Slim or SLIM may refer to:

People

Viscount Slim Viscount Slim, of Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory, Yarralumla in the Capital Territory of Australia and of Bishopston, Bristol, Bishopston in the City and County of Bristol, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was creat ...

, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom *

Slim (name) Slim (), is an Arabic name which can be either a given name or a surname. It is a variant of Salim or Selim. It is also an English-language surname. Notable people with the given name or surname include: * Slim Amamou (born 1977), Tunisian gov ...

, a list of people with either the given name or surname *

Slim (nickname) Slim, as a nickname, may refer to: * Salvacion Lim-Higgins, Salvacion "Slim" Lim-Higgins (1920–1990), Filipino fashion designer * Slim Barrett (born 1960), Irish jewelry designer and artist * Slim Dunlap (1951–2024), American rock guitarist and ...

, a list of people *

Slim Pickens Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer. Starting off in the rodeo, Pickens took up acting, and appeared in dozens of movies and TV sho ...

(1919–1983), American actor and cowboy Louis Burton Lindley, Jr. *

Slim family The Slim family is a Mexican family of Lebanese people, Lebanese descent whose members reside in Europe, Lebanon, the United States and Mexico. The family is currently one of the wealthiest families, wealthiest in the world. Notable members *Car ...

, a wealthy family originally from Lebanon

Musicians

Slim (singer) Marvin Scandrick, (born September 25, 1974), known professionally as Slim, is an American contemporary R&B singer best known as the lead singer/frontman for the group 112. His 2008 debut album '' Love's Crazy'' peaked at No. 32 on the ''Billboa ...

(born 1977 as Marvin Scandrick), American R&B singer and lead vocalist of the group 112 *

Slim Harpo Slim Harpo (born Isiah Moore or James Isaac Moore; February 11, 1924 – January 31, 1970)Martin Hawkins, "Slim Harpo at 100", ''Blues & Rhythm'', No.384, June 2024, p.23 was an American blues musician, a leading exponent of the swamp blues styl ...

(1924–1970), American blues musician * Slim Shady, alter ego of American rapper

Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time, he is credited with popula ...

Slim Thug Stayve Jerome Thomas (born September 8, 1979), better known by his stage name Slim Thug, is an American rapper. He gained mainstream attention for his guest performance alongside Paul Wall on Mike Jones' 2004 single "Still Tippin'". The followi ...

, American rapper Stayve Jerome Thomas (born 1980) *

Slim Whitman Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman Jr. (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013) was an American country music singer and guitarist known for his yodeling abilities and his use of falsetto. Recorded figures show 70 million sales, during a career that spanne ...

, stage name of American country and western music singer, songwriter and musician Ottis Whitman Jr. (1923–2013) *

Fatboy Slim Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known as Fatboy Slim, is an English musician and DJ who helped popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. His music makes extensive use of Sampling (music), samples from eclectic ...

, stage name of Norman Cook (born 1963), English musician * Magic Slim, American blues singer and guitarist Morris Holt (1937–2013)

Fictional characters

* Slim Goodbody, a fictional character who teaches about anatomy * Slim, one of the alien antagonists of the 1988 film '' Killer Klowns from Outer Space'' * Slim, the Pixl from ''

Super Paper Mario is a 2007 action role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It is the third installment in the ''Paper Mario'' series following ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (2004), and the first Mario ...

'' * Slim Bankshot, the 13th ghost that Luigi encounters in ''

Luigi's Mansion is a 2001 action-adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo. The game was a launch title for the GameCube and was the first game in the ''Mario'' franchise to be released for the console; it was released in Japan on September 14, ...

'' * Slim, a character in John Steinbeck's 1937 novel ''

Of Mice and Men ''Of Mice and Men'' is a 1937 novella written by American author John Steinbeck. It describes the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant worker, migrant ranch workers, as they move from place to place in California ...

'' * Slim, a walking stick in the 1998 animated film ''

A Bug's Life ''A Bug's Life'' (stylized in all lowercase) is a 1998 American animated comedy film directed by John Lasseter from a screenplay written by Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, and Bob Shaw, and a story conceived by Lasseter, Stanton, and Joe Ran ...

Places

* Slim, M'Sila, Algeria, a town and commune * Slim, Perak, Malaysia, a town * Slim, Oklahoma, United States, an unincorporated community *

Slim (state constituency) Slim is a state constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perak State Legislative Assembly. Demographics History Polling districts According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Slim constituency is d ...

Groups, companies, organizations

* SLIM, Internet provider from

KPN Koninklijke KPN N.V. (Royal KPN N.V. in English), trading as KPN is a Dutch List of telephone operating companies, telecommunications company. KPN originated from a government-run postal, telegraph and telephone service and is based in Rotterda ...

* Slim School, a defunct school in Malaya, named after Field Marshal Slim * Slim Devices, an American consumer electronics company

Music groups, bands

* Slim (band), a musical group from Oakland, California * Slim (New Zealand band), a rock band

Software, computing

* Slim, Pixar's

RenderMan The name RenderMan can cause confusion because it has been used to refer to different things developed by Pixar Animation Studios: * RenderMan Interface Specification (RISpec), an open API An application programming interface (API) is a connec ...

Studio Shader Tool *SLIM (Software Lifecycle Management), tools based on the

Putnam model The Putnam model is an empirical software effort estimation model created by Lawrence H. Putnam in 1978. Measurements of a software project is collected (e.g., effort in man-years, elapsed time, and lines of code) and an equation fitted to the dat ...

of software effort estimation

Science, engineering, technology

* Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations, a form of ion optics * SLiM,

short linear motif In molecular biology short linear motifs (SLiMs), linear motifs or minimotifs are short stretches of protein primary structure, protein sequence that mediate protein–protein interaction. The first definition was given by Tim Hunt: "The sequences ...

* SLIM, slang for an

amateur radio Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency radio spectrum, spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emer ...

operator using a callsign without authorization *

Smart Lander for Investigating Moon Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), dubbed "Moon Sniper", was a lunar lander mission of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The lander's initial launch date in 2021 was postponed until 2023 due to delays in its rideshare, th ...

, a Japanese space probe

Other uses

AIDS The HIV, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system. Without treatment, it can lead to a spectrum of conditions including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is a Preventive healthcare, pr ...

, often called "slim", especially in Africa, because of the wasting it produces in untreated victims * ''Slim'', a 1934 novel by William Wister Haines ** ''Slim'' (film), a 1937 film adaptation of the novel starring Henry Fonda