Umar

Umar [ ˈʕumar ] or Omar ( Arabic عمر ʿUmar , also ʿOmar , Turkish : Ömer , Albanian : Ymer ) is a male given name of Arabic origin. The spelling Umar is based on the high Arabic phonetics, while Omar goes back to the dialectal pronunciation of the name, which was alsoformativewhen the name was adopted in the Iranian languages (hence Persian : Omar). Standard Arabic short u is usually flattened to short o in dialectal Arabic and Persian. Umar or Omar can be part of a family name (see below).

It owes its popularity to Umar ibn al-Chattab , the second of the four “rightly guided” caliphs of Islam.

Name bearer

First name

Artist

actor

• Omar Doom (* 1976), American actor and musician
• Omar Epps (* 1973), American actor and musician
• Omar Gooding (born 1976), American actor
• Omar Harfouch (* 1969), Lebanese-French-Ukrainian television producer and photo model
• Omar Benson Miller (* 1978), American actor
• Omar Sharif (1932-2015), Egyptian actor

writer

• Umar ibn Abi Rabia (643-711), Arabic poet
• Omar Chayyām (1048–1131), Persian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, philosopher and poet
• Umar Kayam (1932–2002), Indonesian writer
• Omar Saavedra Santis (* 1944), Chilean writer

Musician

• Omar Hakim (* 1959), American drummer
• Omar Lamparter (1917–2014), German musician
• Omar Naber (* 1981), Slovenian pop singer
• Omar Pedrini (* 1967), Italian musician
• Omar Pene (* 1956), Senegalese singer and composer
• Omar Rodriguez Lopez (* 1975), American guitarist
• Omar Sosa (* 1965), Cuban pianist, band leader and composer
• Omar Tomasoni (* 1984), Italian trumpeter

painter

• Omar Gomez Rey (* 1957), Colombian painter

athlete

• Omar Abdulrahman (* 1991), soccer player from the United Arab Emirates
• Omar Arellano Nuño (* 1967), Mexican football player and coach
• Omar Arellano Riverón (* 1987), Mexican soccer player
• Omar Borg (* 1980), Maltese football player
• Omar Bravo Tordecillas (* 1980), Mexican soccer player
• Omar Caetano (1938–2008), Uruguayan football player
• Omar Camporese (* 1968), Italian tennis player
• Omar Colley (* 1992), Gambian football player
• Omar El Kaddouri (* 1990), Moroccan-Belgian football player
• Umar al-Ghamdi (* 1979), Saudi Arabian soccer player
• Omar González (* 1988), American football player
• Omar Jatta (* 1989), Gambian football player
• Omar Kingsley (* 1840–1879 or after), circus art rider
• Omar Mascarell (* 1993), Spanish football player
• Omar Oscar Míguez (1927-2006), Uruguayan football player
• Ymer Pampuri (1944-2017), Albanian weightlifter
• Omar Pašagić (* 1997), Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
• Omar al-Shaheen (* 1992), Kuwaiti pool player
• Omar Sívori (1935–2005), Argentine-Italian football player
• Omar Visintin (* 1989), Italian snowboarder

military

• Omar Bradley (1893–1981), American general
• Omar Pascha (1806–1871), Turkish general and renegade
• Omar Torrijos (1929–1981), Panamanian general

Politician

• Asad Umar (* 1961), Pakistani politician
• Umar al-Bashir (* 1944), Sudanese lieutenant general and politician, head of state from 1989
• Omar Bongo (1935–2009), Gabonese, President 1967–2009
• Omar Cabezas (* 1950), Nicaraguan author, revolutionary and politician
• Ymer Dishnica (1912-1998), Albanian politician
• Abu Zaid Umar Durda (* 1944), Libyan politician
• Ismail Omar Guelleh (* 1947), Djiboutian politician, president from 1999
• Omar Karami (1934–2015), Lebanese politician
• Omar Bakri Mohammed (* 1958), Syrian fundamentalist and agitator
• Omar Njie (19–2002), Gambian politician
• Omar Al-Rawi (* 1961), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
• Omar Sey (politician, 1941) (1941–2018), Gambian politician and sports official, Foreign Minister
• Omar Sey (physician) , Gambian physician and politician, Minister of Health
• Omar Suleiman (1936–2012), Egyptian politician
• Umar at-Talmasani (1904–1986), Egyptian leader of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood

