Nasr ( ar, ناصر, lit=granter of victory, translit=Nāṣir) is a given name and surname, commonly found in the Arabic language. It may refer to:

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Nasr I Nasr I ( fa, نصر یکم; died August 892) was amir of the Samanids from 865 to 892. He was the son and successor of Ahmad ibn Asad. With the weakening of the Tahirid governors of Khurasan at the hand of the Saffarid ruler Ya'qub ibn Layth (), ...

, Samanid amir ruled 864–892 *

Nasr II Nasr ibn Ahmad or Nasr II ( fa, نصر دوم), nicknamed "the Fortunate", was the ruler (''amir'') of Transoxiana and Khurasan as the head of the Samanid dynasty from 914 to 943. His reign marked the high point of the Samanid dynasty's fortunes. ...

, Samanid amir, ruled 914–943 *

Nasr, Sultan of Granada Nasr (1 November 1287 – 16 November 1322), full name Abu al-Juyush Nasr ibn Muhammad (), was the fourth Nasrid dynasty, Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada from 14 March 1309 until his abdication on 8 February 1314. He was the son of Muhamm ...

(1287–1322), in the Nasrid dynasty

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Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan ( ar, نصر عبد العزيز born 1941), is a Palestinian artist and a television interior designer/producer. He was born in the former village of az-Zakariyya, north of Hebron in the Mandatory Palestine. The town was ca ...

(born 1941), Jordanian-Palestinian artist, television interior designer/producer *

Nasr Abu Zayd Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd ( ar, نصر حامد أبو زيد, ; also Abu Zaid or Abu Zeid; July 10, 1943 – July 5, 2010) was an Egyptian Quranic thinker, author, academic and one of the leading liberal theologians in Islam. He is famous for his proj ...

(1943–2010), Egyptian Qur'anic thinker *

Nasr ibn Sayyar Naṣr ibn Sayyār al-Lāythi al-Kināni ( ar, نصر بن سيار الليثي الكناني; 663 – 9 December 748) was an Arab general and the last Umayyad governor of Khurasan in 738–748. Nasr played a distinguished role in the wars agai ...

(663–748), Arab general and the last Umayyad governor of Khurasan in 738–748 *

Nasr ibn Shabath al-Uqayli Nasr ibn Shabath al-Uqayli () was the leader of a rebellion of the Qays tribe in the Jazira against the central Abbasid government during the civil war of the Fourth Fitna. Life Nasr appears in 811/812, when Caliph al-Amin () sent his genera ...

, early 9th-century rebel leader in the Jazira * Nasr Javed, Kashmiri senior operative of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba *

Nasr Al-Madhkur Sheikh Nasr Al-Madhkur ( ar, الشيخ نصر آل مذكور) was the 18th-century Arab governor from a Huwala clan under Karim Khan Zand of the Zand dynasty of what was described by a contemporary account as an "independent state" in Bushehr ...

, 18th century local governor of what was described by a contemporary account as an "independent state" of Bushire and Bahrain * Nasr El Hag Ali, the first vice chancellor of the University of Khartoum

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Alireza Nasr Azadani Alireza Nasr Azadani ( fa, علیرضا نصر آزادانی, born September 21, 1985, in Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian taekwondo practitioner. He won the gold medal in the lightweight division (-74 kg) at the 2011 World Taekwondo Champions ...

(born 1985), Iranian taekwondo player

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Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr () (died 13 May 1307) was a Marinid ruler of Morocco. He was the son of Abu Yusuf Ya'qub, whom he succeeded in 1286. His mother was a sharifa, Lalla Oum'el'Iz bint Mohammed al-Alaoui. He was assassinated in 1307. ...

(died 1307), Marinid ruler of Morocco * Ali Nasr (1891-1961), Iranian dramatist and playwright *

Farouk Seif Al Nasr Farouk Seif Al Nasr (14 December 1922 – 31 December 2009) was an Egyptian politician who served as justice minister in different cabinets during Husni Mobarak's term. Early life and education Nasr was born on 14 December 1922. He received a ba ...

(1922–2009), Egyptian politician *

Felipe Nasr Luiz Felipe de Oliveira Nasr (born 21 August 1992) is a Brazilian racing driver. He is the 2018 IMSA Sportscar champion and won the 2019 12 Hours of Sebring. After a year as the official test driver for Williams in 2014, he joined Sauber a ...

