Jamal ( ar, جمال ''/'') is an Arabic masculine

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, meaning "beauty",Jamal
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, the

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. It is also used amongst

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. In Egypt, the name is pronounced and as such is normally transliterated

Gamal Gamal ( ar, جمال) is an Arabic surname and male given name. Notable people with this name إبراهيم ابومياله: Surname * Amr Gamal, (born 1991) Egyptian footballer * Mazen Gamal (born 1986), Egyptian squash player *Raghda Gamal, Yem ...

. Tunisians and Somalis may spell it Jamel or Jamal. Algerians spell it Djamel.

Somalis The Somalis ( so, Soomaalida 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖, ar, صوماليون) are an ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share a common ancestry, culture and history. The Lowland East Cushitic Somali language is the shared ...

mainly spell this name as

Jamaal Jamaal is a masculine given name, from the Arabic, meaning "handsome" or "beauty". Notable people include: * Jamaal Anderson (born 1986), American football player *Jamaal Bowman (born 1976), American politician * Jamaal Branch (born 1981), America ...

. In Turkish, the name is transliterated as

Cemal Cemal is the Turkish language, Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Jamal (Arabic: جَمَال jamāl) which means "beauty, charm". People named Cemal include: First name * Cemal Erçman (1896–?), Turkish weightlifter * Cemal Na ...

, in Albanian as Xhemal (though not to be confused with

Shamil Shamil (Arabic: شَامِل ''shāmil'') is a lesser common masculine Arabic name. The name is usually from the adjective which have several correlated meanings from the Arabic "complete, comprehensive, universal" but could also mean "embodying, pr ...

), and in

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also * * * Old Serbian (disambiguation ...

, Croatian, and Bosnian as Džemal or Ćemo.

Notable people with the given name Jamal (and other spelling variants)

Jamal Abro Jamaluddin Abro, ( sd, جمال الدين ابڙو - ur, جمال الدین ابڑو ) also known as Jamal Abro (2 May 1924 – 30 June 2004, Larkana, Pakistan) was a Sindhi writer. He was born in Sangi, a small village in Mehar Taluka, ...

(1924–2004), Pakistani Sindhi Writer *

Jamal Adams Jamal Lee Adams (born October 17, 1995) is an American football strong safety for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at LSU, and was drafted sixth overall in the 2017 NFL Draft by the New Yo ...

(born 1995), American football player * Jamal Agnew (born 1995), American football player * Jamal Anderson (born 1972), American football player * Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician * Jammal Brown (born 1981), American football offensive tackle * Jamal Carter (born 1994), American football player * Jamal Crawford (born 1980), American basketball player * Jamal Dajani (born 1957), Palestinian-American journalist, producer and writer *

Jamal Edwards Jamal Edwards (24 August 1990 – 20 February 2022) was a British music entrepreneur, DJ and founder of the online R&B/Hip-Hop platform SB.TV. Edwards was an ambassador for the Prince's Trust, a youth charity which helps young people set u ...

(1990–2022), British entrepreneur * Jamal El-Haj (born 1960), Swedish politician *

Jamal Fyfield Jamal Nehemiah Fyfield (born 17 March 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for club Boreham Wood. He has played in the Football League for York City. Fyfield started his career with Leyton Orient's youth sys ...

(born 1989), English footballer * Jamal Greene (fl. 1990s–2020s), American legal scholar and Professor of Law at Columbia Law School *

Jamal Al Hajj Jamal Al Haj ( ar, جمال الحاج; born 28 August 1971) is a Lebanese Association football, football manager and former player who is the technical director of club Al Ahed FC, Ahed's youth sector. Al Haj played for Nejmeh SC, Nejmeh as ...

(born 1971), Lebanese footballer * Jamal Hamdan (born 1958), Lebanese actor and voice actor *

Jamal Idris Jamal Dasuki Idris is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. Idris was a junior athletics record holder and played in representative teams such as: Country, the indigenous nrl all stars New South Wales and Australia . A , he ...