Ruler

• ʿUmar ibn al-Chattāb (634–644), Caliph
• Umar Ibn Abd al-Aziz (717–720), Umayyad Caliph in Damascus
• Abu Hafs Umar (1090–1175), leader of the Almohads in the Maghreb
• Abu Hafs Umar I (1284–1295), Caliph of the Hafsids in Tunisia
• Omar Ali Saifuddin II (1829-1852), Sultan of Brunei
• Omar Ali Saifuddin III. (1916–1986) Sultan of Brunei
• Al-Mughith Umar (Kerak) († 1263), Ayyubide, Emir of Kerak

Resistance fighters

• Umar ibn Hafsun (around 850–917), leader of an uprising in the Emirate of Córdoba
• Umar al-Muchtar (1862–1931), Libyan resistance fighter
• Umar Patek (* 1970), alleged international terrorist
• Ymer Prizreni (1820-1887), Albanian independence activist
• Umar Abd ar-Rahman (1938-2017), Egyptian cleric

scientist

• Omar Chayyām (1048–1131), Persian mathematician and philosopher

Others

• Abu Umar al-Kurdi (1968–2007), Iraqi bomb specialist

Surname, form Omar

• Abdulla Omar Ismail (* 1987), Bahraini football player
• Abdullah Omar (politician) (1934-2004), South African lawyer and politician
• Abdullah Omar (soccer player) (* 1987), Bahraini soccer player
• Aboud Omar (* 1992), Kenyan football player
• Abu Omar (* 1963), Egyptian Imam in Italy
• Ahmed Omar , Libyan soccer player
• Al-Hajj Omar (1797–1864), African mystic and founder of an empire
• Claudia Omar (1947–2008), Swiss politician
• Dhaher al-Omar († 1775), Arab-Bedouin ruler in Galilee
• Don Omar (* 1978), Puerto Rican musician
• Fartun Abukar Omar (* 1986), Somali athlete
• Feryad Fazil Omar (* 1950), Kurdish writer, literary and linguist
• Ilhan Omar (* 1982), American politician (Democratic Party)
• Jaro Omar (* 1989), German composer, lyricist, singer and actor
• Mohammad Omar (musician) (1905–1980), Afghan musician
• Mohammad Omar (politician) († 2010), Afghan politician
• Mohammed Omar (1960–2013), Taliban leader
• Mohd Asraruddin Putra Omar (* 1988), Malaysian soccer player
• Nelly Omar († 2013), Argentine tango singer
• Noof Omar (* 1993), Yemeni weightlifter
• Pedro Omar (1898–1974), Argentine football player
• Samia Yusuf Omar (1991-2012), Somali athlete
• Schaqsylyq Omar (* 1980), Kazakh politician
• Yusuf Garaad Omar (* 1960), Somali journalist, diplomat and politician

as well as the fictional character

• Hajji Halef Omar from the novels of Karl May

Surname, form Umar

• Ali Umar (* 1980), Maldivian soccer player
• Aminu Umar (* 1995), Nigerian soccer player
• Ebru Umar (* 1970), Dutch columnist
• Haliru Umar (* 1992), Nigerian soccer player
• Kabiru Umar (* 1987), Nigerian soccer player
• Miftah al-Usta Umar (1935–2010), Libyan President
• Mohd Bunyamin Umar (* 1988), Malaysian soccer player
• Muhammad Abduh Umar , Yemeni politician
• Nasaruddin Umar (* 1959), Indonesian Islamic scholar and university professor
• Sadiq Umar (* 1997), Nigerian football player