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

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