- Dr Ahmed Nazif , Prime Minister of Egypt (2004-)
- Professor Ahmed H. Zewail , the winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry
- Sheik Ahmed Yassin , former leader of Palestinian Hamas
- Ahmed Chalabi , leader of the Iraqi National Congress.
- Ahmed Shah Massoud , an Afghan (Tajik/Persian) military leader who played a leading role in driving the Soviet army out of Afghanistan.
- Ahmed Qurei , Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority
- Ahmed Al-Nami , terrorist.
- Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh , terrorist.
- Ahmed Al-Haznawi , terrorist.
- Fazel Ahmed Manawi , Deputy Justice on the Supreme Court of Afghanistan.
- Ahmad Fanakati , financial officer of the Mongol Empire
- Ahmed I , sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Ahmed II , sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Ahmed III , sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Ahmed Hassan Al-Bakr , former president of Iraq
- Ahmed Ben Bella , the first President of Algeria
- Ahmed Sanjar , a ruler of the Seljuk Turks
- Ahmad Ibn Rustah , Persian chronicler (born in Isfahan, Persia)
- Ahmed Köprülü , Ottoman Grand Vizier of the Köprülü family
- Ahmed Yesevi , a leader of Sufi mysticism
- Ahmed Cevdet Pasha , Ottoman statesman
- Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam
- Ahmed Hulusi , Journalist, Islamthinker
- Iajuddin Ahmed , the President of Bangladesh
- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi , Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Ahmad Tejan Kabbah , President of Sierra Leone
- Omar Hasan Ahmad Al-Bashir , President of Sudan
- Jabir Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah , emir of Kuwait
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah , Prime Minister of Kuwait
- Ahmed Sékou Touré
- Ahmed Maher
- Ahmed Akbar
- Ahmad Shukeiri
- Ahmad , West Coast hip hop performer
- Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi , British actor
- Adnan Ahmed , Adnan Ahmed from Montreal, Canada
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