Famous People with Name Taqi

Taqi Al-Din            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Taqi Al-Din: a major Turkish[1] Muslim scientist, astronomer, engineer, inventor and philosopher. He is the author of several texts on astronomy, astrology, optics, and clocks.

Taqi Al-Din Ahmad Ibn 'Ali Ibn 'Abd Al-Qadir Ibn M            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Taqi Al-Din Ahmad Ibn 'Ali Ibn 'Abd Al-Qadir Ibn M: was one of the first historians of Arab nationalism. Born of Lebanese-Egyptian parentage and a Christian (Greek Orthodox) Arab, he served in the British Mandate of Palestine. His 1938 book The Arab Awakening was written as Palestine was slipping from Arab control. His book generated an ongoing debate over such issues as the origins of Arab nationalism, the significance of the Arab Revolt of 1916, and the machinations behind the post - World War I political settlement in the Middle East.

Taqi Al-Din Muhammad Ibn Ma'ruf Al-Shami Al-Asadi            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Taqi Al-Din Muhammad Ibn Ma'ruf Al-Shami Al-Asadi: was a major Ottoman Turkish[1] or Arab[2] Muslim polymath: a scientist, astronomer and astrologer, engineer and inventor, clockmaker and watchmaker, physicist and mathematician, botanist and zoologist, pharmacist and physician, Islamic judge and Mosque timekeeper, Islamic philosopher and theologian, and Madrasah teacher. He was the author of more than 90 books on a wide variety of subjects, including astronomy, astrology, clocks, engineering, mathematics, mechanics, optics and natural philosophy,[3][4] though only 24 of those works have survived.[4] He was widely regarded by his contemporaries in the Ottoman Empire as "the greatest scientist on earth".[5][6]