Salim (also spelled Saleem or Salem or Selim, ar, سليم, strictly transliterated as ') is a name of Arabic origin meaning "safe" or "undamaged". Related names are Selima, Salima, Saleemah, and

Salma The South American land mammal ages (SALMA) establish a geologic timescale for prehistoric South American fauna beginning 64.5 Ma during the Paleocene and continuing through to the Late Pleistocene (0.011 Ma). These periods are referred to as a ...

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, the name Salem ( ar, سالم, links=no) can become indistinguishable in English, as the spelling ''Salim'' is also used, though with a long ''a'' and a short ''i'' sounds.

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Ali Saleem Ali Saleem (Urdu: علی سلیم), best known by his alter-ego Begum Nawazish Ali, is a Pakistani television host, actor, scriptwriter and impressionist. He became a contestant in Bigg Boss 4 in 2010. He broke into the mainstream audiences th ...

(born 1979), Pakistani television host *

Ali Selim Ali Selim (born 1960/1961) is an American film and television director. Over the past fifteen years he has directed over 850 television commercials, five half-hour documentaries and several music videos. Early life Selim was born in Saint Paul ...

, American film director *

Aliyah Saleem Aliyah Saleem (born August 1989), is a British secular education campaigner, writer and market researcher. She is an ex-Muslim atheist, feminist and humanist activist, and co-founder of advocacy group Faith to Faithless. She has also written ...

(born 1989), British ex-Muslim and human rights activist *

Ezzedine Salim Ezzedine Salim ( ar, عز الدين سليم), also known as Abdelzahra Othman Mohammed (23 March 1943 – 17 May 2004, عبد الزهراء عثمان محمد), was an Iraqi politician, author, educator, Islamist theorist and one of the leadin ...

(1943–2004), Iraqi politician *

Huner Saleem Huner Saleem (Kurdish language, Kurdish: هونه‌ر سەلیم), also transliterated as Huner Salim, (born 9 March 1964), is an Iraqi people, Iraqi–Kurdish people, Kurdish film director. He was born in the town of Aqrah (Akre) in Iraqi Kurdist ...

(born 1964), Iraqi-Kurdish film director *

Mai Selim Mai Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan Selim ( ar, مي عبد الجبار حمدان سليم, born November 6, 1983 in Abu Dhabi),(30 August 2008)في لقاء خاص مع الجمال .. مي سليم " بلدي هي مصر ولو لم أكن مطربة ل� ...

(born 1983), Jordanian singer *

Malek Saleem Malek Saleem Abdullah (born 13 May 1985) is a Qatari professional basketball player. He currently plays for Al Wakrah of the Qatari Basketball League. He represented Qatar's national basketball team at the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge in Tehran ...

(born 1985), Qatari professional basketball player * Naziha Salim (1927–2008), Iraqi artist *

Saleh Saleem Saleh Saleem ( ar, صالح سليم; he, סאלח סלים, born 2 November 1953) is an Israeli Arab former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Hadash between 1994 and 1999. Biography In 1985, he became head of I'billin local ...

(born 1953), Israeli politician *

Saleh Selim Saleh Selim ( ar, صالح سليم) (11 September 1930 - 6 May 2002) was the 10th president of the Egyptian Al Ahly Sporting Club. He also was a famous Egyptian football player and actor. He was nicknamed El Maestro because of his way of lead ...

(1930–2002), Egyptian footballer and actor *

Shakir Mustafa Salim Shakir Mustafa Salim (1919–1985) was an Iraqi social anthropologist who taught in the Department of Sociology at Baghdad University.Eric Davis, ''Memories of State: Politics, History, and Collective Identity in Modern Iraq'' (University of Calif ...

(1919–1985), Iraqi anthropologist * Sudono Salim (1916–2012) Chinese Indonesian businessman

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Saleem

Saleem (playwright) Saleem is a Palestinian-American playwright, actor and dancer based in Los Angeles, California, United States. He was the recipient of a 1996 GLAAD Harvey Fierstein Award for Best Original Writing for his semi-autobiographical play '' Salam Shal ...

, Palestinian-American playwright, actor and dancer *

Saleem Akhtar Raja Saleem Akhtar ( Punjabi, Urdu: ) (8 September 1930 – 22 April 2004) was a former Pakistani cricketer who played for Multan and Sargodha. Hi ...

