Özer

Özer is made up of the Turkish öz meaning "core, essence" and er meaning "private, soldier". Ozer (Hebrew: עוֹזֵר) is also a personal name or surname in Jewish culture. Özer may refer to:

Given name

• Özer Ateşçi (born 1942), Turkish alpine skier
• Ozer ben Meir (died 1710), Polish rabbi
• Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (1863–1940), Av beis din, posek, Talmudic scholar in Vilnius, Lithuania
• Özer Hurmacı (born 1986), Turkish-German football player
• Ozer Schild (1930–2006), Danish-born Israeli academic, President of the University of Haifa and President of the College of Judea and Samaria ("Ariel College").
• Özer Umdu (born 1952), Turkish retired professional football player

Surname

• Aykut Özer (born 1993), Turkish footballer
• Bilal Aziz Özer (born 1985), Turkish footballer
• Cem Özer (born 1959), Turkish actor
• Cenk Enes Özer (born 1978), Turkish author
• Cevher Özer (born 1983), Turkish professional basketball player
• Deniz Özer (born 1987), Turkish-German footballer
• Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Ozer (1745–1821), Nyingma tertön who was the "heart-son" of Jigme Lingpa
• Faruk Fatih Özer (1993 or 1994–2025), Turkish cryptocurrency trader and criminal
• Hasan Özer (born 1974), Turkish football player and manager
• Hasibe Erkoç, née Özer, Turkish female boxer
• Hüseyin Özer (born 1949), Turkish British executive chef and restaurateur
• Kenan Özer (born 1987), Turkish footballer
• Özalp Özer, American business professor specializing in pricing science and operations research
• Şehmus Özer (1980–2016), Turkish professional footballer
• Tülay Özer (1946–2026), Turkish singer
• Zerrin Özer (born 1957), Turkish pop singer
• Zülküf Özer (born 1988), Turkish footballer