# Akhtar

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**Akhtar** (, Pashto: اختر) means 'star' in [Persian](/source/Persian_language) and is used in [Pashto](/source/Pashto_language) 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](/source/Akhtar_Ali) (1939–2021), Indian tennis player
- [Akhtar Ayub](/source/Akhtar_Ayub) (born 1987), Pakistani cricketer
- [Akhtar Hussain Badshah](/source/Akhtar_Hussain_Badshah), Pakistani politician
- [Akhtar Chaudhry](/source/Akhtar_Chaudhry) (born 1961), Pakistani-Norwegian politician
- [Akhtar Hassan Khan Gorchani](/source/Akhtar_Hassan_Khan_Gorchani) (born 1958), Pakistani diplomat, politician, and intelligence official
- [Akhtar Husain](/source/Akhtar_Husain) (1912–1992), Pakistani scholar, journalist, and lexicographer
- [Akhtar Hussain](/source/Akhtar_Hussain_(musician)) (1900–1974), Pakistani vocalist and musician
- [Akhtar Hussain](/source/Akhtar_Hussain_(field_hockey)) (1926–1987), Pakistani field hockey player
- [Akhtar Hussain](/source/Akhtar_Hussain_(lawyer)) (born 1946), Pakistani lawyer, judge, and politician
- [Akhtar Hussain](/source/Akhtar_Hussain_(sarangi_player)) (born 1959), Pakistani sarangi player
- [Akhtar Hussain](/source/Akhtar_Hussain_(umpire)) (died 1973), Pakistani cricket umpire
- [Akhtar Imam](/source/Akhtar_Imam) (1917–2009), Bangladeshi educationist, feminist, and social activist
- [Akhtar Jadoon](/source/Akhtar_Jadoon), Pakistani politician
- [Akhtar Jamal](/source/Akhtar_Jamal), Pakistani journalist and editor
- [Akhtar Ali G. Kazi](/source/Akhtar_Ali_G._Kazi) (1944–2010), Pakistani politician
- [Akhtar Khan](/source/Akhtar_Khan), British journalist and television and radio presenter
- [Akhtar Hameed Khan](/source/Akhtar_Hameed_Khan) (1914–1999), Pakistani development practitioner and social scientist
- [Akhtar Raza Khan](/source/Akhtar_Raza_Khan) (1943–2018), Indian Barelvi Muslim scholar, cleric, and mufti
- [Akhtar Hussain Langove](/source/Akhtar_Hussain_Langove), Pakistani politician
- [Akhtar Hussain Malik](/source/Akhtar_Hussain_Malik) (1910s–1969), general of the Pakistan Army
- [Akhtar Mansour](/source/Akhtar_Mansour) (1960s–2016), Afghan supreme leader, second leader of the Taliban
- [Akhtar Mengal](/source/Akhtar_Mengal) (born 1962), Pakistani politician
- [Akhtar Mirza](/source/Akhtar_Mirza), Indian screenwriter and director
- [Akhtar Mohiuddin](/source/Akhtar_Mohiuddin_(writer)) (1928–2001), Indian novelist, playwright, and short story writer
- [Akhtar Mohiuddin](/source/Akhtar_Mohiuddin) (born 1956), Pakistani footballer and coach
- [Akhtar Naraghi](/source/Akhtar_Naraghi), Canadian poet, writer, and scholar
- [Akhtar Mohammad Osmani](/source/Akhtar_Mohammad_Osmani) (died 2006), Taliban senior leader
- [Akhtar Abdur Rahman](/source/Akhtar_Abdur_Rahman) (1924–1988), Pakistani Senior Army General
- [Akhtar Rasool](/source/Akhtar_Rasool) (born 1954), Pakistani field hockey player
- [Akhtar Sadmani](/source/Akhtar_Sadmani) (1934–2003), Bangladeshi singer
- [Akhtar Raza Saleemi](/source/Akhtar_Raza_Saleemi) (born 1974), Pakistani poet, novelist, writer, critic, and editor
- [Akhtar Sarfraz](/source/Akhtar_Sarfraz) (1976–2019), Pakistani cricketer and coach
- [Akhtar Shah](/source/Akhtar_Shah) (born 2002), Pakistani cricketer
- [Akhtar Sheerani](/source/Akhtar_Sheerani) (1905–1948), Pakistani poet
- [Akhtar Hameed Siddiqui](/source/Akhtar_Hameed_Siddiqui) (1947–2017), Bangladeshi politician
- [Akhtar ul Iman](/source/Akhtar_ul_Iman) (1915–1996), Indian Urdu poet and screenwriter
- [Akhtar-ul-Islam](/source/Akhtar-ul-Islam) (born 1947), Pakistani field hockey player
- [Akhtar Ali Vario](/source/Akhtar_Ali_Vario) (1933–2008), Pakistani politician
- [Akhtar Chanal Zahri](/source/Akhtar_Chanal_Zahri) (born 1954), Pakistani folk singer