(1930–2004), Pakistani cricketer *

Saleem Elahi Saleem Elahi (Urdu: سلیم الہی, born 21 November 1976) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played 13 Test matches and 48 One Day Internationals between 1995 and 2004. Making his international debut against Sri Lanka in September 1995, ...

(born 1976), Pakistani cricketer *

Saleem Haddad Saleem Haddad (born 1983) is an author, filmmaker and aid worker of Iraqi-German and Palestinian-Lebanese descent, whose debut novel ''Guapa'' was published in 2016. Early life Saleem Haddad was born in Kuwait City in 1983 to a Lebanese-Palest ...

, (born 1983), author and aid worker of Iraqi-German and Palestinian-Lebanese descent *

Saleem Jaffar Saleem Jaffar (born 19 November 1962) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in 14 Test cricket, Test matches and 39 One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1992. Jaffar was born in Karachi, Sindh.He was a right-handed batsman a ...

(born 1962), Pakistani cricketer *

Saleem Malik Saleem Malik (Urdu: ) (born 16 April 1963), is a Pakistani former cricketer. He played for the Pakistan national cricket team between 1981/82 and 1999, at one stage captaining the side. He was a right-handed wristy middle order batsman who was ...

(born 1963), Pakistani cricketer *

Saleem Mohammed Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club played 28 List A cricket matches between 1964 and 2004. This is a list of the players who appeared in those matches. * Nick Adams, 10 matches, 1987–2001 *Ajaz Akhtar, 16 matches, 1991–2004 *David Bailey, 1 m ...

(born 1968), English cricketer *

Saleem Rasheed Saleem Abdul Rasheed (born June 15, 1981) is a former American and Canadian football linebacker. Rasheed played high school football at Shades Valley High School in Birmingham, Alabama. As a senior, he was named the state's Gatorade Player of ...

(born 1981), American and Canadian football linebacker and free agent *

Saleem Raza (cricketer) Saleem Raza (born 5 July 1964) is a former Pakistani-born cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. After playing in eight first-class cricket games for his native Lahore City from 1986–87 to 1987–88, Saleem Ra ...

(born 1964), Pakistani cricketer

Salim

Salim (poet) Salim is the pen name for Abdul-Rehman Begi Saheb-Qiran (Ebdulrehman Begî Sahibqîran, Kurdish: عەبدولڕەحمان بەگی ساحێبقران) the nineteenth century Kurdish poet. Known by his pseudonym as Salim or Salem (Kurdish: سال ...

(1800–1866), Kurdish poet *

Salim Abanoz Salim Abanoz (born 1 August 1969) is a Turkish judoka. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonl ...

(born 1969), Turkish judoka *

Salim Ali Sálim Moizuddin Abdul Ali (12 November 1896 – 20 June 1987) was an Indian ornithologist and naturalist. Sometimes referred to as the "''Birdman of India''", Salim Ali was the first Indian to conduct systematic bird surveys across Indi ...

(1896–1987), Indian ornithologist *

Salim Arrache Salim M'Hamed Arrache (born 14 July 1982) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a left winger. Early years Born in Marseille, France, to parents from Béjaïa (north-eastern Algeria), Arrache began to play for the local c ...

(born 1982), Algerian footballer *

Salim Barakat Salim Barakat ( ar, سليم بركات, ku, Selîm Berekat) (born 1 September 1951 in Qamishli) is a Kurdish-Syrian novelist and poet. He was brought up in Qamishli in northern Syria and spent most of his youth there. In 1970 he moved to Dam ...

(born 1951), Kurdish-Syrian novelist and poet *

Salim Cissé Salim Cissé (born 24 December 1992) is a Guinean footballer who plays for Maltese club Marsaxlokk as a forward. Club career Early years Born in Conakry, Cissé started playing football when he was already 18. He moved to Italy with his parent ...

(born 1992), Guinean footballer *

Salim Durani Salim Aziz Durani (born 11 December 1934) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 29 Test matches from 1960 to 1973. An all-rounder, Durani was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and a left-handed batsman famous for his six-hitting prowess. He ...

