Ali is a common unisex name. In

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

, Ali is derived from the Arabic root ʕ-l-w, which literally means "high", "elevated" or "champion", and is used as both a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

and

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Islamic traditional use of the name goes back to the Islamic leader

Ali ibn Abi Talib ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

, but the name is also present among some pre-Islamic Arabs (e.g.

Banu Hanifa Banu Hanifa ( ar, بنو حنيفة) is an ancient Arab tribe inhabiting the area of al-Yamama in the central region of modern-day Saudi Arabia. The tribe belongs to the great Rabi'ah branch of North Arabian tribes, which also included Abdu ...

, and some rulers of Saba and Himyar). It is identical in form and meaning to the he , עֵלִי ,

Eli Eli most commonly refers to: * Eli (name), a given name, nickname and surname * Eli (biblical figure) Eli or ELI may also refer to: Film * ''Eli'' (2015 film), a Tamil film * ''Eli'' (2019 film), an American horror film Music * ''Eli'' (Jan ...

, which goes back to the High Priest

in the biblical

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. Ali as a surname has become popular in domains under the influence of Islamic culture. This is especially so in the Caribbean where indentured labourers from South Asia were brought to replace African slave labour after the end of the

Transatlantic slave trade The Atlantic slave trade, transatlantic slave trade, or Euro-American slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas. The slave trade regularly used the triangular trade route and i ...

, in countries such as

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

and

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

. The name Ali is also used in various other cultures as a given name. Among English speakers it is used as a short form of male or female names starting with "Al-", such as Alice, Alison, Alisha, Alistair, Alexander, or Alexandra. In

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

, Áli and Åle are alternative forms of

Onela Onela was according to ''Beowulf'' a Swedish king, the son of Ongentheow and the brother of Ohthere. He usurped the Swedish throne, but was killed by his nephew Eadgils, who won by hiring foreign assistance. In Scandinavian sagas a Norwegian ki ...

. Ali is a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

male given name, derived from Aleksanteri.Kustaa Vilkuna, Marketta Huitu and Pirjo Mikkonen. ''Etunimet'', published in ''Joka kodin suuri nimikirja.'' Suuri Suomalainen Kirjakerho, 1990.

Islam

* Al-Ali (The Sublimely Exalted)'', one of the 99

names of God in Islam Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

(601-661), cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

, the fourth Caliph of Sunni Islam, and the first Imam in most schools of Shia Islam. *

Ali ibn Husayn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ( ar, علي بن الحسين زين العابدين), also known as al-Sajjād (, ) or simply as Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (), , was an Imam in Shiʻi Islam after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ...

(''Zayn al-Abidin'') (с. 659 - c. 713), grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib, fourth infallible Imam in Isma'ili and Twelver Shia Islam. * Ali ibn Musa (''ar-Reza'') (c. 766–818), eighth infallible Imam in Shia Islam. * Ali ibn Muhammad (''al-Hadi'') (c. 829 - c. 868), tenth infallible Imam in Shia Islam. *

Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari ( fa, علی ابن سهل ربن طبری ) (c. 838 – c. 870 CE; also given as 810–855 or 808–864 also 783–858), was a Persian Muslim scholar, physician and psychologist, who produced one of ...

, a Persian Muslim scholar, physician and psychologist * Ali ibn al-Mu'tasim, was a 9th-century Abbasid prince and son of

Al-Mu'tasim Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd ( ar, أبو إسحاق محمد بن هارون الرشيد; October 796 – 5 January 842), better known by his regnal name al-Muʿtaṣim biʾllāh (, ), was the eighth Abbasid caliph, ruling f ...

. * Ali al-Muktafi was the 10th century Abbasīd caliph from 902 to 908. He was named after caliph

Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...

. *

Ali al-Ridha Ali ibn Musa al-Rida ( ar, عَلِيّ ٱبْن مُوسَىٰ ٱلرِّضَا, Alī ibn Mūsā al-Riḍā, 1 January 766 – 6 June 818), also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the e ...

, descendant of the

Islamic prophet Prophets in Islam ( ar, الأنبياء في الإسلام, translit=al-ʾAnbiyāʾ fī al-ʾIslām) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God in Islam, God's message on Earth and to serve as models of ideal human behaviour. So ...

, and the eighth

Imam Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, ser ...

. *

Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ( ar, علي بن الحسين زين العابدين), also known as al-Sajjād (, ) or simply as Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (), , was an Imam in Shiʻi Islam after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ...