(born 1990), Australian rugby player *

Jamal Khashoggi Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi (; ar, جمال أحمد خاشقجي, Jamāl ʾAḥmad Ḵāšuqjī, ; 13 October 1958 – 2 October 2018) was a Saudi journalist, dissident, author, columnist for ''Middle East Eye'' and ''The Washington Post'', and a ge ...

, a US-Saudi man murdered in the Saudi Embassy in Turkey *

Jamal Khwaja Jamal Khwaja (or, Ahmad Jamal Yusuf Khwaja, 12 August 1926Jamal Khwaja was born in August 1926. However most official documents show his date of birth as 1928. This error somehow crept into the record and has become a source of confusion amongs ...

(1926–2020), Indian philosopher *

Jamal Lewis Jamal Lewis (born August 26, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns. He played college football at Tennessee and was s ...

(born 1979), American football player *

Jamal Lewis (footballer) Jamal Piaras Lewis (born 25 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for EFL Championship club Watford, on loan from Premier League club Newcastle United. Born in England, he plays international football for Northern I ...

(born 1998), Northern Irish footballer * Jammal Lord (born 1981), American football player *

Jamal Malyar Jamal Malyar Maseed ( ps, جمال مالیار ماسید; ur, جمال مالیار محسود) is a Pakistani politician and one of the leaders of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). Malyar belongs to the Mahsud tribe of South Waziristan, Pak ...

, Pakistani politician, leader of the

Pashtun Tahafuz Movement The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM; ps, پښتون ژغورنې غورځنګ ''Paṣtūn Zhghōrənē Ghōrźang''; ur, , lit=Pashtun Protection Movement) is a social movement for Pashtun human rights based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochista ...

Jamal Mashburn Jamal Mashburn Sr. (born November 29, 1972) is an American entrepreneur and former professional basketball player. Nicknamed the "Monster Mash", Mashburn was a prolific scorer as a small forward in his 12 seasons in the National Basketball Assoc ...

(born 1972), American basketball player *

Jamal Mayers Jamal David Mayers (born October 24, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He spent time playing for the St. Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, San Jo ...

(born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player *

Jamal Mohamed Jamal Mohamed (born 24 November 1984), commonly known as Jamal Malo, is a Kenyan Association football, footballer who plays for Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. in Oman Professional League. Personal life Jamal is known for his off-field style and is considered ...

(born 1984), Kenyan footballer * Jamal Murray (born 1997), Canadian basketball player *

Jamal Musiala Jamal Musiala (born 26 February 2003) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. Nicknamed "Bambi", Musiala is known for his world-class dribbling ab ...

(born 2003), footballer *

Jamal Mustafa Jamal Mustafa (born Terrance Ladd Blalock) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Mustafa Saed. He is best known for his appearances with Smoky Mountain Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling in the 1990s. Prof ...

, American wrestler (better known by the ring name Mustafa Saed) *

Jamal Nebez , image =Cemal Nebez (cropped).png , imagesize = , alt = , caption = , pseudonym = , birth_name = , birth_date = , birth_place = Sulaymaniyah, Kingdom of Iraq , death_date = , death_place = Berlin, Ge ...

(1933–2018), Kurdish

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and

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

Jamal Phillips Jamal Phillips (born April 26, 1979), known professionally mononymously as Jamal and formerly as Mally G, is an American rapper and record producer. He started his career as one-half of rap duo Illegal, the rap act formed by Dallas Austin in t ...

(born 1979), American rapper, member of ''Illegal'' and ''Def Squad'' *

Jamal Robinson Jamal Tyrone Robinson (born December 27, 1973) is an American retired basketball small forward who played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Miami Heat during the 2000–01 season. Born in Queens, New York ...

(born 1973), American basketball player *

Jamal Robinson (American football) Jamal Robinson (born January 13, 1993) is a former American football wide receiver. He previously played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and played college football at Louisiana-Lafayette. Early years Robins ...

(born 1993), American football player * Jammal Shahin (born 1988), English footballer *

Jamal Williams Jamal Williams (born April 28, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was a nose tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 1998 S ...

