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'''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.
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