, Brazilian racing driver *

Ghassan Nasr Ghassan Nasr is an academic and translator. He obtained an MFA from the University of Arkansas. He also obtained an MA and a PhD from Indiana University. He is currently an assistant professor in the English department at DePauw University. Nasr is ...

, academic and translator *

Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr ( ar, حسن مصطفى أسامة نصر ''Ḥassan Muṣṭafā Usāmah Naṣr'') (born 18 March 1963), also known as Abu Omar, is an Egyptian cleric. In 2003, he was living in Milan, Italy, from where he was kidnapped ...

, Egyptian cleric who was living in asylum in Italy until being allegedly abducted by the CIA *

Kamila Nasr Kamila Nasr is a Canadian singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Montreal, Quebec. She is the feature subject of director Terry Stone's 2007 film ''Virtuoso'', a Canadian documentary on the Theremin. In September 2012, she released ...

, Canadian singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Beijing *

May Nasr May Nasr ( ar, مي نصر; born 1965) is a Lebanese singer, musician and microfinancing consultant. She was born in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 1965 and she got a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Beirut in 1987. Biography She appeared f ...

, Lebanese singer, musician and microfinancing consultant *

Mahmoud Nasr Mahmoud Nasr ( ar, محمود نصر) was a critically acclaimed Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a ...

, Egyptian cinematographer *

Mahmoud Abo El-Nasr Mahmoud Mohamed Mahmoud Abo El-Nasr (born 1953) is an Egyptian engineering professor and politician. He was the minister of education in the interim government of Hazem Al BeblawiHend Kortam and Rana Muhammad TahaEgypt’s new interim cabinet ''D ...

(born 1953), Egyptian engineering professor, politician and minister *

Muhammad Hamid Abu al-Nasr Muhammad Hamid Abu al-Nasr ( ar, محمد حامد أبو النصر; 25 March 1913 – 20 January 1996) was the fourth General Guide (Murshid al-'am) of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. A controversial choice to lead the group after the 1986 de ...

, a General Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood *

Octavia Nasr Octavia Nasr ( ar, اوكتافيا نصر) (born 13 March 1966) is a Lebanese-American Rhetoric scholar anauthorwhosresearchfocuses on Yoga's identity and ethical code and how they apply to journalism and other fields. She is a certified yoga i ...

, Lebanese-American journalist *

Ramsey Nasr Ramsey Nasr (born 28 January 1974, Rotterdam) is a Dutch author and actor of mixed descent, half Palestinian, half Dutch. He was '' Dichter des Vaderlands'' (Poet of the Fatherland; an unofficial title for the Dutch poet laureate) between Januar ...

(born 1974), Dutch-Palestinian author and actor * Rasha Nasr (born 1992), Syrian-German politician *

Said Al Nasr Said Al Nasr (alt. Said al-Nasser; Nassar Saeed, ar, سعيد النصر) was a Syrian Palestinian known for carrying out the 28 July 1980 Antwerp summer camp attack, in which he attacked a group of 40 Jewish children waiting with their families ...

, Syrian Palestinian, convicted in Belgium in 1980 for terrorism *

Salah Nasr Salah Nasr (, ) (8 October 1920 – 5 March 1982) served as head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate from 1957 to 1967. He retired citing health reasons following Egypt's defeat in the 1967 Six-Day War. He was succeeded by Amin Ho ...

(1920–1982), head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate from 1957 to 1967 * Saleh Nasr (born 1999), Egyptian football player *

Seyyed Hossein Nasr Seyyed Hossein Nasr (; fa, سید حسین نصر, born April 7, 1933) is an Iranian philosopher and University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University. Born in Tehran, Nasr completed his education in Iran and the United St ...

, Iranian professor in the department of Islamic studies at George Washington University * Suad Nasr (1953–2007), Egyptian stage, television, and film actress * Vali Reza Nasr, Iranian-born U.S. academic and scholar teaching at the Naval Postgraduate School * Yasman Malek-Nasr (also spelt Yassamin Maleknasr, born 1955), Iranian filmmaker and actress

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