### Akhter

- [Akhter Husain](/source/Akhter_Husain) (1902–1983), Pakistani politician
- [Akhter Mia](/source/Akhter_Mia) (1920–1984), Bangladesh politician

### Aktar

- [Aktar Islam](/source/Aktar_Islam) (born 1980), British-Bangladeshi restaurateur

## Surname

### Akhtar

- [Adeel Akhtar](/source/Adeel_Akhtar) (born 1980), British actor
- [Ayad Akhtar](/source/Ayad_Akhtar) (born 1970), American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter
- [Farhan Akhtar](/source/Farhan_Akhtar) (born 1974), Indian film director
- [Gulraiz Akhtar](/source/Gulraiz_Akhtar) (1943–2021), Pakistani field hockey player
- [Jan Nisar Akhtar](/source/Jan_Nisar_Akhtar) (1914–1976), Indian poet
- [Javed Akhtar](/source/Javed_Akhtar) (born 1945), film writer and poet from India
- [Kabir Akhtar](/source/Kabir_Akhtar) (born 1975), American director and editor
- [Saghir Akhtar](/source/Saghir_Akhtar), Qatari chemist
- [Saleem Akhtar](/source/Saleem_Akhtar) (1930–2004), Pakistani former cricketer
- [Shamshad Akhtar](/source/Shamshad_Akhtar) (1954–2025), Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- [Shoaib Akhtar](/source/Shoaib_Akhtar) (born 1975), Pakistani former cricketer
- [Zoya Akhtar](/source/Zoya_Akhtar) (born 1972), Indian film director

### Akhter

- [Mahfuza Akhter](/source/Mahfuza_Akhter) (born 1967), Bangladeshi football administrator, member of the FIFA Council
- [Doli Akhter](/source/Doli_Akhter) (born 1986), Olympic swimmer from Bangladesh
- [Moin Akhter](/source/Moin_Akhter) (1950–2011), Pakistani television actor
- [Salma Akhter](/source/Salma_Akhter) (born 1991), Bangladeshi singer

### Aktar

- [Cengiz Aktar](/source/Cengiz_Aktar) (born 1955), Turkish scientist
- [Mohammad Aktar](/source/Mohammad_Aktar) (born 1962), Afghan wrestler

## Compound names with the element *Akhtar*

- Akhtar-ud-Din (Star of the Religion) - [Akhter Uddin Mia](/source/Akhter_Uddin_Mia) (1920–1984), Bangladeshi politician - [Akhtaruddin Ahmad](/source/Akhtaruddin_Ahmad) (born 1930), Bangladeshi lawyer and government minister - [A. F. Muhammad Akhtaruddin](/source/A._F._M._Akhtaruddin) (born 1968), Bangladeshi cricket umpire
- Akhtar-ul-Iman (Star of Faith) - [Akhtar ul Iman](/source/Akhtar_ul_Iman) (1915–1996), Indian poet and screenwriter - [Akhtarul Iman](/source/Akhtarul_Iman) (born 1964), Indian politician
- Akhtar-ul-Islam (Star of Islam) - [Akhtarul Islam](/source/Akhtarul_Islam) (born 1947), Pakistani field hockey player - [Akhtar-ul-Islam](/source/Akhtar-ul-Islam) (born 1947), Pakistani field hockey player - [Akhtarul Islam Shahin](/source/Akhtarul_Islam_Shahin) (born 1979), Indian politician
- [Akhtarul Wasey](/source/Akhtarul_Wasey) (born 1951), Indian academician
- [Akhtaruzzaman](/source/Akhtaruzzaman_(disambiguation)), multiple people

## See also

- [*Akhtar*](/source/Akhtar_(magazine)), a Persian-language periodical founded in Istanbul, 1876
- Akhtaruzzaman, a derived name

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