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Salma (Indian politician)
Salma, the pen name of Rajathi, is an Indian DMK politician and Tamil poet and novelist who represents Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha for the 2025–2031 term.
Salma Agha (سلما آغا)
Salma Agha (سلما آغا), born 1956, is a British singer-actress of the 1980s who debuted and sang in the Bollywood film Nikaah (1982), winning a Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer award for "Dil Ke Armaan", distinct from cricketer Salman Agha.
Salma Hayek
Salma Hayek (Salma Hayek Jiménez), Mexican actress, producer, and businesswoman born 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz; star of Desperado and Frida, first Mexican actress nominated for the Best Actress Oscar, now directing her debut feature Arena.
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Salma Khadra Jayyusi (سلمى الخضراء الجيوسي), born Salma Subhi Said al-Khadra, was a Palestinian poet, critic, and anthologist who founded PROTA in 1980 to translate Arabic literature into English.
Salma Paralluelo
Salma Paralluelo, Spanish forward born 2003 in Zaragoza, ex-sprinter; Barcelona 2022-26 (72 goals, 131 games, 15 trophies), 2023 World Cup winner, best young player; joined OL Lyonnes in 2026 until 2030.
Salma Shah
Salma Shah, British political commentator and former special adviser to Home Secretary Sajid Javid (2018–2019), founder of Kraken Strategy and Mitie Group non-executive director; distinct from the coach and author of the same name.
Salma UNESCO Global Geopark
Salma UNESCO Global Geopark, in Saudi Arabia's Hail region, designated 2025 as one of the country's first two geoparks; volcanic rocks over 740 million years old, Al-Hutaymah Crater, Harrat Hutaymah, and the Darb Zubaydah pilgrimage route.
Salman Ahmad
Salman Ahmad (سلمان احمد) is a Pakistani guitarist, singer-songwriter, and physician who founded the rock band Junoon, pioneers of sufi rock, in 1990 after leaving Vital Signs.
Salman Akram Raja
Salman Akram Raja, Pakistani Supreme Court advocate (Harvard, SOAS, Cambridge) who joined PTI in 2023, became its Head of Legal Affairs and Secretary General, argued the 2024 reserved seats case, and later resigned.
Salman al-Nisaburi
Salman al-Nisaburi, in full Abu al-Qasim Salman ibn Nasir ibn Imran al-Ansari, was a Sunni Shafi'i theologian of Nishapur who died in 511 or 512 AH, a disciple of al-Juwayni.
Salman Ali Agha (سلمان علی آغا)
Salman Ali Agha (سلمان علی آغا), born 1993 in Lahore, is a Pakistani all-rounder: right-handed middle-order batter and off-spin bowler. Debuted 2022, 36th Pakistan Test captain in 2026, ODI batting ranked 13th by the ICC.
Salman Bhojani
Salman Bhojani is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 92, elected in 2022 as one of the first Muslims in the Texas Legislature.
Salman Butt (سلمان بٹ)
Salman Butt (سلمان بٹ), born 1984 in Lahore, is a former Pakistani left-handed opening batsman and Test captain (2003-2010) banned 10 years by the ICC for the 2010 Lord's Test spot-fixing scandal and jailed 30 months.
Salman field
The Salman field is an offshore oil and gas field in the Persian Gulf, about 144 km south of Iran's Lavan Island, producing since 1968.
Salman Khan (अब्दुल रशीद सलीम सलमान ख़ान)
Salman Khan (Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan, born 1965) is an Indian actor, producer, and TV personality; star of Maine Pyar Kiya, Dabangg, and Bajrangi Bhaijaan, founder of Salman Khan Films and the Being Human charity.
Salman Khan filmography
Salman Khan filmography: screen record of the Hindi cinema star Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan, from Biwi Ho To Aisi (1988) and Maine Pyar Kiya through the 2010-2017 Eid action blockbusters to recent releases and upcoming projects.
Salman Khurshid
Salman Khurshid (born 1953, Aligarh) is an Indian National Congress leader, Supreme Court Senior Advocate, and author; former MP for Farrukhabad and Union minister for Law, Minority Affairs, and External Affairs (2011-2014), known for the 2021 Hindutva book controversy.
Salman Mumtaz
Salman Mumtaz (Salman Mümtaz; born Salman Məmmədəmin oğlu Əsgərov, 1884–1941) was an Azerbaijani literary scholar, folklorist, and manuscript collector who published first editions of classical poets including Nasimi, Fuzuli, and Vagif.
Salman of Saudi Arabia
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (سلمان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود), born 1935, is Saudi Arabia's seventh king, reigning since 23 January 2015; former long-time Riyadh governor, defense minister, and crown prince under King Abdullah.
Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie (born 1947, Bombay) is a British Indian American novelist, author of Midnight's Children (1981 Booker Prize, Booker of Bookers) and The Satanic Verses, target of the 1989 Iranian fatwa and a 2022 stabbing at Chautauqua; author of Knife and The Eleventh Hour.
Salman Savaji
Salman Savaji (سلمان ساوجی) was a 14th-century Persian court poet, born in Saveh and serving the Jalayirids in Baghdad, regarded as one of the last great qasida masters.
Salman Shah (সালমান শাহ) (actor)
Salman Shah (সালমান শাহ), born Chowdhury Mohammad Shahriar Emon, was a Bangladeshi film actor, Dhallywood's top 1990s star, debut Keyamat Theke Keyamat (1993), 27 films, died 6 September 1996.
Salman the Persian
Salman the Persian, Salman al-Farisi in Arabic, was a Companion of Muhammad who converted from Zoroastrianism, proposed the trench at the Battle of the Trench, and governed al-Mada'in.
Salman Yusuff Khan
Salman Yusuff Khan, also known as Salman or Mohammad Ghause, is an Indian dancer, actor, and choreographer born 1985 in Bengaluru; winner of Dance India Dance season 1 (2009) and star of ABCD (2013).
Salmanovskoye Oil and Gas Field
The Salmanovskoye (Utrenneye) oil and gas condensate field is a large gas field on Russia's northern Gydan Peninsula, discovered in 1979 and renamed for geologist Farman Salmanov.
Salmanu (king of Moab)
Salmanu, also read Salamanu, was a king of Moab in the late eighth century BC, named in the inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III as a ruler who paid tribute to Assyria.
Salme Dorsa
Salme Dorsa is a ridge belt on Venus, a compressional deformation zone with a west-facing thrust front, trough-and-bulge crustal bending, grabens, and roughly 12 km thick lithosphere.
Salmeterol
Salmeterol, marketed as Serevent and, combined with fluticasone, as Advair or Seretide, is a long-acting inhaled beta-2 agonist bronchodilator approved by the FDA in 1994 for twice-daily asthma and COPD maintenance treatment.
Salminus brasiliensis
Salminus brasiliensis, the dorado or dourado, is a large golden migratory gamefish of family Bryconidae in the Paraná, Paraguay, Uruguay, Madeira, and Jacuí basins; up to 100 cm, 31.4 kg, IUCN Least Concern.
Salmocins (Salmonella-specific bacteriocins)
Salmocins (Salmonella colicins) are Salmonella-produced bacteriocins, SalE1a, SalE1b, SalE2, SalE3, SalE7, that kill pathogenic S. enterica; plant-made, GRAS GRN 824 food antimicrobial.