Najjar
Najjar is an Arabic and Sephardic surname and profession meaning carpenter. Notable people with surnames Najjar, al-Najjar, or al-Najar include:
Ancient
- Habib Al-Najjar, or Saint Habib the Carpenter
- Yousef Al-Najjar, or Saint Joseph the Carpenter, Jesus's legal father
- Ibn Al Najjar a hanbali scholar of Sunni Islam
Modern
- Aida Najjar, Palestinian-Jordanian writer
- Alaa Najjar, physician, Wikipedian, and internet activist
- Ammar Campa-Najjar, American Democratic politician
- Ahmad El Najjar, Egyptian economist
- Ammar Al-Najar, Saudi football player
- Fadel Al-Najjar, Jordanian professional basketball player
- Fouad Najjar, Lebanese agronomist and politician
- Ibrahim Najjar, Lebanese lawyer and politician
- Humaid Al-Najar, Emirati footballer
- John Najjar, executive stylist at Ford Motor Company and creator of the Ford Mustang
- Mansor Al-Najar, Saudi football player
- Marwan G. Najjar, Lebanese scriptwriter
- Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar, Iranian politician
- Moudi Najjar, Australian football player
- Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar, commonly known as Abu Youssef, Palestinian militant
- Najwa Najjar, Palestinian filmmaker
- Redha al-Najar, Tunisian citizen who was held in US custody in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility
- Ramsay G. Najjar, Lebanese businessman
- Rouzan al-Najjar, Palestinian nurse assisting injured Palestinians killed by Israeli sniper on June 1, 2018
- Victor Assad Najjar, Lebanese-born American pediatrician and microbiologist, known for the Crigler–Najjar syndrome
Fictional characters
- Noore Najjar, a fictional character from 2014 Ubisoft video game ''Far Cry 4''