Mecca
Mecca, in a desert valley in western Saudi Arabia, is Islam's holiest city, as it's the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and the faith itself. Only Muslims are allowed in the city, with millions arriving for the annual Hajj (pilgrimage). Dating from the 7th century, the central Masjid al-Haram (Sacred Mosque) surrounds the Kaaba, the cloth-covered cubic structure that's Islam's most sacred shrine.
People born in Mecca (First 49 people) - Page 0
Ridgley C. Powers
American Politician
Theron Moses Rice
Former United States Representative
Adnan Khashoggi
Saudi businessman
Faisal I of Iraq
King
Abdullah I of Jordan
Former King of Jordan
Talal of Jordan
Former King of Jordan
Wallace Fard Muhammad
Bakr bin Laden
Chairperson of the Saudi Binladin Group
Ammar ibn Yasir
Soldier
Abul Kalam Azad
Former Minister of Education of India
Ghazi of Iraq
King
Aliya bint Ali
Queen of Iraq
Turki bin Faisal Al Saud
Saudi Politician
Abdullah ibn Umar
Umar's son
Abd Allah ibn Abbas
Abdullah, Son of Masud
Marwan I
Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair
Adel bin Mohammed Faqih
Former Minister of Health of Saudi Arabia
Saleh Abdullah Kamel
Saudi businessman
Aminé
American rapper
Asma bint Umais
Ja'far ibn Abi Talib's wife
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas
Talhah
Khalid bin Sultan
Former Deputy Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia
Osama Hawsawi
Saudi Arabian footballer
Bilal ibn Rabah
Muezzin
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Saudi Arabian Politician
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah
Saudi surgeon
Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
Imam ‧ Ali's brother
Sa'id bin Zayd
Aqeel ibn Abi Talib
Ali's brother
Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad
Muhammad's daughter
Hafsa bint Umar
Muhammad's wife
Hudhayfah ibn alYaman
Amr ibn Hishām
Zaynab bint Jahsh
Muhammad's wife
Idris I of Morocco
Khaled Al Mosleh
Hassan Azhari
Jalaluddin Hassan's father
Ramla bint Abi Sufyan
Muhammad's wife
Aisha bint Abi Bakr
Muhammad's wife
Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf
Merchant
Aminah bint Wahb
Muhammad's mother
As'ad Samsul Arifin
Iyad bin Amin Madani
General Secretary of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
