Muhammad Ali is a man.
Muhammad Ali . At age 18 , he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and turned professional later that year . In 1966 , two years after winning the heavyweight title , Ali further antagonized the white establishment by refusing to be drafted into the U.S. military , citing his religious beliefs and opposition to American involvement in the Vietnam War . Muhammad Ali ( [ mɔːˈlɑːnə_mʊˈhɑːməd_ɑːˈliː ] محمد على ; 1874 -- 13 October 1951 ) was an Indian writer , scholar , and leading figure of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement .