Bashir
| Bashir | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | Arabic: [baʃiːr] |
| Gender | male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | the one who brings good news |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Beshir, Abshir, Basheerah, Absheerah |
Bashir or Basheer (Arabic: بشير) is a male given name. Derived from Arabic, it means "the one who brings good news". It is also a surname.
Bashir may refer to:
Given name
- Bachir Gemayel or Bashīr al-Jimayyel (1947–1982), Lebanese military commander, politician and president-elect
- Bashir Isse, Somali banker and Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia
- Bashir Jehangiri (born 1937), Pakistani judge
- Bashir Levingston (born 1976), Canadian Football League player
- Bashir Makhtal (born 1977), Canadian citizen held in an Ethiopian prison, where he is accused of terrorism and faces the death penalty
- Bashir Mehtaab (born 1994) Urdu poet
- Bashir Ali Mohammad (born 1947), Pakistani businessman
- Bashir Ramzy (born 1979), American long jumper
- Bashir Shihab II (1767–1850), Lebanese emir
- Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf (1912–1984), Somali politician
Surname
- Abu Bakar Bashir (born 1938), Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council
- Ala Bashir (born 1939), Iraqi painter, sculptor, plastic surgeon and former medical counselor to Saddam Hussein
- Amjad Bashir (born 1952) UK MEP
- Farshad Bashir (born 1988), Dutch politician of Afghan descent
- Halima Bashir, Sudanese human rights activist
- Jamil Bashir (1920–1977), Iraqi oud player
- Jonis Bashir (born 1960), Somali-Italian actor and musician
- Marie Bashir (born 1930), Governor of New South Wales
- Martin Bashir (born 1963), British journalist
- Max Basheer (born 1927), former administrator with the South Australian National Football League
- Munir Bashir (1930–1997), Iraqi oud player
- Omar Bashir (born 1970), Iraqi oud player, son of Munir Bashir and nephew of Jamil Bashir
- Omar al-Bashir (born 1944), President of Sudan and Sudanese army field marshal
- Ruzwana Bashir (born 1983), businesswoman & activist
- Thalekunnil Basheer (born 1945), politician from Kerala state, India
- Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908–1994), Indian writer
- Bichir family, a Mexican acting family of Lebanese descent
Fictional characters
- The title character of Bashir Lazhar, a one-character play by Évelyne de la Chenelière
- Julian Bashir, a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine television character
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