Osman (name)
Osman refers to two different names:
- Osman or Usman is the Turkish, Persian, and Urdu transliteration of the Arabic masculine given name Uthman.
- Osman is an English surname whose history dates back to the wave of migration that followed the Norman conquest of England in 1066, though it is pronounced with a long "o". Variant spellings include Osment and Osmond. The name comes from the Old English pre-7th-century masculine personal name Osmaer, "oss" meaning god and "maer" meaning fame; hence "god-fame". The name Osmar and Osmer appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 for Leicestershire and Devonshire, respectively, but the surname did not appear until the early part of the 13th century. On July 15, 1571, Mary Hosmer, daughter of Richard Hosmer, was christened in Brenchley, Kent, and on September 18, 1580, Jane Hosmer was also christened there. In April 1635, clothier James Hosmer, his wife Ann and two daughters, Marie and Ann, embarked from London on the Elizabeth bound for New England. They were among the earliest recorded name bearers to settle in America. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Osmere, which was dated 1230, in the Pipe rolls of Devonshire, during the reign of King Henry III.
Given name
Osman
- Osman I, founder and namesake of the Ottoman Empire
- Osman II, Ottoman sultan
- Osman III, Ottoman sultan
- Osman I of the Maldives, the Sultan of the Maldives in 1377
- Osman II of the Maldives, the Sultan of Maldives from 1420 to 1421
- Osman, Ottoman-born friar of the Dominican Order and alleged prince
- Osman Addo, Danish footballer
- Osman Aga of Temesvar, Turkish autobiographer
- Osman or Uthman Beg, leader of the Turkoman tribal federation of Aq Qoyunlu
- Osman Achmatowicz, Polish professor
- Osman Ahmed, Somali ruler and the fifth Sultan of the Gobroon Dynasty
- Osman Ali Atto, Somali warlord
- Osman Jama Ali, Somali politician
- Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, last Nizam of the kingdom of Hyderabad
- Osman Arpacıoğlu, Turkish footballer
- Osman Arslan, Turkish judge
- Osman Atılgan, German-Turkish footballer
- Osman Bashiru, Ghanaian footballer
- Osman Baydemir, Kurdish politician and former Mayor of Diyarbakır
- Osman Birsen, Turkish civil servant and former CEO of the Istanbul Stock Exchange
- Osman Bölükbaşı, Turkish politician
- Osman Bukari, Ghanaian footballer
- Osman Khalid Butt, Pakistani actor, director, and writer
- Osman Çakmak, Turkish amputee football manager and former player
- Osman Chávez, Honduran footballer
- Osman Cleander Baker, American biblical scholar and bishop
- Osman Coşgül, Turkish long-distance runner
- Osman Can Çötür, Turkish footballer
- Osman Đikić, Bosnian poet
- Osman Duraliev, Bulgarian sport wrestler
- Osman Durmuş, Turkish physician and politician
- Osman El-Sayed, 20th-century Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler
- Osman Eltayeb, Sudanese businessman and Honorary Consul of Sudan in Nigeria
- Osman Ertuğ, Cypriot Turkish diplomat
- Osman Fazli, influential Sufi
- Osman Fuad, 39th head of the Imperial House of Osman, the former ruling dynasty of the Ottoman Empire, from 1954 to 1973
- Osman Gradaščević, Bosniak nobleman
- Osman Güneş, Turkish bureaucrat
- Osman Gürbüz, Turkish criminal
- Osman Necmi Gürmen, Turkish novelist
- Osman Hadi, Bangladeshi politician and activist
- Osman Hadžikić, Austrian footballer
- Osman Haji, Somali politician
- Osman Hamdi Bey, Ottoman-Turkish statesman, painter, and archaeologist
- Osman Hung, Hong Kong actor and singer-songwriter of the Cantopop group EO2
- Osman Kamara, Sierra Leonean swimmer
- Osman Karabegović, Yugoslav and Bosnian communist politician
- Osman Kavala, Turkish businessman and philanthropist
- Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish writer and journalist
- Osman Kebir, Sudanese governor of the North Darfur province of Sudan
- Osman Yusuf Kenadid, Somali poet and ruler
- Osman Zati Korol, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
- Osman Korutürk, Turkish diplomat and politician
- Osman Lins, Brazilian novelist and short story writer
- Osman Faruk Loğoğlu, Turkish diplomat
- Osman López, Colombian retired footballer
- Osman Mahamuud, 19th-century Somali ruler, king of the Majeerteen Sultanate
- Osman Mahomed, Mauritian politician
- Osman Mema, Albanian footballer
- Osman Menezes Venâncio Júnior, Brazilian footballer
- Osman Metalla, Albanian politician
- Osman Mirzayev, Azerbaijani journalist, writer, and publicist
