Bashir

Bashir or Basheer (Arabic: بشير) is a male given name. Derived from Arabic, it means "the one who brings good news". It is also a surname.

Bashir may refer to:

Given name

Bashir Ali Mohammad (born 1947), Pakistani businessman
Bachir Gemayel or Bashīr al-Jimayyel (1947–1982), Lebanese military commander, politician and president-elect
Bashir Isse, Somali banker and Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia
Bashir Jehangiri (born 1937), Pakistani judge
Bashir Levingston (born 1976), Canadian Football League player
Bashir Ramzy (born 1979), American long jumper
Bashir Shihab II (1767–1850), Lebanese emir
Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf (1912–1984), Somali politician

Abu Bakar Bashir (born 1938), Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council
Ala Bashir (born 1939), Iraqi painter, sculptor, plastic surgeon and former medical counselor to Saddam Hussein
Amjad Bashir (born 1952) UK MEP
Farshad Bashir (born 1988), Dutch politician of Afghan descent
Halima Bashir, Sudanese human rights activist
Jamil Bashir (1920–1977), Iraqi oud player
Jonis Bashir (born 1960), Somali-Italian actor and musician
Marie Bashir (born 1930), Governor of New South Wales
Martin Bashir (born 1963), British journalist
Max Basheer (born 1927), former administrator with the South Australian National Football League
Munir Bashir (1930–1997), Iraqi oud player
Omar Bashir (born 1970), Iraqi oud player, son of Munir Bashir and nephew of Jamil Bashir
Omar al-Bashir (born 1944), President of Sudan and Sudanese army field marshal
Ruzwana Bashir (born 1983), businesswoman & activist
Thalekunnil Basheer (born 1945), politician from Kerala state, India
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908–1994), Indian writer
Julian Bashir, a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine television character
Bichir family, a Mexican acting family of Lebanese descent