founder of the [[Rajah Solaiman Movement]]; converted from Catholicism<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1128/p07s02-woap.html |title=In Philippines, watchful eye on converts |publisher=Csmonitor.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/philippines/110_philippines_terrorism_the_role_of_militant_islamic_converts.pdf |title=Militant Islamic Converts And Terrorism in the Philippines |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080709041652/http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/philippines/110_philippines_terrorism_the_role_of_militant_islamic_converts.pdf |archivedate = 9 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=4690 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |publisher=Tkb.org |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415194413/http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=4690 |archivedate=15 April 2009 }}</ref>
*[[Ratna Sarumpaet]] – Indonesian stagewright, director, and actress<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Winet |first=Evan Darwin |year=2007 |title=Sarumpaet, Ratna (1949&nbsp;–) |encyclopedia=The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama |editor-last=Cody |editor-first=Gabrielle |publisher=Columbia University Press |location=New York |volume=2 |isbn=978-0-231-14424-7|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=aQqOKWmjdQUC |pages=1190–1191 |ref=harv}}</ref>
*[[Ratna Sarumpaet]] – Indonesian stagewright, director, and actress<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Winet |first=Evan Darwin |year=2007 |title=Sarumpaet, Ratna (1949&nbsp;–) |encyclopedia=The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama |editor-last=Cody |editor-first=Gabrielle |publisher=Columbia University Press |location=New York |volume=2 |isbn=978-0-231-14424-7|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=aQqOKWmjdQUC |pages=1190–1191 |ref=harv}}</ref>
* [[Scarface (rapper)|Brad Terrence Jordan ("Scarface")]] – American [[rapper]]<ref>Arnold, Paul W. (2007-11-18) [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.936/title.scarface-guess-whos-back Scarface interview – AllHipHop.com]. Hiphopdx.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-25.</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.hiphopscriptures.com/scarface/|title=Scarface Digital Biography}}</ref>
* [[Mario Scialoja]] – Italian ambassador; President of the World Muslim League<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4745863.stm |title=Europe &#124; Italy prepares for new terrorism |publisher=BBC News |date=4 August 2005 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Mario Scialoja]] – Italian ambassador; President of the World Muslim League<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4745863.stm |title=Europe &#124; Italy prepares for new terrorism |publisher=BBC News |date=4 August 2005 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Betty Shabazz]] – wife of [[Malcolm X]]; former Methodist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/shabazz_b.htm |title=Free Resources – Black History – Biographies – Betty Shabazz |publisher=Gale |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Betty Shabazz]] – wife of [[Malcolm X]]; former Methodist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/shabazz_b.htm |title=Free Resources – Black History – Biographies – Betty Shabazz |publisher=Gale |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
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* [[Ahmad Faris Shidyaq]] – Lebanese scholar, writer and journalist; [[Maronite Church|Maronite]] convert to Islam<ref>''The holy cities, the pilgrimage and the world of Islām: a history from the earliest traditions until 1925'' (1344H), pg. 310, by Ghālib ibn ʻAwaḍ Quʻayṭī (al-Sulṭān), Sultan Ghalib al-Qu'aiti</ref>
* [[Ahmad Faris Shidyaq]] – Lebanese scholar, writer and journalist; [[Maronite Church|Maronite]] convert to Islam<ref>''The holy cities, the pilgrimage and the world of Islām: a history from the earliest traditions until 1925'' (1344H), pg. 310, by Ghālib ibn ʻAwaḍ Quʻayṭī (al-Sulṭān), Sultan Ghalib al-Qu'aiti</ref>
* [[Mimar Sinan]] – [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] architect; converted to Islam and trained as an officer of the [[Janissary]] corps<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=8Zp_5IydPGgC&pg=PA59|page=59|title=Illustrated Dictionary of the Muslim World|author=Marshall Cavendish Reference}}</ref>