(born 1934), Indian cricketer *

Salim Ghouse Salim Ahmad Ghouse (10 January 1952 – 28 April 2022) was an Indian film, television and theatre actor, theatre director, and martial artist. He has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English films. Early life Salim Ghouse was born ...

(1952–2022), Indian actor, theater director and martial artist *

Salim Grant ''Saved by the Bell: The New Class'' is an American teen sitcom television series, and spinoff from ''Saved by the Bell''. ''The New Class'' premiered on September 11, 1993. The series ran for seven seasons on NBC as a part of the network's TNB ...

(born 1977), film, voice and mascot actor * Salim Haidar (1911–1980), Lebanese politician *

Salim Hamdan Salim Ahmed Hamdan () (born February 25, 1968) is a Yemeni man, captured during the invasion of Afghanistan, declared by the United States government to be an illegal enemy combatant and held as a detainee at Guantanamo Bay from 2002 to November 2 ...

(born 1968), convicted terrorist of Yemeni descent detained Guantanamo Bay Camp * Salim Nuruddin Jahangir (1569–1627), Mughal emperor, also known as Prince Salim *

Salim Jreissati Salim Jreissati (born 4 April 1952) is a lawyer and politician. He served as Lebanon's minister of labor between 2012 and February 2014. From 18 December 2016 to 31 January 2019 he was the minister of justice. On 31 January 2019 he was named sta ...

(born 1952), Lebanese jurist and politician * Salim Kerkar (born 1987), French-Algerian footballer *

Salim Khan Salim Abdul Rashid Khan (born 24 November 1935) is an Indian actor, film producer and screenwriter. As a screenwriter, he wrote the screenplays, stories and scripts for numerous Bollywood films. Khan is one half of the prolific screenwriting d ...

(born 1935), Indian scriptwriter *

Salim Mehajer Salim Mehajer (born 12 June 1986) is an Australian convicted criminal, property developer and former deputy mayor of Auburn City Council. In March 2018, Mehajer was declared bankrupt and in April 2018 was found guilty of electoral fraud, and s ...

(born 1986), Lebanese-Australian convicted criminal and former politician *

Salim Moin Salim Moin (26 September 1961 – 6 November 2020) was a former Singaporean footballer who played for the Singapore national football team and managed S.League side Hougang United. He played for the Lions in the Malaysia Cup during the 1980s al ...

(1961–2020), football coach *

Salim Ahmed Salim Salim Ahmed Salim ( ar, سليم احمد سليم, sw, Salim Ahmad Salim, born 23 January 1942) is a Tanzanian politician and diplomat who has worked in the international diplomatic arena since the early 1960s. Early life Salim was born in wh ...

(born 1942), Tanzanian diplomat *

Salim Sayegh Salim Sayegh is a Lebanese academic and politician who served as minister of social affairs from 2009 to 2011. Early life and education Sayegh was born into a Maronite family. He graduated from Lebanese American University in 1983. He received ...

, Lebanese academic and politician *

Salim Sdiri Salim Sdiri (born 26 October 1978) is a French long jumper of Tunisian descent. His personal best is 8.42 metres, achieved in June 2009 at Pierre-Bénite, which is the current French national record. He is also the French national record holder ...

(born 1978), French long jumper of Tunisian descent * Salim Shahed (born 1970), Bangladeshi cricket referee and former cricketer *

Salim Tuama Salim Tuama ( ar, سليم طعمه, he, סלים טועמה; born August 9, 1979) is an Palestinian, Arab-Israeli association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C., Maccabi Sha'arayim. His former clubs incl ...

(born 1979), Arab Israeli soccer player * Salim Turky (born 1963), Tanzanian politician *

Salim Yasin Salim Yasin ( ar, سليم سعيد ياسين; 10 October 1937 – 6 March 2016) was a Syrian economist, academic and former deputy prime minister for economic affairs. Early life and education Yasin was born in Latakia on 10 October 1937. He r ...

(1937–2016), Syrian politician

Selim

Selim I Selim I ( ota, سليم الأول; tr, I. Selim; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute ( tr, links=no, Yavuz Sultan Selim), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite las ...

