Wallace Fard Muhammad, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Islam (disappeared 1934)

Wallace Fard Muhammad or W. D. Fard was a religious leader who was the founder and first leader of the Nation of Islam.

The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930. A centralized and hierarchical organization, the NOI is committed to black nationalism and focuses its attention on the African diaspora, especially on African Americans. While describing itself as Islamic and using Islamic terminology, its religious tenets differ substantially from orthodox Islamic traditions. Scholars of religion characterize it as a new religious movement.