49 Notable alumni of King Saud University

Bashier Dimalaang Manalao or known to be Mostaqbal, a Maranao people, Islamic preacher and was elected vice-governor then succeeded by law the governor of Lanao del Sur in the Philippines following the death of former governor Mamintal Adiong Sr. in 2004. He took his Islamic degree (Arabic: كوليت) at King Saud University.

Deemah bint Yahya AlYahya is a Saudi tech diplomat and digital economy expert. In 2021, she was elected as the founding Secretary-General of the Digital Cooperation Organization, an international intergovernmental organization founded in 2020 by Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia, leading the multilateral organization focusing on fostering international cooperation among key stakeholders to accelerate the growth of an...

His Excellency Professor Awad bin Khuzeim Bin Ali Al-Asmari is a Saudi professor of electrical engineering. He served as Rector of Shaqra University since 2016 to August 2020.

Hussain Rasheed Ahmed is a Maldivian Islamic scholar and politician who served as the first president of the Adhaalath Party from 2009 to 2011. He had also served in other positions within the Maldivian government during his career

Abdulaziz bin Mohammed al-Hussan is a Saudi Arabian lawyer and reformist born on March 10, 1981, in Riyadh, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Abdullah Omar Nasseef was a Saudi chemist and geologist. He served as Chief Scout of the Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association, which he joined in 1956.

Dr. Monther Al Kabbani, also known as Monzer al-Qabbani, is a Saudi Arabian writer, novelist, and surgeon born in Riyadh. He is known for his seven bestselling Arabic novels which include The Shadow Government (2006) and Warriors Warlocks Trilogy.

Maha Al Muneef is the executive director of the National Family Safety Program (NFSP) in Saudi Arabia. She is a specialist in pediatric infectious disease, and has worked to spread awareness about domestic violence and victims of child abuse.

Afnan Al-Shuaiby is a Saudi national who is the former Secretary General and Chief Executive of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) in London, England. She has held various positions in Saudi Arabia in education, and foreign companies in the USA. She sits on the boards of many organizations.

Faisal bin Abdulrahman bin Muaammar is the founding Secretary General of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID, based in Vienna) and the King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue (KACND, based in Riyadh). He is also notable as Supervisor General of the King Abdulaziz Public Library (KAPL, based in Riyadh).

Bandar bin Ibrahim Al-Khorayef is the Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources in Saudi Arabia. He was appointed on 30 August 2019 to the newly formed industry that was created from the Ministry of Energy.

Mohammed bin Ali Al-Hayaza is a Saudi chemist and politician, who has been the president of Alfaisal University since 1 March 2015. During his term as president, Alfaisal University has risen from one of the Top 800 (2017) to one of the Top 300 (2020) universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, though the...

Turki Abdullah Al-Shabanah was the Minister of Media in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 27 December 2018 to 25 February 2020. A longstanding media and entertainment executive prior to his appointment, Al Shabanah has run a variety of companies including Rotana. He was ranked by variety magazine as one of the "500 Most Influential Media Personalities of the World"...

Norah bint Abdullah Al Faiz, also spelled Noura Al Fayez, (born 1956) is the first woman to hold a cabinet-level office in Saudi Arabia. She was vice minister of education from 2009 to 2015.

Nasser Al Tayyar Is a Saudi businessman. He is the Founder and Deputy Chairman of Al Tayyar Travel Group. He has interests in many industries, including Leisure, Tourism, Education, Transport, Real Estate, Retail Trading, Hospitality, Aviation and Food and Beverages.

Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen is a Saudi Arabian politician who served as secretary-general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from November 2016, when Iyad bin Amin Madani stepped down for health reasons, to 29 November 2020.

Fahad bin Abdul-Rahman Al-Jalajel is the Minister of Health of Saudi Arabia since 15 October 2021.

Emrullah İşler is a Turkish theologian, university lecturer, and politician. On 25 December 2013, he was appointed as a deputy prime minister in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Mohammed Hasan Alwan is a Saudi Arabian novelist and the Chief Executive Officer of the Literature, Publishing, and Translation Commission affiliated with the Ministry of Culture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, appointed in 2020. He was born in Riyadh and studied Computer Information Systems at King Saud University, obtaining a bachelor's degree in 2002. He also obtained an MBA...

Majid bin Abdullah Al-Hogail is the Minister of Municipalities and Housing of Saudi Arabia. He was appointed as the Minister of Housing in July 2015. In addition, he was also the acting Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs since 25 February 2020, before the ministry merged with the Ministry of Housing. Al-Hogail has also been serving as the chairman of...

Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian businessman and politician who is a member of the Saudi royal family and the inaugural Saudi Arabian Minister of Culture. He is in charge of various key positions directly related to the execution of Saudi Vision 2030. Prior to his appointment as Minister of Culture, he was...

Khawla S. Al-Kuraya is a Saudi physician and cancer specialist. She is a professor of pathology and is director of Human Cancer Genome Research at the King Fahad National Center for Children's Cancer and Research in Riyadh.

Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser is Saudi Arabia's Minister of Transport, appointed by a royal decree on 23 October 2019.

