Nasser ( ar, ناصر, lit=granter of victory, translit=Nāṣir) is a masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
, commonly found in the
Arabic
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and Persian languages. Alternative spellings of this name, possibly due to transliteration include Naser, Nassar,
Nasir
Nasir ( ar, ناصر, translit=Nāṣir) is a masculine given name, commonly found in Arabic which can mean "helper" or "one who gives victory" (grammatically the Stem I masculine singular active participle of consonantal verb root ''n-ṣ-r''). ...
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Naseer
Naseer ( ar, ناصر, translit=Nāṣir, lit=granter of victory, victorious, helper) is a given name and surname, commonly found in the Arabic language. Alternative spellings of this name, possibly due to transliteration, include Naser (name), Nas ...
* Nassar (born 1958), Tamil actor and director, sometimes spelled ''Nasser''
* Nasser Abu Hamid (1972–2022), Palestinian politician
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Nasser Hussain
Nasser Hussain (born 28 March 1968) is a British cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained the England cricket team between 1999 and 2003, with his overall international career extending from 1990 to 2004. A pugnacious right-ha ...
Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan (died 2 June 2008) was an Emirati royal and a member of the Al Nahyan family. He was killed in a helicopter crash at age 41.
Early life
Sheikh Nasser was a son of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding president of ...
(died 2008), Emirati royal
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Nasser Al Qasabi
Nasser bin Qassim Al Qasabi ( ar, ناصر بن قاسم القصبي, born 28 November 1961 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) is a Saudi Arabian actor. He started his acting career in 1984 and is known for his various roles in the series ''Tash Ma Tash' ...
(born 1961), Saudi Arabian actor
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Nasser Al Saeed
Nasser Al Saeed (1923–unknown) was a Saudi Arabian writer and the founder of the Arabian Peninsula People's Union (APPU). He was one of the most significant critics of the Saudi royal family. He was kidnapped in December 1979 in Beirut, Lebano ...
(1923–unknown), Saudi Arabian missing dissident since 1979
* Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1911–1984), Saudi royal
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Nasser Al-Shamrani
Nasser Al-Shamrani ( ar, ناصر الشمراني) (born 23 November 1983) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays former the Saudi Arabia national team as a forward. Often considered one of the most versatile, effective Saudi Arabian striker ...
(born 1983), Saudi Arabian footballer
* Nasser El Sonbaty (1965-2013), German bodybuilder
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Nasser Yeganeh
Nasser Yeganeh (4 June 1921 – 15 November 1993) was an Iranian jurist, politician and statesman. He served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the head of the Iranian judiciary, brought in during Amir-Abbas Hoveyda's tenure.
Early ...
(1921–1993), Iranian jurist and politician
Middle name/father name
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Abdul Nasser El Hakim
Abdul Nasser El Hakim ( ar, عبد الناصر الحكيم; born 1 November 1960) is a Lebanese-born Curaçaoan businessman and politician. He was the first Minister of Economic Development of Curaçao following the dissolution of the Netherla ...
(born 1960), Lebanese-born Curaçaoan businessman, politician, minister and a founder of the political party Movement for the Future of Curaçao (MFK)
* Amal Nasser el-Din, (born 1928), Druze Israeli author and former politician, former MP in the Knesset (Israeli Parliament)
* Ammar Abadah Nasser al-Wa'eli (1977–2011), Yemeni wanted for terrorism by the FBI
* Bashir Ali Nasser al-Sharari (born 1970), Yemeni who became briefly wanted in 2002, by the United States Department of Justice's FBI in connection with terrorism
* Fadel Nasser Sarouf, (born Valentin Sarov in 1976), Bulgarian-Qatari weightlifter
* Hussein ibn Nasser (1902–1982), Prime Minister of Jordan from 1963 to 1964
* Hussein Nasser Al-Huraiti, Kuwaiti politician and MP in its National Assembly
* Hussein Nasser Walji (1920–2005), Tanzanian politician
* Mansour Nasser al Bihani, Yemeni fighter who died in Somalia in 2011
* Mohammed Nasser Ahmed, Yemeni major general and government minister
Hanna Nasser (academic) Hanna Nasir ( ar, حنا ناصر, alternately transliterated Hanna Nasser) is a Palestinian Christian academic and political figure. He holds a PhD in Nuclear Physics from Purdue University in the United States. Nasser was a long-time president of ...
, Palestinian academic and political figure
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Jacques Nasser
Jacques Albert Nasser (Arabic: جاك نصر; born 12 December 1947) is a Lebanese Australian American business executive and philanthropist. Known for a management career at Ford Motor Company spanning several decades and continents, from 19 ...
(born 1947), former CEO of Ford Motor Company
* Jorge Nasser (born 1956), Uruguayan musician
* Larry Nassar (born 1963), former US gymnastics osteopathic physician who sexually abused and raped over 70 women in his career
* Latif Nasser (born 1986), American Canadian writer