Mousavi (surname)

Mousavi is a surname. It is also spelled Moosavi, Moussaoui, Moussavi and Moussawi. The word is an adjective in Arabic which means descendants of Musa. Notable people with the name include:

• Abbas al-Musawi (c.1952–1992), Lebanese Muslim cleric and leader of Hezbollah
• Abdolrahim Mousavi, Iranian general
• Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi Leader of TNFJ, Pakistan
• Fakhraddin Mousavi (1930–2021), Iranian judge and politician
• Farid Mousavi, Iranian politician
• Mir-Hossein Mousavi (born 1942), Iranian politician
• Mohammad Vaez Mousavi (born 1964), Iranian cleric and politician
• Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini (1902—1989), Iranian politician who came to power after the 1979 Iranian revolution.
• Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, Iranian diplomat
• Salam Adil, Iraqi communist politician

• Ahmad Mousavi (born 1992), Iranian football player
• Ali Mousavi (born 1976), Iranian football player
• Alireza Mousavi (born 1990), Iranian handball player
• Danial Mousavi (born 1997), Iranian football player
• Hussain Al-Moussawi (born 1988), Kuwaiti football player
• Iman Mousavi (born 1989), Iranian footballer
• Kaveh Mousavi (born 1985), Iranian athlete
• Mohammad Mousavi (born 1987), Iranian volleyball player
• Seyed Ayoub Mousavi (born 1995), Iranian weightlifter

• Farshid Moussavi (born 1965), Iranian-born British architect
• Granaz Moussavi (born 1946), Iranian-born Australian poet, film director and screenwriter
• Ibrahim Mousawi (born 1965), Lebanese journalist
• Hamid Hussain Musavi (1830–1888), Indian scholar
• Jamaluddin Mousavi (born 1976), Afghan TV presenter
• Muhammad Quli Musavi (1775–1844), Indian scholar
• Mohammad Mofti-ol-shia Mousavi (1928–2010), Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja
• Seyed Ali Mousavi, nephew of Mir-Hossein Mousavi who was killed during the 2009 Iranian election protests
• Syed Askar Mousavi (born 1956), Afghan author
• Sayyed Razi Mousavi (1963–2023), Iranian major general in the IRGC's Quds Force

• Al-Musawi
• Musavi (name)
• Rana Mousabi
• Zacarias Moussaoui

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Mousavi.
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