* [[Mimar Sinan]] – [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] architect; converted to Islam and trained as an officer of the [[Janissary]] corps<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=8Zp_5IydPGgC&pg=PA59|page=59|title=Illustrated Dictionary of the Muslim World|author=Marshall Cavendish Reference}}</ref>
* [[Anthony Small]] – professional boxer<ref>{{cite news|last=Sabey|first=R.|title=Champ to chump: Muslim who abused troops is ex-British boxing ace|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3020416/Muslim-who-abused-troops-is-ex-British-boxing-ace.html|accessdate=1 October 2010|newspaper=[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]|date=19 June 2010|location=London}}</ref>
* [[Sokollu Mehmed Pasha]] (1506–1578) – Ottoman statesman; born Orthodox, converted through [[devşirme]]<ref>{{cite book| last=Dvornik| first=Francis| year=1962| title=The Slavs in European History and Civilization| publisher=Rutgers University Press| location=New Brunswick, New Jersey| isbn=0-8135-0799-5| page=356}}</ref>
* [[Sokollu Mehmed Pasha]] (1506–1578) – Ottoman statesman; born Orthodox, converted through [[devşirme]]<ref>{{cite book| last=Dvornik| first=Francis| year=1962| title=The Slavs in European History and Civilization| publisher=Rutgers University Press| location=New Brunswick, New Jersey| isbn=0-8135-0799-5| page=356}}</ref>
* [[Henry Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley]] – British convert<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=ggQqBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA18|title=Loyal Enemies: British Converts to Islam, 1850-1950|author=Jamie Gilham}}</ref>
* [[Sean Stone]] – son of Oliver Stone; documentary producer<ref>http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16173541</ref>
* [[Daniel Streich]] – Swiss military instructor, community council member and a former member of Swiss People's Party who led the campaign for the national ban on the construction of new minarets<ref name=20minuten>{{cite web |url=http://www.20min.ch/news/schweiz/story/27286120 |language=German |title=20 Minuten Online – Ex-SVPler: "Schweiz braucht mehr Moscheen" – Schweiz |date=23 November 2009 |publisher=[[20 Minuten]] |accessdate=23 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/sicherheits-risiko-fuer-unsere-armee-134102 |language=German |title=Muslime in Uniform: Sicherheits-Risiko für unsere Armee? - Schweiz - News - Blick.ch |author=Von Michael Scharenberg |date=November 11, 2009 |publisher=[[Blick]]o |accessdate=December 23, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Daniel Streich]] – Swiss military instructor, community council member and a former member of Swiss People's Party who led the campaign for the national ban on the construction of new minarets<ref name=20minuten>{{cite web |url=http://www.20min.ch/news/schweiz/story/27286120 |language=German |title=20 Minuten Online – Ex-SVPler: "Schweiz braucht mehr Moscheen" – Schweiz |date=23 November 2009 |publisher=[[20 Minuten]] |accessdate=23 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/sicherheits-risiko-fuer-unsere-armee-134102 |language=German |title=Muslime in Uniform: Sicherheits-Risiko für unsere Armee? - Schweiz - News - Blick.ch |author=Von Michael Scharenberg |date=November 11, 2009 |publisher=[[Blick]]o |accessdate=December 23, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Kösem Sultan]] – powerful and influential woman in the [[Ottoman Empire]]<ref name="Hogan, Christine 2006 74">{{cite book |author=Hogan, Christine |title= The Veiled Lands: A Woman's Journey Into the Heart of the Islamic World |publisher=Macmillan Publishers Aus |year= 2006 |page=74 |isbn= 9781405037013 |quote= Kosem was born on the Macedonian island of Tinos, where she was born as Anastasia, the daughter of a Macedonian Orthodox priest. Captured by slavers, she was sent to Istanbul by Bosna beylerbeyi}}</ref><ref name="Freely, John 1996 215">{{cite book |author=Freely, John |title= Istanbul: the imperial city |publisher=Viking |year= 1996 |page= 215 |isbn= 0-14-024461-1 |quote= Then around 1608 Ahmet found a new favourite, a Macedonian girl named Anastasia, who had been captured on the island of Tinos and sent as a slave to the Harem, where she took the name of Kosem }}</ref>
* [[Kösem Sultan]] – powerful and influential woman in the [[Ottoman Empire]]<ref name="Hogan, Christine 2006 74">{{cite book |author=Hogan, Christine |title= The Veiled Lands: A Woman's Journey Into the Heart of the Islamic World |publisher=Macmillan Publishers Aus |year= 2006 |page=74 |isbn= 9781405037013 |quote= Kosem was born on the Macedonian island of Tinos, where she was born as Anastasia, the daughter of a Macedonian Orthodox priest. Captured by slavers, she was sent to Istanbul by Bosna beylerbeyi}}</ref><ref name="Freely, John 1996 215">{{cite book |author=Freely, John |title= Istanbul: the imperial city |publisher=Viking |year= 1996 |page= 215 |isbn= 0-14-024461-1 |quote= Then around 1608 Ahmet found a new favourite, a Macedonian girl named Anastasia, who had been captured on the island of Tinos and sent as a slave to the Harem, where she took the name of Kosem }}</ref>
