Abd al-Rahman al-Fasi (1631–1685), Moroccan writer on law, history, astronomy and music Sheikh Muhammad Abdolrahman, Persian physician Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1753–1825), Somali–Egyptian scholar and chronicler Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di (1889–1956), Islamic scholar, jurist, exegete, and Arabic grammarian Abd al-Rahman al-Rafai (1889–1966), Egyptian historian Omar Abdul Rahman (academic) (born 1932), Malaysian scientific adviser Abdulrahman al-Ansary (born 1935), Saudi archaeologist Abdul Rahman Al-Athel (born 1940), Saudi engineering professor Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al-Samawi (born 1946), Yemeni economist Megat Burhainuddin bin Megat Abdul Rahman, Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer of MAHSA University College in Malaysia