# Bashir

Bashir or Basheer (Arabic: بشير, romanized: Bašīr, lit. 'the one who brings good news'), also gallicized in the form Bachir or Béchir, is a male given name and a surname.
It may refer to:

## Mononym

* Al Bachir or Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (born 1998) Senegalese-Taiwanese basketball player.
* Bashir I, Lebanese emir of the Shihab dynasty
* Bashir Shihab II (1767–1850), Lebanese emir who ruled Lebanon
* Bashir III, ruler of the Mount Lebanon Emirate (7th Emir, reigned 1840–1842)

## Given name
### Bachir

* Bachir Gemayel or Bashīr al-Jimayyel (1947–1982), Lebanese military commander, politician and president-elect
* Bachir Abdelouahab (1897–1978), Algerian politician and medical doctor
* Bachir Ammoury (born 1983), American-born Lebanese basketball player
* Bachir Attar (born 1964), Moroccan American musician and leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar.
* Bachir Bensaddek (born 1972), Canadian television director of Algerian Berber descent
* Bachir Boudjelid (born 1978), Algerian football player
* Bachir Boumaaza (born 1980), mostly known by the online pseudonym Athene, a Belgian internet personality and Twitch.tv streamer
* Bachir Douadi (born 1953), Algerian football player
* Bachir Moustafa Hammoud (1906–1945), a Lebanese philosopher, poet and Shī‘ah religious leader
* Bachir Mahamat (born 1996), Chadian sprinter
* Bachir Mané (born 1997), Senegalese football player
* Bachir Mecheri (born 1964), Algerian football player
* Bachir Qamari (1951–2021), Moroccan literary critic, novelist and playwright
* Bachir Sebaâ (born 1949), Algerian football player
* Bachir Yellès (1921–2022), Algerian painter
* Bab Bachir (died 1254) was the spouse of last Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim.

### Basheer

* Basheer Matta, Pakistani politician

### Bashir

* Bashir Abdi (born 1989), Somali-Belgian athlete
* Bashir Ahmed, many persons with the name Bashir Ahmad and Bashir Ahmed
* Bashir Ahmad (mixed martial artist) (born 1982), Pakistani-American professional mixed martial artist
* Bashir Badr (born 1935), Indian poet of Urdu
* Bashir Saleh Bashir (born 1946), former aide of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
* Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim (born 1961), Nigerian politician and businessman
* 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 Maan (1926–2019), Pakistani-Scottish politician, businessman, judge, community worker and writer.
* Bashir Makhtal (born 1977), Canadian citizen held in an Ethiopian prison, where he is accused of terrorism and faces the death penalty
* Bashir Ahmed Qureshi (1959–2012), Sindhi nationalist who served as the leader of Jeay Sindh Qaumi
* Bashir Ali Mohammad (born 1947), Pakistani businessman
* Bashir Ramathan, Ugandan boxer
* Bashir Ramzy (born 1979), American long jumper
* Bashir Safaroglu (1925–1969), Azerbaijani Soviet theater and film actor.
* Bashir Salahuddin (born 1976), American actor, writer and comedian
* Bashir Shah (born 1983), Pakistani-born Danish cricketer
* Bashir Tofa (1947-2022), Nigerian politician
* Bashir Varaev (born 1964), Chechen judoka
* Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf (1912–1984), Somali politician
* Bashir Yussuf (1905-1945), Somali religious leader

### Bechir

* Bechir Hadidane (born 1984), Tunisian basketball player
* Bechir Kiiari (born 1960), Tunisian judoka
* Bechir Mardassi (born 1929), Tunisian cyclist
* Bechir Mogaadi (born 1975), Tunisian football player
* Bechir Tekkari, Tunisian politician

### Béchir

* Béchir Bouazzat (1908–1944), French modern pentathlete of Tunisian descent

## Middle name

* Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (born 1998) Senegalese-Taiwanese basketball player.
* Kausar Bashir Ahmed (1939–2006), Pakistani architect, town-planner and educationist
* Khadra Bashir Ali, Somali politician
* Souleymane Bachir Diagne (born 1955), Senegalese philosopher
* Mirza Bashir Ahmad (1893–1963), an Ahmadiyya scholar and writer
* Nadim Bachir Gemayel (born 1982), Lebanese politician and member of Parliament.
* Aminu Bashir Wali (born 1941), Nigerian politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs

