1. American heavyweight boxing champion who won the world title three times (1942-2016)
   "Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali in 1964";
   - Ali, Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay
    
2. Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849)
   - Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Mohammed Ali, Mehemet Ali

Type of: gladiator, pongo [Brit, informal], prizefighter, soldier

Encyclopedia: Muhammad Ali, Prince of Said