• A

• Abd al Malik - birth name Régis Fayette-Mikano — French rapper of Congolese origins.

• Abd al Haqq Kielan - Swedish cleric.

• Abdallah Schleifer - prominent Middle East expert, former NBC Cairo Bureau chief, and a professor of TV journalism at the American University in Cairo who converted to SufiIslam.

• Abdul Alim Musa - Muslim activist and director of Masjid Al-Islam in Washington, D.C.

• Abdul Waheed (Don Stewart-Whyte) - accused of participating in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot.

• Abdullah Ibrahim - South African Jazz musician.

• Ahmad Jamal - Jazz pianist.

• Ajdin Muzaka - was the commander in the Battle of Torvioll.

• Ali Shaheed Muhammad - member of A Tribe Called Quest.

• Alys Faiz - human rights and peace activist; converted at the time of her marriage to Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

• Amir Butler- author, engineer and Islamic activist.

• Anthony Mundine - Australian Boxer, Former 2 time Super Middleweight Champion.

• Antoni Aleksander Iliński - a Polish-Ottoman military officer and general.

• Apisai Tora - Fijian politician.

  B

• Batool Al-Toma - Irishwoman who is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism.

• B.G. Knocc Out - American west coast rapper.

• Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan - born Yvette Blanche Labrousse, Miss France 1930, wife of Aga Khan III.

• Bob Denard - French mercenary.

• Busta Rhymes - American rapper, songwriter and actor

• C

• Celestino Caballero - Boxer and former Super Bantamweight Champion.

• Charles John Pelham (Abdul Mateen)- 8th Earl of Yarborough.

• Christian Ganczarski- Head of "al Qaeda in Europe".

• Christopher de Bellaigue - British journalist and author

• Colleen LaRose - alleged intended assassin of Danish cartoonist Lars Vilks.

• Craig Hodges - former NBA player.

• D

• Divine Styler - American hip-hop musician.

• Dwight Muhammad Qawi - Former boxing world Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight champion.

• Divya Bharti (Late) Indian Actress married with Sajid Nadiadwala.

• E

• Edoardo Agnelli - eldest son of Gianni Agnelli, the industrialist patriarch of Fiat.

• Lady Evelyn Cobbold - Scottish noblewoman.

• Everlast - Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter.

• F

• Frithjof Schuon - Swiss-German metaphysician, poet, painter, philosopher and leading figure of the perennialist school.

• G

• Gary Legenhausen - American philosopher and writer.

• Ghostface Killah - member of the Wu-Tang Clan.

• Gigi Gryce - American saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator.

• Gustave-Henri Jossot - French caricaturist, illustrator and Orientalist painter.

• H.

• H. Rap Brown - civil rights activist.

• Henry Klassen - famous scientist in the field of stem cells (Harvard University).

• I

• Ibrahim Hooper (Douglas Hooper) - Islamic activist, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)..

• Idris Muhammad - American jazz musician.

• Iliaş Colceag - Moldavian military commander in the Ottoman and Russian Empire.

• Isabelle Eberhardt - explorer and writer.

• J.

• Jadel Gregório - a Brazilian athlete.

• James Achilles Kirkpatrick - was the British Resident in Hyderabad.

• Jemima Goldsmith daughter of the billionaire Sir James, who was married to Imran Khan

• Jesse of Kakheti - a ruler of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1614 to 1615.

• Johann von Leers - advisor to Muhammad Naguib known for his anti-Semitic polemics.

• Jonathan H. Smith (Lil Jon) - American rapper.

• Jose Ignacio Peleteiro (Jota) -Former football player (Spain).

• Juan Carlos Gomez - Former Cruiserweight Boxing Champion.

• Julia Volkova - Russian singer and actress best known as a member of the Russian pop duo, t.A.T.u., along with Lena Katina.

• K

• Khaled Edward Blair - British barrister, later married Princess Badiya bint Al Hassan of Jordan.

• Khalid Sheldrake - an English pickle manufacturer who established a branch of the Western Islamic Association in South Shields in 1930.

• L

• Larry Johnson - retired American professional basketball player.

• Lauren Booth - a British broadcaster, journalist and human rights activist.

• Li Nu - a Chinese scholar in the Ming dynasty who visited Persia, converted to Islam, married a Persian or an Arab girl and brought her back to Quanzhou in Fujian.

• Lim Yew Hock - Singapore’s second Chief Minister from 1956 to 1959.

• Lewis Arquette - actor and father of actors David Arquette and Rosanna Arquette; father-in-law of actress Courtney Cox.

• M

• MC Ren - American rapper and hip-hop producer.

• Malcolm X - American to Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam, African-American civil rights leader.

• Malik ul Salih - established the first Muslim state of Samudera Pasai.

• Maryam Jameelah - formerly Margret Marcus. Author of many books covering several subjects, including Modernism, Sociology, History, Jihad, Theology and Technology.

• Maurice Béjart - French choreographer.

• Mike Tyson (Malik Abdul Aziz) - former heavyweight boxing champion of the world.

• Mohammed Knut Bernström - Swedish ambassador.

• Michael Wolfe - American poet, author, and the President and Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation.

• Michael X - civil rights activist in the United Kingdom

• N

• Nahshid Sulaiman - alternative hip hop artist.

• Nur al-Anwar al-Jerrahi (born Lex Hixon) - syncretist, Sufi convert, and co-founder of the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order in the United States.

• O

• Omar Ong Yoke Lin - (1917–2010) Malaysian politician, former government minister and founder of the Malaysian Chinese Association.

• Baron omar Rolf von Ehrenfels - Austrian anthropologist and orientalist.

• Omar Epps - American actor, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

• P

• Philippe Fragione - French rapper and producer of French hip hop.

• Philippe Grenier - (1865–1944) French doctor, first Muslim MP in France.

• Q

• Q-Tip - North American hip-hop emcee, actor, and hip hop producer who was the leader of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest.

• R

• Robert "Kool" Bell - musician.

• Robert D. Crane - former Presidential advisor and ambassador.

• Rodrigo de Triana - sailor and the first European since the Vikings known to have seen America who converted to Islam from Judaism or Christianity.

• Ronald Bell - musician.

• Rory McLeod - British snooker player.

• S

• Sahib Shihab - American jazz saxophonist and flautist.

• Saida Miller Khalifa - British author who was originally called Sonya Miller.

• Shaheed Akbar - notable rapper who converted to Islam.

• Shaun King (and his wife Rai King) - American writer and activist .

• Sonny Bill Williams - Former NRL player and current All Black, Professional boxer.

• Stephen Schwartz - American journalist, columnist, and author.

• Susanne Osthoff - German archaeologist who had worked in Iraq since 1991 and had been taken captive there for three weeks.

• Sharmila Tagore - Indian film actress. Converted after marriage to M A Patudi.

  T

• Thomas J. Abercrombie - famous photographer and writer for National Geographic

• Tiara Jacquelina - Malaysian actress.

• Titus Burckhardt - Swiss writer and scholar.

• Tony Hussein Hinde - Australian-born Maldivian surfer and surfing pioneer who converted to Islam.

• U

• Uri Davis - an academic and activist who works on civil rights in Israel, Palestinian National Authority and the Middle East.

  V

• Vernel Fournier - jazz drummer.

  W

• Walt Hazzard - former NBA player.

  Y

• Yusef Lateef - American Jazz musician.

• Z

Stay tuned as this list grows and is regularly updated with the inspiring stories of new reverts to Islam.