Ali Akbar or Ali Ekber may refer to:

• Ali Akbar, East Azerbaijan, Iran
• Ali Akbar, Kermanshah, Iran

• Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn (664–680), son of the third Shia Imam, Husayn ibn Ali, and Umm Layla
• Ali Ekber Çiçek (1935–2006), Turkish musician
• Ali-Akbar Davar (1885–1937), Iranian prosecutor
• Ali-Akbar Mousavi Khoeini, Iranian human rights activist
• 'Ali Akbar Khata'i (fl. ca. 1500–1516), Persian traveler and writer
• Ali Akbar Moradi (born 1957), Iranian-Kurdish musician and composer
• Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur (1947–2021), Iranian Shia cleric
• Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri (born 1944), Iranian politician
• Ali Akbar Sadeghi (born 1937), Iranian artist
• Ali-Akbar Shahnazi (1897–1985), Iranian musician
• Ali Akbar Velayati (born 1945), Iranian politician
• Ali Akbar (writer) (born 1978), or Alakbar Aliagha oglu Aliyev, Azerbaijani writer and journalist
• Ali Akbar (academic) (born 1952), Bangladeshi academic
• Ali Akbar (Bangladeshi politician)
• Ali Akbar (director) (born 1963), Indian film lyricist, screenwriter and director known as Ramasimhan Aboobakker
• Ali Abdul-Razaq Akbar (born 1984 or 1985), American right-wing activist now known as Ali Alexander