Salah (, ) is a Biblical and an Arabic given name and family name. Its meaning in the Bible is 'mission', or 'sending', whereas the Arabic meaning is 'righteousness', 'goodness', or 'peace'.

Hebrew Bible

Salah (biblical figure) Selah (), Salah or Sala ( – ''Salá'') or Shelah is an ancestor of the Israelites and Ishmaelites according to the Table of Nations in . He is thus one of the table's "seventy names". He is also mentioned in , , and Luke 3:35–36. In the ance ...

, an ancestor of the Israelites according to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10

Arabic/Muslim traditional name

Ibn al-Salah Abū ‘Amr ‘Uthmān ibn ‘Abd il-Raḥmān Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Kurdī al-Shahrazūrī () (c. 1181 CE/577 AH – 1245/643), commonly known as Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ, was a Kurdish Shafi'i hadith specialist and the author of the seminal '' Intro ...

, a Shafi'i hadith scholar and author *

Salah ad-Din (name) Salah ad-Din (), Salahu’d-Din, Ṣalāḥ ud-Dīn, Salah ed-Din and other variant spellings, is an Arabic name that means ''The Righteousness of the Faith''. It commonly refers to An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Arabic: صلاح الدي� ...

Saladin Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from a Kurdish family, he was the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria. An important figure of the Third Crusade, h ...

(Salah ad-Din), Kurdish sultan of Egypt and Syria who retook Jerusalem from the Crusaders

Arabic/Muslim given name

Salah (dancer) Salah Benlemqawanssa (born June 28, 1979), also known as Salah the Entertainer and Spider Salah, is a competitive hip-hop dancer from France who won the inaugural season of ''La France a un incroyable talent'' (''France has Incredible Talent''), ...

, full name Salah Benlemqawanssa, hip-hop dancer * Salah Aboud Mahmoud, Iraqi former officer * Salah Abdel Sabour, Egyptian poet, editor, playwright and essayist * Salah Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian economist and ambassador * Salah Abdul Rasool Al Blooshi, Bahraini held in extrajudicial detention in the United States on suspicion of terrorism *

Salah Abu Seif Salah Abu Seif (, ) (May 10, 1915 – June 23, 1996) was a prominent Egyptian film director and screenwriter. He is considered to be the godfather of Neorealism (art), Neorealist cinema in Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian cinema. Many of the 41 fil ...

, Egyptian film director *

Salah Ahmed Ibrahim Salah Ahmed Ibrahim (; December 1933 – May 1993), was a Sudanese literary writer, poet and diplomat. He is considered one of the most important Sudanese poets of the first generation after the country's independence, marking the transition fro ...

, Sudanese writer, poet and diplomat *

Salah Ali Al-Ghali Salah Ali Al-Ghali has been the governor of South Darfur South Darfur State ( Wilāyat Ǧanūb Dārfūr; Janob Darfor) is one of the States of Sudan, wilayat or states of Sudan. It is one of the five states that compose the Darfur, region of Da ...

, a governor of South Darfur * Salah Amin, Egyptian footballer *

Salah Assad Salah Assad (; born 13 March 1958) is an Algerian former football player and manager who played as a forward. Assad was born in Larbaâ Nath Irathen. He played for RC Kouba, where he won an Algerian championship in 1981, and in France for FC Mu ...

, Algerian footballer and sports manager *

Salah Bachir Salah Bachir, (born October 3, 1955) is a Canadian business executive, entrepreneur, publisher, art collector, fundraiser, and philanthropist. He created Phamous Characters, a media, production, publishing and sponsorship entity, which he still ...

, Canadian philanthropist and businessman * Salah Bakour, an Algerian footballer * Salah Al Bandar, British-Sudanese known for role in revealing the Bandargate scandal in Bahrain * Salah Bouchekriou, Algerian handball player and coach * Salah Choudhury, Bangladeshi journalist *

Salah Dessouki Salah Asfar Shishtawai J. Dessouki (22 October 1922 – 17 August 2011) was an Egyptian fencer. He won bronze medals in three fencing disciplines across four editions of the World Championships and competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olymp ...

, Egyptian Olympic fencer *

Salah Edin Abid Tounssi, known by his stage name Salah Edin (born 23 June 1980), is a Dutch Moroccan ex-rapper and actor. Biography Salah Edin gained recognition as a rapper (first in Arabic, then also in Dutch) in the 1990s and broke through to a larger au ...

, real name Abid Tounssi, a Dutch Moroccan rapper *

Salah Ezzedine Salah Ezzedine (born in 1962 in South Lebanon) is a Lebanon, Lebanese businessman who is accused and arrested for running a pyramid scheme. He had supposedly investments in oil, publishing, metals and television, and his businesses spread out from ...

