Hussein
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Hussein (also spelled Husayn and Husain) is a common Middle Eastern name especially among Shiite Muslims, because of the popularity of Hussein bin Ali, the grandson of Muhammad and the Shi'ites' third Imam.
Hussein refers to:
- Persons named Hussein
- The Hussein Royal Family in Jordan
- King Hussein (1935–1999), King of Jordan
- Alia al Hussein (1948–1977), third wife of King Hussein of Jordan
- Ali bin Hussein (1975–), son of King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife
- Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941–), second wife of King Hussein of Jordan
- The Saddam Hussein Family in Iraq
- Saddam Hussein (1937–), deposed President of Iraq
- Qusay Hussein (1966–2003), son
- Uday Hussein (1964–2003), son
- Raghad Hussein (1967–), daughter
- Rana Hussein (1969–), daughter
- Hala Hussein (1979–), daughter
- Others
- Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein (1956–), pretender to the throne of Iraq
- Taha Hussein (1889–1973), Egyptian writer and Arabic literary scholar
- Ali bin Hussein (1879–1935), King of Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca 1924–1925
- First name Hussein
- Hussein bin Ali ([?]–1931) Sherif and Emir of Mecca 1908–1917, king of Arabia
- Hussein Fahmy (1940–), Egyptian actor
- Hussein Kamel (contemporary), son-in-law of Saddam Hussein
- Hussein Onn, (1922–1990), third Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Hussein Rushdi Pasha (1863–1928), Prime Minister of Egypt 1914–1919
- Other
- Al Hussein, Iraqi missile