Bashir

Bashir or Basheer or the francicized Bachir or Bechir (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:

Mononym[]

• Bashir I, Lebanese emir of the Shihab dynasty
• Bashir Shihab II (1767–1850), Lebanese emir who ruled Lebanon
• Bashir III, ruler of the Mount Lebanon Emirate (7th Emir, reigned 1840–1842)

Given name[]

Bachir[]

• Bachir Gemayel or Bashīr al-Jimayyel (1947–1982), Lebanese military commander, politician and president-elect
• Bachir Abdelouahab (1897–1978), Algerian politician and medical doctor
• Bachir Ammoury (born 1983), American-born Lebanese basketball player
• Bachir Attar (born 1964), Moroccan American musician and leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar.
• Bachir Bensaddek (born 1972), Canadian television director of Algerian Berber descent
• Bachir Boudjelid (born 1978), Algerian football player
• Bachir Boumaaza (born 1980), mostly known by the online pseudonym Athene, a Belgian internet personality and Twitch.tv streamer
• Bachir Douadi (born 1953), Algerian football player
• Bachir Moustafa Hammoud (1906–1945), a Lebanese philosopher, poet and Shī‘ah religious leader
• Bachir Mahamat (born 1996), Chadian sprinter
• Bachir Mané (born 1997), Senegalese football player
• Bachir Mecheri (born 1964), Algerian football player
• Bachir Qamari (1951–2021), Moroccan literary critic, novelist and playwright
• Bachir Sebaâ (born 1949), Algerian football player
• Bachir Yellès (born 1921), Algerian painter

Bashir[]

• Bashir Abdi (born 1989), Somali-Belgian athlete
• Bashir Ahmed, many persons with the name Bashir Ahmad and Bashir Ahmed
• Bashir Ahmad (mixed martial artist) (born 1982), Pakistani-American professional mixed martial artist
• Bashir Badr (born 1935), Indian poet of Urdu
• Bashir Saleh Bashir, former aide of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, head of the Libyan African Portfolio, a sovereign wealth fund that invested Libya's oil wealth mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, and served as an intermediary between Libya, Africa and France
• Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim (born 1961), Nigerian politician and businessman
• 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 Maan (1926–2019), Pakistani-Scottish politician, businessman, judge, community worker and writer.
• Bashir Makhtal (born 1977), Canadian citizen held in an Ethiopian prison, where he is accused of terrorism and faces the death penalty
• Bashir Ahmed Qureshi (1959–2012), Sindhi nationalist who served as the leader of Jeay Sindh Qaumi
• Bashir Ali Mohammad (born 1947), Pakistani businessman
• Bashir Ramathan, Ugandan boxer
• Bashir Ramzy (born 1979), American long jumper
• Bashir Safaroglu (1925–1969), Azerbaijani Soviet theater and film actor.
• Bashir Salahuddin (born 1976), American actor, writer and comedian
• Bashir Shah (born 1983), Pakistani-born Danish cricketer
• Bashir Tofa, Nigerian politician
• Bashir Varaev (born 1964), Chechen judoka
• Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf (1912–1984), Somali politician
• Bashir Yussuf (born c. 1905), Somali religious leader

Bechir[]

• Bechir Hadidane (born 1984), Tunisian basketball player
• Bechir Kiiari (born 1960), Tunisian judoka
• Bechir Mardassi (born 1929), Tunisian cyclist
• Bechir Mogaadi (born 1975), Tunisian football player
• Bechir Tekkari, Tunisian politician

Béchir[]

• Béchir Bouazzat (1908–1944), French modern pentathlete of Tunisian descent

Middle name[]

• Kausar Bashir Ahmed (1939–2006), Pakistani architect, town-planner and educationist
• Khadra Bashir Ali, Somali politician
• Souleymane Bachir Diagne (born 1955), Senegalese philosopher
• Mirza Bashir Ahmad (1893–1963), an Ahmadiyya scholar and writer
• Nadim Bachir Gemayel (born 1982), Lebanese politician and member of Parliament. Son of assassinated Lebanese president Bachir Gemayel
• Aminu Bashir Wali (born 1941), Nigerian politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs

Surname[]

Bachir[]

• Jamil Bachir or Bashir (1920–1977), Iraqi Assyrian musician and expert oud player
• Oubi Buchraya Bachir (born 1970), Sahrawi ambassador
• Salah Bachir (born 1955), Canadian patron of the arts, entrepreneur, philanthropist, magazine publisher of Lebanese descent
• Yamina Bachir (born 1954), Algerian film director and screenwriter

Bashir[]

• Aamir Bashir, Indian actor and film director
• Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (born 1968), Singaporean association football referee
• Abu Bakar Bashir (born 1938), Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council
• Ahmad Bashir (1923–2004), Pakistani writer, journalist, intellectual and film director
• Ahmed Bashir (born 1995), Pakistani cricketer
• Ahmed Mohamed El-Bashir (born 1949), Sudanese football player
• Ala Bashir (born 1939), Iraqi painter, sculptor, plastic surgeon and former medical counselor to Saddam Hussein
• Amjad Bashir (born 1952) UK MEP
• Asabe Vilita Bashir (born 1965), Nigerian politician
• Atif Bashir (born 1985), Pakistani German football player
• Bashir Saleh Bashir, former aide of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, head of the Libyan African Portfolio, a sovereign wealth fund that invested Libya's oil wealth mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, and served as an intermediary between Libya, Africa and France
• Dara Bashir, Pakistani cricketer
• Farshad Bashir (born 1988), Dutch politician of Afghan descent
• Halima Bashir, Sudanese human rights activist
• Hassan Bashir (born 1987), Pakistani football player
• Javed Bashir (born 1973), Pakistani playback singer
• 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
• Mowaia Bashir (born 1986), Sudanese football player
• Mohammad Bashir (1935–2001), Pakistani wrestler
• Munir Bashir (1930–1997), Iraqi oud player
• Nas Bashir (born 1969), English football player
• Omar Bashir (musician) , Iraqi-Hungarian musician and oud player, son of Munir Bashir and nephew of Jamil Bashir
• Omar al-Bashir (born 1944), President of Sudan and Sudanese army field marshal
• Palwasha Bashir (born 1987), Pakistani badminton player
• Ruzwana Bashir (born 1983), British businesswoman & activist
• Salman Bashir (born 1952), Pakistani diplomat
• Shahzad Bashir, Pakistani cricketer
• Shahid Bashir, Pakistan Army engineer and aviator facing court martial
• Tahseen Bashir, (1925–2002), Egyptian diplomat

Basheer[]

• Thalekunnil Basheer (born 1945), politician from Kerala state, India
• Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908–1994), Indian writer

Bechir[]

• Azouz Bechir (born 1935), Tunisian boxer
• Mohamed Bechir-Sow (1907–1976), Chadian politician
• Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir, Mauritanian politician and Prime Minister
• Sayed Ali Bechir (born 1982), Qatari football player of Mauritanian descent

Béchir[]

• Gabriel Béchir (1927–2001), French set decorator

Others[]

• 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, the Chief Medical Officer in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
• Ali Bashir, a minor character mentioned in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire book by J.K. Rowling

Places[]

• Bashir, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province
• Bashir, Iraq, a village south of Kirkuk
• Béchir, a village in Algeria
• Beni Bechir, a town and commune, Algeria
• Sidi Bashir Mosque, former mosque in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
• Stade El Bachir, Mohammédia, Morocco

See also[]

• Bishara, also Bechara, Béchara and Beshara

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