Omar 156997 225979158 2008-07-16T08:43:09Z 217.230.57.2 {{wiktionarypar|Omar}} '''Omar''' may refer to: * Omar, an Arabic name (more accurately transliterated `Umar). It means "flourishing" and was the name of one of [[Muhammad]]'s closest friends, future [[Caliph]] [[Omar ibn al-Khattāb]] ** [[Omar ibn al-Khattāb]], The second [[Caliph]] of [[Muhammad]], the [[prophet]] of [[Islam]] ** [[Mohammed Omar]], leader of the Taliban of Afghanistan ** [[Omar Khayyám]], a medieval Persian scientist ** Omar, also known as [[Omar Lye-Fook]], a British soul singer and musician, one of the founders of the Neo Soul movement of the 1990. ** [[Omar Rodriguez-Lopez]], lead guitarist and composer of the Mars Volta ** [[Omar Little]], a character on the [[HBO]] drama ''[[The Wire (TV series)|The Wire]]'' ** [[Omar Epps]], an American actor ** [[Omar Bradley]], one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II ** [[Omar Mukhtar]], leader of the resistance movement against the Italian military occupation of Libya ** [[Omar Sharif]], an Academy Award nominated Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. ** [[Omar Vizquel]], Major League Baseball shortstop playing for the [[San Francisco Giants]] ** [[Omar Samra]], the 1st Egyptian to climb Mount Everest ** [[Omar Naber]], Slovenian singer ** [[Omar: Omar Naber Album]] ** [[Gabriel Omar Batistuta]], a former Argentine football player ** [[Omar Sivori]], a former Argentine football player ** [[Don Omar]], a Puerto-Rican reggaeton artist ** [[Omar Bravo]], an international Mexican football player * Omar, a Hindu [[surname]] from the North Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] (Kanpur/Lucknow/Allahabad). The caste system under which they fall is "[[vaishya]]", the same as Gupta, Agarwal, etc. This surname is also found in [[Muslim]] communities. * [[Omar, Sulu]], a municipality in the Philippines * [[Omar (Deus Ex)]], a fictional group of [[cyborg]]s in the computer game [[Deus Ex: Invisible War]]. * Omar, a Hispanic name, used throughout Latin America. '''OMAR''' is an acronym for: * [[Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation]], a charitable non-governmental organisation * Oil Monopoly Alliance Regime - a fictional shadowy [[OPEC]]-style organization found in the auto-combat videogames [[Vigilante 8]] and [[Vigilante 8: Second Offense]]. * [[Omar, Mozambique]] '''See also''': * [[Omagh]] * [[Umar]] * [[Umar (disambiguation)]] This name is normally recognized as an Arabic or African American name. {{disambig}} [[Category:Masculine given names]] [[de:Umar]] [[fa:عمر (ابهام‌زدایی)]] [[fr:Omar]] [[nl:Omar]] [[ja:ウマル]] [[pl:Omar]] [[ru:Омар (значения)]] [[sv:Omar]]