Sharif (disambiguation)

Sharif (also spelled Sherif) is an Arabic word (شريف) meaning "noble", "highborn", or "honourable", traditionally used as a title for the descendants of the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Sharif may also refer to:

Name

 * Sherif or Sharif, a proper name (including a list of people with this name)

People

 * Mehrshad Sharif (born 1952), Iranian and French chess master
 * Mohammed Sharif (social worker), Indian social worker
 * Nawaz Sharif (born 1949), Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
 * Omar Sharif (1932–2015), Egyptian film actor
 * Raheel Sharif (born 1956), Pakistani retired four-star general and former Chief of Army Staff
 * Talal al-Sharif, Jordanian politician both elected and expelled from office in 2013
 * Sharif Finch (born 1995), American football player
 * Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi co-founder and chairman of Arab Media Watch
 * Sharif family, a Pakistani political family based in Punjab

Villages in Iran

 * Sharif, Ilam
 * Sharif, Khuzestan

Other uses

 * Sharif of Mecca
 * Sharif University of Technology in Iran