Famous People with Name Sultan

Duli Yang Maha Mulia Baginda Al-Mutawakkil Alallah            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Duli Yang Maha Mulia Baginda Al-Mutawakkil Alallah: in Johor Bahru was the eighth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (roughly equivalent to King) of Malaysia from April 26, 1984 to April 25, 1989, and fourth Sultan of Johor.The eldest son of Sultan Ismail ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim by Sultanah Ungku Tun Aminah binti Ungku Paduka Bena Sri Maharaja Utama Ahmad, the prince was named Tunku Mahmood Iskandar. However, popular belief was that as all other Sultans of Johor with the name "Mahmood" met with an uneasy end, he dropped his first name upon succeeding his father on May 10, 1981. In reality, since the reign of Sultan Ibrahim, the official royal emblem was a monogram with the letters 'S' & 'I' denoting his name ' Sultan Ibrahim' of which all of the eldest sons in the royal family was to have a name starting with the initial 'I' and thus Sultan Iskandar retained the monogram during his reign. This is also followed by the current 'Tunku Mahkota' or crown prince Tunku Ibrahim Ismail and his eldest son Tunku Ismail, the Raja Muda or the third in-line to the throne.

Sultan Muhammad            Origin/Culture/Country: Pakistan

Sultan Muhammad: a Pakistani film actor who firmly established himself as the biggest film personality from Pakistan in Punjabi films during the 1970s and 1980s. He was mostly popular among low educated people in Punjab, Pakistan.Some of his major films include Maula Jatt, Sher Khan, Chan Veryam, Kaley Chore, and The Godfather. His extremely successful film career came to a tragic end on January 9, 1996, when he was shot and killed by unidentified persons in a highway robbery on G.T. road near Gujranwala. He was on his way back to Lahore from Islamabad. At the time of death, he was 58 years old. To this day his murder is unsolved.

Sultan Husayn Kamil            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Sultan Husayn Kamil: was the Sultan of Egypt and Sudan from December 19, 1914 - October 9, 1917, during the British occupation which lasted from 1882-1922.

Sultan Borisovich Khuranov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Sultan Borisovich Khuranov: is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Angusht Nazran.

Sultan Al-Bishi            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Sultan Al-Bishi: is a football (soccer) player who currently plays as a defender for Al-Hilal.

Dan Sultan            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Dan Sultan: is an Australian singer. He plays what he calls rock'n'roll and is often called world music.With Scott Wilson he has released an album called Homemade Biscuits with the help of John Butler's Seed program.

Syed Sultan            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Syed Sultan: was a well known Bangladeshi writer and poet during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His birth place is not known. He was a resident of Patiya village under Chakrashala Chakla in Chittagong. He lived in Laskarpur (Paragalpur), Chittagong for several years.Sultan’s best known work is Nabibangsha. His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, and higher secondary Bengali Literature in Bangladesh.

Mohammad Sultan            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Mohammad Sultan: was a Bangladeshi politician and language activist of the Bengali Language Movement. Mohammad Sultan was inspired by Quit India movement in his youth and joined in Pakistan Movement in 1946. In 1948, he helped to organize the Language Movement in Rajshahi. He joined the Jubo League in 1951 and became the joint secretary of its central committee. He also took part in the Language Movement from Dhaka University in 1952 and at the end of the year became the Chairman of the newly born Students' Union. He worked extremely hard to establish the Union and continued his work at the Jubo League. After the separation of political party NAP, Sultan joined the faction led by Maulana Bhasani. Later he started publishing political literature with M.R.Akhtar Mukul. He was a lifetime member of Bangla Academy and vice-chairman of Bangladesh Book Publishers Committee.