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* [[Abu Tammam]] – 9th-century Arab poet born to Christian parents<ref>Ibn Ab̄i Tahir Ṭāyfūr and Arabic writerly culture a ninth-century bookman in Baghdad Routledge Curzon ''Studies in Arabic and Middle-Eastern Literatures: A Ninth-century Bookman in Baghdad'', by Shawkat M. Toorawa, pg. 94</ref>
* [[Abu Tammam]] – 9th-century Arab poet born to Christian parents<ref>Ibn Ab̄i Tahir Ṭāyfūr and Arabic writerly culture a ninth-century bookman in Baghdad Routledge Curzon ''Studies in Arabic and Middle-Eastern Literatures: A Ninth-century Bookman in Baghdad'', by Shawkat M. Toorawa, pg. 94</ref>
* [[Tekuder]] – [[Mongol]] leader of the [[Ilkhanate|Ilkhan empire]]; formerly a [[Nestorian Christian]]<ref>''A history of the Crusades'', by Steven Runciman, pg. 397</ref>
* [[Tekuder]] – [[Mongol]] leader of the [[Ilkhanate|Ilkhan empire]]; formerly a [[Nestorian Christian]]<ref>''A history of the Crusades'', by Steven Runciman, pg. 397</ref>
* [[Joe Tex]] – soul singer and recording artist<ref>{{Cite news|author=AP |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E7DB1E39F937A2575BC0A964948260 |title=Joe Tex, 47, Recording Artist And Soul Singer for 30 Years |publisher=New York Times |date=14 August 1982 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Danny Thompson]] – English [[double bass]] player; converted from Catholicism<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/musicshow/stories/2007/1948816.htm |title=The Music Show – 24 February 2007 – Danny Thompson |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=24 February 2007 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Danny Thompson]] – English [[double bass]] player; converted from Catholicism<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/musicshow/stories/2007/1948816.htm |title=The Music Show – 24 February 2007 – Danny Thompson |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=24 February 2007 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Joseph T. Thomas|Joseph Thomas]] – Australian convert, acquitted of terrorism charges, placed under a control order under the [[Australian Anti-Terrorism Act 2005]], currently pending retrial<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Thomas-convicted-under-terror-laws/2006/02/26/1140888736669.html Thomas convicted under terror laws], ''[[Four Corners (TV program)|Four Corners]]'', 27 February 2006</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=ABC staff|title=Thomas to face retrial on terrorism charges|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1815446.htm|work=ABC online|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=20 December 2006|accessdate=20 December 2006}}</ref>
* [[Joseph T. Thomas|Joseph Thomas]] – Australian convert, acquitted of terrorism charges, placed under a control order under the [[Australian Anti-Terrorism Act 2005]], currently pending retrial<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Thomas-convicted-under-terror-laws/2006/02/26/1140888736669.html Thomas convicted under terror laws], ''[[Four Corners (TV program)|Four Corners]]'', 27 February 2006</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=ABC staff|title=Thomas to face retrial on terrorism charges|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1815446.htm|work=ABC online|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=20 December 2006|accessdate=20 December 2006}}</ref>
* [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]] – British musician, best known for his guitar playing and songwriting<ref>Humphries, Patrick, ''Richard Thompson&nbsp;— The Biography'', Schirmer, 1997. ISBN 0-02-864752-1</ref>
* [[Gabriele Torsello]] – Italian [[freelance]] photojournalist based in London who was abducted in [[Helmand Province]], Afghanistan<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6061236.stm |title=South Asia &#124; Afghan kidnappers 'want convert' |publisher=BBC News |date=18 October 2006 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Mihnea Turcitul]] – [[List of Wallachian rulers|Prince]] ([[Voivode]]) of [[Walachia]]; converted from Eastern Orthodox Christianity<ref>Ştefan Ştefănescu, ''Istoria medie a României'', [[Bucharest]], Vol. I, 1991, p.164</ref>
