Yasser (also spelled Yaser, Yasir, or Yassir; , ''Yāsir'') is an Arabic male name meaning “to be of ease” or “of wealth”.

Notable people with this given name

Yasir Abdullah Yasir Abdullah (born April 12, 2000) is an American professional American football, football linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Louisville Cardinals football, Louisvi ...

(born 2000), American gridiron football player *

Yasir ibn Amir Yasir ibn Amir ibn Malik al-Ansi (; sixth/seventh century C.E.) was an early companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is the second martyr in Islam, with the first being his wife, Sumayya. Early life Yasir was originally from the Malik cl ...

(died 615 C.E.) is known in the Islamic traditions as the second person in history to be martyred for having adopted the faith of Islam. *

Yaser Abdel Said Yaser Abdel Said (; born January 27, 1957) is an Egyptian-American convicted murderer. For 12 years, Said evaded arrest for the January 1, 2008, fatal shootings of his two daughters, whose bodies were found in his abandoned taxi cab in Irving, T ...

(born 1957), Egyptian fugitive wanted for the murder of his two daughters * Yassir Abdul-Mohsen, Iraqi footballer * Yaser Salem Ali, Emirati footballer *

Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat (4 or 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his Kunya (Arabic), kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, Presid ...

(1929–2004), Palestinian leader * Yasir Arafat (disambiguation), multiple people * Yasser al-Azma, Syrian writer and actor * Yasser Al-Baadani (born 1986), Yemeni football defender *

Yasser Al Borhamy Yasser Borhami is an Egyptian Salafi Muslim activist and preacher. He is one of the founders of the Salafist Call, a movement that created the Salafist Al Nour Party in 2011. He is also the vice president of the Salafist Call. Borhamy was de ...

(born 1958), Egyptian Muslim activist * Yasser Ibrahim Farag (born 1984), Egyptian shot putter * Yasser Al-Habib, Shia Muslim Scholar and founder of Fadak TV * Yasser el Halaby, Egyptian squash player * Yaser Kasim, Iraqi footballer * Yasser Khalil (born 1972), Egyptian journalist * Yasser Al Mosailem (born 1984), Saudi Arabian professional football player * Yasser Portuondo (born 1983), Cuban volleyball player * Yasir Qadhi, American Islamic Scholar of Pakistani origin *

Yasser Al-Qahtani Yasser Saeed Mosleh Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani (; born 10 October 1982) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a forward for Al-Hilal FC in the Saudi Professional League. He was also captain of the Saudi Arabia national team. Club ca ...

(born 1982), Saudi Arabian professional football player * Yassir Raad, Iraqi footballer * Yasser Abd Rabbo (born 1944), Palestinian politician * Yasser Hashemi Rafsanjani (born 1971), Iranian politician *

Yasser Seirawan Yasser Seirawan (; born March 24, 1960) is a Syrian-born American chess grandmaster and four-time United States Chess Championship, United States champion. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979. Seirawan is also a published chess au ...

(born 1960), American chess player * Yasir Shah (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer * Yaser Shigan, Syrian boxer * Yassir al-Sirri, Egyptian militant * Yaser Yıldız, Turkish footballer * Yasser Talal Al Zahrani (1984–2006), Saudi Arabian extra-judicial prisoner of the United States

Notable people with this surname

Ammar ibn Yasir Ammar ibn Yasir (; July 657 C.E.) was a ''Sahabi'' (Companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and a commander in the early Muslim conquests. His parents, Sumayya and Yasir ibn Amir, were the first martyrs of the Ummah. Ammar converted to I ...

, one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad * Hussein Yasser (born 1984), Egyptian-Qatari footballer * Omar Yaser Ismail (born 2005), Palestinian taekwondo athlete * Ramadan Yasser (born 1980), Egyptian boxer

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