(1465–1520), Ottoman sultan *

Selim II Selim II ( Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثانى ''Selīm-i sānī'', tr, II. Selim; 28 May 1524 – 15 December 1574), also known as Selim the Blond ( tr, Sarı Selim) or Selim the Drunk ( tr, Sarhoş Selim), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ...

(1524–1574), Ottoman sultan * Selim III (1761–1808), Ottoman sultan * Selim I Giray (1631–1704), Crimean khan *

Selim Aga Selim Aga (c. 1826 – December 1875) was a Sudanese man who was abducted by Arab slave traders when he was eight years of age, was brought to Scotland in 1836, and raised and educated as a free man. Selim wrote an autobiography of his life as a s ...

(1826–1875), Sudanese slave *

Selim Al Deen Selim Al Deen (18 August 1949 – 14 January 2008) was a Bangladeshi playwright and theatre artist. He was the founder chairperson of the Department of Drama and Dramatics at Jahangirnagar University. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Awar ...

(1949–2008), Bangladeshi playwright and theatre artist *

Selim Benachour Selim Benachour ( ar, سليم بن عاشور, Salīm bin ʻĀshūr; born Slim Ben-Achour on 8 September 1981) is a football coach and former professional player who played as a attacking midfielder. Born in France, he represented Tunisia at ...

(born 1981), Tunisian football player *

Selim Bouadla Selim Bouadla (born 26 August 1988) is a French-Algerian professional footballer who played as a midfielder most recently for Laval. Club career Le Havre Bouadla was born in Rosny-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis. He made his Ligue 2 debut wit ...

(born 1988), French-Algerian football player * Selim Deringil (born 1951), Turkish academic * Selim Ekbom (1807–1886), Finnish politician *

Selim Franklin Selim Franklin, Esquire (1814–1885) was an American pioneer, auctioneer, real estate agent, chess master, and Canadian legislator. Selim is listed in the Pioneer Club of San Francisco and The Society of California Pioneers. Franklin Street in ...

(1814–1884), American pioneer * Selim Giray (born 1970), Turkish-born American violinist * Selim Gökdemir (born 1960), Turkish businessman *

Selim Hassan Selim Hassan ( ar, سليم حسن; born on 15 April 1886 – 1961) was an Egyptian Egyptologist. He was the first native Egyptian to be appointed Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cairo, a post he held from 1936 to 1939. He was then ...

(1887–1961), Egyptian egyptologist *

Selim Lemström Karl Selim Lemström (17 November 1838 in Ingå – 2 October 1904 in Helsinki), was a Finnish geophysicist. In 1870 Lemström studied the metric system in Paris and introduced the system to Finland. Since 1872 he was a professor in the Univer ...

(1838–1903), Finnish scientist *

Selim Palmgren Selim Gustaf Adolf Palmgren (16 February 1878 – 13 December 1951) was a Finnish composer, pianist, and conductor. Palmgren was born in Pori, Finland, February 16, 1878. He studied at the Conservatory in Helsinki from 1895 to 1899, then ...

(1878–1951), Finnish composer, pianist, conductor *

Selim Sadak Selim Sadak, (born 1954 in İdil, ŞırnakSelim Sadak kimdir?
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(born 1954), Turkish politician *

Selim Sahab Selim Sahab ( ar, سليم سحاب) is a conductor and contemporary composer. Sahab was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1941, but is now a citizen of Egypt. Sahab obtained a Bachelor of Choral Conducting in 1971 from the Institute of Jnesen. In ...

(born 1941), Egyptian musician * Selim Sarper (1899–1968), Turkish diplomat and politician * Selim Sesler (1957–2014), Turkish clarinet virtuoso of Romani heritage *

Selim Sırrı Tarcan Selim Sırrı Tarcan (25 March 1874 – 2 March 1957) was a Turkish educator, sports official and politician. He is best remembered for his contribution to the establishment of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey and the introduction of t ...

(1874–1957), Turkish educator, sports official and politician *

Selim E. Woodworth Selim E. Woodworth (November 27, 1815 – January 29, 1871) was a commander in the United States Navy, prominent San Francisco businessman, and member of the Woodworth political family. Early years Woodworth was born in New York City, the secon ...

(1815–1871), American Navy officer * Selim Mouzannar (born 1963), Lebanese jeweler and civic activist

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