Omar (disambiguation)

Omar

Pronunciation	/oʊˈmɑːr/ oh-MAHR
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	flourishing, long-lived, eloquent and gifted speaker
Other names
Alternative spelling	Omer, Ömer, Umar

Omar is a male Arabic given name.

Given name

• Omar Ahmed, Kenyan boxer
• Sergio Omar Almirón, former international Argentine football player
• Gabriel Omar Batistuta, former international Argentine football player
• Omar al-Bashir (born 1944), President of Sudan
• Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (1967–2009)
• Omar Bradley, US 5-star general, one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II
• Omar Bradley (California politician), controversial mayor of Compton from 1993 until 2001
• Omar Bravo, international Mexican football player
• Omar Camporese (born 1968), former professional tennis player
• Omar Doom, American actor
• Omar Epps, American actor
• Omar Gooding, American actor
• Omar D. Henry, professional boxer
• Omar Khadr, Canadian terrorist
• Omar Khairat (born 1949), Egyptian pianist & musician, founder of the Egyptian Conservatory institutio
• Omar Khayyám, medieval Persian poet and scientist
• Omar Little, a character on the HBO drama The Wire
• Omar Lye-Fook, British soul singer and musician, one of the founders of the Neo Soul movement of the 1990s
• Omar Benson Miller, American actor
• Omar Meña, Cuban track and field sprinter
• Omarr Morgan (born 1976), cornerback playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League
• Omar Mukhtar, leader of the resistance movement against the Italian military occupation of Libya
• Omar Naber, Slovenian singer
• Omar Pinzón, Colombian backstroke swimmer
• Omar Rodríguez-López, lead guitarist and composer of The Mars Volta and former guitarist of At the Drive-In
• Omar Samra, first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest
• Omar Sivori, former international Argentine and Italian football player
• Omarr Smith (born 1977), American football defensive back for the San Jose SaberCats
• Omar Sharif, Academy Award nominated Egyptian actor
• Omar Faruk Tekbilek (born 1951), Turkish virtuoso flautist
• Omar Torrijos, Commander of the Panamanian National Guard and the de facto leader of Panama from 1968 to 1981
• Omar Vizquel, Major League Baseball shortstop playing for the Chicago White Sox
• Omarion (born 1984), American R&B singer, actor, songwriter, record producer, dancer
• Umar ibn al-Khattāb, the second Rashidun Caliph of Islam who ruled from 634 to 644
• Umar ibn AbdulAziz, Umayyad caliph of Islam who ruled from 717 to 720

Surname

• Adil Omar (born 1991), Pakistani hip-hop artist
• Don Omar (born 1978), Puerto Rican rapper
• Mohammed Omar, leader of the Taliban of Afghanistan and former ruler of Afghanistan
• Rageh Omaar, Somali journalist and writer

Places

• Omar, Konar, a village in Afghanistan
• Omar, Sulu, a municipality in the Philippines
• Great Mosque of Gaza, alternatively named al-Omari in honor of Omar ibn al-Khattab

Other uses

• Omarolluk, a feature sometimes found in sedimentary rocks
• 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
• Omar (album), album by Don Omar

See also

• Omagh
• Omar (Vaishya), Hindu surname
• Omar (Bible)