Saleh (name)

Not to be confused with Salah (name).

Saleh or Saaleh (Arabic: صَالَح ), Arabic form of the Hebrew Shelah, Selah or Methuselah (Hebrew: שֶׁלַח),^[1] is a Semitic male name derivative. In Arabic it means "righteous" or "pious".^[2]

Given name

Salah

• Salah Ezzedine (born 1962), Lebanese businessman accused of running a pyramid scheme

Saleh

• Saleh or Salih, Islamic prophet
• Saleh al-Arouri (1966–2024), senior leader of Hamas
• Saleh Abdelaziz Al-Haddad (born 1986), Kuwaiti long jumper
• Saleh Bakri (born 1977), Palestinian film and theater actor
• Salleh Kalbi (1964-2025), Malaysian politician
• Saleh and Daoud Al-Kuwaity (1908–1986), Iraqi musician
• Saleh al-Mutlaq (born 1947), Iraqi politician
• Saleh Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi (1921-2011), Saudi Arabian businessman
• Saleh Shahin (born 1982), Israeli Paralympic medalist rower

Salih

• Salih ibn Ali (711–769 CE), the Abbasid general and governor in Syria and Egypt
• Salih, 14th century leader of Adal
• Salih Ashmawi (1910–1983), Egyptian politician
• Salih Saeed Ba-Amer (1946-2025), Yemeni short story writer
• Salih Bozok (1881–1941), Turkish military officer
• Salih Dursun (born 1991), Turkish footballer
• Salih Güney (born 1945), Turkish film actor
• Salih Hudayar (born 1993), Uyghur prime-minister of government
• Salih Muslim Muhammad (born 1951), Rojava politician
• Salih Neftçi (1947-2009), Turkish financial economist
• Salih Omurtak (1889-1954), Turkish general
• Salih Özcan (born 1998), Turkish footballer
• Salih Pasha (disambiguation), various Ottoman people
• Salih Sadir (born 1981), Iraqi footballer
• Salih Uçan (born 1994), Turkish footballer
• Salih Yıldız (born 2001), Turkish judoka

Surname

Saleh / Saleh

• Abdul Azis Saleh (1914-2001), Indonesian politician
• Abdul Rahman Saleh (1909-1947), Indonesian aviator and physician
• Adam Saleh (born 1993), American YouTube personality
• Ahmad Ali Abdullah Saleh (born 1972), Yemeni military commander
• Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947-2017), former President of Yemen
• Allah-Yar Saleh (1897-1981), Iranian politician
• Amrullah Saleh (born 1972), former vice president and 16th de jure president of Afghanistan
• Anas Khalid Al Saleh (born 1972), Kuwaiti politician
• Dua Saleh, Sudanese-American singer and actor
• Farhan Saleh (born 1947), Lebanese writer and militant
• Hashim Saleh (born 1981), Omani footballer
• Jahanshah Saleh (1905-1995), Iranian physician
• Nimr Saleh (1929–1991), Palestinian leftist figure
• Raden Saleh (1811-1880), Indonesian painter
• Robert Saleh (born 1979), American, NFL football coach
• Sania Saleh (1935–1985), Syrian poet
• Yehiya Saleh (1713–1805), Yemenite Rabbi

Salih

• Barham Salih (born 1960), Iraqi Kurdish politician and president of Iraq (2018–2022)
• Tayeb Salih (1929-2009), Sudanese author

Fictional characters

• Saleh, powerful and wise mage from Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones
• Salih Koçovalı, alternate name for Vartolu Sadettin in the Turkish television program Çukur
• Saleh, major antagonist in Tales of Rebirth
• Salleh, a minor character in the Malasyan cartoon Upin & Ipin
• Fatima Saleh, suspect in Criminal Minds