* [[Mihnea Turcitul]] – [[List of Wallachian rulers|Prince]] ([[Voivode]]) of [[Walachia]]; converted from Eastern Orthodox Christianity<ref>Ştefan Ştefănescu, ''Istoria medie a României'', [[Bucharest]], Vol. I, 1991, p.164</ref>
* [[Anselm Turmeda]] – [[Majorca]]n writer, [[Franciscan|Franciscan friar]]<ref>''Juan Goytisolo and the Poetics of Contagion'', pg.133, by Stanley Beck</ref>
* [[Anselm Turmeda]] – [[Majorca]]n writer, [[Franciscan|Franciscan friar]]<ref>''Juan Goytisolo and the Poetics of Contagion'', pg.133, by Stanley Beck</ref>
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==U==
==U==
* [[Ismael Urbain]] – French journalist and [[interpreter]]<ref>Michel Levallois, [http://books.google.com/books?id=hXOybMerye4C&printsec=frontcover ''Ismaÿl Urbain (1812–1884) : une autre conquête de l'Algérie''], ed. Maisonneuve & Larose, 2001, ISBN 2-7068-1533-7, pages, 33-36</ref>
* [[Ismael Urbain]] – French journalist and [[interpreter]]<ref>Michel Levallois, [https://books.google.com/books?id=hXOybMerye4C&printsec=frontcover ''Ismaÿl Urbain (1812–1884) : une autre conquête de l'Algérie''], ed. Maisonneuve & Larose, 2001, ISBN 2-7068-1533-7, pages, 33-36</ref>
* [[Abu Usamah]] – American-born Imam of [[Green Lane Masjid]] in Birmingham, UK; accused of preaching messages of hate towards non-Muslims in a UK television documentary<ref>{{Cite news|author=Stephen Brook |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/aug/08/broadcasting.race |title=newspaper report on police investigation into undercover mosque program. Wednesday August 8, 2007 |publisher=Guardian |date= 8 August 2007|accessdate=7 April 2010 | location=London}}</ref>
* [[Abu Usamah]] – American-born Imam of [[Green Lane Masjid]] in Birmingham, UK; accused of preaching messages of hate towards non-Muslims in a UK television documentary<ref>{{Cite news|author=Stephen Brook |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/aug/08/broadcasting.race |title=newspaper report on police investigation into undercover mosque program. Wednesday August 8, 2007 |publisher=Guardian |date= 8 August 2007|accessdate=7 April 2010 | location=London}}</ref>


==V==
==V==
* [[Gustavo Victoria]] – Colombian football player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internetspor.com/v3/futbol/haber.php?haberID=65009|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071208082422/http://www.internetspor.com/v3/futbol/haber.php?haberID=65009|title=Rizeli futbolcu ve eşi müslüman oldu|date=December 7, 2007|publisher=internetspor|archivedate= December 8, 2007}}</ref>
* [[Bryant Neal Vinas]] – participated in and supported [[al-Qaeda]] plots in Afghanistan and the US, and helped al-Qaeda plan a bomb attack on the [[Long Island Rail Road|LIRR]]<ref name="pow">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/nyregion/24terror.html|title=U.S. Recruit Reveals How Qaeda Trains Foreigners |last=Powell|first=Michael|date=23 July 2009|work=The New York Times|accessdate=26 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Bryant Neal Vinas]] – participated in and supported [[al-Qaeda]] plots in Afghanistan and the US, and helped al-Qaeda plan a bomb attack on the [[Long Island Rail Road|LIRR]]<ref name="pow">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/nyregion/24terror.html|title=U.S. Recruit Reveals How Qaeda Trains Foreigners |last=Powell|first=Michael|date=23 July 2009|work=The New York Times|accessdate=26 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Rudolf Carl von Slatin]] – Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the [[Sudan]]; later reverted to Catholicism<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9068158 Slatin, Rudolf Karl, Baron von]. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 3 July 2007.</ref>
* [[Rudolf Carl von Slatin]] – Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the [[Sudan]]; later reverted to Catholicism<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9068158 Slatin, Rudolf Karl, Baron von]. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 3 July 2007.</ref>
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==W==
==W==
* [[Siraj Wahaj]] – former Baptist,<ref>''Islam in America'', by Jane I. Smith, pg. 196</ref> African-American imam, noted for his efforts to eliminate [[Brooklyn]]'s drug problems<ref>Kohn, Rachael. [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/relig/spirit/stories/s129522.htm The Black imam of Brooklyn]</ref>
* [[Siraj Wahaj]] – former Baptist,<ref>''Islam in America'', by Jane I. Smith, pg. 196</ref> African-American imam, noted for his efforts to eliminate [[Brooklyn]]'s drug problems<ref>Kohn, Rachael. [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/relig/spirit/stories/s129522.htm The Black imam of Brooklyn]</ref>
