List of Famous people named Umar

Omar (, also spelled Umar ; Arabic: عمر بن الخطاب‎ ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb [ˈʕomɑr-, ˈʕʊmɑr ɪbn alxɑtˤˈtˤɑːb], "Umar, Son of Al-Khattab"; c. 584 CE – 3 November 644 CE), was one of the most powerful and influential Muslim caliphs in history. He was a senior companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He succeeded Abu Bakr (632–634) as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate on 23 August 634. He was an expert Muslim jurist known for his pious and just nature, which earned him the epithet Al-Farooq. He is sometimes referred to as Omar I by historians of early Islam, since a later Umayyad caliph, Umar II, also bore that name.

Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, commonly known as Umar II, was the eighth Umayyad caliph. He made various significant contributions and reforms to the society, and he has been described as "the most pious and devout" of the Umayyad rulers and was often called the first Mujaddid and fifth righteous caliph of Islam.

'Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah al-Makhzumi was an Arab poet. He was born into a wealthy family of the Quraish tribe of Mecca, his father being Abd Allah and his mother Asmā bint Mukharriba. He was characterised by the biographer Ibn Khallikan as 'the best poet ever produced by the tribe of Koraish'.

Umar Aliye Dzhabrailov is a Russian politician, an advisor to Sergei Prikhodko, Assistant to the President of Russia, the vice president of the Artists Union of Russia, a philanthropist, and a connoisseur of modern art.

Umar Khalid, born Syed Umar Khalid, is an activist, former student of Jawaharlal Nehru University, former leader of Democratic Students' Union (DSU) in JNU, was allegedly involved in the Jawaharlal Nehru University sedition row and an accused under UAPA Act.

Umar Kamani is an English fashion retailer and businessman. At 24, Kamani and his brother Adam co-founded a fashion firm and online retail company selling clothing, accessories and other items to women mainly aged between 12 and 25, "PrettyLittleThing.com."

Umar Shaikh Mirza II was the ruler of the Fergana Valley. He was the fourth son of Abu Sa'id Mirza, the Emperor of the Timurid Empire in what is now Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and eastern Iran.

(Shaykh) Umar al-Qadri is a Sunni Islamic scholar and Sheikh based in Ireland who was born to a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholarly family. His father is a Sunni Muslim scholar Maulana Mehr Ali Qadri, who arrived in late 1970s in The Hague, Netherlands, to serve as an Imam. Qadri is also the Chair of the Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council, a national representative Muslim body with presence in Dublin, Cork, Athlone, Port Laoise and Belfast.

Umar Wirahadikusumah was an Indonesian politician and retired army general who served as the country's fourth vice president, serving from 1983 to 1988.

ʿUmar ibn Saʿd was a son of Muhammad's companion, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. He was born in Medina and later moved to Kufa, which was founded by his father and stayed there until his death.