Sam (name)
Sam is a female and male given name , which also occurs as a family name .
Origin and meaning
The name can also be a short form of Samuel and Samantha .
Sām ( Persian سام) Pronounced, it is derived from the name of a hero in Iranian mythology .
Sam ( Arabic سام, DMG Sām ) is also the Arabic variant of Shem , one of Noah's three sons, as found in the Bible and in Islamic literature.
Name bearer
First name (female)
- Sam Bailey (* 1977), British pop singer
- Sam Baker (* 1966), British journalist
- Sam Bloom (* 1971), Australian Parakanutin
- Sam Brown (born 1964), English singer and songwriter
- Sam Leigh-Brown (born 1969), British pop singer
- Sam Moyer (* 1983), American artist
- Sam Phillips (* 1962), American singer, musician and composer
First name (male)
- Sam Angel (1920–2007), American poker player
- Sam Bauer (* 1994), German voice actor, advertising speaker
- Sam Bennett (ice hockey player) (born 1996), Canadian ice hockey player
- Sam Claflin (born 1986), British actor
- Sam Cooke (1931–1964), American singer
- Sam El Sayed , Swiss poker player
- Sam Frangie (* 20th century), Australian snooker player
- Sam Garbarski (* 1948), Belgian film director
- Sam Giancana (1908–1975), American Mafioso
- Sam Grafton (born 1980 or 1981), British poker player
- Sam Greenwood (* 1988), Canadian poker player
- Fiddlin 'Sam Long (1876–1931), American old-time musician
- Sam Lowes (* 1990), British motorcycle racer
- Sam Malin (* 1963), Canadian entrepreneur
- Sam Mendes (born 1965), British director
- Sam Most (1930–2013), American jazz saxophonist and flutist
- Sam Neill (born 1947), New Zealand actor
- Sam Nujoma (* 1929), African leader of the Ovambo tribe
- Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984), American director
- Sam Phillips (1923–2003), American producer and record label owner
- Sam Rivers (saxophonist) (1923–2011), American jazz saxophonist
- Sam Rivers (bassist) (* 1977), American bassist
- Sam Shepard (1943-2017), American playwright and actor
- Sam Soverel (* 1990), American poker player
- Sam Szafran (1934–2019), French artist
- Sam Taylor (director) (1895-1958), American film director, screenwriter and producer
- Sam Taylor (jazz musician) (1916–1990), American jazz and blues musician
- Sam Trickett (* 1986), British poker player
- Sam Warner (1887–1927), American film producer
- Sam Waterston (born 1940), American actor
- Sam Wood (1883–1949), American film director
family name
- Anna Sam (* 1980), French author and blogger
- Ebru Şam (* 1990), German model
- Franz Sam (* 1956), Austrian architect
- Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam (1859–1915), Haitian President
- Konrad Sam (approx. 1483–1533), Reformed German theologian and reformer
- Michael Sam (* 1990), American football player
- Orhan Şam (* 1986), Turkish soccer player
- Samuel Sam-Sumana (* 1962), Sierra Leonean politician (All People's Congress), Vice-President
- Şevval Sam (* 1973), Turkish singer and actress
- Shaheizy Sam (* 1982), Malaysian actor, singer and producer
- Sidney Sam (* 1988), German soccer player
- Sinan Şamil Sam (1974-2015), Turkish boxer
- Tirésias Simon-Sam (1835–1916), Haitian politician and President of Haiti
- Young Dutch Sam (1808–1843), English boxer in the bare knuckle era
stage name
- Washboard Sam (Robert Brown, 1910–1966), American blues musician
- Ironing Board Sam (Sammie Moore, * 1939), American blues musician
- Magic Sam (Sam Maghett, 1937–1969), American blues musician
- Birmingham Sam, pen name of John Lee Hooker
Others
- Uncle Sam , the famous national allegory of the United States
- Yosemite Sam , a cartoon character
- Unsinkable Sam , the cat on board of the Bismarck, the HMS Cossack and HMS Ark Royal