Salman (name)

Salman or Salmaan or sal-mahn (سَلْمان salmān), also spelt Sulman or Selman, is an Arabic male given name meaning "Safe" or "Secure".

Given name

 * Salman the Persian, one of Muhammad's companions
 * Salman Abedi, terrorist responsible for the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017
 * Salman Ahmad, Pakistani pop artist and member of the band Junoon
 * Salman Ali, Indian singer
 * Salman bin Sultan Al Saud, Saudi royal and politician
 * Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
 * Salman Al-Farij, Saudi Arabian footballer
 * Salman Habaka, Israel Defense Forces officer, of Druze-Arab descent
 * Salman Irshad, Pakistani cricketer
 * Salman Khan (born 1976), American educator
 * Salman Khan, Indian film actor
 * Salman Khurshid, Indian politician
 * Salmaan King, South African footballer
 * Salman Mazahiri (1946–2020), Indian Muslim scholar
 * Salman Raduyev, Chechen separatist warlord
 * Salman Rushdie, British-Indian novelist
 * Salman Shah (actor), Bangladeshi film actor
 * Salman Shah (economist), Pakistani economist and finance minister
 * Salman Shahid, Pakistani actor
 * Salmaan Taseer (1944–2011), Pakistani businessman and politician
 * Salman Yusuff Khan, Indian dancer and actor

Surname

 * Ali Salman, Bahraini Twelver Shi'a cleric and Secretary-General of the Al-Wefaq political society
 * David Salman (1936–2010), American legislator known for sponsoring the first bill for use of medical marijuana in New Mexico, U.S.
 * Dulquer Salmaan, Indian Malayalam film actor and playback singer active from 2012
 * Hussain Salman, Bahraini footballer
 * İlyas Salman, Turkish actor, film director, author, screenwriter and musician
 * Karim Salman (1965–2020), Iraqi footballer
 * Saad Salman, Iraqi-French film director
 * Marcus Sahlman, Swedish footballer
 * Peyman Salmani, Iranian footballer
 * Athena Salman, Arizona House of Representatives member
 * William A. Sahlman, American professor emeritus at the Harvard Business School