Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American 6' 2" (1.88 m) and 180 lb (82 kg) professional basketball player for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. He was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team.

Farmar was born in Los Angeles, California, to his father Damon Farmar (a former minor league baseball outfielder who was a second round draft pick in both 1982 and 1983), and mother, Melinda. His parents divorced when he was 2, and he went to live with his mother, who soon met and married her current husband (Farmar's stepfather), Israeli Yehuda Kolani from Tel Aviv. Farmar and his mother and step-father are Jewish. In 2009 Farmar was the only Jewish basketball player in the NBA.

Farmar starting playing basketball at age 4. Farmar inherited his competitive drive from his father and mentor, Damon Farmar, who played football and baseball at University High and baseball in the minor leagues. The younger Farmar spent hours in his father's clubhouses, with his father's teammates, and watching his father play. He learned from his step-father what persistence and obligation are all about, noting that "I never met a person who worked so hard." Farmar has a half-sister, Shoshana Kolani. Farmar's godfather is former major league baseball player Eric Davis.