, was an Imam in Shiʻi Islam after his father

Husayn ibn Ali Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...

, his uncle

Hasan ibn Ali Hasan ibn Ali ( ar, الحسن بن علي, translit=Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī; ) was a prominent early Islamic figure. He was the eldest son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. He ...

, and his grandfather,

. *

, Abu Abd Allah or Imam Husayn, was a grandson of the Islamic prophet

. *

, was the firstborn son of

and

Fatima Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ( ar, فَاطِمَة ٱبْنَت مُحَمَّد}, 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, th ...

, and a grandson of the Islamic prophet

. *

(Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib), was a cousin, son-in-law and companion of the

. *

Ali ibn al-Athir Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ash-Shaybānī, better known as ʿAlī ʿIzz ad-Din (Arabic), Dīn Ibn al-Athīr al-Jazarī ( ar, علي عز الدین بن الاثیر الجزري) lived 1160–1233) was an Arab people, ...

, 12th and 13th-century Islamic historian and geographer. * Ali Jaunpuri (1800-1873), Islamic scholar

Given male name

Arts and entertainment

Ali Akbar Navis Ali Akbar Navis (17 November 1924 in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra – 22 March 2003 in Padang) was a prominent Indonesian author, poet and humorist. Navis showed signs of creativity from a young age. Before discovering his talents as a writer, he ...

, Indonesian author *

Ali Gatie Ali Gatie (born May 31, 1997) is an Iraqi–Canadian singer and songwriter managed by SAL&CO. In 2019, his song " It's You" achieved worldwide success, charting on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and reaching the top 30 in Australia, Canada, Irela ...

, Iraqi-Canadian singer-songwriter * Ali Hassan (born 1972), Indian television actor *

Ali Kiba Ali Saleh Kiba (born 1986), best known as Ali Kiba or sometimes King Kiba, is a Tanzanian singer and songwriter. He is from Kigoma and the owner of Kings Music label. Ali Kiba released his album ''Cinderella'' which broke record as the best- ...

(born 1986), Tanzanian singer and songwriter *

Ali Özgentürk Ali Özgentürk (born 4 November 1947) is a Turkish film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was born on 4 November 1947 in Adana, Turkey. After studying philosophy and sociology at Istanbul University, he became involved in theater, as an ...

, Turkish film director *

Ali Rehman Khan Ali Rehman Khan ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actor who appears in Urdu films, television series and theater plays. Khan has won two Hum Awards and has been nominated twice at the Lux Style Awards for his acting prowess. Born and raised in Islamabad ...

, Pakistani actor *

Ali Saad (actor) Ali Saad (Arabic: علي سعد) is a Lebanon, Lebanese actor and voice actor. Filmography Film *''Princess of Rome'' - Voice only. 2015 *''Magic Bottle'' - Voice only. 2016 *''Karun Treasure'' - Voice only. 2016 Television Dubb ...

, Lebanese actor and voice actor *

Ali Saleem Ali Saleem (Urdu: علی سلیم), best known by his alter-ego Begum Nawazish Ali, is a Pakistani television host, actor, scriptwriter and impressionist. He became a contestant in Bigg Boss 4 in 2010. He broke into the mainstream audiences th ...

, Pakistani television host *

Ali Salem Ali Salem, also transliterated Ali Salim, ( ar, على سالم, ; 24 February 1936 – 22 September 2015) was an Egyptian playwright, author, and political commentator known for controversially endorsing cooperation with Israel. The ''Los ...

, Egyptian playwright *

Ali Shahalom Ali Shahalom ( bn, আলী শাহআলম; born 15 October 1992), also known by his stage name Ali Official, is an English people, English comedian and television presenter of British Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi descent. Early life Shahalom w ...

, British-Bangladeshi comedian *

Ali Al-Zein Ali Al-Zein (Arabic: علي الزين , born 1949) is a Lebanese actor and voice actor. He is a cousin of Ahmad Al-Zein. Filmography Film *Beirut Open City. 2008 Television *khamsa wnos. 2019 *thawani. 2019 *wein kenty 2. 2017 *wein ...

, Lebanese actor and voice actor *

Ali Campbell Alistair Ian Campbell (born 15 February 1959) is an English singer and songwriter who was lead singer of the British reggae band UB40. As part of UB40, Campbell sold over 70 million records worldwide and toured the globe for 30 years. In 2008, C ...

