# Karimi

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For the village in Iran, see [Karimi, Iran](/source/Karimi,_Iran).

**Karimi** (کریمی), a [Persian](/source/Persian_language) surname of a once famous merchant clan from Karima (کریمه). It is also derived from the [Arabic](/source/Arabic) name [Kareem](/source/Kareem) for people of [Arab](/source/Arab) descent. It may refer to the following notable people:

## Sports

- [Abbas Karimi (swimmer)](/source/Abbas_Karimi_(swimmer)), Afghan swimmer
- [Ali Karimi (disambiguation)](/source/Ali_Karimi_(disambiguation)), several Iranian footballers
- [Farshid Karimi](/source/Farshid_Karimi), Iranian football goalkeeper
- [Mahmoud Karimi Sibaki](/source/Mahmoud_Karimi_Sibaki), Iranian football striker
- [Ali Karimi (Tabriz)](/source/Ali_Karimi_(Tabriz)), Iranian footballer
- [Firouz Karimi](/source/Firouz_Karimi), Iranian football manager
- [Obaidullah Karimi](/source/Obaidullah_Karimi), Afghan footballer

## Art

- [Niki Karimi](/source/Niki_Karimi), Iranian actress and movie director
- [Nosrat Karimi](/source/Nosrat_Karimi), Iranian actor, director, make-up artist, University professor, scriptwriter and sculptor
- [Reza Karimi](/source/Reza_Karimi_(artist)), Iranian fine artist, water color painter
- [Sahraa Karimi](/source/Sahraa_Karimi), Afghan film director
- [Mandana Karimi](/source/Mandana_Karimi), Model, Bollywood actress

## Politics

- [Farah Karimi](/source/Farah_Karimi), Iranian-Dutch politician
- [Mehran Karimi Nasseri](/source/Mehran_Karimi_Nasseri), Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport
- [Jamal Karimi-Rad](/source/Jamal_Karimi-Rad), Minister of Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- [Sher Mohammad Karimi](/source/Sher_Mohammad_Karimi), Afghan general and Chief of Army Staff

## Others

- [Karimis](/source/Karimis), an [Islamic capitalist group](/source/History_of_Islamic_economics#Islamic_capitalism) during the 11th–13th centuries
- [Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak](/source/Ahmad_Karimi-Hakkak), Persian literary figure and Iranist

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