Osman is the Persian transliteration and derived from the Arabic masculine given name

Uthman Uthman ibn Affan ( ar, عثمان بن عفان, ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān; – 17 June 656), also spelled by Colloquial Arabic, Turkish language, Turkish and Persian language, Persian rendering Osman, was a second cousin, son-in-law and nota ...

( ar, عُثْمان, , link=no ''‘uthmān'') or an English surname. It may refer to:

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Osman (name) Osman or Usman is the Turkish, Persian, Egyptian and Urdu, transliteration of the Arabic male given name Uthman. In England however, Osman is an English surname whose history on English land dates back to the wave of migration that followed the ...

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Osman I Osman I or Osman Ghazi ( ota, عثمان غازى, translit= ʿOsmān Ġāzī; tr, I. Osman or ''Osman Gazi''; died 1323/4), sometimes transliterated archaically as Othman, was the founder of the Ottoman Empire (first known as the Ottoman Bey ...

(1258–1326), founder of the Ottoman Empire *

Osman II Osman II ( ota, عثمان ثانى ''‘Osmān-i sānī''; tr, II. Osman; 3 November 1604 – 20 May 1622), also known as Osman the Young ( tr, Genç Osman), was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 26 February 1618 until his regicide on 20 May 162 ...

(1604–1622), Ottoman sultan * Osman III (1699–1757), Ottoman sultan * Osman I of the Maldives, the Sultan of the Maldives in 1377 * Osman II of the Maldives, the Sultan of Maldives from 1420 to 1421 *

Mir Osman Ali Khan Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (5 or 6 April 1886 — 24 February 1967), was the last Nizam (ruler) of the Princely State of Hyderabad, the largest princely state in British India. He ascended the throne on 29 August 1911, at the age o ...

, 7th and last Nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad

Places

* Osmanabad, a district of Maharashtra, India * Osmannagar (alternative name for

Sultanabad, Karimnagar Sultanabad is a town in Sultanabad mandal of Peddapalli district in the state of Telangana, India. It was earlier known as Osmannagar. Geography Sultanabad is located at . It has an average elevation of above mean sea level There are seve ...

), village located in Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh, India * Osman, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran *

Osman, Kurdistan Vezman ( fa, وزمان, also Romanized as Vezmān, Vazmān, and Vozmān; also known as ‘Os̄mān and Usmān) is a village in Qaratureh Rural District, in the Central District of Divandarreh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 censu ...

, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran *

Osman, Wisconsin Osman is an unincorporated community located along WIS 42 and CTH-F in the town of Meeme, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and ...

, United States

Fish

* False osman (''Schizopygopsis stoliczkai'') * Naked osman (''

Gymnodiptychus dybowskii ''Gymnodiptychus dybowskii'' (common name: naked osman) is a species of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and ...

'') * Scaly osman (''Diptychus maculatus'') * Several species in the genus ''

Oreoleuciscus ''Oreoleuciscus'' is a genus of medium to large cyprinid freshwater fish which is only found in Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered b ...

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Osman (crater) Davy is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the eastern edge of the Mare Nubium. It was named after British physicist Humphry Davy. It overlies the lava-flooded remains of the satellite crater Davy Y to the east, a formation which cont ...

, a lunar crater * ''Osman'' (video game), an arcade game by Mitchell Corporation * House of Osman, an Ottoman dynasty * A fictional merchant in the role-playing game ''

Skies of Arcadia ''Skies of Arcadia'' is a 2000 role-playing video game developed by Overworks and published by Sega. Players control Vyse, a young air pirate, and his friends as they attempt to stop the fictional Valuan Empire from reviving ancient weapons wit ...

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