Osman (name)

Osman or transcription of the Arabic name Uthman when used in Persian or Turkish (and in languages influenced by Persian or Turkish culture, e.g. as a Pakistani, or Bosnian name). The West African equivalent (in French orthography) is Ousmane.

Osman is also an English surname whose history on English soil dates back to the wave of migration that followed the Norman Conquest of England of 1066. The Osman family lived in Dorset. See Osman (English surname).

Given name

Osman

• Aden Abdullah Osman Daar (1908–2007), first President of Somalia
• Mohamed Osman Jawari (born 1945), incumbent Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia
• Muhammad Osman Said (1922–2007), Prime Minister of Libya from 1960 to 1963
• Osman I (1258–1326), founder and namesake of the Ottoman Empire
• Osman II (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
• Osman Achmatowicz (1899–1988), Polish professor
• Osman Aga of Temesvar (1670–18th-century), Turkish autobiographer
• Osman Ahmed Osman (1917–1999), famous and influential Egyptian engineer, contractor, entrepreneur, and politician
• Osman Ahmed, 19th-century Somali ruler, and the fifth Sultan of the Gobroon Dynasty
• Osman Ali Atto (c. 1940–2013), Somali warlord
• Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (1886–1967), Indian monarch
• Osman Arpacıoğlu (born 1947), Turkish footballer
• Osman Bashiru (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer
• Osman Baydemir (born 1971), Kurdish politician
• Osman Birsen (born 1945), Turkish civil servant and former CEO of the Istanbul Stock Exchange
• Osman Bölükbaşı (1913–2002), Turkish politician
• Osman Cemal Kaygili (1890–1945), Turkish writer and journalist
• Osman Chávez (born 1984), Honduran footballer
• Osman Cleander Baker (1812–1871), American biblical scholar and bishop
• Osman Coşgül (1928–2001), Turkish long-distance runner
• Osman Duraliev (born 1943), Bulgarian sport wrestler
• Osman Durmuş (born 1947), Turkish physician and politician
• Osman El-Sayed, 20th-century Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler
• Osman Eltayeb (1919–2011), Sudanese businessman and Honorary Consul of Sudan in Nigeria
• Osman Ertuğ (born 1949), Cypriot Turkish diplomat
• Osman F. Seden (1924–1998), Turkish film director, screenwriter, and film producer
• Osman F­ (1895–1973), 39th Head of the Imperial House of Osman, the former ruling dynasty of the Ottoman Empire, from 1954 to 1973
• Osman Faruk Loğoğlu (born 1941), Turkish diplomat
• Osman Gradaščević (died 1812), Bosniak nobleman
• Osman Güneş (born 1952), Turkish bureaucrat
• Osman Gürbüz (born 1962), Turkish criminal
• Osman Haji (1920–1975), Somali politician
• Osman Hamdi Bey (1842–1910), Ottoman statesman, painter, and archaeologist
• Osman Hung (born 1979), Hong Kong actor and singer-songwriter of the Cantopop group EO2
• Osman Jama Ali (born 1941), Somali politician
• Osman Kamara (born 1987), Sierra Leonean swimmer
• Osman Karabegović (1911–1996), Yugoslav and Bosnian Communist politician and an Order of the People's Hero recipient
• Osman Kebir, Sudanese governor of the North Darfur province of Sudan
• Osman Khalid Butt (born 1986), Pakistani actor, director, and writer
• Osman Lins (1924–1978), Brazilian novelist and short story writer
• Osman López (born 1970), Colombian retired footballer
• Osman Mahamuud, 19th-century Somali ruler, king of the Majeerteen Sultanate
• Osman Mendez, American soccer player
• Osman Metalla, Albanian politician
• Osman Mirzayev (1937–1991), Azerbaijani journalist, writer, and publicist
• Osman Mohamud (born c. 1960), Somalian clan elder from Somaliland
• Osman Murat Ulke (born 1970), Turkish conscientious objector
• Osman Murillo Segura (born 1985), Costa Rican judoka
• Osman Necmi Gürmen (born 1927), Turkish novelist
• Osman Nuri (disambiguation), various people
• Osman Nuri Pasha (disambiguation), various people
• Osman Öcalan (born 1958), Kurdish militant leader
• Osman Omar Wehliye, Somalian police commissioner
• Osman Orsal, Turkish photo-journalist
• Osman Osmani, Afghan governor of Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
• Osman Özköylü (born 1971), Turkish retired footballer and coach
• Osman Pamukoğlu (born 1947), Turkish retired general and politician, founder of the Rights and Equality Party
• Osman Pazvantoğlu (1758–1807), Bosnian Ottoman soldier, governor and rebel against Ottoman rule
• Osman Saleh Sabbe (1932–1987), Eritrean revolutionary
• Osman Saqizli (died 1672), Ottoman dey and pasha of Tripolis
• Osman Taka (died 1887), Cham Albanian leader and dancer
• Osman Waqialla (1925–2007), Sudanese artist and calligrapher
• Osman Yunis (born 1982), Sierra Leonean footballer
• Osman Yusuf Kenadid, 20th-century Somali poet and ruler
• Osman Zati Korol (1880–1946), officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
• Osman Đikić (1879–1912), Bosniak poet
• Qara Osman, leader of Aq Qoyunlu
• Sabit Osman Avcı (1921–2009), Turkish politician
• Tanburi Büyük Osman Bey (1816–1885), Ottoman composer and tanbur player
• Topal Osman (1883–1923), Ottoman militia leader
• Topal Osman Pasha (died 1733), Ottoman grand vizier

Ousmane

• Ousmane Ngom (born 1955), Senegalese politician

Usman

• Usman Afzaal (born 1977), English cricketer
• Usman Ahmed (born 1981), English boxer
• Usman Ali Isani, Pakistani bureaucrat
• Usman bin Haji Muhammad Ali, Indonesian marine and saboteur during Konfrontasi
• Usman dan Fodio (1754–1817), African leader also known as Shehu Uthman Dan Fuduye
• Usman Gondal (born 1987), Pakistani footballer
• Usman Khawaja (born 1986), Australian cricketer
• Usman Sarwar (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer

Uthman

• Uthman ibn Affan (580–656), the third Islamic caliph

Arabic surname

• Abdul Osman (born 1987), Ghanaian-born English footballer
• Ahmed Osman (author) (born 1934), Egyptian author
• Ahmed Elmi Osman, Somali politician
• Aziz M. Osman (born 1962), Malaysian actor and director
• Cedi Osman (born 1995), Macedonian-Turkish basketball player
• Hadiza Bala Usman (born 1976), Nigerian activist and politician
• Hâfiz Osman (1642–1698), Ottoman calligrapher
• Hafiz Osman (born 1984), Singaporean professional soccer player
• Kara Yülük Osman, late 14th- and early 15th-century leader of the Turkmen tribal federation Ak Koyunlu
• Leon Osman (born 1981), English footballer of Turkish Cypriot descent
• Levent Osman (born 1977), Australian footballer of Turkish descent
• Mahamane Ousmane (born 1950), first democratically-elected President of Niger
• Magued Osman, Egyptian academic
• Mohammad Usman (1912–1948), Indian military office
• Richard Osman, British Broadcaster
• Mat Osman, British musician, brother of Richard Osman
• Zuber Usman, Indonesian author

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