## Surname
### Bachir

* Jamil Bachir or Bashir (1920–1977), Iraqi Assyrian musician and expert oud player
* Oubi Buchraya Bachir (born 1970), Sahrawi ambassador
* Salah Bachir (born 1955), Canadian patron of the arts, entrepreneur, philanthropist, magazine publisher of Lebanese descent
* Yamina Bachir (born 1954), Algerian film director and screenwriter

### Bashir

* Aamir Bashir (born 1970), Indian actor and film director
* Abdul Bashir, 2023 Lisbon Ismaili Centre stabbing perpetrator
* Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (born 1968), Singaporean association football referee
* Abu Bakar Bashir (born 1938), Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council
* Ahmad Bashir (1923–2004), Pakistani writer, journalist, intellectual and film director
* Ahmed Bashir (born 1995), Pakistani cricketer
* Ahmed Mohamed El-Bashir (born 1949), Sudanese football player
* Ala Bashir (born 1939), Iraqi painter, sculptor, plastic surgeon and former medical counselor to Saddam Hussein
* Amjad Bashir (born 1952) UK MEP
* Asabe Vilita Bashir (born 1965), Nigerian politician
* Atif Bashir (born 1985), Pakistani German football player
* Bashir Saleh Bashir, former aide of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
* Dara Bashir (born 1960), Pakistani cricketer
* Farshad Bashir (born 1988), Dutch politician of Afghan descent
* Halima Bashir, Sudanese human rights activist
* Hassan Bashir (born 1987), Pakistani football player
* Javed Bashir (born 1973), Pakistani playback singer
* Jonis Bashir (born 1960), Somali-Italian actor and musician
* Marie Bashir (born 1930), Governor of New South Wales
* Martin Bashir (born 1963), British journalist
* Mowaia Bashir (born 1986), Sudanese football player
* Muhammad Bashir (disambiguation), several people
* Munir Bashir (1930–1997), Iraqi oud player
* Nas Bashir (born 1969), English football player
* Omar Bashir (musician) (born 1970), Iraqi-Hungarian musician and oud player, son of Munir Bashir and nephew of Jamil Bashir
* Omar al-Bashir (born 1944), President of Sudan and Sudanese army field marshal
* Palwasha Bashir (born 1987), Pakistani badminton player
* Ruzwana Bashir (born 1983), British businesswoman & activist
* Salman Bashir (born 1952), Pakistani diplomat
* Shahzad Bashir (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
* Shahid Bashir, Pakistan Army engineer and aviator facing court martial
* Shoaib Bashir (born 2003), English cricketer
* Tahseen Bashir, (1925–2002), Egyptian diplomat
* Yousef Bashir (born 1989), Palestinian-American author and peace activist

### Basheer

* David Basheer (born 1966), Australian sports commentator
* Max Basheer (born 1927), former administrator with the South Australian National Football League
* Thalekunnil Basheer (born 1945), politician from Kerala state, India
* Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908–1994), Indian writer

### Bechir

* Azouz Bechir (born 1935), Tunisian boxer
* Mohamed Bechir-Sow (1907–1976), Chadian politician
* Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir (born 1962), Mauritanian politician and Prime Minister
* Sayed Ali Bechir (born 1982), Qatari football player of Mauritanian descent

### Béchir

* Gabriel Béchir (1927–2001), French set decorator

### Others

* Bichir family, a Mexican acting family of Lebanese descent

## Fictional characters

* The title character of Bashir Lazhar, a one-character play by Évelyne de la Chenelière
* Julian Bashir, the Chief Medical Officer in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* Ali Bashir, a flying carpet salesman mentioned in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

## Places

* Bashir, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province
* Bashir, Iraq, a village south of Kirkuk
* Béchir, a village in Algeria
* Beni Bechir, a town and commune, Algeria
* Sidi Bashir Mosque, former mosque in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
* Stade El Bachir, Mohammédia, Morocco