Osman
Osman is a Turkish , Bosnian and Albanian male given name of Arabic origin, which also occurs as a family name . Osman was the name of the founder of the Ottoman Empire . The name Osman occurs in other countries, including the Balkans . A common spelling of the Arabic name is Uthman .
Name bearer
- Osman (dynasty) , noble house and ruling family of the Ottoman Empire
Ruler
- Osman I. , Gazi (* around 1258 / 1259–1326), founder of the Ottoman Empire and its first sultan
- Osman II (1604–1622), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1618 to 1622
- Osman III (1699–1757) Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757
First name
- Osman Ağa (chronicler) (around 1671– after 1725), interpreter for the governor's office in Timisoara
- Osman Baydemir (* 1971), Kurdish lawyer, human rights activist and politician
- Osman Bölükbaşı (1913–2002), Turkish politician
- Osman Bozkurt (* 1984), Turkish-Austrian soccer player
- Osman Chávez (* 1984), Honduran football player
- Osman Coşkun (* 1972), Turkish football player
- Osman Digna (1836–1926), general in the Mahdist army in Sudan
- Osman Engin (* 1960), German satirist of Turkish descent
- Osman Hamdi Bey (1842–1910), Turkish painter, museum founder and archaeologist
- Osman Köse (* 1988), German soccer player
- Osman Okkan (* 1947), German-Turkish journalist and filmmaker
- Osman Özdemir (* 1961), Turkish soccer player and coach
- Osman Özköylü (* 1971), Turkish football player and coach
- Osman Pazvantoğlu (1758–1807), Ottoman Janissary and Pasha von Widin
- Osman Per (1973-1997), Turkish football player
- Osman Şanlisoy (* 1999), North Cypriot pool player
- Osman Sebrî (1905–1993), Kurdish author, poet and politician
- Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956), British printmaker, painter and magician
- Osman Turan (1914–1978), Turkish politician and historian
family name
- Abd Al Rahman Osman Ali (* 1986), Austrian football player
- Abrar Osman (* 1994), Eritrean long-distance runner
- Aden Abdullah Osman Daar (1908–2007), Somali President 1960–1967
- Ahmed Osman (* 1930), Moroccan Prime Minister 1972 to 1979
- Ahmed Sa'ad Osman (* 1979), Libyan soccer player
- Ashraf Hussen Osman (* 2001), Qatari sprinter
- Babiker an-Nur Osman (1935–1971), Sudanese politician, President of Sudan (1971)
- Boya Osman (* 1989), Sudanese football player
- Cedi Osman (* 1995), Macedonian-Turkish basketball player
- Dan Osman (1963-1998), American extreme athlete
- Ertuğrul Osman (1912–2009), head of the Osman family
- Fahim Osman-Obsien (* 1986), Djiboutian tennis player
- Hafiz Osman (soccer player) (* 1984), Singaporean soccer player
- Idris Mehammed Osman (* 1987), Eritrean football referee
- Jean-Claude Osman (* 1947), French football player
- Leon Osman (* 1981), English football player
- Mahmud Osman (* 1938), Kurdish politician from Iraq
- Matthew Osman (born 1983), Australian soccer player
- Mohamed Hassan bin Osman (* 1948), Malaysian sprinter
- Mohamed Youssouf Osman (* 1997), Djiboutian football player
- Mohammed Elnour Osman , Sudanese football player
- Mohannad Tanir Osman (* 1984), Sudanese football player
- Nakkaş Osman , Ottoman miniature painter
- Nasim Osman († 2014), Bangladeshi politician
- Nedjo Osman (* 1958), Macedonian actor
- Nuri Pascha Osman (1832–1900), General of the Ottoman Army in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
- Omar Wakil Osman (* 1977), Somali soccer player
- Osman Osman , Somali soccer player
- Russell Osman (born 1959), English football player
- Salah Osman , Sudanese soccer player
- Salih Mahmoud Osman (* 1957), Sudanese lawyer and politician
- Samir Osman (* 1970), German actor
- Sharyhan Osman (* 1986), German-Egyptian singer
- Sitona Abdalla Osman , South Sudanese diplomat
- Thomas Osman (* 1950), Ethiopian Catholic bishop
- Topal Osman (also Osman Ağa; 1883–1923), Ottoman officer and combatant
- Walid Ali Osman (* 1977), Libyan soccer player
Individual evidence
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