Omar History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Suffering from poverty and racial discrimination, thousands of Irish families left the island in the 19th century for North America aboard cramped passenger ships. The early migrants became settlers of small tracts of land, and those that came later were often employed in the new cities or transitional work camps. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s. Although the immigrants from this period were often maligned when they arrived in the United States, they provided the cheap labor that was necessary for the development of that country as an industrial power. Early immigration and passenger lists have revealed many immigrants bearing the name Omar:

Omar Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

• Ale Benn Omar, aged 35, who settled in America from Gibraltar, in 1904
• Cassam Omar, aged 31, who landed in America, in 1917

• Alfredo Omar Ábalos (b. 1986), Argentine footballer
• Santiago Omar Riveros (1923-2024), Argentinian military officer who served in the Argentine Army, Commander of Military Institutes (Comandante de Institutos Militares) during Argentina's so-called Dirty War in the 1970s and 1980s
• Hugo Omar Villanueva Clavería (1939-2024), Chilean football defender for Chile’s squad in the 1966 FIFA World Cup
• Frantz Omar Fanon (1925-1961), also known as Ibrahim Frantz Fanon, a French West Indian psychiatrist, and political philosopher from the French colony of Martinique
• Terrance Omar Ganaway (b. 1988), former American NFL football running back/fullback who played for the New York Jets and St. Louis Rams in 2012
• Mariano Omar Barbieri (b. 1990), Argentine professional footballer
• Gabriel Omar Amato (b. 1970), Argentine retired footballer
• Gonzalo Omar Basile (b. 1974), Argentine professional boxer
• Gustavo Omar Trujillo Corona (1977-2022), Mexican professional footballer who played as a defender (1998-2012)
• Gabriel Omar Briceño Leyva (b. 1978), Mexican football defender