'''Anvar''' is a given name and surname. The name comes from Arabic and means "light", like the variant Anwar. Notable persons with the name Anvar include: ==Persons with the given name== *Anvar Berdiev (born 1978), Uzbek footballer *Anvar Bikzhanov (born 1951), Russian football coach *Anvar Gafurov (born 1982), Uzbek footballer *Anvar Gazimagomedov (born 1988), Russian footballer *Anvar Ibragimgadzhiyev (born 1991), Russian footballer * Anvar Ibragimov (1965–2023), Soviet Olympic champion fencer *Anvar Juraboev (1948–2010), Uzbek journalist, historian and politician *Anvar Mammadkhanli (1913–1990), Soviet and Azerbaijani writer and screenwriter, script writer, translator and art worker *Anvar Chingizoglu (born 1962), Azerbaijani historian, ethnologist and genealogist *Anvar Rajabov (born 1988), Uzbek footballer *Anvar Sadat (1918–1981), President of Egypt, serving 1970 to 1981 *Anvar Saidenov (born 1960), Kazakh national bank chairman *Anvar Soliev (born 1978), Uzbek footballer *Anvar-qori Tursunov, Uzbek imam *Anvar Yunusov (born 1987), Tajik boxer
==Persons with the surname== *Cas Anvar (born 1966), Canadian actor, voice actor, and writer *Hassan Anvar (born 1974), Chinese-Uyghur refugee wrongly imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay detention camp *Qasem-e Anvar (1356–1433), Sufi mystic, poet, and a leading ''da'i'' (preacher) of the Safavid order *Camilla Anvar British Uzbek-Uyghur Actress
==See also== *Khvajeh Anvar, a village in Donbaleh Rud-e Shomali Rural District, Dehdez District, Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran *Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality in the Ujar Rayon of Azerbaijan *Andvar, a village in Chelav Rural District, in the Central District of Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran *Anvard, the moatless castle where King Lune of Archenland resides in the fictional land of Narnia *Anvari (1126–1189), Persian poet *Anvari (surname) *Avar (disambiguation) *Anwar (disambiguation)
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