, British singer and member of UB40

Sports

* Ali Alaaeddine (born 1993), Lebanese footballer *

Ali Alanç Ali Alanç (born January 22, 1959) is a Turkish football manager. He is the head coach of the Izmir-based Konak Belediyespor since the 2015–16 season, which competes in the Turkish Women's First Football League. Alanç serves also as the pre ...

(born 1959), Turkish football manager * Ali Annabi, Tunisian fencer * Ali Asfand (born 2004), Pakistani cricketer *

Ali Bacher Aron "Ali" Bacher (born 24 May 1942) is a former South African Test cricket captain and an administrator of the United Cricket Board of South Africa. Personal life Bacher was born in May 1942 in Roodepoort to Lithuanian- Jewish parents who emi ...

, South African cricket batsman and administrator *

Ali Daei Ali Daei ( fa, ; born 21 March 1969) is an Iranian football manager and former player. A striker, he was the captain of the Iranian national team between 2000 and 2006 and played in the German Bundesliga for Arminia Bielefeld, Bayern Munich ...

(born 1969), Iranian footballer * Ali Daher (born 1996), Lebanese footballer * Ali Demić, Bosnian basketball player *

Ali Eren Demirezen Ali Eren Demirezen (born 2 April 1990) is a Turkish professional boxer who held the WBO European heavyweight title from 2018 to 2019. As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey. Amateur career At t ...

(born 1990), Turkish amateur boxer * Ali Fakih (born 1967), Lebanese footballer * Ali Farahat, Egyptian chess player *

Ali Farokhmanesh Ali Fredrick Farokhmanesh (born April 16, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player and current Colorado State Rams men's basketball assistant coach. Farokhmanesh gained nationwide fame in the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketbal ...

(born 1988), American basketball player and coach * Ali Fayad (disambiguation), multiple people * Ali Gaye (born 1998), American football player *

Ali Ferit Gören ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

(1913-1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter *

Ali Güneş Ali Mehmet Güneş (born 23 November 1978) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in West Germany, he represented Turkey at international level. Club career Güneş was born in Donaueschingen, West Germany. He s ...

, Turkish footballer *

Ali Kaya (athlete) Ali Kaya (born as Stanley Kiprotich Mukche on 20 April 1994) is a Turkish long-distance runner of Kenyan origin competing in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events. He holds the 10,000 m European record for juniors, set in 2013. Career He was born Stan ...

(born Stanley Kiprotich Mukche in 1994), Kenyan-Turkish long-distance runner * Ali Kireş, Turkish footballer * Ali Marpet (born 1993), American football player in the NFL * Ali Marwi, Kuwaiti footballer *

Ali Musse Ali Adem Musse (born 1 January 1996) is a Somali professional footballer who plays as a winger for Canadian Premier League club Cavalry FC. Early life Born in Somalia, Ali moved to Canada at a young age. He began playing youth football with Ear ...

(born 1996), Somali footballer * Ali Noorzad, Afghan basketball player * Ali Ölmez, Turkish footballer * Ali Omari, Afghan footballer * Ali Öztürk (footballer born 1986), Turkish footballer * Ali Öztürk (footballer born 1987), Turkish footballer * Ali Sabeh (born 1994), Lebanese footballer *

Ali Sami Yen Ali Sami Yen, born Ali Sami Frashëri (20 May 1886 – 29 July 1951) was an Albanian-Turkish sports official best known as the founder of the Galatasaray Sports Club. After the enactment of law on family names in 1934, he took the surname Yen, ...

, Turkish Association football entrepreneur * Ali Sánchez, Venezuelan professional baseball player *

Ali Sarı Ali Sarı (born November 24, 1986) is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner competing in the heavyweight division. Ali Sarı is a student of civil engineering at Selçuk University. Early life Ali Sarı was born on November 24, 1986, in Beyşehir tow ...

(born 1986), Turkish taekwondo practitioner * Ali Tandoğan, Turkish footballer * Ali Topaloğlu (born 1998), Turkish track and field athlete with Down syndrome *

Ali Turan Ali Turan (born 6 September 1983) is a Turkish footballer who most recently played for Konyaspor. Club career Turan began his professional career with Kayserispor, and went on loan to Kayseri Erciyesspor during the 2006–07 Super Lig season. ...

, Turkish footballer *

Ali Williams Alexander James "Ali" Williams (born 30 April 1981) is a New Zealand rugby union player who played at lock, spending almost all of his playing career in his homeland. At provincial level, he played mainly with Auckland, though he spent one seaso ...

