Bilal (Arabic: بلال) is a masculine Arabic given name, it may refer to:
Given name
Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi (c.580 – c.640), Aksumite Ethiopian whom Muhammad chose as his muezzinBilal (American singer), (born 1979), American r&b/jazz singerBilal (British singer) (born 1993), British-Asian singerBilal (Lebanese singer), (born 1983), Lebanese gypsy singerBilal Abdullah, British doctor of Iraqi descent behind the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attackBilal Asad (born 1978), Pakistani cricketerBilal Bashir, hip hop music producerBilal Clarance, (born 1979), Danish basketball playerBilal Çubukçu, Turkish footballerBilal Duckett (born 1989), American football (soccer) playerBilal Haider (born 1973), Pakistani cricketerBilal ibn al-Harith (? – c.682), companion of MuhammadBilal Hussein, a photojournalistBilal Khan (singer) {born 1986), Pakistani Pop SingerBilal Khan, (1978–2010), Pakistani television actor and modelBilal Khazal, Lebanese Australian suspected member of Al-QaedaBilal Kısa, Turkish footballerBilal Macit (born 1984), Turkish politicianBilal Mohammed (born 1986), Qatari football playerBilal Yusuf Mohammed (born 1983), French football playerBilal Moumen, (born 1990), Algerian football playerBilal Saad Mubarak (born 1972), Qatari shot putterBilal Musharraf, son of Pervez MusharrafBilal Najarin (born 1981), Lebanese football playerBilal Madre, (born 1979), Indian, Creative DesignerBilal Nazki, Indian judgeBilal Aziz Özer, Lebanese-Turkish footballerBilal Philips (born 1947), speaker and author on IslamBilal Powell (born 1988), American football running backBilal Rafiq (born 1985), Pakistani footballerBilal Rifaat (born 1957), Egyptian fencerBilal Shafayat (born 1984), English cricketerBilal Sidibé (born 1978), Mauritanian football playerBilal Skaf, convicted gang rapistBilal Xhaferri (1935–1986) Albanian poet, novelist, political dissident against the Albanian communist regimeCheb Bilal (born Bilal Mouffok), Algerian raï singer
Surname
Charles Bilal, mayor of Kountze, TexasEnki Bilal (born 1951), French comics artist, writer and film directorMohamed Gharib Bilal (born 1945), Zanzibar nuclear scientist, Chief Minister of Zanzibar (1995-2000)Muhammad Ibrahim Bilal, suspected member of a terrorist group dubbed the Portland SevenMuhsen Bilal, Syrian Baathist politicianSheikh Muhammad Rashid Bilal (1907?-1988), Muslim scholar in EthiopiaWafaa Bilal (born 1966), Iraqi-American artist
Places
Bilal, JordanBilal Colony, neighbourhood of Korangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, PakistanBilal Town, Pakistan a suburb of Abbottabad in which the Death of Osama bin Laden occurred
Others
23166 Bilal, main belt asteroidBilal Muslim Mission, international Shi'a twelver organization, established in East Africa
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