Salem (name)
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Salem is an Arabic given name
and surname
, a Sephardic Jewish
surname of Hebrew origin, and an English origin surname.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
and surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
, a Sephardic Jewish
Sephardi Jews
Sephardi Jews is a general term referring to the descendants of the Jews who lived in the Iberian Peninsula before their expulsion in the Spanish Inquisition. It can also refer to those who use a Sephardic style of liturgy or would otherwise define themselves in terms of the Jewish customs and...
surname of Hebrew origin, and an English origin surname.
Given name
- Salem ChalabiSalem ChalabiSalem Chalabi is an Iraq born, American educated, lawyer. He was appointed as the first General Director of the Iraqi Special Tribunal set up in 2003 to try Saddam Hussein and other members of his regime for crimes against humanity. His appointment, by an order signed by L...
, Iraqi-American lawyer - Salem Al FakirSalem Al FakirLars Salem Al Fakir is a Swedish soul/pop musician and singer of Syrian origin.-Early years:Salem learned to play violin at the age of four and subsequently toured Russia as a solo violinist at the age of fourteen, but returned to Sweden to study jazz piano.-Recording artist:During his career he...
, Swedish musician - Salem al-HazmiSalem al-HazmiSalem al-Hazmi was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77 as part of the September 11 attacks.A Saudi, Hazmi had a relatively long history with al-Qaeda before being selected for the attacks...
, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 in the September 11 attacks - Salem bin LadenSalem bin LadenSalem bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was a Saudi Arabian investor and businessman.-Life:Considered the eldest son of Mohammed bin Laden, the founder of Saudi Binladin Group and a half-brother and cousin of the infamous terrorist...
, Saudi investor - Salem el-MasriSalem el-MasriSalem el-Masri was allegedly an explosives trainer with Al-Jihad, who worked first in Afghanistan, and then in Khartoum at the Al-Damazin Farms project owned by Osama bin Laden.-Life:...
, Egyptian explosives trainer - Salem PoorSalem PoorBorn into slavery in Andover, Massachusetts, Salem Poor managed to buy his freedom in 1769 for £27. Poor soon married a free African American woman named Nancy. In 1775, he enlisted in the militia, serving under Captain Benjamin Ames in Colonel James Fryes' regiment, opposing the British troops...
, African-American soldier - Ali Salem TamekAli Salem TamekAli Salem Tamek is a Moroccan Sahrawi independence activist, human rights defender and trade unionist.Ali Salem Tamek was born in Assa, southern Morocco. He has emerged as one of the most outspoken Sahrawi dissidents under Moroccan rule. He is vice president of the Collective Of Sahrawi Human...
, Sahrawi independence activist
Surname
- Abu SalemAbu SalemAbu Salem is an underworld don originally from Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh, India. He is convicted for the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case and killing of India's music baron Gulshan Kumar in 1997. He has unsuccessfully attempted to kill Bollywood film directors Rajiv Rai and Rakesh Roshan....
, Indian mobster - Emad SalemEmad SalemEmad A. Salem is an FBI informant, who was a key witness in the trial of Ramzi Yousef, Abdul Hakim Murad, and Wali Khan Amin Shah, convicted in the World Trade Center Bombing of February 26, 1993....
, Egyptian FBI informant - Gamal SalemGamal SalemGamal Salem was an Egyptian Air Force officer and political figure in the mid-20th century. He was part of the Free Officers Movement which carried out a coup d'état against King Farouk I and turned Egypt into a Republic.-Career:...
, Egyptian Air Force officer - Mamdouh SalemMamdouh SalemMamdouh Muhammad Salem was the Prime Minister of Egypt from April 16, 1975 to October 2, 1978.Salem was born in Alexandria, Egypt. He served as governor of Asyut, Gaarbiya and Alexandria from 1967 to 1971 and then served as interior minister...
, Egyptian politician - Pamela SalemPamela SalemPamela Salem is a British film and television actress.She was born in Bombay, India, and educated at Heidelberg University in Germany and later at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England...
, British film and television actress - Peter SalemPeter SalemPeter Salem was an African American who served as a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, a slave of Jeremiah Belknap. Salem was later sold to Lawson Buckminster, who gave him his freedom. At least one record calls him "Salem Middlesex"- Military...
, African-American soldier - Raphaël SalemRaphaël SalemRaphaël Salem, was a Greek-Sephardic mathematician after whom are named the Salem numbers and whose widow founded the Salem Prize.-Biography:...
, Greek-Sephardic mathematician - Salah SalemSalah SalemSalah Salem was an Egyptian military officer and politician.-Education and military career:Salim was born in Sinkat, Sudan in 1920. He was raised, however, in the Hilmiyyat Jadida neighborhood of Cairo. There he was educated at the Ibrahimiyyeh School, and later, in 1938, he graduated from the...
, Egyptian military officer