Ali Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 18 people with the Ali surname? In that year Ali was ranked number 3561 for popularity in the UK. |
Ali records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Ali family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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Origins and History
New to Family History? Check out our Getting Started page. Check out House Of Names to investigate the origins of the Ali surname or get a copy of the Ali family Crest (a great gift idea!).
DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Ali ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Ali Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Ali Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Ali family tree.
Check out Ali Parish Records at Find My Past.
Look at the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of the Ali family using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Ali family.
Research the Ali surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Ali Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 32518 people with the Ali surname in the UK? Ali is now ranked number 143 for popularity in the UK. |
Ali Genealogy Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Ali family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Ali data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Look at MyTrees for information on the Ali family and people looking to contact living Ali relations.
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Ali Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 21268 people with the Ali surname in the USA? Ali is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Ali Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Ali family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Use the Surname Map project to look at the current distribution of the Ali surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
Some Famous People with the surname of Ali
| Muhammad Ali |  | ! colspan="2" style="background:#d0d0d0; text-align:center;" Statistics! colspan="2" style="background:#d0d0d0; text-align:center;" Boxing recordMuhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. |
| Kilo Ali | | Kilo Ali (born 1972), also known as Kilo, is a rap music artist from Atlanta, Georgia, United States. |
| Tatyana Ali | | Tatyana Marisol Ali (born January 24, 1979) is an American actress and R&B singer, best known for her role as Ashley Banks in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air". |
| Hyder Ali | | Hyder Ali (, "Haidarl?";, "Haidar Al?"; c. |
| Rahman Ali | | Rahman Ali (born July 18, 1943 or 1944) was born as Rudolph Valentino Clay and was known as Rudy Clay. |
| Ali Ali | | (13th Rajab, 24 BH?21st Rama??n, 40 AH; approximately October 23, 598 or 600 or March 17, 599 ? January 27, 661) was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and ruled over the Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661. |
| Salim Ali | | S?lim Ali (November 12, 1896 ? July 27, 1987), born S?lim Moizuddin Abdul Ali, was an Indian ornithologist and naturalist. |
| Chaudhry Muhammad Ali | | Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (Punjabi,; (July 15, 1905 - December 2, 1980) was a Pakistani statesman who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956. |
| Murder of Ibrahim Ali | | The death of Ibrahim Ali (1978 ? February 21 1995) took place in Marseille, France in 1995. |
| Alaa Hussein Ali | | Ala'a Hussein Ali Al-Khafaji Al-Jaber (born "circa" 1948) served at the head of a puppet government in Kuwait during the initial stages of the Gulf War from August 4, 1990 to August 8, 1990. |
| Ayaan Hirsi Ali | | Ayaan Hirsi Ali (;; born Ayaan Hirsi Magan 13 November 1969 in Mogadishu, Somalia) is a Dutch intellectual, feminist activist, writer, and politician. |
| Choudhary Rahmat Ali | | Chaudhary Rahmat Ali (Urdu: ?????? ???? ???) (or Rehmat Ali; Urdu: ???? ???) (November 16 1897 - February 3, 1951) was an Pakistani Muslim nationalist who was one of the earliest proponents of the creation of the state of Pakistan. |
