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:

Given name[]

Akhtar[]

• 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[]

• Akhter Husain (1902–1983), Pakistani politician

Aktar[]

• Aktar Islam, British-Bangladeshi restaurateur

Surname[]

Akhtar[]

• 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[]

• 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[]

• Cengiz Aktar, Turkish scientist
• Mohammad Aktar, Afghan wrestler

See also[]

• Akhtar, a Persian-language periodical founded in Istanbul, 1876

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