Matar
# 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
* 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.
* Ali Martin Matar (born 1963), American pastor and Christian author since 2008

## 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