(born 1981), New Zealand rugby union player *

Ali Nihat Yazıcı Ali Nihat Yazıcı (born 1964) is the head of Turkish Chess Federation. After graduating from Istanbul Technical University as an electronics and communication engineer in 1987, Yazıcı worked for the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (T ...

, Turkish chess official * Ali Efe Yeğin (born 1993), Turkish professional motorcycle racer

Others

Ali Aaltonen Aleksi "Ali" Aaltonen (2 August 1884 – May 1918) was a Finnish journalist and former lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Army, who served as the first commander-in-chief of the Finnish Red Guards from November 1917 to the end of January 1918. He w ...

, Finnish Red Guard commander * Ali al-Abdallah, Syrian writer and human rights activist * Ali Akdemir, Turkish scientist *

Ali Alatas Ali Alatas ( ar, علي العطاس '; 4 November 193211 December 2008) was an Indonesian diplomat of Ba 'Alawi sada descent, who served as the country's foreign minister from 1988 to 1999. He was Indonesia's longest serving foreign minister. E ...

, Indonesian diplomat * Ali Aldabbagh, Iraqi engineer and politician *

Ali Abu Awwad Ali Abu Awwad ( ar, علي أبو عواد, born 1972) is a prominent Palestinian peace activist and proponent of nonviolence. He is the founder of ''Taghyeer'' (Change), a Palestinian national movement promoting nonviolence to achieve and guaran ...

, Palestinian pacifist *

Ali Babacan Ali Babacan (; born 4 April 1967) is a Turkish politician, economist, and engineer. He is the founder and current leader of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA). He served 13 years as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Economy, Chief ...

, Turkish politician * Ali Mohammad Besharati (born 1945), Iranian politician *

Ali Bozer Ali Hüsrev Bozer (28 July 1925 – 30 September 2020) was a Turkish politician and academic of commercial law. Biography Bozer was born in Ankara, Turkey. At first a member of the Nationalist Democracy Party (MDP), then of the Motherland Party ...

, Turkish politician *

Ali Brownlee Alastair Brownlee (14 April 1959 – 14 February 2016) was an English radio broadcaster best known for his coverage of Middlesbrough F.C. on BBC Tees from 1982 onwards. His connection to the club earned him the honorific "Voice of the Boro". ...

(1959–2016), English sportscaster *

Ali Çetinkaya Ali Çetinkaya, also known as " Kel" Ali Bey (1878 – 21 February 1949) was an Ottoman-born Turkish army officer and politician, who served eight terms in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, including a period in 1939–40 as his country's ...

, Turkish Army officer * Ali al-Dandachi, Syrian scout leader *

Ali Dizaei Jamshid Ali Dizaei ( fa, جمشید علی دیزایی, transliteration: ''Jamshīd ʿAlī Dizaī''; ) (born 1962) is a former Commander in London's Metropolitan Police Service, Iranian-born with dual nationality, and formerly one of Britain's ...

(born 1962), Anglo-Iranian police officer and criminal * Ali Džabič (1853–1918), Bosnian mufti * Ali Erdemir, Turkish scientist * Ali Fadel, Iraqi politician *

Ali Hassan al-Majid Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( ar, علي حسن عبد المجيد التكريت, ʿAlī Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī; 30 November 1941 – 25 January 2010), nicknamed Chemical Ali ( ar, علي الكيمياوي, ʿAlī al-Kīm ...

(1941–2010), Iraqi politician and mass murderer * Ali Jarbawi, Palestinian politician *

Ali Kaya (serial killer) Ali Kaya (born 1980) is a Turkish serial killer. Nicknamed "The Babyface Killer", Kaya is responsible for ten murders. Killings Ali Kaya committed crime such as theft, assault and snatch theft, and was imprisoned at the age of 17. He was rele ...

(born 1979), Turkish serial killer * Ali Kemal Bey, Turkish journalist, newspaper editor and poet * Ali Khademhosseini (born 1975), Iranian-Canadian bioengineer *

Ali Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...

(born 1939), Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989 *

Ali Kordan Ali Kordan (23 October 1958 – 22 November 2009) was an Iranian conservative politician who served in the Revolutionary Guards, the judiciary and as deputy oil minister, before becoming interior minister of Iran in 2008 for just 90 days. He was ...

