List of Famous people named Selim

Selim II, also known as Sarı Selim or Sarhoş Selim, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death in 1574. He was a son of Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hurrem Sultan. Selim had been an unlikely candidate for the throne until his brother Mehmed died of smallpox, his half-brother Mustafa was strangled to death by the order of his father, his brother Cihangir died of grief at the news of this latter execution, and his brother Bayezid was killed on the order of his father after a rebellion against Selim.

Selim I , known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite lasting only eight years, his reign is notable for the enormous expansion of the Empire, particularly his conquest between 1516 and 1517 of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, which included all of the Levant, Hejaz, Tihamah, and Egypt itself. On the eve of his death in 1520, the Ottoman Empire spanned about 576,900 sq mi (1,494,000 km²), having grown by seventy percent during Selim's reign.

Selim III was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Although regarded as an enlightened ruler, the Janissaries eventually deposed and imprisoned him, and placed his cousin Mustafa on the throne as Mustafa IV. Selim was subsequently killed by a group of assassins.

Selim Bayraktar is an Iraqi-Turkish actor best known for his role as "Sümbül Ağa" in Muhteşem Yüzyıl. He received international recognition with his role in the Netflix original series Rise of Empires: Ottoman.

Selim Amallah is a professional footballer who plays for Standard Liège in the Belgian First Division A. Born in Belgium, he represents the Morocco national football team.

Koloi Mikailovich Kartoev also known as Selim Yaşar or Zelimkhan Kartoev, is an Ingush-born Russian naturalized Turkish freestyle wrestler, Junior and Cadet World Champion. Runner-up 2015 World Wrestling Championships and bronze medalist 2014 World Wrestling Championships. Winner Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial XLIX. He is a Turkish national wrestling champion. He won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, losing to Russian Abdulrashid Sadulaev. Yaşar became bronze medalist at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Selim Benachour is a Tunisian former footballer, who played as a midfielder. From August 2018, he is the manager of Romanian Liga III side Foresta Suceava.

Selim Soydan was a Turkish football player of rivals Beşiktaş J.K. and Fenerbahçe. He played as a defender.

Selim Sahab is a conductor and contemporary composer. Sahab was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1941, but is now a citizen of Egypt.

Selim I Giray, Selim Khan Girai was a Crimean khan (1631–1704). He reigned four times between 1671 and 1704.