Famous People with Name Azra

Azra Akin - Model, Miss World 2002            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Azra Akin - Model, Miss World 2002: Azra Akin is a Turkish model, who was crowned Miss World 2002 at the annual pageant held on December 7, 2002 at Alexandra Palace in London, England, representing Turkey.

Azra Erhat            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Azra Erhat: a Turkish authoress, archaeologist, academician and translator.

Azrack-Yassine Mahamat            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Azrack-Yassine Mahamat: is a Chadian footballer who plays for RCD Espanyol B, as a midfielder. He started his football career at the AJ Auxerre youth academy. On 18 June 2009, after two years solely appearing for the reserves, he left and signed with RCD Espanyol in Spain, being

Dewan Mohammad Azraf            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Dewan Mohammad Azraf: was a teacher, author, politician, journalist, philosopher and advocate of women's progress in East Bengal. In 1993, he was honored as a national professor in Bangladesh. He was also a supporter of the Bengali Language Movement. For his support of the movement he was dismissed form the post of the principal of Sunamganj College in 1954, the same year he was promoted to the post. His support was particularly influential when he edited the Nao Belal in 1948.After his dismissal from Sunamganj College, he taught at various colleges, eventually becoming the principal of Abujar Gifari College in Dhaka, where he served from 1967 to 1980. He taught part time at the departments of Philosophy and Islamic Studies of the University of Dhaka from 1973 to 1990. A supporter of Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, he joined the Muslim League in 1946 in protest of the treatment against Muslim immigrants in Assam, and was elected to the Assam Provincial Committee. He also served 10 months of prison sentence for violation of Section 144.

Yaniv Azran            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yaniv Azran: an Israeli footballer who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel.After finishing the 2005-06 season in Ashdod and seeing little playing time, Nir Klinger signed Azran to a two year contract worth $120,000 a year while managing Paralimni.[2] After a failed stint playing in Cyprus, he returned to Ashdod and finished the season with 15 goals. His achievement did not go unnoticed by European clubs, he was said to be on his way to Spain if he could secure a Polish passport (Azran is of Polish descent on his mother's side).[1]

Mohammad Yousf Azraq            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Mohammad Yousf Azraq: was an Afghan historian and writer who wrote about Afghanistan's history and as well as cultural and theological backgrounds of South Asia and Middle East.Mohammad Yousuf Azraq was born in a peasant family in Logar province of Afghanistan. His father was a farmer and he lost his mother when he was 10 years old. Azraq had an ardent interest for education and knowledge and therefore his maternal uncle made sure Azraq achieved his goals. Azraq was enrolled at the military cadet school of Kabul in 1950 and graduated from Aeiral University with outstanding results and thenceforth was given an honorary scholarship to further his education in the then Soviet Union