- Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (Sharmon Shah) - American, from Christianity, former NFL football player
- Mike Tyson American, former heavyweight boxing champion of the world
- Mohammad Yousuf (Yousuf Youhana) - Pakistani, from Christianity, cricket player
- Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), American, from Christianity to NOI to Sunni Islam to Sufism [2], retired boxer
- Rasheed Wallace - American basketball player
- Muhammad Pickthall (Marmaduke Pickthall) - from Christianity, a translator of the Qur'an
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El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X, Malcolm Little) - American, from
Christianity to NOI to mainstream Islam, African-American civil rights
leader.
- David Chappelle - comedian & television star
- Everlast - American, singer/songwriter
- Ice Cube - Rapper & Actor
- Diana Haddad - Lebanese singer from Christianity
- Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam) - British, from Greek Orthodox Christianity, musician & singer
- Jermaine Jackson (Muhammad Abdul Aziz) - former member of The Jackson 5 and brother of popstars Michael and Janet Jackson
- Mos Def - American rapper & actor
- A. R. Rahman ( A.S. Dileep Kumar) - Indian, from Hinduism, music film composer and director
- Scarface - rapper, producer, from Christianity
- Jemima Goldsmith - British, from Judaism, socialite & ex-wife of Imran Khan
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Ayesha Sultana (Sharmila Tagore) - Bangladeshi-Indian, from Hinduism,
Bollywood actress, converted to marry Mansur Ali Khan, the Nawab of
Pataudi
