# Alam

Alam is a masculine name derived from several ancient languages including :
* Arabic: عالم (ʿĀlam) meaning "world" or "universe"
* Hebrew: cognate word עולם‎ is transcribed as Olam or Ulam, also meaning "World"
* Tagalog: Alam means "Knowledge" (Wisdom). adjective maalam, is referred to as the one who is knowledgeable and wise.
* Bengali: Alom means "the whole world; world".
* Malay: Alam means "Field of interest", "nature", "realm", "world". Use "Ilmu alam" means "Natural Studies" or "Geography".
* Hindi: Alam means "the whole world; world".
* Urdu: Alam means "the whole world; world".

## Use in literature

Arabic literature and ancient texts use Alam in phrases like "Rab-ul-Alam-een" = "the Lord of all Worlds/Universes" referring to The Absolute and Highest Divinity.
In Hebrew, Olam is used in phrases like "Adon Olam", meaning "Master of the World," one of the names of God in Judaism.

## People
### Anzar
#### surname عالم ("world")

* Intikhab Alam (born 1941), British Indian (Pakistani) cricketer
* Muhammad Mahmood Alam (1935–2013), Mr M. M. Alam, Pakistani Air Force officer who is famous for his world record in air-to-air combat
* Said Alam, Pakistani pediatric surgeon and political activist

#### Compound names

* Alamgir
* Badrul Alam (disambiguation)
* Jahangir Alam (disambiguation)
* Mahbubul Alam (disambiguation)
* Nurul Alam (disambiguation)
* Shamsul Alam (disambiguation)

#### unidentified surnames transliterated as Alam

* Abdul Qadir Alam, governor of Ghor Province, Afghanistan
* Abrar Alam (born 1996), Bangladeshi cricketer
* Adeel Alam (born 1986), Pakistani-American wrestler better known by his ring name Mustafa Ali
* Aftab Alam (disambiguation), several
* Aftabuddin Alam (born 1993), Indian cricketer
* Ahmed Alam (born 1972), field hockey player
* Alexander Alam (1896–1983), Australian businessman, politician, and philanthropist
* Ali Alam (born 1977), Pakistani underground musician
* Amir-Hossein Khozeimé Alam (1919-2002), eldest son of Amir Ma'soum Khan Khozeiméh
* Ammad Alam (born 1998), Pakistani cricketer
* Arish Alam (born 1986), Indian cricketer
* Ashraful Alam, Bangladeshi educationist and vice chancellor of Sylhet International University
* Ashraful Alom (born 1982), Bangladeshi media personality and politician
* Asadollah Alam (1919–1978), Iranian politician
* A.T.M. Zahirul Alam (born 1952), retired lieutenant general of Bangladesh Army
* Ava Alam (1947–1976), Bangladeshi singer and music teacher
* Badiul Alam (born 1949), Bangladeshi academic
* Didarul Alam (born 1968), Bangladesh Awami League politician
* Faisal Alam (born 1977), gay Pakistani American who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation
* Fakrul Alam (born 1951), Bangladeshi academic, writer, and translator
* Fareena Alam (born 1978), English journalist and was editor
* Faria Alam (born 1966), Bangladeshi society figure and television personality
* Faruque Alam (1940-2020), Bangladeshi civil engineer and wood technologist
* Fawad Alam (born 1985), Pakistani cricketer and actor
* Fouad Salam Alam (born 1951), Egyptian volleyball player
* Ghulam Dastagir Alam (1933–2000), Pakistani theoretical physicist and professor
* Gulzar Alam (born 1959), Pashto singer
* Gurdas Ram Alam (1912–1989), Punjabi language poet
* Ikhfanul Alam (born 1984), Indonesian footballer
* Israfil Alam (born 1966), Bangladesh Awami League Politician
* Jafar Alam (born 1957), Bangladeshi politician
* Jahanara Alam (born 1993), Bangladeshi cricketer
* Javeed Alam (1943–2016), activist and thinker
* Johnny Alam, Canadian researcher, visual artist, and curator
* Khorshed Alam (1935-2021), fifth Governor of Bangladesh Bank
* Khurshid Alam (born 1940s), Bangladeshi playback singer
* Leena Alam (born 1978)
* Sayful Alam (1934–1997), Bangladeshi politician and teacher
* M. Shahid Alam, Pakistani economist, academic, and social scientist
* Mohammad Habibul Alam, Vice-chairman of the World Scout Committee
* Mozaffar Alam (1882–1973), Iranian military and political figure
* Nawab Alam Yar Jung Bahadur (1890–1970), Indian politician
* Qasa Alom, British-Bangladeshi journalist and presenter

### Given name
#### given name عالم ("world")

* Alam Channa (1953–1998), son of Nasir Channa of Dhoke Kashmirian was the world's tallest living man at 232.4 cm (7 ft 7 inch) high. During his life he had been billed at various heights of up to 7 ft 6 while working at a circus
* Alam Lohar (1928–1979), prominent Punjabi folk music from the Punjab region of Pakistan, formerly British India. He is credited with popularising the musical term Jugni
* Alom Shaha (born 1973), British-Bangladeshi teacher, writer and filmmaker

#### unidentified given names transliterated as Alam

* Alam al-Din al-Hanafi (1178–1251), Egyptian mathematician, astronomer and engineer
* Alam al-Malika (died 1130), leader of Zubayd in Yemen
* Alam Dad Lalika (born 1987), Pakistani politician
* Alam Khan (actor), Indian actor, model, and dancer
* Alam Khan (composer), Bangladeshi composer and music director
* Alam Khattak, Pakistani army general
* Alam Gul Kuchi, Afghan politician
* Alam Mir (born 1944)
* Alam Muzaffarnagari (1901–1969), pseudonym of Muhammad Ishaaq, Indian poet
* Alam Shah, the fourth and last ruler of the Sayyid dynasty
* Alam Zeb (athlete) (born 1930), Pakistani middle-distance runner

### Fictional characters

* Alam Ara, eponymous protagonist of a 1931 film directed by Ardeshir Irani, the first Indian sound film