Jermaine, who converted to Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Abdul-Aziz, appeared on "Celebrity Big Brother" in 2007.

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Sims references a little better by the name of Muhammad Yunus, who launched the microfinancing industry with Grameen Bank and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.

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He bought the marketing rights to boxer Muhammad Ali's name.

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Muhammad Dahlan's name is often touted.

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Once upon a time there was a prizefighter named Cassius Clay who changed his faith and his name, to Muhammad Ali.

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In Brussels, the capital of the European Union, Muhammad has been the most popular name for new-born boys for the past four years.

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Other assets held by CKX include the rights to the name, image and likeness of Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali.

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But our focus today is on the name atop HSBC's Global Shariah Advisory Board: Muhammad Taqi Usmani.

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Engravings and inlays of silver and gold depict hunting and court scenes, animals real and make-believe, enthroned kings and courtiers and, unusually, the name of the basin's maker, "master Muhammad ibn al-Zayn may he be forgiven, " appears six times.

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So, for example, "Muhammad" often becomes "Mohamed, " the way Tunisians in the 1940s tended to spell the name.

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