Shams is an Arabic origin word which is used as a unisex given name and a surname. People with the name include:

Given name

Shams (singer) Shams Bandar Naif Al-Aslami ( ar, شمس بندر نايف الاسلمي , born 28 April 1980), known simply as Shams ( ar, شمس), is an arab singer of Persian Gulf and actress. She dropped her Arab citizenship denouncing her Arab and Gulf c ...

(born 1980), a Saudi-Kuwaiti singer * Shams Abbasi (1924–2011), Pakistani scholar *

Shams al-Din Shams al-Din (IPA: /ʃamsaddiːn/) ( ar, شمس الدين , link=no, "sun of the faith") is an Arabic personal name or title. Notable persons with this name are: 10th–13th century * Shams al-Din Altınapa, Seljuk atabeg *Muhammad ibn A ...

, multiple people *

Shams Badran Shams Al Din Badran ( ar, شمس الدين بدران; 19 April 1929 – 28 November 2020) was an Egyptian government official. He served as minister of defence of Egypt during Gamal Abdel Nasser's era and the unsuccessful Six-Day War of 1967. ...

(1929–2020), Egyptian military officer *

Shams al-Baroudi Shams al-Muluk Gamil al-Baroudi ( ar, شمس الملوك جميل البارودي) is a retired Egyptian actress who was active in Egyptian films and also Lebanese films during the 1960s and 1970s. Lisa Anderson of the ''Chicago Tribune'' desc ...

(born 1945), Egyptian actress *

Shams Charania Shams Charania ( ; born April 1, 1994) is an American sports reporter for ''The Athletic'' and Stadium (sports network), ''Stadium'' where he covers the National Basketball Association, NBA. Early life Charania was born in Chicago to Pakistani ...

(born 1994), American television presenter *

Shams C. Inati Shams C. Inati is a professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, and the Department of Philosophy at Villanova University. She has authored many works and has translated numerous Arabic ph ...

, American scholar *

Shams Langeroodi Mohammad Shams Langeroodi ( fa, محمد شمس لنگرودی) (born November 17, 1950) is one of the most celebrated contemporary Iranian poet, actor, singer, author and university lecturer. He has researched extensively on different periods o ...

(born 1950), Iranian poet *

Shams Mulani Shams Mulani (born 13 March 1997) is an Indian cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Mumbai in the 2017–18 Zonal T20 League on 11 January 2018. He made his List A debut for Mumbai in the 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 5 February 2018. ...

(born 1997), Indian cricketer *

Shams Pahlavi Shams Pahlavi ( fa, شمس پهلوی; – ) was an Iranian royal of the Pahlavi dynasty, who was the elder sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. During her brother's reign she was the president of the Red Lion and Sun Soc ...

(1917–1996), member of the Iranian royal family *

Shams Sumon Shams Sumon is a Bangladeshi actor. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film ''Sopnopuron''. Works * ''Joyjatra ''Joyjatra'' ( bn, জয়যাত্রা) is Bangladeshi film directed by Tauquir A ...

, Bangladeshi actor * Shams Tabrizi (1185–1248), Iranian Sufi mystic

Surname

Ajmal Shams Ajmal Shams is an Afghan politician and former civil engineer. Shams has been president of the Afghan Social Democratic Party since October 2005. He served as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing in the Afghan Governm ...

, Afghan politician and engineer *

Ibrahim Shams Ibrahim Hassanien Shams (January 16, 1917 – January 16, 2001) was an Egyptian weightlifter who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Alexandria. In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the fea ...

(1917–2001), Egyptian Olympic weightlifter * Fatemeh Shams (born 1983), Iranian poet and literary scholar *

Hossein Shams Hossein Shams ( fa, حسین شمس; born 6 April 1961) is an Iranian professional futsal coach and former footballer. Honours National team * Champions, AFC Futsal Championship, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010 * Champions, Confederations Cup, 20 ...

(born 1961), Iranian futsal coach and football player *

Kalimuddin Shams Kalimuddin Shams (13 February 1939 – 4 March 2013) was an Indian politician, belonging to the All India Forward Bloc. He served as Minister for Agriculture Marketing/Food and Supply 1991–2005 in the West Bengal state government.''Towards So ...

(1939–2013), Indian politician *

Mohammad Shams Mohammad Shams ( fa, محمد شمس , born 1954 in Tehran) is an Iranian composer and conductor. Born in a family of musicians, he has composed more than 650 pieces of traditional, classical and modern music. Despite the troubles an artist in ...

(born 1954), Iranian musical artist * Noorena Shams (born 1997), Pakistani sportsperson * Randy J. Shams, American musical artist *

Siavash Shams Siavash Shams ( fa, سیاوش شمس) (also known as Siavash Sahne ( fa, سیاوش صحنه) due to his hit song ''Sahneh'') (born 26 January 1963) is an Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers ...

(born 1963), Iranian musical artist * Sumera Shams (born 1991), Pakistani politician * Wahid Shams Kolahi (born 1965), Iranian German engineer {{given name, type=both Arabic unisex given names Arabic-language surnames Persian unisex given names Persian-language surnames