(born 1976), American football player *

Jamal Woolard Jamal "Gravy" Woolard (born July 8, 1975) is an American actor and rapper. He is best known for portraying rapper The Notorious B.I.G. in the film ''Notorious'', and, as a supporting character, in the Tupac Shakur biopic ''All Eyez on Me''. Lif ...

(born 1975), American entertainer * Jamal Zougam (born 1973), 2004 Madrid train bombings suspect *

Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-r ...

(1918–1970), Egyptian revolutionary, one of the two principal leaders of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 * Jamal, stage name of Eddie Fatu or Umaga (wrestler) (1973–2009), Samoan wrestler

Notable people with the surname Jamal (and other spelling variants)

Surname

Ahmad Jamal Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones, July 2, 1930) is an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator. For six decades, he has been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. Biography Early life Jamal was born Fr ...

(born 1930), American jazz pianist and composer * Ahmed Jamal (born 1988), Pakistani cricketer *

Amir H. Jamal Amir Habib Jamal (26 January 1922 – 21 March 1995) was a Tanzanian politician and diplomat who served as a Minister under various portfolios in the Julius Nyerere administration. He represented the parliamentary constituency of Morogoro from ...

(1922–1995), former Tanzanian Minister of Finance *

Ammar Jemal Career Jemal was born in M'saken, Tunisia. On 11 June 2009, Jemal was linked with a move to French club FC Nantes on a four-year contract. This move would have reunited him with his former coach Gernot Rohr, but the transfer was later cancelled ...

(born 1987), Tunisian footballer *

Jules Jammal Jules Yusuf Jammal ( ar, جول يوسف جمال) is said to have been a Syrian military officer who killed himself in a suicide attack during the Suez Crisis, in Egypt. According to a narrative prevailing in the Arab world, Jammal rammed his b ...

(born 1932-1956), Syrian military officer *

Khan Jamal Khan Jamal (July 23, 1946 – January 10, 2022), born Warren Robert Cheeseboro, was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. He founded the band Sounds of Liberation in 1970. He was described by Ron Wynn as "a proficient soloist when p ...

(1946-2022), American musician * Maher Jamal, Syrian politician * Noel Jammal (born 1990), Lebanese race car driver *

Razane Jammal Razane Jammal ( ar, رزان جمّال; born on 7 August 1987) is a British- Lebanese actress, best known for her roles in the Netflix Original series ''Paranormal'', and her work in films by Kanye West, Robert Guédiguian, Tobe Hooper and Oliv ...

(born 1987), Lebanese actress

Fictional characters

Jamal Lyon Jamal Joseph Lyon is a fictional character from the American musical drama, ''Empire'' on Fox. Portrayed by Jussie Smollett, Jamal is the middle son of hip-hop mogul Lucious ( Terrence Howard) and his wife Cookie (Taraji P. Henson). Jamal, a ...

, one of the main protagonists of the Fox show ''Empire'' * Jamal Malik, protagonist in the film ''

Slumdog Millionaire ''Slumdog Millionaire'' is a 2008 British drama film that is a loose adaptation of the novel '' Q & A'' (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup. It narrates the story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the Juhu slums of Mumbai. Starring Dev Pa ...

'' * Jamal Jenkins, main character in the PBS show ''Ghostwriter'' (TV series) * Jamal Grant, main character in the NBC show ''

City Guys ''City Guys'' is an American television sitcom that aired for five seasons on NBC from September 6, 1997, to December 15, 2001. The series aired as part of the network's Saturday morning block, TNBC. Plot ''City Guys'' was mainly centered on ...

'' * Jamal Al-Fayeed, main antagonist of the FX show ''Tyrant'' (TV series) * Jamal Wallace, main character of the film '' Finding Forrester'' * Jamal, a supporting character in the video game ''

Sonic Unleashed ''Sonic Unleashed'' is a 2008 platform video game in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series. The story follows Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sonic as he attempts to restore the world after his nemesis Doctor Eggman shatters it with a powerful laser ...

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