Ali (disambiguation)

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Ali may refer to:

Contents 1 Names 2 Places 3 In popular culture 4 See also

[edit] Names

• Ali ibn Abi Talib (through non-Shia sources), early Islamic leader and fourth caliph: The first person by this name
• Imam Ali (through Shia sources), successor (Caliph) to Muhammad and the first Imam (leader) of the muslim ummah (community).

• Ali (name), a name of Arabic origin commonly found among Muslims:
  • Muhammad Ali, boxing champion
  • Laila Ali, female boxer and daughter of Muhammad Ali
  • Tatyana Ali, actress
  • Mehmet Ali Ağca
  • Mehmet Ali Agca
  • Ali Saleem
  • Begum Nawazish Ali
  • Saleem H. Ali
  • Tariq Ali the left-wing British political activist and writer
  • Ali Baba, a fictional character described in the adventure tale of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"

• Ali is also a diminutive for several non-Arabic names, as in:
  • Alice "Ali" MacGraw, American actress
  • Alexander "Ali" Williams, New Zealand rugby player

• Ali (goddess), a Georgian Goddess
• Ali language, a language spoken in Central African Republic and belonging to the Niger-Congo languages family.

Legendary Norse kings named Áli in Old Norse:

• Onela, a legendary king of Sweden.
• Ale the Strong, a legendary king of Denmark.

[edit] Places

• Alì, a town in Italy
• Ali (town), a town in Tibet
• Ali Prefecture, prefecture in Tibet
• Ali, Bahrain, a place in Bahrain

[edit] In popular culture

• Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, a 1974 film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• Ali Project, a Japanese musical band
• Ali (rapper), American rapper from the St. Lunatics
• Ali G, stage persona used by comedian Sacha Noam Baron Cohen
• Ali (film), a 2001 biographical film about Muhammad Ali
• A character in The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

[edit] See also

• ALI, a disambiguation page focusing on acronyms
• Eli, a disambiguation page
• Alley