(1958–2009), Iranian politician *

Ali ibn Abbas al-Majusi 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi ( fa, علی بن عباس مجوسی; died between 982 and 994), also known as Masoudi, or Latinisation (literature), Latinized as Haly Abbas, was a Persian people, Persian physician and psychologist from the Islami ...

, 11th century physician * Ali Maksum, Indonesian Islamic leader *

Ali al-Masudi Al-Mas'udi ( ar, أَبُو ٱلْحَسَن عَلِيّ ٱبْن ٱلْحُسَيْن ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱلْمَسْعُودِيّ, '; –956) was an Arab historian, geographer and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the "Herodotus ...

(''al-Masʿūdī)'', Arab historian,

geographer A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interacts. The Greek prefix "geo" means "earth" a ...

and traveler *

Ali Mech Ali Mech was a tribal chief in the 13th century CE, in the region of present-day Assam belonging to the Mech people. He is said to have helped Bakhtiyar Khalji duing his Tibet campaign and converted to Islam under his influence. Biography Ali M ...

, 13th-century tribal chief * Ali Akbar Moinfar, Iranian politician *

Ali Moulana Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (born 25 June 1956) is a Sri Lankan politician, former diplomat and local government activist. He is most known for the pivotal and important role he played in bringing about an end to the Sri Lankan Civil War. He has bee ...

, Sri Lankan politician, chairman of

Eravur Urban Council Eravur Urban Council (EUC) is the local authority for the town of Eravur in eastern Sri Lanka. EUC is responsible for providing a variety of local public services including roads, sanitation, drains, housing, libraries, public parks and recreation ...

* Ali Qanso, Lebanese politician * Ali İsmet Öztürk (born 1964), Turkish aerobatics pilot *Ali ibn Ridwan, 11th century astrologer *Ali Sabancı, Turkish businessman *Ali Sadikin, Indonesian politician *Ali Said Raygal, Somali politician *Ali Sastroamidjojo, 8th and 10th Prime Minister of Indonesia *Ali Sayyar (1926–2019), Bahraini journalist and politician *Ali Shayegan (1903–1981), Iranian politician *Ali Tayebnia (born 1960), Iranian academic and politician *Ali Wallace (naturalist), assistant to naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace *Ali Wazir, Pakistani politician and leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement *Ali Yafie, Indonesian Islamic leader *Ali Yusuf Kenadid, Somali Sultan of the Sultanate of Hobyo *Ali I of Yejju (died 1788), Ethiopian leader *Ali II of Yejju (c. 1819 – c. 1866), Ethiopian leader

Given female name

Arts and entertainment

*Ali Barter (born 1986), Australian singer-songwriter *Ali Bastian (born 1982), English actress *Ali Benjamin, American author *Ali Brown (businesswoman), Ali Brown (born 1971), American author *Ali Brustofski (born 1993), American singer *Ali Bryan, Canadian novelist *Ali Caldwell (born 1988), American singer *Ali Cobrin (born 1989), American actress *Ali Cobby Eckermann (born 1963), Australian poet *Ali Ewoldt (born 1982), American theatre actress *Ali Fedotowsky (born 1984), American television presenter *Ali Hillis (born 1978), American actress *Ali Kay, American model *Ali Landry (born 1973), American model and actress *Ali Larter (born 1976), American actress *Ali Lee (born 1982), Hong Kong actress *Ali Liebegott (born 1971), American writer *Ali Liebert (born 1981), Canadian actress *Ali Lohan (born 1993), American model and actress *Ali MacGraw (born 1939), American actress *Ali McGregor, Australian soprano *Ali Michael (born 1990), American fashion model *Ali Rogers (born 1991), American beauty pageant titleholder *Ali Ryerson (born 1952), American flutist *Ali Shaw (born 1982), Scottish television presenter *Ali Smith (born 1962), Scottish author *Ali Sotto (born 1961), Filipino actress *Ali Spagnola, American musician *Ali Sparkes (born 1966), British author *Ali Stephens (born 1991), American model *Ali Stone (born 1992), Spanish record producer *Ali Stroker (born 1987), American actress *Ali Tamposi (born 1989), American songwriter *Ali Wentworth (born 1965), American actress *Ali Wong (born 1982), Vietnamese-Chinese-American comedian

