Mohammed

Many spellings exist for the name of this prophet.  Muhammad, Mohammad, etc.

I have no idea which is the correct spelling.

Some of this comes from the introduction of the Koran published by Everyman Press.

The Prophet followed by the Mohammedans who are also known as Muslims, Moslems and as followers of Islam, which you should see for additional information.

He seems to have been born about 570 AD.  Like with most religious history of most religions the dates can be rather obscure for a variety of reasons.

Very little is known about the first 40 years of his life.  Like with Jesus (only 30 years) very little is known about the early life of the so-called founders of most revealed religions.  Why is this?

Mohammed married Khadija, a rich widow, in 595AD.  They had several children but only one daughter, Fatima, was to survive him.  (Does this have anything to do with the Fatima of Christianity?)

In about 610 AD he was convinced that he had been visited by the archangel Gabriel and ordered to preach God's message to the Arabs.