Shakur is a surname and rarely used as a name like Shakir. Also, it is from one of the names of God in Islam, Ash-Shakur . Notable people with the name include:

Contents

• Surname
• Given name
• See also

Surname

• 'Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur (died 1930), Ethiopian emir
• Afeni Shakur (1947–2016), American political activist
• Assata Shakur (1947–2025), American political activist
• Mopreme Shakur (born 1969), American rapper
• Muhammad ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur (died 1875), Ethiopian emir
• Mustafa Shakur (born 1984), American basketball player
• Mutulu Shakur (1950–2023), Black Liberation Army leader
• Sanyika Shakur (1963–2021), Los Angeles gang member
• Tupac Shakur (1971–1996), American rapper and actor

Given name

• Shakur Brown (born 1999), American football player
• Shakur Stevenson (born 1997), American professional boxer

See also

• All pages with titles containing Shakur

Name list

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