Sports

*Ali Bernard (born 1986), American Olympic athlete *Ali Brigginshaw (born 1989), Australian international rugby league player *Ali Frantti (born 1996), American volleyball player *Ali Johnson (born 1998), English footballer *Ali Krieger (born 1984), American soccer player *Ali Loke (born 1993), Welsh squash player *Ali Riley (born 1987), American-born New Zealand soccer player *Ali Viola (born 1976), American softball player

Others

*Ali Cupper (born 1980), Australian politician *Ali Hewson (born 1961), Irish activist *Ali Hogg (born 1980), Australian activist *Ali Holman (born 1973), American author *Ali Vincent (born 1975), American spokeswoman *Ali Watkins (born 1992), American journalist

Middle name

*Abbas Ali Khalatbari (1912–1979), Iranian diplomat *Abdus Sobahan Ali Sarkar (born 1976), Bengali MLA of Assam *Ahmad Ali Sepehr (1889–1976), Iranian historian and politician *Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri (1898-1959), Bengali author and journalist *Ajmal Ali Choudhury (1916-1971), Bengali politician *Akbar Ali Khan (economist), Akbar Ali Khan, Bangladeshi economist *Golam Ali Chowdhury (1824–1888), Bengali landlord and philanthropist *Hatem Ali Jamadar (1872–1982), Bengali politician *Janab Ali Majumdar, Bengali politician *Lotf Ali Khan (c. 1769–1794), last Shah of the Zand dynasty, of Persia *Mahbub Ali Khan (1934-1984), Bangladeshi chief of naval staff *Mehmet Ali Birand (1941–2013), Turkish journalist *Mohammad Ali Varasteh (1896–1989), Iranian statesman *Mohammed Ali Qamar, Bengali boxer *Morshed Ali Khan Panni, Bangladeshi politician *Najib Ali Choudhury, Bengali Islamic scholar *Osman Ali Sadagar (1856–1948), Bengali-Assamese politician and educationist *Rowshan Ali Chowdhury (1874–1933), Bengali journalist *Sherman Ali Ahmed, Bengali MLA of Assam *Wazed Ali Choudhury, Wajid Ali Choudhury, Bengali MLA of Assam *Wajed Ali Khan Panni (1871–1936), Bengali aristocrat *Wajid Ali Khan Panni, Wajid Ali Khan Panni II, Bangladeshi politician *Yakub Ali Chowdhury (1888–1940), Bengali essayist

Surname

Arts and entertainment

*Aamir Ali, Indian television actor *Ahmad Ali (1910–1994), Pakistani writer *Ahmad Ismail Ali (1917–1974), Egyptian army officer *Alauddin Ali (1952–2020), Bangladeshi music composer *Ali (actor), Ali (born 1968), Indian film actor *Ali Saleem, Begum Nawazish Ali (born 1979), Pakistani television host *Filiz Ali (born 1937), Turkish pianist *Imtiaz Ali (director), Imtiaz Ali (born 1971), Indian film director *Laylah Ali (born 1968), American visual artist *Mahershala Ali (born 1974), American actor *Ali Shahalom, Shahalom Ali, better known as Ali Shahalom, comedian and television presenter *Rashied Ali (1935–2009), American drummer *Rucka Rucka Ali (born 1987), American rapper, radio personality, singer, comedian, and satirist *Sadeq Ali (1800–1862), Bengali poet, writer and judge *Somy Ali (born 1976), Bollywood actress *Syed Murtaza Ali, Bengali writer and historian *Tatyana Ali (born 1979), American actress and singer

Sports

*Awais Ali (born 2005), Pakistani cricketer *Abdulaziz Ali (born 1980), Qatari footballer *Hameen Ali (born 1977), American football player *Imtiaz Ali (cricketer), Imtiaz Ali (born 1954), former West Indian cricketer *Imtiaz Ali (1990s cricketer), Imtiaz Ali, Trinidadian cricketer *Jusif Ali (born 2000), Finnish footballer *Laila Ali (born 1977), American television personality and former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2007, daughter of Muhammad Ali *Meral Yıldız Ali (born 1987), Romanian-Turkish female table tennis player *Moeen Ali – English cricket player *Muhammad Ali (1942–2016; born Cassius Clay), American boxer, activist and philanthropist *Mohamed Ali (footballer), Mohamed Ali (born 1992), Indian professional footballer *Nur Ali (born 1974), Pakistani-American racing driver *Rahman Ali (born 1944; born Rudolph Valentino Clay), American boxer, brother of Muhammad Ali * Veronica Porché Ali, American psychologist and the former wife of boxer Muhammad Ali

