(1922 – December 22, 1973) a widely published Bangladeshi soil scientist.

Karim Khan (also transliterated as Karīm Khān) is a Persian name.

Mohammad Karim Khan Zand was the founder of the Zand dynasty, ruling all of Iran (Persia) except for Khorasan from 1751 to 1779.

(born October 28, 1979) an American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur.

Karim Mostafa Benzema (born 19 December 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad.

Karim-David Adeyemi (born 18 January 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team.

Karim Lala (1911 – 19 February 2002), born Abdul Karim Sher Khan in the Samalam Village of the Shegal District of Kunar Province, Afghanistan, was infamous as one of the three "mafia dons of Mumbai" in India for more than two decades from the sixties to the early eighties.

(born 2 December 1994) a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for UAE Pro League club Al-Jazira.

(born 1960) an Egyptian-born and Canadian-raised industrial designer.

Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa

(29 July 1961 – 23 October 2017) an Indian counterfeiter.

Karim El-Ahmadi Aroussi (born 27 January 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Karim Adil Ansarifard (born 3 April 1990) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Iran national team.

Karim Asad Ahmad Khan (born 30 March 1970) is a British lawyer specialising in international criminal law and international human rights law, who has served as Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court since 2021.