Khalil, Khelil, or Khaleel may refer to:

People

Khalil (Pashtun tribe) The Khalil ( ps, خليل) is the 1st son of Ghoryakhel settled between 1530 and 1535 in Peshawar west Pakistan. The Khalil ( ps, خليل) is a Pashtun Ghoryakhel subtribe primarily living in the Peshawar Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, wi ...

* Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931), Lebanese-American writer, poet, visual artist, and Lebanese nationalist *

Khalil (scholar) Kabir Khalil or ''scholar Khalil'' was a 19th-century scholar and one of the three head Ulama in the Emirate of Harar. He was a member of the Qadiriyya order which was prominent in the Horn of Africa at the time. Biography Kabir (teacher), Kabir ...

, 19th century Islamic scholar in the

Emirate of Harar The Emirate of Harar was a Muslim kingdom founded in 1647 when the Harari people refused to accept Imām ʿUmardīn Ādan as their ruler and broke away from the Imamate of Aussa to form their own state under `Ali ibn Da`ud. Prior to its invasion ...

* DJ Khalil (born 1973), American hip hop and soul music producer *

Khalil (name) Khalil or Khaleel (Arabic: خليل) means ''friend'' and is a common male first name in the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Balkans, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia and among Muslims in South Asia and as such is also a common ...

, a surname or personal name of multiple individuals and families *

Khalil Mack Khalil Delshon Mack (; born February 22, 1991) is an American football outside linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Buffalo, and was drafted by the Oakland Raiders with the ...

(born 1991), NFL linebacker for the Chicago Bears * Robert "Bob" Khaleel, American hip hop musician better known as

Bronx Style Bob Robert "Bob" Khaleel, better known by his stage name Bronx Style Bob, is an American rapper from the Bronx, New York City. Early life Raised in a strict Arab-Jamaican immigrant household, Bob was exposed to the work of poets such as Langston ...

Places

Algeria

* Khelil, Algeria, town and commune in Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, Algeria *

Sidi Khellil Sidi Khellil ( ar, ﺳﻴﺪي ﺧﻠﻴﻞ) is a town and commune in El M'Ghair District, El Oued Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 6,547, up from 5,524 in 1998, and an annual growth rate of 1.7%. Geography ...

, town and commune in El M'Ghair District, El Oued Province, Algeria *

Aïn Ben Khelil Aïn Ben Khelil ( ar, عين بن خليل) is a town and commune in Naâma Province, Algeria. It is part of the district of Mécheria Mécheria is a city situated in Naâma Province, Algeria in the Atlas mountains, capital of Mécheria Dist ...

, a town and commune in district of Mécheria, Naâma Province, Algeria

Iran

Halil River Halīl River or HalīlRood (also ''Haliri River'', known as the ''Kharaw'' or ''ZarDasht River'' in its upper reaches) is a river stretching for some running in the Baft, Jiroft and Kahnuj districts of Kerman Province, Iran. The Halil rises a ...

, also Haliri River or Zar Dasht River in its upper reaches, a river in the Jiroft and Kahnuj districts of Kerman Province, Iran *

Khalil Kord Khalil Kord ( fa, خليل كرد, also Romanized as Khalīl Kord; also known as Khalīl Gerd) is a village in Salehabad Rural District, Salehabad District, Bahar County, Hamadan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic ...

, a village in Iran * Khalil, alternate name of

Qaleh-ye Khalileh Qaleh-ye Khalileh ( fa, قلعه خليله, also Romanized as Qal‘eh-ye Khalīleh; also known as Khalīl and Khalīleh) is a village in Borborud-e Sharqi Rural District, in the Central District of Aligudarz County, Lorestan Province, Iran ...

, a village in Iran *

Qaleh-ye Khalil Qaleh-ye Khalil ( fa, قلعه خليل, also Romanized as Qal‘eh-ye Khalīl; also known as Ghal‘eh Khalil, Qal‘eh Nau, Qal‘eh Now, Qal‘eh Now ‘Askar, Qal‘eh Now-e Khalīl, and Qal‘eh-ye Khalīlī) is a village in Choghamish Rural ...

, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran *

Halil Rural District Halil Rural District ( fa, دهستان هليل) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Jiroft County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a c ...

, in Kerman Province, Iran

Palestine

Al-Khalil Hebron ( ar, الخليل or ; he, חֶבְרוֹן ) is a Palestinian. city in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies above sea level. The second-largest city in the West Bank (after East J ...

, the Arabic name of Hebron

Music

Khalil (band) Khalil or Khalil Lewis is an R&B vocal quartet based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Their debut album "Let Me In" sold over 50,000 copies, earning the CD platinum status in South Africa. All four members of the band were born and raised in Te ...