, Lebanese businessman accused of running a pyramid scheme *Salah Gaham, Algerian French concierge who died during the 2005 civil unrest in France, see 2005 French riots#Salah Gaham's death *

Salah Goudjil Salah Goudjil (; born 14 January 1931) is an Algerian politician, belonging to the Secretariat of the Executive Committee of the National Liberation Front (FLN). He took part in the Algerian War of Independence against France France, offic ...

, Algerian politician, belonging to the Secretariat of the Executive Committee of the National Liberation Front *

Salah Halabi Lieutenant General Salah Mohamed Attia Halabi (; January 30, 1937 – October 26, 2014) was an Egyptian Army officer. he commanded an infantry brigade, an infantry division, the Third Army, and commanded the two-division Corps Sized Egyptian exped ...

, Egyptian army officer * Salah Al-Hamdani, an Iraqi poet, actor and playwright *

Salah Hissou Salaheddine Hissou () (born January 16, 1972) is a long-distance runner from Morocco, who won the gold medal over 5000 metres at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville. With 26:38.08 he also set a world record over 10,000 metres in ...

, Moroccan long-distance runner *

Salah Jadid Salah Jadid (; 1926 – 19 August 1993) was a Syrian military officer and politician who was the leader of the far-left bloc of the Syrian Regional Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and the ''de facto'' leader of Ba'athist Syria from 1966 until 1970 ...

, Syrian general and political figure in the Baath Party, and the country's de facto leader from 1966 until 1970 *

Salah Jahin Muhammad Salah Eldin Bahgat Ahmad Helmy (, ), known as Salah Jaheen ( ; December 25, 1930 – April 21, 1986) was a leading Egyptian poet, lyricist, playwright and cartoonist. Life and career Jaheen was born in Shobra district, Cairo in 1930 ...

, Egyptian poet, lyricist, playwright and cartoonist *

Salah Khalaf use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> , death_place = Carthage, Tunisia , death_cause = Assassination , resting_place = Amman, Jordan , restin ...

(aka Abu Iyad), deputy chief and head of intelligence for the Palestine Liberation Organization, and a senior official of Fatah *

Salah Larbès Salah Larbès (; 16 September 1952 – 26 February 2024) was an Algerian footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented Algeria at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Larbès died at a hospital in Tizi Ouzou Tizi Ouz ...

, Algerian international footballer *

Salah Mansour Salah Mansour (, ), (Feb 03, 1923 – Jan 19, 1979) was an Egyptian film and television actor known for his roles in '' Lan A'taref'' and '' Al-Zawga Al-Thaneya''. He started in school theater, and graduated from the Egyptian acting institute ...

, Egyptian film actor * Salah Mohsen, Egyptian footballer *

Salah Mejri Salah Mejri (; born June 15, 1986) is a Tunisian former professional basketball player who represented the senior Tunisian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he played at the center position. After a successful career in E ...

, Tunisian basketball player *

Salah Nasr Salah Nasr (, ) (8 October 1920 – 5 March 1982) served as head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate from 1957 to 1967. He retired citing health reasons following Egypt's defeat in the 1967 Six-Day War. He was succeeded by Amin ...

, Egyptian former head of the country's General Intelligence Directorate * Salah Omar al-Ali, former Iraqi politician, minister and ambassador * Salah Qoqaiche, retired Moroccan long-distance marathon runner * Salah Ragab, Egyptian drummer and jazz musician *

Salah Salem Salah Salem () (September 25, 1920 – February 18, 1962) was an Egyptian military officer and politician who was a prominent member of the Free Officers Movement (Egypt), Free Officers Movement that orchestrated the Egyptian Revolution of 19 ...

, Egyptian military officer and politician * Salah Samadi, Algerian football player *

Salah Shehade Salah Mustafa Muhammad Shehade (or Shehadeh, Shahadeh; ; 24 February 1953 – 22 July 2002) was a member of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. He led the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades military wing of Hamas, until his assassination by Isr ...

, Palestinian Hamas movement member * Salah Sid, Algerian-born British radio broadcaster, producer and voice-over artist *

Salah Soliman Salah Mohamed Soliman Ibrahim Elfass () (born 20 January 1990 in Mit Ghamr, Dakahlia, Egypt) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. Honours ;Zamalek * Egypt Cup: 2013, 2014 T ...

, Egyptian footballer *

Salah Stétié Salah Stétié () (28 September 1929 – 19 May 2020) was a Lebanese writer and poet who wrote in the French language. He also served in various diplomatic positions for Lebanon in countries such as Morocco and France. Although his mother tongue ...

