Matar

Matar may refer to:

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
 * Hisham Matar (born 1970), American and Libyan author
 * Ismail Matar (born 1983), footballer from the United Arab Emirates
 * Joseph Matar (born 1935), Lebanese painter and poet
 * 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.

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