Khalil, Khelil, or Khaleel may refer to:

People

Khalil (Pashtun tribe) The Khalil () is the 1st son of Ghoryakhel settled between 1530 and 1535 in Peshawar, west Pakistan. The Khalil () is a Pashtun people, Pashtun Ghoryakhel subtribe primarily living in the Peshawar Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, with some m ...

Kahlil Gibran Gibran Khalil Gibran (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and Visual arts, visual artist; he was also considered a philosopher, although he himself reject ...

(1883–1931), Lebanese-American writer, poet, visual artist, and Lebanese nationalist * Khalil (scholar), 19th century Islamic scholar in the

Emirate of Harar The Emirate of Harar was a Muslim kingdom founded in 1647 when the Harari people refused to accept Imām ʿUmardīn Ādam as their ruler and broke away from the Imamate of Aussa to form their own state under `Ali ibn Da`ud. The Harar, city of Ha ...

DJ Khalil Khalil Abdul-Rahman Hazzard (born October 16, 1974), professionally known as DJ Khalil, is an American music producer and disc jockey, DJ from Los Angeles. The son of National Basketball Association, NBA player Walt Hazzard, he signed with rapp ...

(born 1973), American hip hop and soul music producer *

Khalil (name) Khalil or Khaleel (Arabic: خليل) means ''friend'' and is a common male first name in the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Balkans, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia and among Muslims in South Asia and as such is also a common ...

, a surname or personal name of multiple individuals and families * Khalil Mack (born 1991), NFL linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers *

Khalil Ullah Khan Khalil Ullah Khan (known as Khalil; 2 February 1934 – 7 December 2014) was a Bangladeshi film and television actor. He earned Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ''Gunda'' in 1976. Early life and career ...

(1934-2014), Bangladesh actor *

Khalil Rabah Khalil Rabah (; born 1961) is a Palestinian multidisciplinary visual artist, curator, and teacher. He is known for his conceptual installation artwork focused on rewriting history. Rabah lives in Ramallah, West Bank. Life and career Khalil ...

(born 1961) multidisciplinary, installation artist * Robert "Bob" Khaleel, American hip hop musician better known as

Bronx Style Bob Robert "Bob" Khaleel, better known by his stage name Bronx Style Bob, is an American rapper from the Bronx, New York City. Early life Bob was raised in a strict Arab-Jamaican immigrant household and was exposed to the work of poets such as La ...

Places

Algeria

* Khelil, Algeria, town and commune in Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, Algeria *

Sidi Khellil Sidi Khellil () is a town and commune in El M'Ghair District, El M'Ghair Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 6,547, up from 5,524 in 1998, and an annual growth rate of 1.7%. Geography Much of the surrounding ...

, town and commune in El M'Ghair District, El Oued Province, Algeria *

Aïn Ben Khelil Aïn Ben Khelil () is a town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic ...

, a town and commune in district of Mécheria, Naâma Province, Algeria

Iran

Halil River Halīl River or HalīlRood (also ''Haliri River'', known as the ''Kharaw'' or ''ZarDasht River'' in its upper reaches) is a river stretching for some running in the Baft, Jiroft and Kahnuj districts of Kerman Province, Iran. The Halil rise ...

, also Haliri River or Zar Dasht River in its upper reaches, a river in the Jiroft and Kahnuj districts of Kerman Province, Iran *

Khalil Kord Khalil Kord (, also Romanized as Khalīl Kord; also known as Khalīl Gerd) is a village in Salehabad Rural District, Salehabad District, Bahar County, Hamadan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also ...

, a village in Iran * Khalil, alternate name of

Qaleh-ye Khalileh Qaleh-ye Khalileh (, also Romanized as Qal‘eh-ye Khalīleh; also known as Khalīl and Khalīleh) is a village in Borborud-e Sharqi Rural District, in the Central District of Aligudarz County, Lorestan Province, Iran Iran, officiall ...

, a village in Iran *

Qaleh-ye Khalil Qaleh-ye Khalil (, also Romanized as Qal‘eh-ye Khalīl; also known as Ghal‘eh Khalil, Qal‘eh Nau, Qal‘eh Now, Qal‘eh Now ‘Askar, Qal‘eh Now-e Khalīl, and Qal‘eh-ye Khalīlī) is a village in Choghamish Rural District, Choghamish ...

, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran *

Halil Rural District Halil Rural District () is in the Central District of Jiroft County, Kerman province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turk ...

, in Kerman Province, Iran

Palestine

Al-Khalil Hebron (; , or ; , ) is a Palestinian city in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Hebron is capital of the Hebron Governorate, the largest Governorates of Palestine, governorate in the West Bank. With a population of 201,063 in ...

, the Arabic name of Hebron

Music

Khalil (band) Khalil or Khalil Lewis is an R&B vocal quartet based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Their debut album "Let Me In" sold over 50,000 copies, earning the CD platinum status in South Africa. All four members of the band were born and raised in ...

, R&B band from South Africa *

Khalil (singer) Khalil Amir Sharieff (born November 22, 1994) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and rapper from Sacramento, California. At the age of 15, he was discovered by record executive Kawan Prather and signed to Island Def Jam in 2010. He rel ...