Matar
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Matar may refer to:
People
Given name
- Matar Coly (born 1984), Senegalese footballer
- Matar Fall (born 1982), French-born Senegalese football
- Matar Sène (born 1970), retired Senegalese freestyle wrestler
Surname
- Agapius II Matar (1736–1812), Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1796 to 1812
- Ahmad Abu Matar (born 1944), Palestinian academic and writer
- Ahmed Matar (born 1954), Iraqi poet
- Athanasius V Matar, Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in 1813
- Ghiath Matar (died 2011), Syrian activist
- Hadi Matar (born 1998), suspect of the stabbing of Salman Rushdie
- Hisham Matar (born 1970), American and Libyan author
- Ismail Matar (born 1983), footballer from the United Arab Emirates
- Maryam Matar (born 1975), Emirati geneticist and medical researcher
- Matar Matar (born 1976), Bahraini politician of the Al Wefaq party
- Muhammad Afifi Matar (1935–2010), Egyptian poet
- Nader Matar (born 1992), Lebanese footballer
- Nadia Matar (born 1966), Belgian-born Israeli activist
- Paul Youssef Matar (born 1941), current Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut
- Salim Matar, Iraqi nationalist and novelist
- Selim Matar (born 1956), Swiss writer, novelist and sociologist of Iraqi descent
- Yasser Matar (born 1985), Emirati footballer.
- Ali Martin Matar (born 1963), American pastor and Christian author since 2008
Other uses
- Matar, another name for the star Eta Pegasi
- USS Matar, Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II
- Matar, Kheda, a village in Gujarat, India
See also
- Mattar, a surname