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, 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
Fictional characters
- Noore Najjar, a fictional character from 2014 Ubisoft video game, Far Cry 4.
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