Najjar

Najjar (Arabic: نجّار) 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 (c. AD 5-40), or Saint Habib the Carpenter
• Yousef Al-Najjar (c. 90 BC-AD 18), or Saint Joseph the Carpenter, Jesus's legal father

Modern[]

• Ammar Campa-Najjar (born 1989), American Democratic politician
• Ahmad El Najjar, economist who pioneered the formation of the Islamic Banking system by setting up the Mit Ghamr Savings Bank in Egypt in 1963
• Ammar Al-Najar (born 1997), Saudi footballer
• Fadel Al-Najjar (born 1985), Jordanian professional basketball player
• Ibrahim Najjar, Lebanese lawyer and politician and Cabinet Minister
• Humaid Al-Najar, Emirati footballer
• John Najjar, executive stylist at Ford Motor Company and creator of the Ford Mustang
• Mansor Al-Najar, Saudi footballer
• Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar (born 1956), Interior minister of Iran and former defense minister of Iran
• Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar (1930–1973), commonly known as Abu Youssef, Palestinian militant
• Najwa Najjar (born 1965), Palestinian filmmaker
• Najjar, a nickname for Redha al-Najar, individual tortured by the CIA
• Redha al-Najar, Tunisian
• Rouzan al-Najjar, Palestinian nurse assisting injured Palestinians accidentally hit by ricochet by Israeli sniper on June 1, 2018
• Victor Assad Najjar (1914–2002), Lebanese-born American pediatrician and microbiologist, known for the Crigler–Najjar syndrome
• Ramzi Najjar (born 1978), Lebanese Author of "The YOU beyond you" and "The Ultimate Human Secrets"

Fictional characters[]

• Noore Najjar, a fictional character from 2014 Ubisoft video game Far Cry 4

See also[]

• All pages with titles containing Najjar
• Naggar

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