Religious figures

• Muhammad (570s–632), also known as Al-Nabi (The Prophet), regarded by Muslims as the last prophet of God
• Zoroaster (or Zarathushtra), founder of Zoroastrianism, sometimes referred to simply as "The Prophet"

Native American figures

• Francis the Prophet (c.1770–1818), a leader of the Red Stick faction of Creek Native Americans
• Tenskwatawa (1775–1836), Shawnee leader called "The Prophet" or "The Shawnee Prophet"
• Wabokieshiek (ca. 1794 – ca. 1841), Ho-Chunk leader called "The Prophet" or "The Winnebago Prophet"

Musicians

• Black Prophet (born Kenneth Wilberforce Zonto Bossman, 1977), Ghanaian reggae music composer and a member of the Rastafari movement
• Capleton (born 1967), known as "The Prophet", Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist
• Dov Elkabas (born 1968), Dutch musician and producer known as "DJ The Prophet"

Fictional characters

• Prophet (comics), an Image Comics character who first appeared in 1992
• Prophet (Star Trek), an alien race in the T.V. show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Laurence "Prophet" Barnes, the leader of Raptor Team in the 2007 video game series Crysis
• Prophets or San'Shyuum, royal rulers of the Covenant in the video games series Halo

Films

• The Prophet, or Il profeta (1968), an Italian comedy directed by Dino Risi
• A Prophet (2009), a French drama directed by Jacques Audiard
• The Prophet (2014 film), an animated film adapted from Kahlil Gibran's book The Prophet

Literature

• Prophet (novel), 1992 Christian novel by Frank E. Peretti
• Al-Anbiya, “The Prophets”, the 21st chapter of the Qur'an
• Nevi'im, "Prophets", the second main division of the Hebrew Bible
• The Prophet (book), 1923 collection of poetry by Kahlil Gibran
• The Prophet (newspaper), a New York City periodical published 1844–1845
• The Prophetess (play), 1647 Jacobean era tragicomedy by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger
• The Prophets, a 1962 study of the Hebrew prophets by Abraham Joshua Heschel
• The Prophet: The Life of Leon Trotsky , a biography by Isaac Deutscher

Music

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• The Prophet (4/7), a 1933 sculpture by Spanish artist Pablo Gargallo
• The Prophet (telenovela), a 2006–2007 Brazilian soap opera