Mousavi (surname) explained
Mousavi is a surname. It is also spelled Moosavi, Moussaoui, Moussavi and Moussawi. The word is an adjective in Arabic which means descendants of Musa. Notable people with the name include:
Politics
- Abbas al-Musawi (c.1952–1992), Lebanese Muslim cleric and leader of Hezbollah
- Abdolrahim Mousavi, Iranian general
- Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi Leader of TNFJ, Pakistan
- Fakhraddin Mousavi (1930–2021), Iranian judge and politician
- Farid Mousavi, Iranian politician
- Mir-Hossein Mousavi (born 1942), Iranian politician
- Mohammad Vaez Mousavi (born 1964), Iranian cleric and politician
- Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini (1902—1989), Iranian politician who came to power after the 1979 Iranian revolution.
- Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, Iranian diplomat
- Salam Adil, Iraqi communist politician
Sport
Other people
- Farshid Moussavi (born 1965), Iranian-born British architect
- Granaz Moussavi (born 1946), Iranian-born Australian poet, film director and screenwriter
- Ibrahim Mousawi (born 1965), Lebanese journalist
- Hamid Hussain Musavi (1830–1888), Indian scholar
- Jamaluddin Mousavi (born 1976), Afghan TV presenter
- Muhammad Quli Musavi (1775–1844), Indian scholar
- Mohammad Mofti-ol-shia Mousavi (1928–2010), Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja
- Seyed Ali Mousavi, nephew of Mir-Hossein Mousavi who was killed during the 2009 Iranian election protests
- Syed Askar Mousavi (born 1956), Afghan author
- Sayyed Razi Mousavi (1963–2023), Iranian major general in the IRGC's Quds Force
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