This is a list of notable British Muslims.
Academia and education
Haroon Ahmed Emeritus Professor of Microelectronics at the Cavendish Laboratory, the Physics Department of the University of Cambridge Sara Ahmed – Professor of Race and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths and academic working at the intersection of feminist theory, queer theory, critical race theory and postcolonialism Shabbir Akhtar Honorary Research Fellow, Faculty of Theology and Religions at University of Oxford Ash Amin Head of Geography at Cambridge University Ali Ansari university professor at the University of St Andrews Khizar Humayun Ansari – academic who was awarded an OBE in 2002 for his work in the field of race and ethnic relations. Sarah Ansari – professor of history at Royal Holloway, University of LondonProfessor Sarah Ansari. Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 30 May 2015. Tipu Zahed Aziz professor of neurosurgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford; lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford and Imperial College London medical school Reza Banakar – professor of socio-legal studies at the University of Westminster, London Quassim Cassam – Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick Abbas Edalat university professor at Imperial College London Mohammed Ghanbari professor at the University of Essex Joel Hayward – New Zealand-born British scholar of early Islamic history, especially the biography of Muhammad Dilwar Hussain research fellow at The Islamic Foundation in Leicester; co-authored the 2004 book British Muslims Between Assimilation and Segregation; is on the Home Office's committee tackling radicalisation and extremism Musharraf Hussain – scientist, educator and religious scholar, the Chief executive of the Karimia Institute Nottingham. Awarded an OBE by Her Majesty the Queen in 2008 for his services to community relations. Saiful Islam – Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of Bath and a recipient of the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit award. Naila Kabeer – Social economist, research fellow and writer. She works primarily on poverty, gender and social policy issues. Her research interests include gender, poverty, social exclusion, labour markets and livelihoods, social protection, focussed on South and South East Asia. Amir Kassam – visiting professor in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development at the University of ReadingAmir Kassam OBE, FIBiol, CBiol, PhD, MS, BSc (Hons). Ecoport Conservation Agriculture. Retrieved 4 July 2017. Syma Khalid - biophysicist who is a professor of Computational Biophysics in Chemistry at the University of Southampton. Mushtaq Khan – Heterodox economist and Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies. His work focuses on the economics of poor countries, including contributions to the field of institutional economics and South Asian development. Yasmin Khan – historian of British India and associate professor of history at The University of OxfordReviewed by Ian Copland in The American Historical Review, 2008, Vol. 113(5), pp.1508–1509 [Peer Reviewed Journal] Ehsan Masood science writer, journalist and broadcaster; editor of Research Fortnight and Research Europe; teaches International Science Policy at Imperial College London Azra Meadows OBE honorary lecturer in the Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences at The University of Glasgow Ali Mobasheri associate professor and reader at University of Surrey Tariq Modood Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy at the University of Bristol Kalbe Razi Naqvi – British Pakistani physicist, who has been ordinarily resident in Norway since 1977, working as a professor of biophysics in the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Nazneen Rahman – geneticist who specialises in cancer and heads up the Cancer Genetics Clinical Unit at the Royal Marsden. Her research has seen success in identifying genes that cause cancer particularly in women and children. Ziauddin Sardar – scholar, writer and cultural critic Ghulam Sarwar Director of the Muslim Educational Trust; writer on Islam in English, wrote the first English textbook, Islam: Beliefs and Teachings, for madrasah students in Britain, which is used worldwide in religious education classes, especially in British schools Salman SayyidProfessor of Social Theory and Decolonial Thought at the University of Leeds Ghayasuddin Siddiqui academic and political activist Jawed Siddiqi professor emeritus of software engineering at Sheffield Hallam University and political activist Mona Siddiqui – University of Edinburgh Professor of Islamic Studies a Public Understanding; regular contributor to BBC Radio 4, The Times, Scotsman, The Guardian, and The Herald Azim Surani – developmental biologist who has been Marshall–Walton Professor at the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge since 1992, and Director of Germline and Epigenomics Research since 2013. Saeed Vaseghi professor at Brunel University.
