# Enver

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**Enver** is both a masculine given name and a surname. In [Turkish](/source/Turkish_language), [Albanian](/source/Albanian_Language), [Bosnian](/source/Bosnian_language) and [Crimean Tatar](/source/Crimean_Tatar_language), it is the transliteration of the Arabic name *[Anwar](/source/Anwar_(name))*, which means "luminous". Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

- [Enver Ablaev](/source/Enver_Ablaev) (born 1979), Uzbek-born Ukrainian freestyle skier
- [Enver Adrović](/source/Enver_Adrovi%C4%87) (born 1969), Montenegrin retired footballer
- [Enver Ahmed](/source/Enver_Ahmed) (1909–1992), Indian cartoonist
- [Enver Alikhanov](/source/Enver_Alikhanov) (1917–1992), Azerbaijani Soviet minister
- [Enver Alivodić](/source/Enver_Alivodi%C4%87) (born 1984), Serbian footballer
- [Enver Aliyev](/source/Enver_Aliyev) (1927–2017), Crimean Tatar cotton farmer and Soviet labor hero
- [Enver Altaylı](/source/Enver_Altayl%C4%B1) (born 1944), Turkish writer, academic and former secret agent
- [Enver Balkan](/source/Enver_Balkan) (1902–1966), Turkish Olympic fencer
- [Enver Baig](/source/Enver_Baig) (1948–2023), Pakistani politician and member of the Senate of Pakistan
- [Enver Brandt](/source/Enver_Brandt) (born 1991), South African rugby union player
- [Enver Bukić](/source/Enver_Buki%C4%87) (1937–2017), Slovenian chess grandmaster
- [Enver Cenk Şahin](/source/Enver_Cenk_%C5%9Eahin) (born 1994), Turkish footballer
- [Enver Čolaković](/source/Enver_%C4%8Colakovi%C4%87) (1913–1976), Bosnian writer and poet
- [Enver Duran](/source/Enver_Duran) (born 1945), Turkish professor and medical doctor
- [Enver Erdogan](/source/Enver_Erdogan), Australian politician
- [Enver Faja](/source/Enver_Faja) (1934–2011), Albanian architect and diplomat
- [Enver Galim](/source/Enver_Galim) (1915–1988), Tatar writer and journalist
- [Enver Gjokaj](/source/Enver_Gjokaj) (born 1980), Albanian-American film and television actor
- [Enver Hadri](/source/Enver_Hadri) (1941–1990), Kosovar Albanian human-rights activist
- [Enver Hadžiabdić](/source/Enver_Had%C5%BEiabdi%C4%87) (born 1945), Bosnian footballer and manager
- [Enver Hadžihasanović](/source/Enver_Had%C5%BEihasanovi%C4%87) (1950–2024), Yugoslavian and Bosnian military general and convicted war criminal
- [Enver Halilović](/source/Enver_Halilovi%C4%87), Bosnian ambassador
- [Enver Hasani](/source/Enver_Hasani), Kosovar Albanian academic
- [Enver Hoxha](/source/Enver_Hoxha) (1908–1985), Albanian politician and leader of the [People's Socialist Republic of Albania](/source/People's_Socialist_Republic_of_Albania) from 1946 until his death in 1985
- [Enver Hoxhaj](/source/Enver_Hoxhaj) (born 1969), Kosovar politician
- [Enver Ibërshimi](/source/Enver_Ib%C3%ABrshimi) (born 1939), Albanian football player
- [Enver Idrizi](/source/Enver_Idrizi) (born 1966), Croat-Albanian karateka
- [Enver Imamović](/source/Enver_Imamovi%C4%87) (born 1940), Bosnian archaeologist and historian
- [Enver İzmaylov](/source/Enver_%C4%B0zmaylov) (born 1955), Crimean Tatar jazz musician
- [Enver Jääger](/source/Enver_J%C3%A4%C3%A4ger) (born 1982), Estonian retired footballer
- [Enver Ziya Karal](/source/Enver_Ziya_Karal) (1906–1992), Turkish academic
- [Enver Kazaz](/source/Enver_Kazaz) (born 1962), Bosnian writer and intellectual
- [Enver Koso](/source/Enver_Koso) (born 1966), Bosnian handball player
- [Enver Lisin](/source/Enver_Lisin) (born 1986), Russian ice hockey player
- [Enver Lugušić](/source/Enver_Lugu%C5%A1i%C4%87) (born 1961), Bosnian goalkeeper
- [Enver Maloku](/source/Enver_Maloku) (1954–1999), Kosovar Albanian journalist
- [Enver Mamedov](/source/Enver_Mamedov) (1923–2023), Soviet diplomat
- [Enver Marić](/source/Enver_Mari%C4%87) (born 1948), Bosnian footballer and coach
- [Enver Mujezinović](/source/Enver_Mujezinovi%C4%87), former Yugoslav intelligence agent
- [Enver Ören](/source/Enver_%C3%96ren) (1939–2013), Turkish businessman
- [Enver Pasha](/source/Enver_Pasha) (1881–1922), Ottoman statesman, general and politician
- [Enver Petrovci](/source/Enver_Petrovci) (1954–2025), Kosovar actor
- [Enver Redžić](/source/Enver_Red%C5%BEi%C4%87) (1915–2009), Bosnian historian and cultural observer
- [Enver Sajjad](/source/Enver_Sajjad) (1935–2019), Pakistani playwright and fiction writer
- [Enver Šehović](/source/Enver_%C5%A0ehovi%C4%87) (1967–1993), Bosnian army commander
- [Enver Sekiraqa](/source/Enver_Sekiraqa) (born 1972), Kosovar fugitive
- [Enver Shehu](/source/Enver_Shehu) (1934–2009), Albanian footballer and manager
- [Enver Sherfedinov](/source/Enver_Sherfedinov) (1936–2017), Crimean Tatar musician
- [Enver Soobzokov](/source/Enver_Soobzokov) (born 1978), Jordanian basketball player
- [Enver Surty](/source/Enver_Surty) (born 1953), South African politician
- [Enver Yetiker](/source/Enver_Yetiker) (1875–1955), Turkish educator
- [Enver Yıldırım](/source/Enver_Y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r%C4%B1m) (born 1995), Turkish fencer
- [Enver Yulgushov](/source/Enver_Yulgushov) (1938–2022), Russian footballer and coach
- Enver Gortash, fictional character from the video game *[Baldur's Gate 3](/source/Baldur's_Gate_3)*

