Osman is the Persian and Turkish transliteration and derived from the Arabic masculine given name Uthman ( ‘uthmān) or an English surname. Osman or Osmans may refer to:

People

  • Osman (name), people with the name and surname
  • Osman I (1258–1326), founder of the Ottoman Empire
  • Osman II (1604–1622), Ottoman sultan
  • Osman III (1699–1757), Ottoman sultan
  • Osmans, another spelling of Ottomans
  • Osman I of the Maldives, the Sultan of the Maldives in 1377
  • Osman II of the Maldives, the Sultan of Maldives from 1420 to 1421
  • Mir Osman Ali Khan, 7th and last Nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad

Places

  • Osmanabad, a district of Maharashtra, India
  • Osmannagar (alternative name for Sultanabad, Karimnagar), village located in Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Osman, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran
  • Osman, Kurdistan, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran
  • Osman, Wisconsin, United States

Fish

  • False osman (Schizopygopsis stoliczkai)
  • Naked osman (Gymnodiptychus dybowskii)
  • Scaly osman (Diptychus maculatus)
  • Several species in the genus Oreoleuciscus

Other uses

  • Osman (crater), a lunar crater
  • Osman (video game), an arcade game by Mitchell Corporation
  • A fictional merchant in the role-playing game Skies of Arcadia
  • Osman warning, issued by British police etc. to warn someone of a death threat
  • , an epic poem by Ivan Gundulić

See also

  • Osmania (disambiguation)
  • Osmania University, university in Hyderabad, India, named after founder Mir Osman Ali Khan
  • Osmin, the name of a Turkish character in Mozart's operas Zaide and Die Entführung aus dem Serail
  • Osmond (disambiguation)
  • Usman (disambiguation)