Moussa (sometimes spelled Mousa) is both a given name and a surname. It is a Gallicized spelling of the Arabic name Mūsā (Arabic: موسی, "Moses"). Notable people with the name include:

Moussa

• Moussa Ag Amastan, Amenokal of the Kel Ahaggar Tuareg
• Moussa Arafat, cousin of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat
• Moussa Ayoub (c.1873–1955), Syrian-born British portrait artist
• Moussa Benhamadi (1953–2020), Algerian politician
• Moussa Camara (athlete) (born 1988), Malian track and field athlete
• Moussa Camara (goalkeeper) (born 1998), Guinean footballer
• Moussa Coulibaly (footballer, born 1981), Malian footballer
• Moussa Dembélé (French footballer) (born 1996), French footballer
• Moussa Dembélé (hurdler), Senegalese hurdler
• Moussa Diabaté (born 2002), French basketball player
• Moussa Diaby (born 1999), French footballer
• Moussa Faki (born 1960), Prime Minister of Chad
• Moussa Helal, former professional squash player
• Moussa Hojeij (born 1974), Lebanese football player
• Moussa Ibrahim (born 1974), Libyan spokesman for Muammar Gaddafi's regime
• Moussa Kermanian (1922–1980), Iranian Jewish community leader, businessman and journalist
• Moussa Konaté (born 1951), Malian writer
• Moussa Koussa (born c. 1949), former Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs under Gaddafi
• Moussa Kouyate, kora player
• Moussa Latoundji (born 1978), Beninese footballer
• Moussa N'Diaye (disambiguation)
• Moussa Narry (born 1986), Nigerian football midfielder
• Moussa Ouattara (disambiguation), several people
• Moussa Pokong (born 1987), Cameroonian footballer
• Moussa Saïb (born 1969), Algerian footballer
• Moussa Sanogo (born 1985), footballer
• Moussa Sissoko (born 1989), French footballer
• Moussa Sow (born 1986), Senegalese footballer
• Moussa Sy (born 1979), Guinean football striker
• Moussa Sylla (disambiguation), several people
• Moussa Timbiné (born 1974), Malian politician
• Moussa Traoré (born 1936), Malian soldier and politician
• Moussa Wagué (born 1998), Senegalese footballer
• Moussa Yahaya (born 1975), Nigerian footballer

Given name: Mousa

• Mousa Dembélé (Belgian footballer) (born 1987), Belgian footballer
• Mousa Ghaninejad (born 1951), Iranian economist
• Mousa Hadid (born 1965), Palestinian civil engineer and politician
• Mousa Kalantari (born 1949), Iranian politician and government minister
• Mousa Khiabani (1947–1982), Iranian politician, leading member of MEK
• Mousa Kraish, American actor and director
• Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook (born 1951), Palestinian senior member of Hamas
• Mousa Namjoo (1938–1981), Iranian military figure and government minister
• Mousa Qorbani, Iranian Shia cleric
• Mousa Refan (born 1958), Iranian electrical engineer and former military officer
• Mousa Shubairi Zanjani (born 1928), Iranian Twelver Shia Marja

Middle name

• Balla Moussa Keïta (1934–2001), Malian actor and comedian

Surname

• Abdul Halim Moussa (1930–2003), Egyptian police officer and interior minister
• Amr Moussa (born 1936), Egyptian politician and diplomat
• Franck Moussa (born 1989), Belgian footballer
• Hassan Moussa, imam of the Stockholm Mosque
• Hassen Moussa (born 1973), Tunisian judoka
• Idriss Ndele Moussa (1959–2013), Chadian dentist politician
• Mustapha Moussa (born 1962), boxer
• Raouf Salama Moussa (1929–2006), notable Egyptian bacteriologist and editor
• Salama Moussa (1887–1958), Egyptian journalist and reformer
• Sameera Moussa (1917–1952), Egyptian nuclear scientist
• Samy Moussa (born 1984), Canadian conductor and composer
• Tarek El Moussa (born 1981), American businessman and television personality
• Zara Moussa (born c. 1980), Nigerian singer and rapper