Salah ad-Din (), or Salahu’d-Din, Ṣalāḥ ud-Dīn or other variant spellings, is an Arabic name that means The Righteousness of the Faith. It commonly refers to An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Arabic: صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب), known as Saladin, the first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Other notable people with the name, or known by the name, include (listed by nationality): Middle East and Africa Algeria Salaheddine Mokdad Saidi (born 1978), volleyball player Central African Republic Jean-Bédel Bokassa (1921–1996), military ruler, briefly known as Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa Egypt Al-Ashraf Khalil (Al-Ashraf Salāh ad-Dīn Khalil issalahuddinbn Qalawūn, c. 1260s – 1293), Mamluk sultan Salah Nasr (Salah ad-Din Nasr, 1920–1982), head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate Salah Jahin (Muhammad Salah Eldin Bahgat Ahmad Helmy, 1930–1986), writer and cartoonist Salah al-Deen Hafez (1938–2008), writer and journalist Walid Salah El-Din (born 1971), footballer Mohamed Salah (football manager) (Mohamed Salah El-Din), footballer Ethiopia Saladin Said (born 1988), footballer Saladin Bargicho (born 1994), footballer Iraq Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh (1889–1945), Iraqi Army officer and Arab nationalist Salaheddine Bahaaeddin (born 1950), Kurdish-Iraqi politician Salah Al-Deen Siamand (born 1981), Kurdish-Iraqi footballer Qusay Salahaddin, murdered student Jordan Salah Suheimat (Salah al-Din Attallah Suheimat, 1914–1966), politician Morocco Salaheddine Mezouar (born 1953), politician Salaheddine Bassir (born 1972), footballer Salahiddine Khlifi (born 1979), footballer Salaheddine Aqqal (born 1984), footballer Salaheddine Sbaï (born 1985), footballer Salaheddine Saidi (born 1987), footballer Salah Eddine Mraouni (born 1992), cyclist Salahiddine Khlifi (born 1979), footballer Sudan Ghazi Salah al-Din al-Atabani (born 1951), politician Syria An-Nasir Yusuf (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn al-Aziz ibn al-Zahir ibn Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shazy 1228–1260), Ayyubid Emir and Sultan Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912–1980), politician Yemen Al-Nasir Muhammad Salah al-Din (1338–1391), imam of Yemen Asia Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani, politician Bangladesh Salahuddin (film director) (1926–2003) A. F. Salahuddin Ahmed (1924–2014), historian Gazi Salahuddin (born 1984), cricketer Kazi Salahuddin (born 1953), footballer Sheikh Salahuddin (1969–2013), cricketer Salauddin Ahmed (born 1967), a contemporary architect Salahuddin Ahmad, lawyer and Attorney General 2008–2009 Salahuddin Ahmed (governor), economist and governor of the Bangladesh Bank 2005–2009 Salahuddin Ahmed Mukti (born 1973), Bangladeshi politician Saleh Uddin (born 1954), architect, professor, author and artist Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury (1949–2015), politician Mohammad Salahuddin, cricket coach Brunei Sallehuddin Damit (born 1973), footballer India Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi (1931–2008), politician Sayeed Salahudeen (Syed Mohammed Yusuf Shah, born 1946), a Kashmir separatist militant Indonesia Salahuddin of