Ali (disambiguation)

Ali may refer to:

Names

*Ali ibn Abi Talib (through non-Shia sources), early Islamic leader and fourth caliph: The first person by this name
*Imam Ali (through Shia sources), successor "(Caliph)" to Muhammad and the first Imam "(leader)" of the muslim ummah "(community)".

*Ali (name), a name of Arabic origin commonly found among Muslims:
**Muhammad Ali, boxing champion
**Laila Ali, female boxer and daughter of Muhammad Ali
**Tatyana Ali, actress
**Mehmet Ali Ağca
**Ali Saleem
**Saleem H. Ali
**Tariq Ali the left-wing British political activist and writer
**Ali Baba, a fictional character described in the adventure tale of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"

*Ali is also a diminutive for several non-Arabic names, as in:
** Alice "Ali" MacGraw, American actress
** Alexander "Ali" Williams, New Zealand rugby player
** The fictional character Alistair Leslie Graham, normally known as Ali G

*Ali (goddess), a Georgian Goddess
*Ali language, a language spoken in Central African Republic and belonging to the Niger-Congo languages family.

Legendary Norse kings named Áli in Old Norse:
*Onela, a legendary king of Sweden.
*Ale the Strong, a legendary king of Denmark.

Places

*Alì, a town in Italy
*Ali (town), a town in Tibet
*Ali Prefecture, prefecture in Tibet
*Ali, Bahrain, a place in Bahrain

In popular culture

*, a 1974 film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
*Ali Project, a Japanese musical band
*Ali (rapper), American rapper from the St. Lunatics
*Ali G, stage persona used by comedian Sacha Noam Baron Cohen
*"Ali" (film), a 2001 biographical film about Muhammad Ali

ee also

*ALI, a disambiguation page focusing on acronyms
*Eli, a disambiguation page
*Alley