Others

*Ahmadu Ali (born 1936), Nigerian politician *Anwar Ali (banker), Anwar Ali, Pakistani economist *Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969), writer and politician *Altab Ali, factory garment worker murdered by three teenagers in a racist attack in East London *Ayub Ali Master, founder of the Shah Jalal Restaurant in London, which became a hub for the British Asian community * Azad Ali, IT worker and civil servant for the HM Treasury *Azmin Ali (born 1964), Malaysian politician *Dina Ali, an Indian activist *Enam Ali, founder of the British Curry Awards, ''Spice Business Magazine'' and Ion TV *Hassan Al-Ali, former General Secretary of the Kuwait Boy Scouts Association * Ilias Ali (Bangladeshi politician), Bangladeshi politician, Organising Secretary of the Bangladesh National Party *Ismail Alam, Abul Aziz Muhammad Ismail Ali (1868–1937), Urdu poet and activist * Jobeda Ali, social entrepreneur, documentary filmmaker and Chief Executive of Three Sisters Care *Kazim Ali (born 1971), American poet, novelist, essayist, and professor * Md. Mahbub Ali, Mahbub Ali, Bangladeshi politician and Member of Parliament * Mahmud Ali (statesman), Indian Freedom Movement leader, statesman * Mockbul Ali, British diplomat and former Islamic Issues Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office * Munsur Ali, British film producer, screenwriter and director * Mustafa Ali, Malaysian politician * Shamsi Ali, Muhammad Shamsi Ali (born 1967), Indonesian-American Muslim scholar * Siraj Ali, British Bangladeshi restaurateur and philanthropist * Nasim Ali, UK Labour Party politician, councillor and former Mayor of Camden *Noble Drew Ali (1886–1929), founder of the Moorish Science Temple of America *Ragib Ali, industrialist, pioneer tea-planter, educationalist, philanthropist and banker *Rushanara Ali (born 1975), British politician *Sabahattin Ali (1907–1948), Turkish novelist and journalist *Safiye Ali (1891–1952), Turkish physician *Saleem Ali (academic), Saleem Ali (born 1973), Pakistani-American scholar *Salim Ali (1896–1987), Indian ornithologist and naturalist *Samina Ali, Indian-American author and activist *Sarfraz Ali (born c. 1977), convicted of the racially motivated murder of Ross Parker *Ibrahim Ali Tashna, Shah Muhammad Ibrahim Ali (1872–1931), Bengali poet and Islamic scholar *Shohid Ali, Bengali advocate *Sonni Ali (died 1492), first king of the West African Songhai empire *Syed Mohammad Ali (1928–1993), Bangladeshi journalist, founder of Bangladesh ''The Daily Star'' * Syed Mohsin Ali, former Minister of Social Welfare * Syed Mujtaba Ali, author, journalist, travel enthusiast, academician, scholar and linguist * Sheikh Razzak Ali (1928–2015), author, journalist and politician in Bangladesh

Derived names

Male

*Abdul Ali (disambiguation), Abdul Ali *Ali Reza *Ali Sher (disambiguation) *Barkat Ali (disambiguation), Barkat Ali *Mehmet Ali

Female

*Aliya, Aaliyah *Aliye *Aliya

Mononyms

Stage name or pseudonym

*Ali (actor), Telugu comedian and TV presenter *Ali (French rapper) (born 1995), French rapper of Moroccan origin *Ali (graffiti artist) *Ali (American rapper), aka Ali Jones, American rapper *Ali (South Korean singer) *Ali (wrestler), ring name of Pakistani-American professional wrestler Adeel Alam *Ali B, Dutch rapper *Ali B (DJ), British DJ *Ali Bongo (magician) (1929–2009), stage name of British comedy magician William Wallace *Ali G, stage persona used by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen * Ali Hassan (actor) (born 1972), Indian television actor *Ali Official, British-Bangladeshi comedian *Big Ali, American rapper and DJ

Fictional characters

*Ali (character), a Chinese cartoon character *Ali (House), Ali (''House''), a character in the television series ''House'' *Ali Baba, a character in the folk tale of ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'' *Ali Bombay, a character in the television series ''M.A.S.K. (TV series), M.A.S.K.'' *Ali Osman, a character in the soap opera ''EastEnders'' *Ali Al-Saachez, a character in the anime series ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'' *''Ali'', a character in ''The Land Before Time IV: Journey to the Mists''

References

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