Name this person. Simple Present tense literal implied as in
"what is this persons name"
to ask "What was this persons name" past tense is a different question
The person in the pictures name IS Muhammad Ali that is to say that the name (present text implied) of the person who appears in the picture is Muhammad Ali.
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