Shakir is both a surname and a given name, similar to the surname or name

Shakur Shakur is a surname and rarely used as a name like Shakir. Also, it is from one of the names of God in Islam, '' Ash-Shakur''. Notable people with the name include: Surname * 'Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur (died 1930), Ethiopia emir * Afe ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Ahmad Muhammad Shakir Ahmad Muhammad Shakir ( ar, أحمد محمد شاكر, Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir) (January 29, 1892, Cairo – June 14, 1958) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar of hadith. He is the son of Muḥammad Shākir ibn Aḥmad, an Islamic scholar of A ...

, Egyptian scholar of Hadith (prophetic traditions) *

Faiz Shakir Faiz Shakir (; born 1979) is an American Democratic political advisor. He serves as senior advisor to Bernie Sanders and executive director of the nonprofit media organization ''More Perfect Union''. Previously, he was campaign manager for Bern ...

, American Democratic political advisor and campaign manager for Bernie 2020 *

Hannah Sabbagh Shakir Hannah Sabbagh Shakir (1895-1990) was a Lebanese-American businesswoman who co-founded the Lebanese-Syrian Ladies' Aid Society of Boston with 13 other Syrian women, including; Adele Ashook, Adelle Shayab, Rose Handy, Sady Besharra and others. The f ...

(1895–1990), Lebanese-American businesswoman and club founder *

Khalil Shakir Khalil Shakir (born February 3, 2000) is an American football wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Boise State. High school career Shakir attended Vista Murrieta High School i ...

(born 2000), American football player *

M. H. Shakir Muhammad Habib Shakir (1866 in Cairo – 1939 in Cairo) ( ar, محمد حبيب شاكر) was an Egyptian judge, born in Cairo and a graduate from Al-Azhar University. Life Sheikh Mohammed Shakir b. Ahmad b. ‘Abd al-Qadir was born in 1866 ...

, a translator of the Qur'an *

Zaid Shakir Zaid Shakir ( ar, زيد شاكر; born Ricky Daryl Mitchell, May 24, 1956) is an American Muslim scholar"Lonny Shavelson, Fred Setterberg", Under the Dragon: California's New Culture, Oakland Museum of California, Heyday Books, p.64, "Edward ...

, American Islamic scholar *

Shakir Ali (artist) Shakir Ali (Urdu: شاکر على (1975–1916) was an influential modern Pakistani artist and an art teacher. He was the principal of the National College of Arts in Lahore. He first joined ''Mayo School of Art'' as a lecturer in Art in 1954 ...

(1875–1916), Pakistani artist and teacher *

Shakir Ali (barrister) Shakir Ali (7 June 1879 – 26 December 1962) was an Indian lawyer and politician. Ali was born in a small town about twenty miles from Lucknow, the capital of Northwestern Provinces, during India's period under British rule. His ancestors acted ...

(1879–1962), Indian lawyer and politician *

Samir Shakir Mahmoud Samir Shakir Mahmoud Sumayda'ie (Samir Sumaidaie) is an Iraqi politician and was the Iraqi ambassador to the United States. He was born in Baghdad in 1944 and left Iraq in 1960 to study in the United Kingdom where he obtained a degree in electric ...

, a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council *

Mohammed Shakir (Iraqi politician) Mohammed Shakir al-Ghanam ( ar, محمد شاكر الغنام; born 1941 or 1942) is an Iraqi politician and leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party's center in the Ninawa Governorate. He formerly served as the official spokesperson to Vice President Tar ...

Mohammed Shakir (Indian politician) Mohammed Shakir ( te, మొహమ్మెద్ షాకిర్; ur, مہمد شاکر; born 16 July 1948) is a former politician for the Anantapur district. Previously, he served as a Minister in the state cabinet as well as in the AP ...

Shakir Mukhamadullin Shakir Maratovich Mukhamadullin (russian: Шакир Маратович Мухамадуллин; born 10 January 2002) is a Russian professional ice hockey player currently playing for Salavat Yulaev Ufa in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on ...

, Russian ice hockey player

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