Akhtar
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Akhtar (Persian: اختر) means "star" in Persian. It is a unisex name. It is also a common surname. A variant spelling is Akhter.
Notable people with the given name or surname include:Template:Infobox given name
Given name[edit]
Akhtar[edit]
- Akhtar Aly Kureshy Pakistani lawyer and professor
- Akhtar ul Iman (1915–1996), Indian Urdu poet and screenwriter
- Akhtar Mengal, Pakistani politician
- Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani development practitioner and social scientist
- Akhtar Khan, British television and radio presenter for the BBC
- Akhtar Chaudhry, Pakistani-Norwegian politician
- Akhtar Hussain Malik, general of the Pakistan Army
Akhter[edit]
- Akhter Husain (1902–1983), Pakistani politician
Aktar[edit]
- Aktar Islam, British-Bangladeshi restaurateur
Surname[edit]
Akhtar[edit]
- 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
- Najma Akhtar, British singer
- Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
- Zoya Akhtar, Indian film director
Akhter[edit]
- Mahfuza Akhter, Bangladeshi football administrator, member of the FIFA Council
- Doli Akhter (born 1986), Olympic swimmer from Bangladesh
- Moin Akhter (1950–2011), Pakistani television actor
- Salma Akhter, Bangladeshi singer
Aktar[edit]
- Cengiz Aktar, Turkish scientist
- Mohammad Aktar, Afghan wrestler
See also[edit]
- Akhtar, a Persian-language periodical founded in Istanbul, 1876