* [[Jack Ward]] – [[England|English]] pirate and inspiration for captain [[Jack Sparrow]] in the movie ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Celebrities/Galleries/Which-Celebrities-Have-Converted-to-Islam.aspx?p=9|title=Captain Jack Sparrow - Judge for yourself!|publisher=beliefnet}}</ref>
* [[Alexander Russell Webb]] – former [[Presbyterian]],<ref>''Islam in America'', by Jane I. Smith, pg. 189</ref> American journalist, newspaper owner, and former Consul-General of the US in the Philippines<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salaam.co.uk/themeofthemonth/june02_index.php?l=32 |title=Conversion: Islam, the growing religion |publisher=Salaam.co.uk |date=1 October 1916 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-160168134.html |title=The "Yankee Mohammedan": Alexander Russell Webb and the |publisher=Encyclopedia.com |date=1 January 2007 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Alexander Russell Webb]] – former [[Presbyterian]],<ref>''Islam in America'', by Jane I. Smith, pg. 189</ref> American journalist, newspaper owner, and former Consul-General of the US in the Philippines<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salaam.co.uk/themeofthemonth/june02_index.php?l=32 |title=Conversion: Islam, the growing religion |publisher=Salaam.co.uk |date=1 October 1916 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-160168134.html |title=The "Yankee Mohammedan": Alexander Russell Webb and the |publisher=Encyclopedia.com |date=1 January 2007 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Suhaib Webb]] – American Islamic activist and speaker<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunnipath.com/about/shaykhsuhaib.aspx |accessdate=15 March 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231154949/http://www.sunnipath.com/about/shaykhsuhaib.aspx |archivedate=31 December 2006 }}</ref>
* [[Suhaib Webb]] – American Islamic activist and speaker<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunnipath.com/about/shaykhsuhaib.aspx |accessdate=15 March 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231154949/http://www.sunnipath.com/about/shaykhsuhaib.aspx |archivedate=31 December 2006 }}</ref>
* [[Dawud Wharnsby]] (David Wharnsby) – Canadian singer and poet<ref>[http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Browse.asp?hGuestID=2djsjt IslamonLine.net<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/wharnsby |title=Dawud Wharnsby – Colorado – Folk Rock / Acoustique / A'cappella – www.myspace.com/wharnsby |publisher=MySpace.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[John Whitehead (singer)|John Whitehead]] – American singer, songwriter, and record producer<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/639/000047498/ John Whitehead] at the [[NNDB|Notable Names Database]]</ref>
* [[Danny Williams (boxer)|Danny Williams]] – British boxer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2005/10/07/danny_williams_071005_feature.shtml |title=Beds Herts and Bucks – Sport – Williams on boxing: I am not supposed to do it! |publisher=BBC |date=18 July 2005 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Danny Williams (boxer)|Danny Williams]] – British boxer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2005/10/07/danny_williams_071005_feature.shtml |title=Beds Herts and Bucks – Sport – Williams on boxing: I am not supposed to do it! |publisher=BBC |date=18 July 2005 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Sonny Bill Williams]] – New Zealand rugby union Rep player (All Blacks) and NZ representative Rugby League player (Kiwis)<ref>[http://ozymandiaswarning.com/sonny-bill-converts-to-islam/]</ref>
* [[Sonny Bill Williams]] – New Zealand rugby union Rep player (All Blacks) and NZ representative Rugby League player (Kiwis)<ref>[http://ozymandiaswarning.com/sonny-bill-converts-to-islam/]</ref>
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==X==
* [[Malcolm X]] – American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist; converted from Christianity to the Nation of Islam and later to mainstream Sunni Islam<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/11422926/Malcolm-Xs-assassination-robbed-the-world-of-a-Muslim-civil-rights-visionary.html|title=Malcolm X's assassination robbed the world of a Muslim civil rights visionary|author=Tim Stanley|publisher=telegraph}}</ref>