## Middle name

- [Ali Enver Adakan](/source/Ali_Enver_Adakan) (born 1977), Turkish retired dinghy sailor
- [Hasan Enver Pasha](/source/Hasan_Enver_Pasha) (1857–1929), Ottoman general

## Surname

- [Ali Enver](/source/Ali_Enver) (1921–1971), Turkish military pilot
- [Aslı Enver](/source/Asl%C4%B1_Enver) (born 1984), Turkish actress
- [Mahpeyker Enver](/source/Mahpeyker_Enver) (1917–2000), Ottoman princess
- [Naciye Enver](/source/Naciye_Enver) (1896–1957), Ottoman princess
- [Türkan Enver](/source/T%C3%BCrkan_Enver) (1919–1989), Ottoman princess

## See also

- [24641 Enver](/source/24641_Enver), an asteroid
- [Pioneers of Enver](/source/Pioneers_of_Enver), pioneer movement functioning in Albania during the communist era
- [Enver's alphabet](/source/Enver's_alphabet), Turkish alphabet created by Enver Pasha
- [Enver Creek Secondary School](/source/Enver_Creek_Secondary_School), a public high school in Canada
- [Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan](/source/%C6%8Fnv%C9%99r_M%C9%99mm%C9%99dxanl%C4%B1,_Azerbaijan), a village in Azerbaijan
- [Enver Pasha's Rebellion](/source/Enver_Pasha's_Rebellion), 1921–1922 anti-Bolshevik campaign in Turkestan
- [Murder of Enver Şimşek](/source/Murder_of_Enver_%C5%9Eim%C5%9Fek), 2000 murder in Germany
- [Anwar (disambiguation)](/source/Anwar_(disambiguation)), the Arabic form of the name
- **ENVER**, a game studio based in New York City

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