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Umaru

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Umaru is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

  • Umaru bin Ali (c. 1824 – 1891), Sultan of Sokoto
  • Umaru Tanko Al-Makura (born 1952), Nigerian businessman elected Governor of Nasarawa State, Nigeria
  • Umaru Argungu (born 1959), Senator for Kebbi North constituency of Kebbi State, Nigeria
  • Umaru Bago Tafida, 12th Emir, or traditional ruler of Lapai in Niger State, Nigeria
  • Umaru Bangura (born 1987), Sierra Leonean international footballer
  • Umaru Dahiru (born 1952), elected Senator for the Sokoto South constituency of Sokoto State, Nigeria
  • Umaru Dikko (born 1936), Nigerian politician and was a trusted adviser to President Shehu Shagari
  • Umaru Mohammed, appointed Governor of North-Western State in Nigeria in July 1975
  • Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951–2010), the President of Nigeria and the 13th Head of State
  • Umaru Mutallab (born 1939), Nigerian business and banking leader, former minister of Economic Development
  • Sylvester Umaru Onu (born 1938), Nigerian judge
  • Umaru Pulavar, Tamil Muslim poet from Tamil Nadu, India
  • Umaru Rahman (born 1982), Sierra Leonean international footballer who is a striker
  • Umaru of Salga (1858–1934), left a detailed account of Quranic education among the Hausa
  • Umaru Sanda Ndayako (1937–2003), 12th Etsu Nupe. Nigerian Traditional ruler
  • Dalhatu Umaru Sangari, elected Senator for the Taraba South constituency of Taraba State, Nigeria
  • Sitta Umaru Turay (born 1978), Sierra Leonean journalist on the Freetown-based Sierra Express newspaper
  • Mohammed Ndatsu Umaru, Military Governor of Kwara State, Nigeria from August 1985 to December 1987
  • Umaru Doma, the protagonist of Himouto! Umaru-chan, a Japanese manga series by Sankaku Head

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