Business and finance Abdul Latifrestaurateur known for his dish "Curry Hell". He died in 2008. Adam Kamani – CEO of Kamani Property Group and KM Capital as well as a co-founder of PrettyLittleThing. Afzal KahnBradford-based entrepreneur; owns a specialist car design company; broke records in 2008 for paying £440,000 for a distinctive "F1" number plate; previously showed an interest in purchasing Newcastle football club Ali Parsaformer chief executive officer of private healthcare partnership Circle Alireza Sagharchiprincipal at Stanhope Gate Architecture Amar Latif – Scottish entrepreneur, television personality and professional traveller Aneel Mussarat – property millionaire; his company, MCR Property Group, rents apartments to university students in Manchester and Liverpool Sir Anwar Pervez – Pakistan-born billionaire businessman; 6th richest Asian in Great Britain and the richest Muslim; founder of the Bestway Group Asad Shamim – British businessperson, founder of Furniture in Fashion, and winner of British Muslim Awards in 2019 and 2024. Asif Aziz – London-based billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist. Asim Siddiqui – chairman and a founding trustee of The City Circle Atique Choudhury – restaurateur; his restaurant Yum Yum won Best Thai Restaurant in London at the 2012 Asian Curry Awards Bajloor Rashid MBE – businessman and former president of the Bangladesh Caterers Association Enam Ali MBE – restaurateur; founder of the British Curry Awards and Spice Business Magazine Farad Azima industrialist, inventor and philanthropist. Farshid Moussavifounder of Foreign Office Architects. Firoz Kassam – owned Oxford United F.C. from 1999 to 2006, and was named the 309th wealthiest person in the UK in the Sunday Times Rich List 2009 with an estimated fortune of £180 million. Gulam Noon, Baron Noon – founder of Noon products, manufacturing chilled and frozen ready meals Husna Ahmad – Bangladeshi-born British humanitarian; chief executive officer of the Faith Regen Foundation; sits on the advisory board to the East London Mosque; Dr. Husna Ahmad OBE previously sat on the Department for Work and Pensions' Ethnic Minority Advisory Group Iqbal Ahmed OBE – entrepreneur, chairman and chief executive of Seamark Group'; made his fortune in shrimp; the highest British Bangladeshi to feature on the Sunday Times Rich List (placed at number 511 in 2006) Iqbal Wahhab OBE – entrepreneur, restaurateur, journalist, publisher; founder of Tandoori Magazine and multi-award-winning restaurant Cinnamon Club Taken from the book Starting Your Own Restaurant (Crimson Publishing) Kaveh Alamouti head of Global Macro Citadel LLC; chief executive officer of Citadel Asset Management Europe Mahmud Kamani – billionaire businessman, the co-founder of and joint CEO of Boohoo.com. Mahmoud Khayami, KSSindustrialist; founder of Iran KhodroThe Times Mo Chaudry – born in Pakistan, he was raised in England and went on to become a millionaire businessman in the West Midlands Mohammad Ajman 'Tommy Miah' – internationally renowned celebrity chef, award-winning restaurateur, founder and promoter of the Indian Chef of the Year Competition Mohammad Zahoor – Ukraine-based British-Pakistani billionaire businessman and philanthropist. Mohsin Issa – billionaire, businessman and founder of Euro Garages, a chain of petrol filling stations that operate in the United Kingdom and Europe. Moorad Choudhry – managing director, Head of Business Treasury, Global Banking & Markets at Royal Bank of Scotland plc Mumtaz Khan Akbar – founder and owner of the Mumtaz brand Muquim Ahmed – entrepreneur; became the first Bangladeshi millionaire at the age of 26, due to diversification in banking, travel, a chain of restaurants with the Cafe Naz group, publishing and property development Mustafa Suleyman – entrepreneur, activist and, most notably, the co-founder and Head of Applied AI at DeepMind, an artificial intelligence company acquired by Alphabet. Naguib Kheraj – vice-chairman of Barclays Bank; former boss of JP Morgan Cazenove Chairman of the Aga Khan Foundation based in Karachi Nasser Golzariprincipal at Golzari (NG) Architects. Leepu Nizamuddin Awlia – car engineer and coachbuilder who converts rusty old cars into imitation supercars in a workshop on Discovery Channel reality television programme Bangla Bangers/Chop Shop: London Garage Mohammed Ibrahim Khan – Serial Entrepreneur and a Fintech evangelist Ragib Ali – industrialist, pioneer tea-planter, educationalist, philanthropist, and banker Ruzwana BashirBritish businesswoman, founder and CEO of Peek.com, travel company based in San Francisco, California Shelim Hussain MBEentrepreneur, founder and managing director of Euro Foods (UK) Limited Siraj Alirestaurateur and philanthropist; recipient of the 2011 British Bangladeshi Who's Who "Outstanding Contribution" Award Sultan Choudhurybusinessman; managing director of the Islamic Bank of Britain Syed Ahmed entrepreneur, businessman, and television personality; candidate on BBC reality television programme The Apprentice series two in 2006 Tahir Mohsanfounder of Time Computers, Supanet, Tpad; manages several investment companies from his base in Dubai Tarak Ramzan – founder and CEO of the Quiz womenswear retail chain. Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan OBEmanaging director and Country Head of BOC Bangladesh Limited, one of the first British companies to invest in Bangladesh in the 1950s to produce and supply industrial and medical gases Zuber Issa – billionaire, businessman and founder of Euro Garages, a chain of petrol filling stations that operate in the United Kingdom and Europe.
Entertainment Aasif Mandvi – British-American actor and comedian Abdullah Afzal – actor and stand-up comedian Abid Khan - Director Adil Ray actor, writer and broadcaster. Creator of BBC One sitcom Citizen Khan. Adnan Sami singer, musician, pianist, actor and composer Afshan Azad actress best known for playing the role of Padma Patil in the Harry Potter film series Ahmad Hussain singer-songwriter, executive, Record producer and founder and managing director of IQRA Promotions Ahmed Salim award-winning British producer, known for 1001 Inventions Akram Khan MBE dancer and choreographer; Akram Khan named Outstanding Newcomer 2000, Best Modern Choreography 2002, and Outstanding Male or Female Artist (Modern) 2005 at the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards Akram Khan Alyy Khan film and television actor and host Ali Shahalom comedian who hosts the comedy YouTube channel Aliofficial1 Annie Khalid – English-Pakistani musician and model Aqib Khan actor; played Sajid Khan in the movie West is West Art Malik Pakistani-born British actor who achieved fame in the 1980s through his starring and subsidiary roles in assorted British and Merchant-Ivory television serials and films Asif Kapadia – British filmmaker