Essam (

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

: عِصام ''‘iṣām'') is an

male given name and surname. It means "defended; protected; well-preserved; well-protected; well-kept; preserved; reserved; safeguarded".

Surname

Notable people with the surname Essam include: *

Anne Essam Anne Michelle Essam (born 6 January 1992) is a Cameroonian handball player for FAP Yaoundé and the Cameroon women's national handball team, Cameroonian national team. She participated at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship. At the 2022 ...

(born 1992). Cameroonian handball player * Chloe Essam (born 1999), English netball player * Connor Essam (born 1992), English footballer * Fahad Essam (born 1988), Saudi football player * Habiba Essam (born 2007), Egyptian footballer *

Mohamed Essam (fencer) Mohamed Essam (born 6 December 1994) is an Egyptian fencer. He competed in the Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's foil, men's foil event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's foil, men's foil t ...

(born 1994), Egyptian fencer * Mohamed Essam (Egyptian footballer) (born 1994), Egyptian footballer * Mostafa Essam (born 2003), Qatari footballer * Orjuan Essam, Sudanese footballer *

Ramy Essam Ramy Essam (, ; born 1987 in Mansoura) is an Egyptian musician. He is best known for his appearances in Tahrir Square in Cairo during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, and has been called the voice of the Egyptian revolution. Essam stands for ge ...

(born 1987), Egyptian musician *

Sarah Essam Sarah Essam Hassanin (; born 6 April 1999) is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a midfielder, winger, or attacker for English club Rugby Borough in the National League South and the Egypt women's national team. College career Essam enr ...

(born 1999), Egyptian footballer * Shehab Essam (born 1995), Egyptian squash player

Given name

Notable people with the given name Essam include: *

Essam Abdel-Azim Essam Abdel-Azim () (born 1 November 1970) is a former football footballer of Egypt national football team. Club career Essam spent his professional career in the Egyptian Premier League with Tersana SC, Al-Ittihad Al-Iskandary and Al-Masry. ...

(born 1970), Egyptian footballer *

Essam Abdel-Fatah Essam Abdel-Fatah () (born December 30, 1965) is an Egyptian football (soccer) referee. Abd El Fatah has been a referee since 2001; his first international game was between Morocco and Sierra Leone in 2003. He was the referee for the match between ...

(born 1965), Egyptian football referee * Essam Ali (born 1989), Egyptian footballer * Essam Awad (born 1962), Egyptian volleyball player *

Essam Baheeg Essam Baheeg (; 26 February 1931 – 4 December 2008) was an Egyptian football manager and former association football, footballer who played as a winger for Zamalek SC, Zamalek. He also played for the Egypt national football team, Egyptian nation ...

(1931–2008), Egyptian football player and coach * Essam al-Buwaydhani (born 1971), Syrian rebel leader *

Essam al-Da'alis Issam al-Da'alis (, 30 October 1966 – 18 March 2025), also spelled Daalis or Dalis, was a Palestinian politician who served as the head of the Government Administrative Committee of the Gaza Strip, a position comparable to that of prime mini ...

(1966–2025), Palestinian politician and Hamas member * Essam Dhahi (born 1983), Emirati footballer *

Essam el-Erian Essam al-Din Muhammad Hussein el-Erian () (28 April 1954 – 13 August 2020) was an Egyptian physician and politician. He was the vice chairman of the Freedom And Justice Party. Formerly he was a member of the Guidance Bureau of the Muslim Brot ...

(1954–2020), Egyptian physician and politician *

Essam El-Gindy Essam El-Gindy (also known as Essam El-Gendy and Esam Mohamed Ahmed Nagib; born 14 July 1966) is an Egyptian chess grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster and FIDE Trainer. He is a former Egyptian Champion (2002), African Champion (2003) and has repre ...

(born 1966), Egyptian chess Grandmaster * Essam El Hadary (born 1973), Egyptian footballer *

Essam El-Haddad Essam El-Haddad (; born 1953) is an Egyptian politician. He was a senior advisor for foreign relations for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and the Freedom and Justice Party. In August 2012, he was appointed as one of four Egyptian Presidential ...

(1953), Egyptian politician *

Essam Heggy Essam Heggy (, ) is an American and French space scientist of Egyptian descent. Heggy obtained his Ph.D. in astronomy and planetary science in 2002 with distinguished honors from the Paris-Sorbonne University in Paris. His main scientific intere ...

(born 1975), Egyptian space scientist * Essam Khalaf, Bahraini politician * Essam E. Khalil (born 1948), Egyptian engineer and academic * Essam Khalil (politician), Egyptian businessman * Essam Mahmoud (born 1977), Egyptian football goalkeeper * Essam Marei (born 1965), Egyptian footballer *

Essam Marzouk An Egyptian resident of British Columbia, Essam Hafez Mohammed Marzouk (عصام حافظ محمد مرزوق) arrived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1993 as a refugee fleeing persecution in Pakistan. He was one of 14 people subjected t ...

(born 1960), Egyptian terrorist *

Essam Mubaideen Essam Abdallah Ibrahim Mubaideen (, born 15 June 1986) is a Jordanian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Amer ...

(born 1986), Jordanian footballer * Essam al-Qamari, Egyptian army official * Essam Ramadan (born 1957), Egyptian volleyball player * Essam al-Ridi, American member of al-Qaeda * Essam Hamad Salem (born 1973), Iraqi football player and coach *

Essam Sharaf Essam Abdel-Aziz Sharaf (, ; born 1952) is an Egyptian academic who was the Prime Minister of Egypt from 3 March 2011 to 7 December 2011. He served as minister of transportation from 2004 to 2005. Early life and education Sharaf was born in Giz ...

(born 1952), Egyptian academic *

Essam Shiha Essam Shiha is an Egyptian lawyer, politician and human rights activist. Shiha is a member of the National Council for Human Rights, president of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights and former member of supreme committee of The Wafd Party ...

, Egyptian lawyer, politician and human rights activist * Essam Tharwat (born 1986), Egyptian footballer * Essam Abu Touk (born 1977), Jordanian footballer *

Essam Yassin Essam Yassin Abbas () (born March 11, 1987, in Iraq) is an Iraqi football player, who currently plays for Al-Shorta SC in Iraq. Style of play Essam a complete and dominant defender, who influential at club, His technical, defensive and athlet ...

(born 1987), Iraqi footballer * Essam Yousef (born 1965), Egyptian novelist and TV host * Essam Zeino, Syrian footballer

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