Akhtar
Akhtar means 'star' in Persian and is used in Pashto for Nowruz and Eid Day. It is also a common surname. A variant spelling is Akhter.
Notable people with the given name or surname include:
Given name
Akhtar
- Akhtar Ali, Indian tennis player
- Akhtar Ayub, Pakistani cricketer
- Akhtar Hussain Badshah, Pakistani politician
- Akhtar Chaudhry, Pakistani-Norwegian politician
- Akhtar Hassan Khan Gorchani, Pakistani diplomat, politician, and intelligence official
- Akhtar Husain, Pakistani scholar, journalist, and lexicographer
- Akhtar Hussain, Pakistani vocalist and musician
- Akhtar Hussain, Pakistani field hockey player
- Akhtar Hussain, Pakistani lawyer, judge, and politician
- Akhtar Hussain, Pakistani sarangi player
- Akhtar Hussain, Pakistani cricket umpire
- Akhtar Imam, Bangladeshi educationist, feminist, and social activist
- Akhtar Jadoon, Pakistani politician
- Akhtar Jamal, Pakistani journalist and editor
- Akhtar Ali G. Kazi, Pakistani politician
- Akhtar Khan, British journalist and television and radio presenter
- Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani development practitioner and social scientist
- Akhtar Raza Khan, Indian Barelvi Muslim scholar, cleric, and mufti
- Akhtar Hussain Langove, Pakistani politician
- Akhtar Hussain Malik, general of the Pakistan Army
- Akhtar Mansour, Afghan supreme leader, second leader of the Taliban
- Akhtar Mengal, Pakistani politician
- Akhtar Mirza, Indian screenwriter and director
- Akhtar Mohiuddin, Indian novelist, playwright, and short story writer
- Akhtar Mohiuddin, Pakistani footballer and coach
- Akhtar Naraghi, Canadian poet, writer, and scholar
- Akhtar Mohammad Osmani, Taliban senior leader
- Akhtar Abdur Rahman, Pakistani Senior Army General
- Akhtar Rasool, Pakistani field hockey player
- Akhtar Sadmani, Bangladeshi singer
- Akhtar Raza Saleemi, Pakistani poet, novelist, writer, critic, and editor
- Akhtar Sarfraz, Pakistani cricketer and coach
- Akhtar Shah, Pakistani cricketer
- Akhtar Sheerani, Pakistani poet
- Akhtar Hameed Siddiqui, Bangladeshi politician
- Akhtar ul Iman, Indian Urdu poet and screenwriter
- Akhtar-ul-Islam, Pakistani field hockey player
- Akhtar Ali Vario, Pakistani politician
- Akhtar Chanal Zahri, Pakistani folk singer
Akhter
- Akhter Husain, Pakistani politician
- Akhter Mia, Bangladesh politician
Aktar
- Aktar Islam, British-Bangladeshi restaurateur
Surname
Akhtar
- Adeel Akhtar, British actor
- Ayad Akhtar, American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter
- Farhan Akhtar, Indian film director
- Gulraiz Akhtar, Pakistani field hockey player
- Jan Nisar Akhtar, Indian poet
- Javed Akhtar, film writer and poet from India
- Kabir Akhtar, American director and editor
- Saghir Akhtar, Qatari chemist
- Saleem Akhtar, Pakistani former cricketer
- Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani former cricketer
- Zoya Akhtar, Indian film director
Akhter
- Mahfuza Akhter, Bangladeshi football administrator, member of the FIFA Council
- Doli Akhter, Olympic swimmer from Bangladesh
- Moin Akhter, Pakistani television actor
- Salma Akhter, Bangladeshi singer
Aktar
- Cengiz Aktar, Turkish scientist
- Mohammad Aktar, Afghan wrestler
Compound names with the element ''Akhtar''
- Akhtar-ud-Din
- *Akhter Uddin Mia, Bangladeshi politician
- *Akhtaruddin Ahmad, Bangladeshi lawyer and government minister
- *A. F. Muhammad Akhtaruddin, Bangladeshi cricket umpire
- Akhtar-ul-Iman
- *Akhtar ul Iman, Indian poet and screenwriter
- *Akhtarul Iman, Indian politician
- Akhtar-ul-Islam
- *Akhtarul Islam, Pakistani field hockey player
- *Akhtar-ul-Islam, Pakistani field hockey player
- *Akhtarul Islam Shahin, Indian politician
- Akhtarul Wasey, Indian academician
- Akhtaruzzaman, multiple people