Rashid Al Shamrani is a Saudi Arabian television actor, clinical psychologist and dramatist Writer, known for his role in the Saudi series "Bayny wa bynak" (English: Between me and you) 1 and 2 and 3, Began his artistic career when he was student at the age 17.

Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud is the son of Prince Mosaad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and grandson of King Abdulaziz. He was general president of Saudi Arabia's General Sports Authority from 2014 to 2017.

Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Assaf is a Saudi politician who served as finance minister, foreign minister, and state minister of Saudi Arabia.

Ahmed bin Aqil al-Khateeb is a Saudi Arabian bureaucrat who has been serving as Minister of Tourism of Saudi Arabia since February 2020. He previously led the country's General Entertainment Authority as its inaugural president between May 2016 and June 2018 and was previously Minister of Health from January to April 2015. He is also a former advisor at the...

Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah bin Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian diplomat and politician who has been serving as the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia since 2019. Prince Faisal has also served as the Saudi ambassador to Germany from 27 March 2019 until his appointment as foreign minister by a royal decree issued by King...

Tawfig F. AlRabiah is the current Minister of Hajj and Umrah for Saudi Arabia since 2021. He served as Minister of Health from May 2016 until October 2021. He was the Minister of Commerce and Industry from December 2011 to May 2016.

Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, also known as Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, is a former Saudi racing driver and businessman as well as a member of the House of Saud. Prince Abdulaziz is the Minister of Sports appointed by King Salman with a royal decree on 25 February 2020.

Ahmed bin Fahd Al Saud is a member of Saudi royal family. He was the deputy governor of Eastern province of Saudi Arabia between 2017 and 2023.

Yasir ibn Rashid al-Dawsari is a Saudi Islamic scholar who has served as one of the imams of Masjid al-Haram since 2019. A khatib and qāriʾ, he led Taraweeh and Tahajjud prayers at Masjid al-Haram from 2015 and also served as the imam of several mosques in Riyadh since 1995.

Saud bin Abdullah al-Qahtani is a Saudi Arabian consultant and former royal court advisor. Prior to his dismissal in late 2018, he worked as an advisor to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Adil al-Kalbani is a Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric who served as an Imam of the Great Mosque of Mecca.

Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is the Minister of National Guard in Saudi Arabia. He was appointed to the post on 27 December 2018. He is a member of the House of Saud and one of the grandsons of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz.

Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah is a Saudi pediatric surgeon. He has filled a number of supervisory and advisory roles in Saudi Arabia, including Minister of Health, Advisor to the Royal Court, and Supervisor General of the international aid agency KSRelief.

Nasser bin Qassim Al Qasabi is a Saudi Arabian actor. He started his acting career in 1984 and is known for his various roles in the series Tash Ma Tash (Arabic: طاش ما طاش).

Faisal bin Salman Al Saud is a member of the House of Saud, a grandson of King Abdulaziz and son of King Salman, and was governor of Madinah province in Saudi Arabia from 14 January 2013 to 12 December 2023. Following his tenure as governor, he was appointed as a special advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques,...

Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud is the former deputy minister of defense, a member of the House of Saud, and a grandson of King Abdulaziz.

Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is a Saudi royal who has been the Minister of Interior of Saudi Arabia since 21 June 2017. The position was previously held by his uncle, former Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, whereas his grandfather former Prince Nayef held the position for multiple decades.

Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is a Saudi royal, a grandson of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdulaziz, who has served as the governor of Riyadh since 2015.

Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, also known as MbS, is the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, formally serving as Crown Prince and Prime Minister. He is the heir apparent to the Saudi throne, the seventh son of King Salman, and the grandson of the nation's founder, Ibn Saud.

Uthman bin Muhammad bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Saleh bin Muhammad al-Khamees al-Nasiri al-Tamimi, better known as Othman al-Khamis, is a Kuwaiti Islamic scholar and the current head of the Global Da'wah Council.

Muna AbuSulayman, is an American-born Saudi businesswoman and activist. She is also the former founding Secretary General of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal's Kingdom Holding Company and co-host of the Kalam Nawaem ("Speech of the Soft") television show on the satellite network MBC 1. In August 2013, AbuSulayman was announced as the...

Faisal bin Mishaal Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian politician and writer who has served as the governor of Al-Qassim Region since 29 January 2015. He is the eldest son of Prince Mishaal bin Saud Al Saud, a grandson of King Saud and a great-grandson of King Abdulaziz.

Bandar Al Hajjar is a Saudi Arabian economist and former Hajj minister. He was removed from post over 2015 Hajj stampede.

Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips is a Jamaican-born Canadian Islamic scholar and author who is the founder and chancellor of the International Open University, and who lives in Qatar. He has been described as a Salafi who advocates a traditional, literal form of Islam.

Necmettin Erbakan was a Turkish politician and political theorist who served as the 23rd prime minister of Turkey from 1996 to 1997. He was pressured by the military to step down as prime minister and was later banned from politics by the Constitutional Court of Turkey for purportedly violating the separation of religion and state as mandated by the constitution.