Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940), Swedish author

Salma Hayek (born 1966), Academy Award-nominated actress, Emmy-winning director, film producer and television producer

Selma, California, a city in Fresno County

Selma to Montgomery marches, were three marches that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement

Selma, North Carolina, a town in Johnston County

Selma, Indiana, a town located in Delaware County

Selma, Texas

Selma Diamond (1920-1985), Emmy Award-nominated actress

Selma Blair (born 1972), American actress

Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924–1942), Romanian-born German-language poet

Selma (singer) (born 1974), Icelandic singer, 1999 and 2005 representative in the Eurovision Song Contest

Selma, Virginia

Selma, Alleghany County, Virginia

Selma Bajrami (born 1980) Bosnian singer

Selma, Switzerland, a village in the Grisons

Selma, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Josephine County

Selma (sea serpent), a sea monster in Seljord, Norway

Schwester Selma (1884-1984), an Israeli nurse

Selma, Alabama, a city in Dallas County, best known for the Selma to Montgomery marches, three civil rights marches that began in this city

Selma Bouvier, a fictional character in The Simpsons

Selma Jezková, a fictional character in the Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark played by Björk