, Lebanese writer and poet who writes in the French language * Salah Suheimat, Jordanian politician and Member of the Jordanian Parliament *

Salah Taher Salah Taher (1911–2007) was an Egyptian painter. He worked for some time as a drawing and art teacher in Al-Abaseyya High School in Alexandria. He went on to fame in the 1960s as he was appointed head of the Museum of Modern Arts. In 1962, he wa ...

, Egyptian painter *

Salah Tarif Salah Tarif (, ; born 9 February 1954) is a Druze Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 2006. When appointed Minister without Portfolio by Ariel Sharon in 2001, he became Israel's first non-Jewish Cabinet of Isr ...

, Druze Israeli politician who served as a member of the Israeli Knesset * Salah Mohammed Tubaigy, Saudi Arabian forensics officer *

Salah Zulfikar Salah El-Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar (, ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a Egyptian National Police, police officer, before becoming an actor in 1956. He is regarded as one o ...

, Egyptian actor and movie star *

Sallah Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir () is a fictional character played by Welsh actor John Rhys-Davies in three of the ''Indiana Jones'' films: ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'', and ''Indiana Jones and the Dial of ...

, character from Indiana Jones.

Surname

Arabic/Muslim

Dana Salah Dana Salah (, ; born 1989) is a Jordanian singer, songwriter and producer of Palestinian descent. Early life and education Salah was born and raised in Amman, Jordan, where she started writing music at the age of 9. As a child, she was diag ...

, Jordanian-Palestinian singer and songwriter *

Hussein Ahmed Salah Hussein Ahmed Salah (, ) is a Djiboutian former long-distance runner, best known for winning a bronze medal in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He also won silver medals in this event at the 1987 and 1991 World Championships. In additio ...

, a Djibouti long distance runner athlete * Kamal Salah, birth name of

Sami Michael Sami Michael (, ; 15 August 1926 – 1 April 2024) was an Israeli Iraqi author, having migrated from Iraq to Israel at the age of 23. From 2001, Michael was the President of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI). Michael was among ...

, an Iraqi-born Israeli Hebrew author * Kamal Al Din Salah, an Egyptian diplomat * Maha Naji Salah, a Yemeni writer and social activist *

Trish Salah Trish Salah is an Arab Canadian poet, activist, and academic. She is the author of the poetry collections, ''Wanting in Arabic'', published in 2002 by TSAR Publications and ''Lyric Sexology Vol. 1'', published by Roof Books in 2014. An expanded Ca ...

, a Lebanese Canadian feminist writer, educator and sociologist *

Raed Salah Sheikh Raed Salah Abu Shakra (; ; born 1958) is a Palestinian religious leader from Umm al-Fahm, Israel. He is the leader of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel. Salah was elected mayor of his town Umm al-Falm, an Israeli-Ara ...

, a Palestinian leader, head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel

Football

Arturo Salah Arturo Salah Cassani (born 4 December 1949) is a former Chilean footballer and manager. From January 2016 until 2019 he was the president of Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. He studied civil engineering at the Pontifical Catholic U ...

, a Chilean former football player, manager and administrator *

Ibrahim Salah Ibrahim Salah may refer to: * Ibrahim Salah (footballer, born 1987), Egyptian football defensive midfielder * Ibrahim Salah (footballer, born 2001), Belgian-Moroccan football winger {{hndis, Salah, Ibrahim ...

, an Egyptian footballer, plays for Zamalek and Egypt *

Luay Salah Luay Salah Hassan Al-Khafaji (; born 7 February 1982 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi former football player. He played for the Iraq national team as well as for the Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Zawraa, Persepolis and Erbil clubs. He scored 121 Iraqi Pr ...

, an Iraqi football player, plays for Al-Zawra'a and has played for Iraq *

Mohamed Salah Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly (, ; born 15 June 1992), also known as Mo Salah, is an Egyptian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a right winger or Forward (association football), forward for club Liverpool F.C., L ...

, an Egyptian footballer, plays for Liverpool and Egypt *

Mohamed Salah (footballer, born 1956) Mohamed Salah (; born 19 June 1958) is an Egyptian former association football, footballer and coach (sport), head coach. He spent his whole football career with Zamalek SC, Zamalek. He also played for the Egypt national football team, and was ...

, an Egyptian football manager and former footballer * Yassine Salah, a Moroccan footballer

Jews

* Asher Salah, an Israeli historian, specialist and translator in Italian Hebrew literature *

Yiḥyah Salaḥ Rabbi Yiḥya Ṣāleḥ (alternative spellings: Yichya Tzalach; Yehiya Saleh), known by the acronym of Maharitz (, ''Moreinu HaRav Yichya Tzalach''), (1713 – 1805), was one of the greatest exponents of Jewish law known to Yemen. He is the author ...

, known as the Maharitz, an 18th-century Yemenite rabbi, author and scholar

References

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