Gamal

Gamal (Arabic: جمال) is a masculine given name of Arabic origin. Notable people with this name include:

Given name

• Gamal Abdel-Hamid (born 1957), Egyptian football manager and player
• Gamal Abdel-Rahim (1924–1988), Egyptian classical music composer and composition professor
• Gamal Ahmed Abdulla (born 1964), Egyptian field hockey player
• Gamal El-Araby (born 1954), Egyptian politician
• Gamal Awad (1955–2004), Egyptian squash player
• Gamal Aziz (born 1957/58), Egyptian business executive, indicted as part of the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal
• Gamal al-Banna (1920–2013), Egyptian author and trade unionist
• Gamal Abdel Chasten, American poet and playwright
• Gamal Eid (born 1964), Egyptian human rights activist and lawyer
• Gamal Esmat (born 1956), Egyptian medical doctor and academic
• Gamal Fahnbulleh (born 1982), British broadcast journalist and presenter
• Gamal Fathy (born 1985), Egyptian sabre fencer
• Gamal Al-Ghandour (born 1957), Egyptian referee
• Gamal Amin Abdel Ghani (born 1963), Egyptian field hockey player
• Gamal al-Ghitani (1945–2015), Egyptian author
• Gamal Hamdan (1928–1993), Egyptian geographer and scholar
• Gamal Hamza (born 1981), Egyptian footballer
• Gamal Haress (1925–2019), Egyptian equestrian
• Gamal Mohamed Hassan (born 1978), Somali politician and diplomat
• Gamal Helal (born 1954), Egyptian-American interpreter and diplomat
• Gamal Khashaba, Egyptian scout
• Gamal Kotb (1931–2016), Egyptian visual artist
• Gamal El-Din El-Koumy (born 1958), Egyptian boxer
• Gamal Lineveldt (1919–1942), South African serial killer and rapist
• Gamal Mohamed (wrestler) (1999–2026), Egyptian freestyle wrestler
• Gamal Fawzi Mohamed (born 1966), Egyptian field hockey player
• Gamal Mubarak (born 1963), Egyptian politician
• Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970), Egyptian president
• Gamal El-Nazer (1930–2006), Egyptian water polo player
• Gamal Nkrumah (born 1958), Ghanaian journalist
• Gamal Refai-Ahmed (born 1963), Egyptian-Canadian-American engineer
• Gamal El-Din Sabri (1915–??), Egyptian basketball player
• Gamal El-Sagini (1917–1977), Egyptian sculptor, painter, and medalist
• Gamal Salama (1945–2021), Egyptian songwriter
• Gamal Salem (1918–1968), Egyptian military officer
• Gamal Belal Salem (born 1978), Qatari runner
• Gamal El-Din El-Sherbini (1923–1995), Egyptian athlete
• Gamal Yafai (born 1991), British boxer

Surname

• Amr Gamal, (born 1991) Egyptian footballer
• Mazen Gamal (born 1986), Egyptian squash player
• Raghda Gamal, Yemeni journalist and poet

Other

• Gimel, a letter known as gamal in Syriac
• Gamal, a name for Jamal Cave in Israel

See also

• Jamaal
• Jamal
• Sharif El-Gamal (born 1973), New York City real estate developer
• Taher Elgamal (born 1955), Egyptian cryptographer