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 Gibran Khalil Gibran ( ar, جُبْرَان خَلِيل جُبْرَان, , , or , ; January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran (pronounced ), was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist ...

(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 Khalil was fluen ...

, 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 Khalil Abdul-Rahman Hazzard (born October 16, 1973), professionally known as DJ Khalil, is an American music producer and DJ from Los Angeles. He is the instrumental half of the hip hop duo Self Scientific (along with rapper Chace Infinite) an ...

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

Places

Algeria

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

, R&B band from South Africa *

Khalil (singer) Khalil Amir Sharieff (born November 22, 1994), is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and rapper from Sacramento, California. Music career In 2008, He worked under the auspices of L.A. Reid to record some material in Florida after being dis ...