Sultan (name)

Sultan

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic, Persian, Turkic
Other names
Related names	Sultanat

Sultan is a male given name and surname

Given name

• Sultan Ali al-Arada (born 1959), Yemeni politician
• Sultan Bahu (c. 1628 – 1691), Muslim Sufi and saint and Punjabi poet
• Sultan Haydar (born 1985), Turkish female long-distance runner
• Sultan Ibragimov (born 1975), Russian boxer
• Sultan bin Mohammed Al Kabeer (born 1954), Saudi royal and businessman
• Sultan Kigab (1955-2024), Sudanese-Canadian swimmer
• Sultan Kösen (born 1982), Turkish World Guinness record holder for tallest living male
• Sultan Ali Lakhani (born 1948), Pakistani businessman
• Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood (born 1940), Pakistani engineer
• Sultan Munadi (1976–2009) Afghan journalist
• Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (born 1965), Emirati military officer, businessman and royal
• Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri (1914–1997), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and teacher
• Sultan Rahi (1938-1996), Pakistani film actor
• Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1928–2011), Saudi royal and government official
• Sultan bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1995), Saudi royal and businessman
• Sultan bin Fahd Al Saud (born 1951), Saudi royal
• Sultan Zarawani (born 1961), Emirati cricketer
• Sultan (rapper) (born 1987), mononym for a French hip hop artist

Surname

• Abida Sultan (1913–2002), member of a royal family in Bhopal, India
• Ameer Sultan (born 1967), Indian film director
• Dan Sultan (born 1983), Australian musician
• Daniel Isom Sultan (1885–1947), American army general
• Faris Al-Sultan (born 1978), German triathlete
• Grete Sultan (1906–2005), German-American pianist
• Sajida Sultan (1915–1995), 12th Nawab Begum of Bhopal, India, sister of Abida Sultan
• Tipu Sultan (journalist) (born c. 1973), Bangladeshi journalist
• Wafa Sultan (born 1958), Syrian-American vocal critic of Islam