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: Surname 'Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur (died 1930), Ethiopia emir Afeni Shakur (1947–2016), American activist Assata Shakur (born 1947), American activist and convict Mopreme Shakur (born 1969), American rapper Muhammad ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur, Ethiopian emir Mustafa Shakur (born 1984), American basketball player Mutulu Shakur (born 1950), 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 Shakir