* [[Malcolm X]] – American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist; converted from Christianity to the Nation of Islam and later to mainstream Sunni Islam<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/11422926/Malcolm-Xs-assassination-robbed-the-world-of-a-Muslim-civil-rights-visionary.html|title=Malcolm X's assassination robbed the world of a Muslim civil rights visionary|author=Tim Stanley|publisher=telegraph}}</ref>
* [[Abel Xavier]] – former Portuguese professional footballer; converted to Islam with his new name Faisal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goal.com/en/news/91/portugal/2009/12/24/1707641/abel-xavier-quits-football-and-converts-to-islam|title=Abel Xavier Quits Football And Converts To Islam|accessdate=30 December 2009|publisher=Goal.com}}</ref>


==Y==
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* [[Felixia Yeap]] – former model and Catholic of Chinese heritage; converted to Islam in 2013<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/former-playboy-bunny-felixia-yeap-3820497|author=Alex Wellman|title= Former Playboy bunny Felixia Yeap announces 'rebirth' following conversion to Islam}}</ref>
* [[Felixia Yeap]] – former model and Catholic of Chinese heritage; converted to Islam in 2013<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/former-playboy-bunny-felixia-yeap-3820497|author=Alex Wellman|title= Former Playboy bunny Felixia Yeap announces 'rebirth' following conversion to Islam}}</ref>
* [[James Yee]] – previously [[Lutheran]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Parker |first=Laura |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-05-16-yee-cover_x.htm |title=The Ordeal of Chaplain Lee |publisher=Usatoday.com |date=16 May 2004 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref> and former US Army Muslim chaplain<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/09/20/chaplain.arrest/ CNN.com – U.S. Army Muslim chaplain arrested – September 22, 2003] {{wayback|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/09/20/chaplain.arrest/ |date=20080905040902 |df=y }}</ref>
* [[James Yee]] – previously [[Lutheran]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Parker |first=Laura |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-05-16-yee-cover_x.htm |title=The Ordeal of Chaplain Lee |publisher=Usatoday.com |date=16 May 2004 |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref> and former US Army Muslim chaplain<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/09/20/chaplain.arrest/ CNN.com – U.S. Army Muslim chaplain arrested – September 22, 2003] {{wayback|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/09/20/chaplain.arrest/ |date=20080905040902 |df=y }}</ref>
* [[Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer)|Mohammad Yousuf]] – Pakistani cricketer; known for holding the world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year; converted fromCatholicism<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/43650.html |title=Mohammed Yousuf |publisher=Content-usa.cricinfo.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer)|Mohammad Yousuf]] – Pakistani cricketer; known for holding the world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year; converted from Catholicism<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/43650.html |title=Mohammed Yousuf |publisher=Content-usa.cricinfo.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Hamza Yusuf]] – American convert from [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]] to Sunni Islam; co-founder of the [[Zaytuna College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6057297 |title=Convert Plays Leadership Role in Muslim Community |publisher=NPR |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Hamza Yusuf]] – American convert from [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]] to Sunni Islam; co-founder of the [[Zaytuna College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6057297 |title=Convert Plays Leadership Role in Muslim Community |publisher=NPR |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>

==Z==
* [[Mohammed Zakariya]] – American master of [[Arabic calligraphy]], best known for his work on the popular [[Eid ul-Fitr|Eid]] US postage stamp<ref>{{cite web|last=Lea |first=Brooke |url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20040709-000002.html |title=The Soul Searcher |publisher=Psychology Today |date= |accessdate=7 April 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112175933/http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20040709-000002.html |archivedate=12 January 2009 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of converts to Islam]]
{{Lists of converts}}
{{Lists of converts}}


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