Bashir (name)
Bashir or Basheer, also gallicized in the form Bachir or Béchir, is a male given name and a surname.
It may refer to:
Mononym
- [Mohammad Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga|Al Bachir Gadiaga|Al Bachir] or Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga Senegalese-Taiwanese basketball player.
- Bashir I, Lebanese emir of the Shihab dynasty
- Bashir Shihab II, Lebanese emir who ruled Lebanon
- Bashir III, ruler of the Mount Lebanon Emirate
Given name
Bachir
- Bachir Gemayel or Bashīr al-Jimayyel, Lebanese military commander, politician and president-elect
- Bachir Abdelouahab, Algerian politician and medical doctor
- Bachir Ammoury, American-born Lebanese basketball player
- Bachir Attar, Moroccan American musician and leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar.
- Bachir Bensaddek, Canadian television director of Algerian Berber descent
- Bachir Boudjelid, Algerian football player
- Bachir Boumaaza, mostly known by the online pseudonym Athene, a Belgian internet personality and Twitch.tv streamer
- Bachir Douadi, Algerian football player
- Bachir Moustafa Hammoud, a Lebanese philosopher, poet and Shī‘ah religious leader
- Bachir Mahamat, Chadian sprinter
- Bachir Mané, Senegalese football player
- Bachir Mecheri, Algerian football player
- Bachir Qamari, Moroccan literary critic, novelist and playwright
- Bachir Sebaâ, Algerian football player
- Bachir Yellès, Algerian painter
- Bab Bachir was the spouse of last Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim.
Basheer
Bashir
- Bashir Abdi, Somali-Belgian athlete
- Bashir Ahmed, many persons with the name Bashir Ahmad and Bashir Ahmed
- Bashir Ahmad (mixed martial artist), Pakistani-American professional mixed martial artist
- Bashir Badr, Indian poet of Urdu
- Bashir Saleh Bashir, former aide of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
- Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim, Nigerian politician and businessman
- Bashir Isse, Somali banker and Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia
- Bashir Jehangiri, Pakistani judge
- Bashir Levingston, Canadian Football League player
- Bashir Maan, Pakistani-Scottish politician, businessman, judge, community worker and writer.
- Bashir Makhtal, Canadian citizen held in an Ethiopian prison, where he is accused of terrorism and faces the death penalty
- Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, Sindhi nationalist who served as the leader of Jeay Sindh Qaumi
- Bashir Ali Mohammad, Pakistani businessman
- Bashir Ramathan, Ugandan boxer
- Bashir Ramzy, American long jumper
- Bashir Safaroglu, Azerbaijani Soviet theater and film actor.
- Bashir Salahuddin, American actor, writer and comedian
- Bashir Shah, Pakistani-born Danish cricketer
- Bashir Tofa, Nigerian politician
- Bashir Varaev, Chechen judoka
- Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf, Somali politician
- Bashir Yussuf, Somali religious leader
Bechir
- Bechir Hadidane, Tunisian basketball player
- Bechir Kiiari, Tunisian judoka
- Bechir Mardassi, Tunisian cyclist
- Bechir Mogaadi, Tunisian football player
- Bechir Tekkari, Tunisian politician
Béchir
- Béchir Bouazzat, French modern pentathlete of Tunisian descent
Middle name
- Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga Senegalese-Taiwanese basketball player.
- Kausar Bashir Ahmed, Pakistani architect, town-planner and educationist
- Khadra Bashir Ali, Somali politician
- Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Senegalese philosopher
- Mirza Bashir Ahmad, an Ahmadiyya scholar and writer
- Nadim Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese politician and member of Parliament.
- Aminu Bashir Wali, Nigerian politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Surname
Bachir
- Jamil Bachir or Bashir, Iraqi Assyrian musician and expert oud player
- Oubi Buchraya Bachir, Sahrawi ambassador
- Salah Bachir, Canadian patron of the arts, entrepreneur, philanthropist, magazine publisher of Lebanese descent
- Yamina Bachir, Algerian film director and screenwriter
Bashir
- Aamir Bashir, Indian actor and film director
- Abdul Bashir, 2023 Lisbon Ismaili Centre stabbing perpetrator
- Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir, Singaporean association football referee
- Abu Bakar Bashir, Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council
- Ahmad Bashir, Pakistani writer, journalist, intellectual and film director
- Ahmed Bashir, Pakistani cricketer
- Ahmed Mohamed El-Bashir, Sudanese football player
- Neelam Bashir, Pakistani novelist and poet
- Ala Bashir, Iraqi painter, sculptor, plastic surgeon and former medical counselor to Saddam Hussein
- Amjad Bashir, UK MEP
- Asabe Vilita Bashir, Nigerian politician
- Atif Bashir, Pakistani German football player
- Bashir Saleh Bashir, former aide of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
- Dara Bashir, Pakistani cricketer
- Farshad Bashir, Dutch politician of Afghan descent
- Halima Bashir, Sudanese human rights activist
- Hassan Bashir, Pakistani football player
- Javed Bashir, Pakistani playback singer
- Jonis Bashir, Somali-Italian actor and musician
- Marie Bashir, Australian doctor and administrator, Governor of New South Wales
- Martin Bashir, British journalist
- Mowaia Bashir, Sudanese football player
- Muhammad Bashir (disambiguation), several people
- Munir Bashir, Iraqi oud player
- Nas Bashir, English football player
- Omar Bashir (musician), Iraqi-Hungarian musician and oud player, son of Munir Bashir and nephew of Jamil Bashir
- Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan and Sudanese army field marshal
- Palwasha Bashir, Pakistani badminton player
- Ruzwana Bashir, British businesswoman & activist
- Salman Bashir, Pakistani diplomat
- Shahzad Bashir (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
- Shahid Bashir, Pakistan Army engineer and aviator facing court martial
- Shoaib Bashir, English cricketer
- Tahseen Bashir, Egyptian diplomat
- Yousef Bashir, Palestinian-American author and peace activist
Basheer
- David Basheer, Australian sports commentator
- Max Basheer, former administrator with the South Australian National Football League
- Thalekunnil Basheer, politician from Kerala state, India
- Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Indian writer
Bechir
- Azouz Bechir, Tunisian boxer
- Mohamed Bechir-Sow, Chadian politician
- Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir, Mauritanian politician and Prime Minister
- Sayed Ali Bechir, Qatari football player of Mauritanian descent
Béchir
- Gabriel Béchir, 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 flying carpet salesman mentioned in ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire''