Historical People
- Khalifa ibn Khayyat (c. 777 - c. 854), Arab historian
- Hajji Khalifa (1599-1658), Arabic and Turkish author
- Khalifa bin Harub of Zanzibar (1879-1960), sultan of Zanzibar
- Khalifa Keita, fourth mansa of the Mali Empire
- Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa (1919-2006), Sudanese politician
- Rashad Khalifa (1935-1990), Egyptian biochemist
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