| Ghulam Ali | | Ghulam Ali (, (born 1940) is a Pakistani ghazal singer of the Patiala gharana. |
| Abdullah Yusuf Ali | | Hafiz Abdullah Yusuf Ali (14 April 1872 ? 10 December 1953) was a South Asian Islamic scholar who translated the Qur'an into English. |
| Ahmed Omar Abu Ali | | Ahmed Omar Abu Ali is an American who was convicted of providing material support to the al Qaeda terrorist network and conspiracy to assassinate President George W. |
| Shakir Ali | | Shakir Ali (1914?1975) was a Pakistani artist and teacher. |
| Monica Ali | | Monica Ali (born October 20, 1967) is a British writer of Bangladeshi origin. |
| Kabir Ali | | Kabir Ali (born 24 November 1980 in Moseley, Birmingham) is an English cricketer who plays for Worcestershire. |
| Mehemet Ali | | Mehemet Ali, Pasha (1827 ? 7 September 1878) was a German-born Ottoman soldier. |
| Wijdan Ali | | Princess Wijdan Ali was born in Baghdad, Iraq. |
| Mushtaq Ali | | Syed Mushtaq Ali (December 17, 1914 ? June 18, 2005) was a former Indian cricketer, and an aggressive Test batsman. |
| Azam Ali | | Azam Ali (,) is an Iranian musician/singer, who currently resides in Los Angeles. |
| Dawud Wharnsby Ali | | Dawud Wharnsby Ali (born David Howard Wharnsby, June 27, 1972) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, performer, educator and television personality. |
| Mahershalalhashbaz Ali | | Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (born February 16, 1974) is an American actor. |
| Maulana Shaukat Ali | | Maulana Shaukat Ali was an Indian Muslim nationalist and leader of the Khilafat movement. |
| Asaf Ali | | Asaf Ali (May 11, 1888 ? April 1, 1953) was an Indian independence fighter and noted Indian lawyer. |
| Nazir Ali | | Syed Nazir Ali (June 8, 1906, Jullundur, Punjab ? February 18, 1975, Lahore) was a prominent player from the early days of Indian cricket. |
| Wazir Ali | | Syed Wazir Ali (September 15, 1903, Jullundur, Punjab ? June 17, 1950, Karachi) was a prominent figure in early Indian cricket. |
| Nafisa Ali | | Nafisa Ali (born 18th January 1957) is an actor and social activist from India. |
| Aruna Asaf Ali | | Aruna Asaf Ali (Bengali: ????? ??? ???) (July 16, 1909, Kalka, Haryana?July 29, 1996) (born "Aruna Ganguli"), was an Indian independence activist. |
| Maulana Mohammad Ali | | Maulana Mohammad Ali Jouhar was an Indian Muslim Jurist journalist and poet, and was among the leading figures of the Khilafat Movement. |
| Subhashini Ali | | Subhasini Ali is an Indian politician and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). |
| Basit Ali | | Basit Ali (Urdu: ???? ???) (born December 13, 1970, Karachi, Sind) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 19 Tests and 50 ODIs from 1993 to 1996. |
| Moeen Ali | | Moeen Munir Ali (born June 18, 1987 in Birmingham) is an English cricketer. |
| Sajjad Ali | | "Sajjad Ali" (Urdu: ???? ???. |
| Idriss Arnaoud Ali | | Idriss Arnaoud Ali (born 25 December 1945) is the President of the National Assembly of Djibouti, as well as the Secretary-General of the People's Rally for Progress (RPP). |
| Israr Ali | | Israr Ali (born May 1, 1927) was a member of Pakistan's first Test team that played against India in 1952. |
| Souleiman Miyir Ali | | Souleiman Miyir Ali (born 1961) is a Djiboutian politician and a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Djibouti. |
| Aijaz Ali | | Aijaz Ali (born 20 June 1968) is a Pakistani born American former cricketer. |
| Kadeer Ali | | Kadeer Ali (born 7 March 1983 in Moseley, Birmingham) is an English cricketer who has played for Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, as well as appearing for England A. |
| Naushad Ali | | Naushad Ali Rizvi (Urdu: ????? ??? ????) (born October 1, 1943, Gwalior, British India) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in six Tests in 1965. |
| Rachid Ben Ali | | Rachid Ben Ali (b. |
