This is a list of notable people who have completely memorized the Quran. A person who has memorized the Quran is called a hafiz, with the female equivalent being hafiza, plural huffaz. This list is not a representative sampling of huffaz. * Ali al-Hamadani "very early boyhood" * Hafez * Sayyid Qutb by the age of 10 * Aurangzeb, 6th Mughal emperor * Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais - Imam of Masjid al-Haram, memorized the Qur'an by the age of 12 * Abd-al-Aziz ibn Abd-Allah ibn Baaz * Omar Khadr, Canadian Guantanamo detainee who memorized the Quran during his captivity * Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer and intellectual, memorized the Qur'an at age nine * Thoriq Rahmat, Indonesian scholar who has won the Late King Sheikh Jassim bin Mohamed of Qatar International Qur’an Competition in 2017 and won a 28,000$ prize. Memorized the Hbook at the age of 10. * Timur, Central Asian warlord * , Turkish president *