Famous People with Name Umar

Umar Gul            Origin/Culture/Country: Pakistan

Umar Gul: s a Pakistani cricketer who has played ten Test matches and 25 One Day Internationals for Pakistan as a specialist fast bowler. However, injury has prevented him from a long international career, as he was out of cricket for an entire season after his int

Umar Dimayev            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Umar Dimayev: was a legendary Chechen accordionist and folk musician. His sons - Ali, Valid, and Said - are professional Chechen musicians.Umar was born into a family of peasant farmers on October 1, 1908 in Urus-Martan. Despite their relative lack of wealth, the Dimayev family had traditionally been educated in music, as all of Umar's brothers and sisters played the accordion, and Umar would later recall that his younger sister Aruzha would be the one who supported and cultivated his musical abilities: although their father discouraged Umar from playing the accordion, saying it discouraged the development of his son's masculinity, Aruzha gave away her own instrument to Umar and taught him how to play the accordion

Umar Wirahadikusumah            Origin/Culture/Country: Indonesian

Umar Wirahadikusumah: was the fourth Indonesian Vice President; he served from 1983 to 1988. Umar Wirahadikusumah was born on 10 October 1924 to Raden Rangga Wirahadikusumah and Raden Ratnaringrum. Umar was of noble birth and completed his education under the Dutch Colonial Government. In 1943, with Indonesia now under Japanese Occupation, Umar enlisted with youth groups operating under the supervision of the Japanese Occupational Government. These youth groups provided some physical training which Umar undertook.

Ghiyath Ad-Din Abul-Fat'h Umar Ibn Ibrahim Khayyam            Origin/Culture/Country: Parsi

Ghiyath Ad-Din Abul-Fat'h Umar Ibn Ibrahim Khayyam: mostly known as Omar Khayyam was a Persian poet, mathematician, philosopher and astronomer who lived in Persia. His name is also given as Omar al-Khayyami.He is best known for his poetry, and outside Iran, for the quatrains (rubaiyaas) in Rubaiyat of Oma

Umar Alisha            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Umar Alisha: the 9th head (peethadhipathi) of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham.[1] He became head of this 535-year old institution on 1989-09-09, succeeding his father, Mohiddin Badusha II.Alisha is the chairman of the Umar Alisha Rural Development Trust and the Umar Alisha Sahithi Samithi. Alisha is also a poet, writing in the Telugu language, and the editor-in-chief of the spiritual magazine Tatva Znanamu.

Taufeeq Umar            Origin/Culture/Country: Pakistan

Taufeeq Umar: is a Pakistani cricketer who was a regular Test opening batsman for three seasons, before being dropped ahead of the 2004–05 season. Unusually for a Pakistani player, Umar has played more Tests than ODIs, as he was not given a prolonged run in the ODI sid

Mohd Bunyamin Umar            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Mohd Bunyamin Umar: is a Malaysian footballer who is a midfielder for UPB-MyTeam FC. He is a member of the Malaysia U-19 (captain) and current members of Malaysia senior National teams.

Badruddin Umar            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Badruddin Umar: was Marxist-Leninist theorist-activist-historian. His father, Abul Hashim, was prominent politician in Indian Subcontinent. In 1969, Umar joined at East Pakistan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) and in February 1970 to March 1971, Umar edited the mouthpiece of the East Pakistan Communist Party––Saptahik Ganashakti which shows the problems and prospects of communist movements in the Pakistan. He was president of both Bangladesh Krishak Federation (Bangladesh Peasant Federation) and Bangladesh Lekhak Shibir––the country’s oldest organisation of progressive writers, intellectuals, and cultural activists. Currently he is President of Jatiya Mukti Council(National Liberation Council).