- Osman Medeiros, Brazilian footballer
- Osman Mohamud, Somalian clan elder from Somaliland
- Osman Nuri (disambiguation), various people
- Osman Nuri Pasha (disambiguation), various people
- Osman Öcalan, Kurdish militant leader
- Osman Orsal, Turkish photo-journalist
- Osman Ahmed Osman, Egyptian engineer, contractor, entrepreneur, and politician
- Osman Osmani, Afghan governor of Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
- Osman Özköylü, Turkish retired footballer and coach
- Osman Pazvantoğlu, Bosnian Ottoman soldier, governor and rebel against Ottoman rule
- Osman Saleh Sabbe, Eritrean revolutionary
- Osman Ali Sadagar, Bengali-Assamese politician and educationist
- Osman Saqizli, Ottoman dey and pasha of Tripolis
- Osman F. Seden, Turkish film director, screenwriter, and film producer
- Osman Murillo Segura, Costa Rican judoka
- Osman Sınav, Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter
- Osman Taka, Cham Albanian leader and dancer
- Osman Murat Ülke, Turkish conscientious objector
- Osman Waqialla, Sudanese artist and calligrapher
- Osman Omar Wehliye, Somalian police commissioner
Ousmane
- Ousmane Ngom, Senegalese politician
- Ousmane Dembélé, French Footballer
Usman
- Usman Afzaal, English cricketer
- Usman Ahmed, English boxer
- Usman Ali Isani, Pakistani bureaucrat
- Usman dan Fodio, African leader also known as Shehu Uthman Dan Fuduye
- Usman Garuba, Spanish professional basketball player
- Usman Gondal, Pakistani footballer
- Usman Haji Muhammad Ali, Indonesian marine and convicted murderer
- Usman Khan (terrorist), British terrorist and perpetrator of the 2019 London Bridge stabbing
- Usman Khawaja, Australian cricketer
- Usman Sarwar, Pakistani cricketer
- Usman Serajuddin, Bengali Islamic scholar
Uthman
- Uthman ibn Affan, the third Islamic caliph and son-in-law of Muhammad
Middle name
- M Osman Ghani, Bangladeshi academic, Vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka
- Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain, Malaysian murder victim and student
Surname
People with the surname include:- Arthur Arnold Osman, British nephrologist
- Charles J. Osman, Canadian businessman and politician
- Dan Osman, American extreme sport practitioner
- Dan Osman (Kansas politician), American politician
- Diid Osman, English bass guitarist in the Britpop band Sleeper
- Harry Osman, English footballer
- Jean-Claude Osman, French retired footballer
- Louis Osman, English artist, architect, goldsmith, and medallist
- Marina Osman, Belarusian pianist and concertmaster
- Mat Osman, English musician
- Matthew Osman, English footballer
- Mike Osman, English radio presenter, impressionist, and entertainer
- Natalie Osman, American professional wrestler and valet
- Oleksandr Osman, Ukrainian footballer
- Richard Osman, British television presenter, producer, and director
- Russell Osman, English former footballer
- William Osman, American engineer and YouTuber
Surname from Arabic
- Abdillahi Abokor Osman, Somali politician
- Abdul Osman, Ghanaian-born English footballer
- Ahmed Elmi Osman, Somali politician
- Ahmed Osman (author), Egyptian author
- Amin Osman, Egyptian politician
- Arnaut Osman, a hero of Serbian and Albanian epic poetry
- Aziz M. Osman, Malaysian actor and director
- Bayezid Osman, 44th Head of the Imperial House of Osman
- Cedi Osman, Macedonian-Turkish basketball player
- Farida Osman, Egyptian swimmer
- Hadiza Bala Usman, Nigerian activist and politician
- Hâfiz Osman, Ottoman calligrapher
- Hafiz Osman, Singaporean professional soccer player
- Hasbullah Osman, Malaysian politician
- Kara Yülük Osman, late 14th- and early 15th-century leader of the Turkmen tribal federation Ak Koyunlu
- Leon Osman, English footballer of Turkish Cypriot descent
- Levent Osman, Australian footballer of Turkish descent
- Mahamane Ousmane, the first democratically elected President of Niger
- Magued Osman, Egyptian academic
- Mohammad Usman, Indian military office
- Kamaru Usman, American Mixed Martial Arstist and UFC fighter
- Ahmed Usman, Nigerian military administrator
- Fakih Usman, Indonesian Islamic leader and politician
- Khalid Usman, Pakistani cricketer
- Khwaja Usman, Afghan chieftain and opponent to the Mughals
- Maliki Osman, Singaporean politician
- M.T. Usman, Nigerian government official
- Mariam Usman, Nigerian weightlifter
- Roszaidi Osman, Singaporean drug trafficker
- Tanburi Büyük Osman Bey, Ottoman composer and tanbur player
- Topal Osman, Ottoman militia leader
- Topal Osman Pasha, Ottoman grand vizier