Matar

Matar may refer to:

People

Given name

• Matar Coly (born 1984), Senegalese footballer
• Matar Fall (born 1982), French-born Senegalese football
• Matar Sène (born 1970), retired Senegalese freestyle wrestler

Surname

• Agapius II Matar (1736–1812), Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1796 to 1812
• Ahmad Abu Matar (born 1944), Palestinian academic and writer
• Ahmed Matar (born 1954), Iraqi poet
• Amira Hilmi Matar (born 1930), Egyptian scholar and writer
• Athanasius V Matar, Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in 1813
• Ghiath Matar (died 2011), Syrian activist
• Hadi Matar (born 1998), suspect of the stabbing of Salman Rushdie
• Hisham Matar (born 1970), American and Libyan author
• Ismail Matar (born 1983), footballer from the United Arab Emirates
• Maryam Matar (born 1975), Emirati geneticist and medical researcher
• Matar Matar (born 1976), Bahraini politician of the Al Wefaq party
• Muhammad Afifi Matar (1935–2010), Egyptian poet
• Nader Matar (born 1992), Lebanese footballer
• Nadia Matar (born 1966), Belgian-born Israeli activist
• Paul Youssef Matar (born 1941), current Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut
• Salim Matar, Iraqi nationalist and novelist
• Selim Matar (born 1956), Swiss writer, novelist and sociologist of Iraqi descent
• Yasser Matar (born 1985), Emirati footballer.

Other uses

• Matar, another name for the star Eta Pegasi
• USS Matar, Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II
• Matar, Kheda, a village in Gujarat, India

See also

• Mattar, a surname