Shari may refer to:

  • In South Asia, women's clothing also known as sari or saree
  • In Buddhism, bead-shaped objects among the cremated ashes of Buddhist spiritual masters, also known as Śarīra

Japanese culture

  • Shari, deadwood on the main trunk of a bonsai tree
  • Flavored rice used in making sushi

Places

  • Mount Shari, a quaternary stratovolcano
  • Shari, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Shari District, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Shari River, a 949-kilometer-long river of central Africa
  • Shari Mari, Anaqcheh Rural District, Ahvaz County, Khuzestan Province, Iran
  • Ubangi-Shari, a French territory in central Africa which became the independent country of the Central African Republic in 1960
  • Shari, Republic of Dagestan, a village in Dagestan

People

Given name

  • Shari (given name)
  • Shari (actress), Indian film actress in Malayalam and Tamil films
  • Shari Addison (born 1962), American gospel musician and artist
  • Shari Arison (born 1957), American-born Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist
  • Shari Belafonte (born 1954), American actress, model, writer and singer
  • Shari Cantor (born 1959), American politician
  • Shari Decter Hirst, Canadian politician
  • Shari Elliker, American radio personality
  • Shari Eubank (born 1947), American actress
  • Shari Flanzer, 1992 World Series of Poker champion
  • Shari Goldhagen, American author
  • Shari Headley (born 1964), American film actress
  • Shari Karney (born 1954), American attorney, incest-survivor activist, and bar exam review company owner
  • Shari Koch (born 1993), German competitive ice dancer
  • Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon (born 1966), Dutch curler
  • Shari Lewis (1933–1998), Jewish American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's television show host
  • Shari Mendelson (born 1961), American sculptor.
  • Shari Olefson, American real estate attorney and author
  • Shari Redstone (born 1954), American media executive
  • Shari Rhodes (1938–2009), American casting director and producer
  • Shari Robertson, American film Ddrector and producer
  • Shari Roman, American film director, writer and artist
  • Shari Sebbens (born 1985), Australian actress
  • Shari Shattuck (born 1960), American actress and author
  • Shari Sheeley (1940–2002), American songwriter
  • Shari (singer) (born 2002), Italian singer
  • Shari Springer Berman (born 1963), American filmmaker
  • Shari Thurer, American psychologist
  • Shari Trewin, computer scientist
  • Shari Ulrich (born 1951), Canadian singer-songwriter
  • Shari Villarosa (born 1951), United States diplomat and career foreign service officer

Surname

  • Amirudin Shari (born 1980), Malaysian politician
  • Said Ali Shari (1971–2013), Saudi Arabian deputy leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda

Other uses

  • Shari (album), a 1989 European release by Shari Belafonte
  • Shari massacre, on 23–24 December 1997 near Tiaret, Algeria
  • Shari Rothenberg, a character in the television series 24
  • Shari Sawwing or black saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera), a bird in the swallow family
  • Temple Shari Emeth, Manalapan, New Jersey, United States

See also

  • Chari (disambiguation)
  • Chéri (disambiguation)
  • Cheri (disambiguation)
  • Cherie (disambiguation)
  • Cherri (disambiguation)
  • Cherrie, a surname or given name
  • Cherry (disambiguation)
  • Sheri (disambiguation)
  • Sherie, a given name
  • Sherri (name)
  • Sherrie, a given name
  • Sherry (disambiguation)
  • Shery (born 1985), Guatemalan Latin pop singer and songwriter