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Ever wondered how many famous people named Moses there are? This list of celebrities named Moses includes photos and information about each person when available. The famous Moses' on this list come in all shapes and sizes, but all ended up achieving some kind of fame in their respective fields. This includes singers and musicians named Moses, actors named Moses, and even athletes named Moses. Well-known men named Moses include Moses Malone and Moses Gunn.

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Moses Malone is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Basketball player Moses Eugene Malone is an American retired Hall of Fame basketball player who starred in both the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association. A three-time NBA MVP ...more

Moses is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Prophet Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a former Egyptian prince later turned prophet, religious leader and lawgiver, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also ...more

Moses Gunn is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Actor Moses Gunn was an American actor. An Obie Award-winning stage player, he co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company in the 1960s. His 1962 Off-Broadway debut was in Jean Genet's The Blacks, and his ...more

Moses Mendelssohn is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Philosopher Moses Mendelssohn was a German Jewish philosopher to whose ideas the Haskalah, the 'Jewish enlightenment' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, is indebted. Born to a poor Jewish family in ...more

Moses Sithole is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Sithole is a South African serial killer and rapist who committed the "ABC Murders", so named because they began in Atteridgeville, continued in Boksburg and finished in ...more

Moses Moreno is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list Famous People Named Moses
American football player Moses Nathaniel Moreno is a former American football quarterback. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 7th round in the 1998 NFL Draft out of Colorado State. He attended Castle Park High ...more

Moses Brown is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Businessperson, Inventor Moses Brown was a co-founder of Brown University and a New England abolitionist and industrialist, who funded the design and construction of some of the first factory houses for spinning ...more

Moses Farrow is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Actor Moses Farrow is an actor.

Moses Yale Beach is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Inventor Moses Yale Beach was an American inventor and publisher who started the Associated Press.

Moses G. Farmer is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Inventor Moses Gerrish Farmer was an electrical engineer and inventor. Farmer was a member to the AIEE, later known as the IEEE.

Moses Tanui is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Tanui is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who won the gold medal over 10,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo.

Moses is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses or St Moses spent many years in the 4th century as a hermit on the fringes of the Roman empire between Egypt and Syria, before becoming the first Arab bishop of the Arab people. As he was ...more

Moses Quinby is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Inventor Moses Quinby, a native of St. Johnsville, New York, was one of the first commercial beekeepers in the United States. Quinby established his beekeeping business in his early 20s. His business ...more

Moses de León is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses de León, known in Hebrew as Moshe ben Shem-Tov, was a Spanish rabbi and Kabbalist who is thought of as the composer or redactor of the Zohar. It is a matter of controversy if the ...more

Moses Cohen Henriques is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Cohen Henriques Eanes was a Jewish Sephardic pirate, operating in the Caribbean. Henriques Eanes helped Dutch naval officer and folk hero Admiral Piet Pieterszoon Hein, of the Dutch West ...more

Moses T. Stevens is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Tyler Stevens was an American textile manufacturer and a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Moses Coit Tyler is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Coit Tyler Historian Moses Coit Tyler was an American author and professor of American history.

Moses Hess is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Philosopher Moses Hess was a German-French-Jewish philosopher and socialist, and one of the founders of Labor Zionism.

Moses Chan is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Model, Actor, Singer Moses Chan Ho is an actor from Hong Kong. Having started his career working mostly on films, Chan subsequently concentrated on his TV acting career with Television Broadcasts Limited, including ...more

Moses Norris, Jr. is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Politician, Lawyer Moses Norris, Jr. was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Pittsfield, he attended the public schools and the Pittsfield Academy, and graduated from Dartmouth ...more

Moses Morgan is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Morgan Moses Morgan is a basketball player at DePaul University.

Moses Mosop is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Cheruiyot Mosop in Kamasia, Marakwet District is a Kenyan middle and long distance athlete. He competed for Kenya at the 2004 Olympic Games and went on to take 10,000 metres bronze at the ...more

Moses Gaster is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Rabbi Moses Gaster was a Romanian-born Jewish-British scholar, the Hakham of the Spanish and Portuguese congregation, London, and a Hebrew linguist. He was the father of Jack and Theodor Gaster and ...more

Moses Annenberg is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Annenberg Moses "Moe" Louis Annenberg was a Jewish American newspaper publisher, who purchased The Philadelphia Inquirer, the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the United States. in ...more

Moses Benson is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Benson Moses Benson was a successful British West Indies merchant, who became heavily engaged in the Liverpool slave trade.

