Famous People with Name Iskandar

Iskandar Safa            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Iskandar Safa: is a French businessman of Lebanese origins (Maronite Christian family), who became famous during the Lebanese hostage crisis in 1987-88 and suspected financial transactions of the ransom [1]. He was the director of Triacorps, and also worked with the Sofremi.

Adel Iskandar            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Adel Iskandar: is a British-born Middle East media scholar, postcolonial theorist and academic. He is the author and co-author of several seminal works on Arab media, most prominently the first major analysis of the Arab satellite station Al Jazeera.[1][2]

Aide Iskandar            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Aide Iskandar: is a professional soccer player who plays for Sengkang Punggol and was once the captain of the Singapore national football team, which he led to consecutive Tiger Cup wins in 2005 and 2007. He was also a member of the Singapore team which won the Tiger Cup in 1998.

Irawati Iskandar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indonesian

Irawati Iskandar: is a former Indonesian professional tennis player. She made her debut as a professional in August 1989, aged 19, at the Indonesia Open in Jakarta. She is also sometimes known by her maiden name, Irawati Moerid. Together with partner Lukky Tedjamukti, she

Duli Yang Maha Mulia Baginda Al-Mutawakkil Alallah            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Duli Yang Maha Mulia Baginda Al-Mutawakkil Alallah: in Johor Bahru was the eighth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (roughly equivalent to King) of Malaysia from April 26, 1984 to April 25, 1989, and fourth Sultan of Johor.The eldest son of Sultan Ismail ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim by Sultanah Ungku Tun Aminah binti Ungku Paduka Bena Sri Maharaja Utama Ahmad, the prince was named Tunku Mahmood Iskandar. However, popular belief was that as all other Sultans of Johor with the name "Mahmood" met with an uneasy end, he dropped his first name upon succeeding his father on May 10, 1981. In reality, since the reign of Sultan Ibrahim, the official royal emblem was a monogram with the letters 'S' & 'I' denoting his name ' Sultan Ibrahim' of which all of the eldest sons in the royal family was to have a name starting with the initial 'I' and thus Sultan Iskandar retained the monogram during his reign. This is also followed by the current 'Tunku Mahkota' or crown prince Tunku Ibrahim Ismail and his eldest son Tunku Ismail, the Raja Muda or the third in-line to the throne.