Akbar (name)
Akbar is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
People with the given name Akbar
- Akbar, the third Mughal Emperor.
- Akbar II, second-to-last of the Mughal emperors of India
- Akbar-ur-Rehman, Pakistani cricketer
- Akbar A'lami, Iranian politician
- Akbar Abdi, Iranian actor
- Akbar Adibi, Iranian electronic engineer, VLSI researcher, and professor
- Akbar Agha, Pakistani author, educator, and diplomat
- Akbar Aghayev, Soviet-Azerbaijani servicemen, Army lieutenant
- Akbar Ahmed, Pakistani-American academic, author, poet, playwright, filmmaker, and diplomat
- Akbar Ahmad Dumpy, Indian politician
- Akbar Al Baker, Qatari businessman, CEO of Qatar Airways
- Akbar Ali, Indian poet
- Akbar Ali, Indian cricket umpire
- Akbar Ali, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Akbar Ali Khan, Indian politician
- Akbar Ali Khan, Bangladeshi economist and educationist
- Akbar Ali Khondkar, Indian politician
- Akbar Alizad, Iranian theater director
- Akbar Allahabadi, Indian poet
- Akbar Ansari, Pakistani-British cricketer
- Akbar Askani, Pakistani politician
- Akbar Atri, Iranian democracy and human rights activist
- Akbar Ayub Khan, Pakistani politician
- Akbar Babakhanlou, Iranian sprinter
- Akbar S. Babar, Pakistani politician
- Akbar Badshah, Pakistani cricketer
- Akbar Baig, Indian-Ugandan cricketer
- Akbar Behkalam, Iranian-German painter and sculptor
- Akbar Bintang Cahyono, Indonesian badminton player
- Akbar Bugti, Pakistani politician
- Akbar Djuraev, Uzbekistani weightlifter
- Akbar Eftekhari, Iranian footballer
- Akbar Etemad, Iranian engineer
- Akbar Fallah, Iranian wrestler
- Akbar Firmansyah, Indonesian footballer
- Akbar Ganji, Iranian journalist, writer, and soldier
- Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, American football player and television host
- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian politician and writer
- Akbar Hermawan, Indonesian footballer
- Akbar Hossain, Bangladeshi novelist
- Akbar Hossain, Bangladeshi politician
- Akbar Hydari, Indian politician
- Akbar Imani, Iranian footballer
- Akbar Ismatullaev, Uzbekistani footballer
- Akbar Jiskani, Pakistani writer
- Akbar Kakkattil, Indian short story writer and novelist
- Akbar Kalili, Iranian alpine skier
- Akbar Kargarjam, Iranian association footballer
- Akbar Khamiso Khan, Pakistani musician
- Akbar Khan, Emir of Afghanistan
- Akbar Khan, Indian Army Major General
- Akbar Khan, Indian actor, screenwriter, producer, and director
- Akbar Khan, Indian musician and activist
- Akbar Khan Hoti, Pakistani police officer
- Akbar Khan Zand, Iranian Prince
- Akbar Khazaei, Iranian bodybuilding judge
- Akbar Khojini, Iranian boxer
- Akbar Khurasani, Afghan-Ukrainian painter
- Akbar Kurtha, British actor
- Akbar Makhmoor, Pakistani poet and lexicographer
- Akbar Masood, Indian academic administrator
- Akbar Mass'oud, Persian Prince
- Akbar Mirzoyev, Tajikistani politician
- Akbar Misaghian, Iranian footballer and coach
- Akbar Mohammadi, Iranian student who was a victim of the 18th of Tir crisis
- Akbar Mohammadi, Iranian footballer
- Akbar Moideen Thumbay, Emiratis businessman
- Akbar Muhammad, American historian
- Akbar Muradov, Azerbaijani Paralympic sport shooter
- Akbar Musazai, Afghan cricketer
- Akbar Shah Khan Najibabadi, Indian historian
- Akbar Nawas, Singaporean football coach
- Akbar Nikzad, Iranian politician
- Akbar Padamsee, Indian artist and painter
- Akbar Patel, Mauritian football coach
- Akbar Poudeh, Iranian cyclist
- Akbar Pray, American writer, columnist, and drug kingpin
- Akbar Radi, Iranian playwright
- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian politician and fourth president of Iran
- Akbar Ranjbarzadeh, Iranian politician
- Akbar Rasyid, Indonesian footballer
- Akbar Riansyah, Indonesian footballer
- Akbar Sadeghi, Iranian footballer
- Akbar Saghiri, Iranian footballer
- Akbar Salubiro, a man who had gone missing in 2017 in Sulawesi, Indonesia, and his remains were found two days later inside the body of a Reticulated python
- Akbar Sami, Indian dance choreographer, DJ, and musician
- Akbar Shah, Singaporean footballer
- Akbar Subhani, Pakistani actor
- Akbar Tandjung, Indonesian politician
- Akbar Tanjung, Indonesian footballer
- Akbar Torkan, Iranian mechanical engineer and politician
- Akbar Torki, Iranian physician and politician
- Akbar Turaev, Uzbek football goalkeeper
People with the surname Akbar
- Amna Akbar American academic and professor of law.
- Eshaan Akbar English comedian, writer and actor
- Harris Akbar, English boxer
- Hasan Akbar, US soldier convicted of the murder of two officers
- Rada Akbar, Afghan-born visual artist, and photographer
- Showat Akbar, one of the ringleaders of the murder of Richard Everitt
- Skandor Akbar, ring name of American professional wrestler and manager Jimmy Wehba
- Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician
- al-Shaykh al-Akbar, title of Ibn 'Arabi
Fictional characters
- One of the comic-strip duo Akbar and Jeff of Life in Hell
- Admiral Ackbar, Star Wars character