# Gar (name)

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**Gar** may be a clan name, given name and/or nickname.

## Tibetan clan name

The **Gar**, **mGar** or **sGar** clan has included the following people:

- [Gar Tongtsen Yülsung](/source/Gar_Tongtsen_Y%C3%BClsung) (590–667), Tibetan Empire general and Great Minister
- [Gar Tsenye Dompu](/source/Gar_Tsenye_Dompu) (died 685), Tibetan Empire general, eldest son of Gar Tongtsen Yülsung
- [Gar Trinring Tsendro](/source/Gar_Trinring_Tsendro) (died 699), Tibetan Empire general, son of Gar Tongtsen Yülsung
- [Gar Mangsham Sumnang](/source/Gar_Mangsham_Sumnang), 7th century Tibetan Empire general and Great Minister

## Given name or nickname

- [Gar Alperovitz](/source/Gar_Alperovitz) (born 1936), American political economist and historian
- [Gar Baxter](/source/Gar_Baxter) (born c. 1929), Canadian former football player
- [Gar Forman](/source/Gar_Forman), American National Basketball Association team executive
- [Gar Anthony Haywood](/source/Gar_Anthony_Haywood) (born 1954), American author of crime fiction
- [Gar Heard](/source/Gar_Heard) (born Garfield Heard, 1948), American retired National Basketball Association player and coach
- [Garton Hone](/source/Garton_Hone) (1901–1991), Australian tennis and cricket player
- [Gar Joseph](/source/Gar_Joseph), American journalist
- [Gar Knutson](/source/Gar_Knutson), also known as Thomas Garfield (born 1956), Canadian politician and lawyer
- [Edgar Martínez](/source/Edgar_Mart%C3%ADnez), American former baseball player
- [Edgar Moon](/source/Edgar_Moon) (1904–1976), Australian tennis player
- [Gar Samuelson](/source/Gar_Samuelson) (1958–1999), former drummer for metal band Megadeth
- Gar Saxon, a fictional [Star Wars](/source/Star_Wars) character in the animated series [Star Wars Rebels](/source/Star_Wars_Rebels) and [Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)](/source/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(2008_TV_series))
- [Gar Waddy](/source/Gar_Waddy) (1879–1963), Australian cricketer
- [Garfield Wood](/source/Garfield_Wood) (1880–1971), American inventor, entrepreneur, motorboat builder, racer and world speed record holder

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