Moses Znaimer is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Television producer, Actor Moses Znaimer O.Ont is a co-founder and former head of Citytv, the first independent television station in Toronto, Canada, and the current head of ZoomerMedia.

Moses Ali is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Politician, Military Officer, Rebel General Moses Ali is a Ugandan lawyer, politician and former military officer. He is the current Third Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of Government Business. He was appointed to that ...more

Moses Jacob Ezekiel is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Soldier, Artist Moses Jacob Ezekiel was an American sculptor who lived and worked in Rome for the majority of his career.

Moses Alexander is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Merchant, Politician Moses Alexander was the second elected Jewish governor of a US state, the first who actually practiced that religion. He served as the 11th Governor of Idaho from 1915 until 1919. He was Idaho's ...more

Moses I. Finley is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses I. Finley Historian Sir Moses Immanuel Finley, FBA was an American-born, British academic and classical scholar. His prosecution by the McCarran Security Committee led to his move to England, where he became ...more

Moses Gomberg is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Chemist Moses Gomberg was a chemistry professor at the University of Michigan.

Moses Ndiema Masai is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Police officer, Track and field athlete Moses Ndiema Masai is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres. Masai is from Bugaa village, four kilometres to Kapsokwony town. Born to John Barasa Masai and Leonida Cherop, he is ...more

Moses Robinson is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Politician, Lawyer Moses Robinson was a prominent Vermont political figure who served as governor during the Vermont Republic, and helped steward Vermont's transition to U.S. statehood.

Moses Hogan is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Composer Moses George Hogan was an American composer and arranger of choral music. He was best known for his settings of African-American spirituals. Hogan was a pianist, conductor and arranger of ...more

Moses Fleetwood Walker is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Baseball player Moses Fleetwood "Fleet" Walker was an American baseball player, inventor, and author. He is credited by some with being the first African American to play Major League Baseball. Walker ...more

Moses Ndiema Kipsiro is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Track and field athlete Moses Ndiema Kipsiro is a Ugandan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. He was the bronze medallist in the event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. He represented ...more

Moses Taylor is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Banker Moses Taylor was a 19th-century New York merchant and banker and one of the wealthiest men of that century. At his death, his estate was reported to be worth $70 million, or about $1.7 billion ...more

Moses Pendleton is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Pendleton Choreographer Robert A. Pendleton is a 1978 Guggenheim Fellow in Creative Arts.

Moses E. Clapp is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Lawyer Moses Edwin Clapp was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Delphi, Indiana, Clapp moved with his parents to Hudson, Wisconsin. He went to University of Wisconsin Law School and practiced ...more

Moses Kimball is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Businessperson, Entrepreneur Moses Kimball was a US politician and showman. Kimball was a close associate of P. T. Barnum, and public-spirited citizen of Boston, Massachusetts.

Moses Fishman is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Fishman Moe Fishman.

Moses W. Field is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Whelock Field was a businessman and politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Michigan, and was instrumental in organizing the ...more

Moses Pergament is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Pergament Composer Moses Pergament was a composer and film score composer.

Moses Clark White is listed (or ranked) 44 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Clark White Writer Moses Clark White was both an American Methodist pioneer missionary in China and a physician.

Moses Brings Plenty is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Brings Plenty Actor, Drummer, Singer Moses J. Brings Plenty is an Oglala Lakota television, film, and stage actor, as well as a traditional drummer and singer.

Moses Kekuaiwa is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Kekuaiwa

Moses Williams is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Williams Moses Williams was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western ...more

Moses Waddel is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Waddel Writer Moses Waddel was an American educator and minister in antebellum Georgia and South Carolina. Famous as a teacher during his life, Moses Waddel was author of the bestselling book Memoirs of the ...more

Moses Gill is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Gill Politician Moses Gill was a Massachusetts politician who briefly served as the state's Acting Governor. He is the state's only acting governor to die in office. A successful businessman, he became one of ...more

Moses Coady is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list Famous People Named Moses
Moses Coady Rev. Dr. Moses Michael Coady was a Roman Catholic priest, adult educator and co-operative entrepreneur best known for his instrumental role in the Antigonish Movement. Credited with introducing ...more