Muhammad Omar (), and other spellings such as Mohamed Omer, may refer to the following people:
Sportspeople
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Muhammad Umar (wrestler)
Muhammad Umar Pehlwan (Urdu: محمد عمر پہلوان; born 21 April 1975) is a Pakistan, Pakistani (پاکستانی) Freestyle wrestling, freestyle, Greco-Roman and traditional wrestler. His nickname is Rustam (رُستم).
He was given ...
(born 1975), Pakistani wrestler
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Mohammad Omar (footballer, born 1976)
Mohammed Omar Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shaddadi, known as Mohammad Omar (, born November 11, 1976, in Dubai, UAE) is a retired Emirati footballer, serving as the CEO for Mumbai Tigers F.C. in India. He was the captain of the UAE national football t ...
, Emirati footballer
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Mohammed Omar (footballer, born 1983), Qatari footballer
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Muhammad Omar (footballer, born 1990), Pakistani footballer
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Mohamed Omar (footballer, born 1999), Somali footballer
Politicians
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Mohamed Salih Omer (1934–1969), Sudanese politician
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Mohammad Iqbal Omar (born 1972), Iraqi politician
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Mohammad Omar (Afghan governor) (died 2010), Governor of Kunduz Province, Afghanistan
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Mullah Omar
Muhammad Umar Mujahid (196023 April 2013), commonly known as Mullah Omar or Muhammad Omar, was an Afghan militant leader and founder and the first leader of the Taliban from 1994 until his death in 2013. During the Third Afghan Civil War, the T ...
(died 2013), founder and former leader of the Taliban
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Mohamed Omer (Eritrean politician), interim foreign minister of Eritrea
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Mohammad Abdullahi Omar, Somali politician
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Mohammad Farid Omar, Afghan Taliban politician
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Muhammad Zubair Umar, Pakistani politician
Other people
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Mohammad Omar (musician)
Ustad Mohammad Omar (1905–1980) was a musician from Afghanistan who played the Rubab (instrument), rubab.
Early life and career
Mohammad Omar began music lessons under his father, Ibrahim, who taught him singing, sarod, Rubab (instrument), ru ...
(1905–1980), Afghan musician and Rubab virtuoso
* Mohamed Omar (born 1976), Swedish poet who changed his name to
Eddie Råbock
Eddie Råbock (born Jonas Mohamed Omar; 7 June 1976) is a Swedish essayist, poet and literary critic of Swedish-Iranian origin. Råbock is the author of three collections of poetry. He was the editor of the Muslim journal ''Minaret'' from 2006 t ...
in 2017
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Mohammed Omer (journalist)
Mohammed Omer Almoghayer (), (born 1984) is a Palestinian author. He has reported for numerous media outlets, including ''The New York Times'', the ''Washington Report on Middle East Affairs'', Al Jazeera, ''New Statesman'', Pacifica Radio, Ele ...
(born 1984), Palestinian journalist
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Mohamed Omar (mathematician)
Mohamed Omar is a mathematician interested in combinatorics, and algebra. Omar is currently a Professor of Mathematics at York University.
Early life and education
Omar was born in Alexandria, Egypt to an Egyptian mother and an Ethiopian fathe ...
, Egyptian-Canadian mathematician working in the United States
See also
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Muhammad Umar Memon
Muhammad Umar Memon (; 1939 – 2018) was a scholar of the Urdu language and literature. As Professor Emeritus of Urdu Literature and Arabic Studies at University of Wisconsin–Madison, his activity included translation, short story writing, ...
(1939–2008), Pakistani literary scholar
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Mohammad Omar Daudzai
Mohammad Umer Daudzai ( - born October 12, 1957) is a politician in Afghanistan, who most recently served as President Ashraf Ghani's Special Envoy for Regional Consensus Building on Peace and as Head of the High Peace Council (HPC) Secretariat f ...
(born 1957), Afghan politician
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Muhammad Umar Memon
Muhammad Umar Memon (; 1939 – 2018) was a scholar of the Urdu language and literature. As Professor Emeritus of Urdu Literature and Arabic Studies at University of Wisconsin–Madison, his activity included translation, short story writing, ...
(born 1958), Egyptian footballer
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Mohamed Omar Hagi Mohamoud
Mohamed Omar Hagi Mohamoud (Somali language, Somali: Dr. Maxamed Cumar Xaaji Maxamuud, Arabic: محمد عمر حاج محمود ) (born January 1981), also known as Dr. Mohamed Hagi is a Somalis, Somali diplomat, politician and academic currentl ...
(born 1981), Somali diplomat
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Mohammad Omar Shishani
Mohammad Omar Shishani () (born April 24, 1989) is a Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi A ...
(born 1989), Jordanian footballer
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Mohammed Omar Abdel-Rahman
Mohammed Omar Abdel-Rahman (محمد عمر عبدالرحمن) is an Egyptian who was in United States custody in one of the CIA's " black sites". Also known as "Asadullah" (''i.e. The lion of God.'')
Human Rights Watch reports he is the son of Sh ...
, Egyptian extrajudicial prisoner of the US
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Mohamed Omar Arte
Mohamed Omar Arte (, ) is a Somali politician. He is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia.
Personal life
Arte hails from the Sa'ad Musa sub-division of the Habr Awal Isaaq clan. He is the son of former Prime Minister of Somalia Umar Art ...
, Somali politician
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Omar Mohamed Omar
Omar Mohamed Omar (, ) (1970 – 25 December 2008), also known as Anyeelo, was a Somali basketball player and coach. He was coach of the Somali national team from 2007 until his death. A member and coach of the Somalia national basketball team, ...
(1970–2008), Somali basketball player
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Amin Omar (born 1985), Egyptian football referee
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Daud Mohamed Omar, Somali politician
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