| Muhammad Yaqub Ali | | Mohammed Yaqub Ali born at Jalandhar in March 1912, received early education at Jalandhar, did his graduation and Law from University of Punjab in 1936. |
| Shaad Ali | | Shaad Ali Sehgal is an Indian film director. |
| Lufti Bin Ali | | Lufti Bin Ali "(also known as Mohammed Abdul Rahman)" is a Tunisian held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. |
| Muzaffar Ali | | Raja Syed Muzaffar Ali (born 21 October, 1944; Lucknow) is an Indian film-maker, a fashion designer, a poet, an artist, a music-lover, a revivalist, and a social worker. |
| Sabir Ali | | Sabir Ali is a former athlete of India. |
| Syed Mujtaba Ali | | Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904-1974), was a renowned Bengali author, academician, scholar and linguist. |
| Mosaraf Ali | | Mosaraf Ali (born 1953 in Calcutta, India) is a physician trained in both Western and Indian medicine and a leading proponent of integrated medicine (the mixing of conventional medicine and alternative medicine). |
| Chi Ali | | Chi Ali Griffith professionally known as Chi-Ali is an American rapper, best known musically for his album "The Fabulous Chi-Ali" which he recorded at the age of 14. |
| Ramzan Ali | | Ramzan Ali is a hairdresser based at Delhi in India who entered Limca Book of Records in 1999 for 150 hours of uninterrupted haircuting. |
| Sabahattin Ali | | Sabahattin Ali (February 25, 1907 ? April 2, 1948) was a Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. |
| Nadia Ali | | Nadia Ali (born August 3, 1980 in Libya) is an American singer and songwriter of Pakistani descent, the former front-woman and songwriter of the band iiO, whose breakthrough 2001 hit Rapture reached #2 on the UK Singles chart and topped dance charts all over the world. |
| Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak Al Ali | | Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak Al Ali is a citizen of Syria, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. |
| Muazam Ali | | Syed Muazam Ali (born October 23, 1979) was an English cricketer. |
| Abul-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali | | Abul-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali (alternatly known as "Al-Hassan ibn Ziri") (1109 - 1171) was the last ruler of the Zirid's in Ifriqiya 1121-1152. |
| Mah-Rukh Ali | | Mah-Rukh Ali (Urdu: ??? ?? ???) (born 1 January 1982 in Oslo) is a Norwegian journalist and news anchor. |
| Sri Sadiq Ali | | Sadiq Ali was a freedom fighter and a leader of Indian National Congress. |
| Muhammad Kurd Ali | | Muhammad Kurd Ali (1876-1953) was a notable Syrian scholar, historian and literary critic in the Arabic language. |
| Charles Ali | | Charles Ali (born August 23, 1984 in) is an American football fullback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. |
| Somy Ali | | Somy Ali (born March 25, 1974) is a former Bollywood actress and now model and journalist. |
| Iman Ali | | Iman Ali (Urdu,) (born December 19, 1980) is a Pakistani model and actress. |
| Ragib Ali | | Ragib Ali (born October 10, 1938) is a leading industrialist, tea-planter, and is also associated with bank, insurance companies, and many other business houses. |
| Mohammed Hussein Ali | | Major General Mohammed Hussein Ali (,) (born in 1956 in Eldoret) is an ethnic Somali military commander. |
| Amanat Ali | | Amanat Ali (Punjabi,) (born on 10 October 1987) was one of the finalists on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007. |
| Babar Ali | | Babar Ali is a Pakistani film and television actor. |
| Shahrazad Ali | | Shahrazad Ali (born April 27, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an African-American author, responsible for books such as "The Blackman?s Guide to Understanding the Blackwoman", "Are You Still a Slave?" and "How Not to Eat Pork (Or Life without the Pig)", all of which are heavily influenced by her belief in Faradian Islam and membership in the Nation of Islam, which owns Civilized Publications, the company that publishes her books. |
| Maulvi Liaquat Ali | | Maulvi Liaquat Ali was a Muslim religious leader from Allahabad, in the state of Uttar Pradesh in present day India. |
