Charif (Arabic: شريف) is both a surname and a given name and can be spelled either "Charif" or "Sharif". Notable people with the name include:
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Gustavo Charif
Gustavo Charif (born Gustavo Eduardo Charif al-Hāshim, August 18, 1966, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine writer, visual artist and film director. His works are a sort of Dadaism mixed with the secular poetry of actual times.
In 1997 the Buenos Ai ...
(born 1966), Argentine artist
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Maher Charif, Palestinian Marxist historian
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Moeen Charif (born 1972), Lebanese singer
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Omar Sharif (1932-2015), Egyptian-American Hollywood actor
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Charif Souki (born 1953), Egyptian-born American businessman
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