Bashir

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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

• Bashir Ali Mohammad (born 1947), Pakistani businessman
• 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 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
• Julian Bashir, a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine television character
• Bichir family, a Mexican acting family of Lebanese descent

See also

• Bashir, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran