Alam

1. Arabic: ʿĀlam meaning "world" or "universe"
2. Hebrew: cognate word ʿOlam is transcribed as עולם, also meaning "World"
3. Tagalog: Alam means "Knowledge". adjective maalam, is referred to for the one who is knowledgeable and wise.

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People

Surname

surname عالم ("world")

• Intikhab Alam, British Indian cricketer
• Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Mr M. M. Alam, Pakistani Air Force officer who is famous for his world record in air-to-air combat
• Said Alam, Pakistani pediatric surgeon and political activist

  unidentified surnames transliterated as ''Alam''

• Abdul Qadir Alam, governor of Ghor Province, Afghanistan
• ABM Nurul Alam, Bangladesh physician
• Abrar Alam, Bangladeshi cricketer
• Aftab Alam, several
• Aftabuddin Alam, Indian cricketer
• Ahmed Alam, field hockey player
• Alexander Alam, Australian businessman, politician, and philanthropist
• Ali Alam, Pakistani underground musician
• Amir-Hossein Khozeimé Alam, eldest son of Amir Ma'soum Khan Khozeiméh
• Ammad Alam, Pakistani cricketer
• Arish Alam, Indian cricketer
• Asadollah Alam, Iranian politician
• A.T.M. Zahirul Alam, retired lieutenant general of Bangladesh Army
• Ava Alam, Bangladeshi singer and music teacher
• Badiul Alam, Bangladeshi academic
• Badre Alam, Indian cricketer
• Didarul Alam, Bangladesh Awami League politician
• Faisal Alam, gay Pakistani American who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation
• Fakrul Alam, Bangladeshi academic, writer, and translator
• Fareena Alam, English journalist and was editor
• Faria Alam, Bangladeshi society figure and television personality
• Faruque Alam, Bangladeshi civil engineer and wood technologist
• Fawad Alam, Pakistani cricketer and actor
• Fouad Salam Alam, Egyptian volleyball player
• Ghulam Dastagir Alam, Pakistani theoretical physicist and professor
• Gulzar Alam, Pashto singer
• Gurdas Ram Alam, Punjabi language poet
• Ikhfanul Alam, Indonesian footballer
• Israfil Alam, Bangladesh Awami League Politician
• Jafar Alam, Bangladeshi politician
• Jahanara Alam, Bangladeshi cricketer
• Jahangir Alam, several
• Javeed Alam, activist and thinker
• Johnny Alam, Canadian researcher, visual artist, and curator
• Khandaker Nurul Alam, Bangladeshi music composer and singer
• Khorshed Alam, fifth Governor of Bangladesh Bank
• Khurshid Alam, Bangladeshi playback singer
• Leena Alam
• M. Shahid Alam, Pakistani economist, academic, and social scientist
• Mahbub Alam, several
• Mahbubey Alam, designated senior counsel and Attorney General of Bangladesh
• Mehboob Alam, Raees, India
• Mohammad Habibul Alam, Vice-Chairman of the World Scout Committee
• Nawab Alam Yar Jung Bahadur, Chief Justice and later Law Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India

  Given name

given name عالم ("world")

• Alam Channa, son of Nasir Channa of Dhoke Kashmirian was the world's tallest living man at 232.4 cm high. During his life he had been billed at various heights of up to 7 ft 6 while working at a circus
• Alam Lohar, prominent Punjabi folk music from the Punjab region of Pakistan, formerly British India. He is credited with popularising the musical term Jugni

  unidentified given names transliterated as ''Alam''

• Alam al-Din al-Hanafi, Egyptian mathematician, astronomer and engineer
• Alam al-Malika, leader of Zubayd in Yemen
• Alam Ara, eponymous protagonist of a 1931 film directed by Ardeshir Irani, the first Indian sound film
• Alam Dad Lalika, Pakistani politician
• Alam Gul Kuchi, Afghan politician
• Alam Khan, Indian actor, model, and dancer
• Alam Khan, Bangladeshi composer and music director
• Alam Khattak, Pakistani army general
• Alam Mir
• Alam Muzaffarnagari, pseudonym of Muhammad Ishaaq, Indian poet
• Alam Shah, the fourth and last ruler of the Sayyid dynasty
• Alam Zeb , Pakistani middle-distance runner