List of people who memorized the Quran

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
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