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'''Karim''' (alternatively spelt '''Kareem''', '''Kerim''', '''Kareme''' or '''Kerem''') is a common given and surname of [[Arabic language|Arabic]] origin. See [[Karim (name)]]. The [[Russian language|Russianized]] surnames '''Kerimov''' or '''Karimov''' (Каримов) for [[Central Asia]]ns from the former [[Soviet Union]] (e.g. [[Islom Karimov]] and [[Kerim Kerimov]]) comes from this given name. The meaning of Karim is generous.
== List of people named Karim ==
;Historical People:
* [[Abdul Karim]], better known as 'the Munshi', an Indian servant of Queen Victoria
* [[Karim Khan Zand]], Persian soldier and statesman; de-facto ruler of [[Iran]] from 1760 to 1779
* [[Kerim Kerimov]], Azerbaijani rocket scientist; one of the founders and lead scientists of the [[Soviet space program]]
;Sports:
* [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]], American former basketball player
* [[Adam Karim]], Australian Sporting Legend
* [[Aasif Karim]], Kenyan cricketer
* [[Kareem Kelly]], player for the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] in the [[Canadian Football League]]
* [[Karim Garcia]], baseball player for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]
* [[Kareem Rush]], American basketball player
* [[Karim Haggui]], Tunisian footballer
* [[Karim Dahou]], French footballer
* [[Kareem McKenzie]], American football player
* [[Karim Djeballi]], French footballer
* [[Karim Azizou]], Moroccan footballer
* [[Karim Tulaganov]], Uzbek boxer and Olympic medalist
* [[Saba Karim]], Indian cricketer
* [[Karim Saidi]], Tunisian footballer
* [[Mahmoud Karim]], Egyptian professional squash player
* [[Kareem Campbell]], professional skateboarder
*[[Karim Benzema]], French footballer
;Entertainment:
* [[Rashid Karim]], Bangladeshi novelist
* [[Karim Prince]], American actor
* [[Karim Haddad]], composer of contemporary music
* [[Jawed Karim]], co-founder of [[YouTube]]
* [[Mohammed Karim]], Egyptian film director
* [[Karim Lamouri]], British [[Hard house]]/[[Hard NRG]] producer and DJ
* [[President Karim]],character in Socom Us Navy Seals Combined Assault
;Law & Politics:
* [[Karim Masimov]], Prime Minister of [[Kazakhstan]]
* [[Sajjad Karim]], Member of the European Parliament
* [[Karim Pakradouni]], Lebanese-Maronite Christian attorney
* [[Islom Karimov]], President of Uzbekistan.
;Military & War:
* [[Afsir Karim]], Indian Army general and military scholar
;Fictional People:
* [[Kareem Said]], a Muslim prisoner in the T.V. series [[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]
;Students:
* Karim Anani, a Jordanian international student attending Carleton University
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