| Sadam Ali | | Sadam Ali (b. |
| Ilias Ali | | Ilias/ Ilyas Ali is a Bangladeshi politician and a former member of the Jatiyo Sangshad (Bangladesh Parliament. |
| Syed Modasser Ali | | Syed Modasser Ali FRCS, FRCOpth is an ophthalmic surgeon from Bangladesh and a former Executive Board member of the World Health Organisation. |
| Athar Ali | | Athar Ali (born 5 March 1961 in Panjan Kasana, Gujrat) is a Pakistani Norwegian politician for the Red Party. |
| Nasir Ali | | Nasir Ali is a Pakistan Field Hockey player born at Sialkot on 1/1/1959. |
| Sajid Ali | | Sajid Ali (born July 1, 1963, Karachi, Sindh) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played 13 ODIs between 1984 to 1997. |
| Farida Mohammad Ali | | Farida Mohammad Ali (Arabic,????? ???? ???)(born 1963, in Kerbala, Iraq) is an Iraqi singer. |
| Kamal Hassan Ali | | General Kamal Hassan Ali (18 September 1921 ? 27 March 1993) was an Egyptian politician and military hero. |
| Mohamed Azmin Ali | | Mohamed Azmin Bin Ali, is a Malaysian politician and the Vice President of Parti KeADILan Rakyat. |
| Isnan Ali | | Isnan Ali (born 15 September 1979 in Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia) is an Indonesian footballer. |
| Syed Wajid Ali | | Syed Wajid Ali (20 December 1911 ? 14 June 2008) was a leading industrialist of Pakistan who is also known for his services to the Olympic Movement. |
| Baba Ali | | Baba Ali (born Ali Ardekani) is the co-founder (along with Mahdi Ahmad) of UmmahFilms, a Muslim film company that has produced a web series including the "Reminder" series and "Ask Baba Ali" series. |
| Mahmood Ali | | Syed Mahmood Ali (1928-2008), was a Pakistani radio, television and stage artist. |
| Aamir Ali | | Aamir Ali (born September 1, 1977 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian television actor and younger cousin of Rick Leventhal, an American television news correspondent and is a New York-based correspondent for Fox News Channel since June 1997. |
| Rushanara Ali | | Rushanara Ali (born 14 March 1975) is a British politician of Bangladeshi origin and is the Associate Director of the Young Foundation. |
| Amjad Ali | | Amjad Ali Chaudhry (born 25 September 1979) is a United Arab Emirates cricketer. |
| Muhammad Yusuf Ali | | Muhemmed Yusuf Ali, dubbed Yusuf Ali Kazzab (???? Kazzab means Great Liar) by a Pakistani lower court judge in an in camera trial was a Pakistani citizen who was murdered by a man named Tariq in 2002 while at the Kot Lakpat jail in Lahore, Pakistan. |
| Imtiaz Ali | | Imtiaz Ali (born 16 June 1971) is an Indian film director and writer. |
| Rubina Ali | | Rubina Ali (also known as Rubina Qureshi) is an Indian child actress, who played the youngest version of Latika in the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award. |
| Mir Masoom Ali | | Mir Masoom Ali (born February 1,1937), a Bangladeshi American, is a renowned Statistician, Distinguished Professor, prominent educator, researcher, and author. |
| M A Yousuf Ali | | Haji M. |
| Anwar Ali | | Anwar Ali is an Indian soccer player, currently playing as Defender of India national football team and DEMPO SC. |
| Sher Ali & Mehar Ali | | Mehr and Sher Ali are Qawwali singers who were born in the Pakistani border-town of Kasur in the early 1950s and received their earlier training in classical music from their father who was a court classical singer at the small Sikh principality of Patiala (now in India). |
| Anwar Ali | | Anwar Ali (born in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Pakistani nuclear engineer and a research scientist in the field of nuclear technology. |
| Hashim Amir Ali | | Dr. |
| Zahir Ali | | Zahir Ali (born August 25, 1987 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian racing driver. |
| Ben Ali | | Mahaboob Ben Ali, known as Ben Ali, (June 13, 1927 - October 7, 2009) was a Trinidadian-born American businessman and restauranteur. |
| U. Sharaf Ali | | U. |
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