Wissam (Arabic: وسام) is a given name. People with the name include:

  • Wissam Ben Bahri, paralympic athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F20 long jumpand high jump events
  • Wissam Barakah (born 1975), Founder of House of Om, Energy Healing, Hypnosis & Life Coaching, Tantra, Yoga & Meditation Teacher
  • Wissam El Bekri (born 1984), French-Tunisian football defender
  • Wissam Constantin (born 1986), the first deaf person to graduate from a university in Lebanon and the Middle East
  • Wissam Gassid (born 1981), Iraqi goalkeeper
  • Wissam S. al-Hashimi (1942-2005), Iraqi geologist born in Baghdad
  • Wissam al-Hassan (1965–2012), brigadier general at the Lebanese Internal Security Forces, head of its intelligence-oriented information branch
  • Wissam Hosni (born 1985), Tunisian long-distance runner
  • Wissam Joubran (born 1983), composer, oud (an Arabic lute) virtuoso, and master lute maker
  • Wissam Kadhim (born 1986), Iraqi football (soccer) midfielder
  • Wissam Kilo, (born 1984), known as Wiz Kilo, Canadian hip hop and R&B artist, songwriter, dancer, actor and hip hop instructor
  • Wissam Tarif (born 1975), played a key role in the field of pro-Democracy and Human Rights work in Syria and Lebanon
  • Wissam al-Tawil (born 1970) a senior commander of Hezbollah's Radwan Force
  • Wissam Ben Yedder (born 1990), French footballer
  • Wissam al-Zahawie, former official in Saddam Hussein Iraq government, Iraq's non-resident Ambassador to the Holy See, Iraq's Ambassador to the United Nations
  • Wissam Zaki (born 1986), Duhok FC player and Iraq

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