Kazmi

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Kazemi, Kazimi, Kazmi, al-Kadhimi (Arabic: کاظمی Kadhimi) is a surname found most commonly in Iran, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

The surname can be linked back to Imam Musa al-Kadhim, thus the lineage belongs to the Sayyid community. The same lineage sometimes used the alternative name Mousavi (surname).

Notable people with this surname[]

Kazmi[]

• Ahmad Saeed Kazmi (1913–1986), Sufi scholar from Multan, Pakistan
• Iqbal Kazmi, human rights activist and journalist
• Nasir Kazmi, Urdu poet from Pakistan
• Nikhat Kazmi, film critic from India
• Pratima Kazmi, Indian television actress
• Rahat Kazmi, Pakistani television actor, talk-show anchor and academic
• Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi (1617–1705), known as Bari Imam, Sufi poet and philosopher

Kazemi[]

• Arsalan Kazemi, Iranian basketball player
• Elham Kazemi, Iranian–American mathematics educator
• Farhad Kazemi, Iranian football manager
• Hadi Kazemi, Iranian actor
• Hossein Kazemi (born 1979), Iranian footballer
• Sayed Mustafa Kazemi (1962–2007), Afghan politician
• Sahel Kazemi (died 2009), murderer of retired NFL football star Steve McNair
• Zahra Kazemi (1949–2003), Iranian-Canadian journalist
• Zhaleh Kazemi (1944–2005), Iranian painter and news anchor

Kazimi[]

• Ali Kazimi (born 1961), Canadian filmmaker, media artist and writer

Kadhimi[]

• Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Prime Minister of Iraq since 2020

Fictional characters[]

• Carmel Kazemi, EastEnders
• Darius Kazemi, EastEnders
• Kush Kazemi, EastEnders
• Shakil Kazemi, EastEnders
• Umar Kazemi, EastEnders

Surname list

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