Ammar (also spelled Amar; ar, عمّار, ''ʿAmmār'') is an

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masculine given name. Notable people with this name include:

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* Ammar al-Basri, 9th century East Syriac Christian theologian. *

Ammar al-Bakri Ammar al-Bakri is an Iraqi judge who was the administrator of the Iraqi Special Tribunal to rule over the trial of Saddam Hussein. Al-Bakri was approved by the Iraqi National Council on October 4, 2004. Critics claimed that al-Bakri is too close ...

, British-Iraqi lawyer *

Ammar Campa-Najjar Ammar Campa-Najjar (born February 24, 1989) is an American politician and former official at the United States Department of Labor. Campa-Najjar has twice been a candidate for the United States House of Representatives. He lost in the 2018 electi ...

(born 1989), California Congressional candidate *

Amar Ezzahi Amar Ezzahi (1 January 1941 – 30 November 2016) was an Algerian singer and mandole player. He was the figurehead of Chaabi, the traditional music of Algiers. Early life Amar Ezzahi was born as Amar Ait-Zaï in Ain El Hammam, a village of Kaby ...

(1941–2016), Algerian singer * Ammar Habib, Syrian footballer *

Ammar al-Hakim Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim ( ar, سید عمار الحكيم) is an Iraqi cleric and politician who led the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, from 2009 to 2017. Early life Al-Hakim was born in 1971 in Al-Najaf, the son of Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim, who ...

, Iraqi politician *

Ammar Hassan Ammar Hassan ( ar, عمار حسن; born November 13, 1976) is a Palestinian singer who rose to popularity around the Arab world after placing second in '' Super Star 2'', the pan-Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Se ...

, Palestinian musician *

Amar Jaleel Kazi Abdul Jaleel ( Sindhi: قاضي عبدالجليل) (born 1936 in Rohri), popularly known as Amar Jaleel, is a Sindhi fiction writer and a Columnist whose columns appear in various Sindhi, Urdu and English-language dailies of Pakistan. ...

, Pakistani writer * Amar Gegić, Bosnian basketball player *

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 cancel ...

, Tunisian footballer * Amar Lal, Pakistani politician * Amar Osim, Bosnian football coach *

Ammar Nakshawani Ammar Nakshawani (; born 1981) is a British Shia scholar, author and orator. Nakshawani was listed as one of The 500 Most Influential Muslims in 2014. He was a visiting scholar at Columbia University's Middle East Institute and University of ...

, Islamic lecturer * Amar Ramasar, American ballet dancer * Ammar Rihawi, Syrian football coach * Ammar al-Saffar, Iraqi politician *

Ammar Siamwalla Ammar Siamwalla ( th, อัมมาร์ สยามวาลา; ) is one of Thailand's most prominent economists. Education Siamwalla attended St. Paul's School, Darjeeling in India, and went on to receive a B.Sc. in economics from th ...

, Thai economist

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* Ali Ammar, Algerian guerilla leader * Ali Ammar, Lebanese politician * Ali Ammar, Canadian actor *

Michael Ammar Michael Ammar (born June 25, 1956) is an American close-up magician. He is recognized worldwide as one of the greatest living magicians. Background Ammar was born in Logan, West Virginia. His father's background was Syrian, Ammar earned a d ...

, American magician *

Sonia Ben Ammar Sonia Ben Ammar (born 19 February 1999), also credited Sonia Ammar, is a Tunisian-French model, singer, and actress, who is signed with IMG Models. She has appeared on several magazine covers, including '' Vanity Fair'' and '' L'Officiel''. Ben ...

(born 1999), Tunisian-French model and singer * Tarak Ben Ammar, Tunisian-French film producer

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