Omar

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Contents 1 People 1.1 Sports 1.2 Music 1.3 Acting 1.4 Other 2 Other uses 3 See also

Omar is a given name with various origins:

• Variant of Umar, from Arabic, meaning flourishing. It was the name of Omar ibn al-Khattāb, a noted figure in Islamic history. It is also a common name in Spanish-speaking countries, due to the Arabic influence on Spain.
• Variant of Homer, from Greek, meaning security and promise.
• Omar, an English name of Biblical origin, meaning eloquent speaker. It was particularly popular among the American Puritans.

[edit] People

[edit] Sports

• Omer Joldić, is a Bosnian footballer currently playing for FK Olimpik Sarajevo
• Omar Ahmed, a Kenyan boxer
• Gabriel Omar Batistuta, a former international Argentine football player
• Omar Bravo, an international Mexican football player
• Omar Sivori, a former international Argentine and Italian football player
• Sergio Omar Almirón, a former international Argentine football player
• Omar Vizquel, a Major League Baseball shortstop playing for the San Francisco Giants
• Omar Meña, a Cuban track and field sprinter
• Omar Pinzón, a Colombian backstroke swimmer
• Omar Samra, the 1st Egyptian to climb Mount Everest

Also a name used to describe perfectionist black Americans^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Music

• Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, lead guitarist and composer of The Mars Volta and former guitarist of At the Drive-In
• Omar Lye-Fook, a British soul singer and musician, one of the founders of the Neo Soul movement of the 1990's
• Omar Naber, a Slovenian singer
• Don Omar, a Puerto-Rican reggaeton artist

[edit] Acting

• Omar Epps, an American actor
• Omar Regan, an American actor and comedian
• Omar Gooding, an American actor
• Omar Benson Miller, an American actor
• Omar Sharif, an Academy Award nominated Egyptian actor

[edit] Other

• Omar Bongo, President of Gabon
• Omar Bradley, one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II
• Omar ibn al-Khattāb, the second Caliph of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam
• Omar Khayyám, a medieval Persian poet and scientist
• Omar Little, character on the HBO drama The Wire
• Omar Mukhtar, leader of the resistance movement against the Italian military occupation of Libya
• Mohammed Omar, leader of the Taliban of Afghanistan
• Omar Osama bin Laden, known to be one of Osama bin Laden's children
• Omar Torrijos, the Commander of the Panamanian National Guard and the de facto leader of Panama from 1968 to 1981

[edit] Other uses

• Omar, Sulu, a municipality in the Philippines
• Omar, Mozambique
• Hurricane Omar, a 2008 Atlantic hurricane
• The Omar, a society of cyborgs in the computer game Deus Ex: Invisible War
• Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation, a charitable non-governmental organisation

[edit] See also

• Umar (disambiguation)
• Omagh

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