Noted Current and Former Members and Associates of Nation of Islam
- Elijah Muhammad
- Tynetta Muhammad
- Louis Farrakhan
- Khalid Abdul Muhammad
- Khadijah Farrakhan
- Malcolm X - Later converted to Sunni Islam
- Muhammad Ali – Later converted to Sunni Islam in 1975 and started to practice Sufism in 2005
- Mustapha Farrakhan - Supreme Captain of the Nation of Islam
- Mustapha Farrakhan Jr.
- Warith Deen Mohammed – Later converted to Sunni Islam
- Clarence 13X- Later formed the Nation of Gods and Earths
- MC Ren – Later converted to Islam
- Kam (rapper) - member of the Nation of Islam and former associate of Ice Cube
- John Allen Muhammad – The Beltway Sniper, Gulf war veteran, former NOI member
- Benjamin Chavis Muhammad
- JT The Bigga Figga
- Paris - left and became an agnostic
- Snoop Dogglater converted to Rastafarian.
- Quanell X - former member c. 1990s - 2001, now a member of the New Black Panther Party
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