Agar is both a surname and a given name.

People with the surname

* Alf Agar (1904–1989), English footballer *

Allan Agar Allan Agar (born 11 June 1949) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coached in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for Featherstone Rovers ( Heritage № 483) (two spells), De ...

(born 1949) (father of

Richard Agar Richard Agar (born 20 January 1972) is an English professional rugby league coach who is the former head coach of the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He play ...

), English rugby league footballer and coach * Andrew Agar (cricketer) (born 1956), English cricketer *

Ashton Agar Ashton Charles Agar (born 14 October 1993) is an Australian cricketer who has played all forms of the game at international level. Agar plays domestically for Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers. A left-handed spin bowling all rounder, he ...

(born 1993), Australian cricketer *

Augustus Agar Commodore Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, (4 January 1890 – 30 December 1968) was a Royal Navy officer in both the First and the Second World Wars. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of th ...

(1890–1968), British Royal Navy commodore and recipient of the Victoria Cross * Bernice Agar (1885–1976), Australian photographer * Carl Agar (1901–1968), Canadian pioneering aviator * Charles Agar (disambiguation), several people *

Charles d'Agar Charles d'Agar (1669–1723) was a French, and , describe d'Agar as a French painter. Alternately, , says that " 'Agar's''œuvre'' was clearly of more consequence to English art than that of his father." portrait painter, the son of Jacques d'Agar ...

(1669–1723), French painter *

Edward Agar, 5th Earl of Normanton Edward John Sidney Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, 5th Earl of Normanton (29 March 1910 – 28 January 1967) was a British and Irish peer, soldier, and landowner, a member of the House of Lords from 1933 until his death. From birth until 1933 he wa ...

(1910–1967), a British and Irish peer and landowner *

Eileen Agar Eileen Forrester Agar (1 December 1899 – 17 November 1991) was a British-Argentinian painter and photographer associated with the Surrealist movement. Biography Agar was born in Buenos Aires, to a Scottish father and American mother. Her fat ...

(1899–1991), Argentine-born British painter and photographer *

George Agar, 1st Baron Callan George Agar, 1st Baron Callan PC (4 December 1751 – 29 October 1815) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. Agar was the third son of James Agar, of Ringwood, County Kilkenny, by the Honourable Rebecca Flower, daughter of William Flower, 1s ...

(1751–1815), Irish politician * George Agar (rugby league) (1902–1966), Australian rugby league footballer *

Herbert Agar Herbert Sebastian Agar (29 September 1897 – 24 November 1980) was an American journalist and historian, and an editor of the ''Louisville Courier-Journal''. Early life Herbert Sebastian Agar was born September 29, 1897 in New Rochelle, New York ...

(1897–1980), American journalist and editor, and Pulitzer Prize winner *

Jacques d'Agar Jacques d'Agar (''Danish: Jacob d'Agar'' 9 March 1640 – 16 November 1715) was a French portrait painter born in Paris. He was a pupil of Jacob Ferdinand Voet. He began his career as an history painter, but he soon abandoned history for portrai ...

(1640–1716), French portrait painter, son of Charles d'Agar * James Agar (disambiguation), several people *

John Agar John George Agar Jr. (January 31, 1921 – April 7, 2002) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for starring alongside John Wayne in the films ''Sands of Iwo Jima'', '' Fort Apache'', and ''She Wore a Yellow Ribbon''. In hi ...

(1921–2002), American actor and husband of Shirley Temple *

(born 1946), Australian nephrologist *

John Samuel Agar John Samuel Agar (1773–1858) was an English portrait painter and engraver, who exhibited his works at the Royal Academy from 1796 to 1806Bryan and at the British Institution until 1811. He did not exhibit again until 1836. He had been declared ...

(1773–1858), English portrait painter and engraver *

Madeline Agar Madeline Agnes Agar (21 May 1874 – 30 November 1967) was a British landscape designer. She was an early professional female landscape designer in Britain, and responsible for the design and the layout of a number of public gardens across London ...

(1874–1967), English landscape designer, sister of Wilfred *

Malik Agar Malik Agar is a Sudanese politician and insurgent leader active in the insurgency in Blue Nile state. Second Sudanese Civil War Agar joined the Sudanese armed opposition shortly after the beginning of the Second Sudanese Civil War in 1983. I ...

, Sudanese politician *

Mehmet Ağar Mehmet Kemal Ağar (born on 30 October 1951) is a Turkish former police chief, politician, government minister and leader of the Democratic Party. He was a police officer who rose to General Director of the General Directorate of Security (effect ...

(born 1951), Turkish former police chief, politician, government minister and leader of the Democratic Party *

Nat Agar Nathan "Nat" Agar (July 26, 1887 – June 24, 1978) was an English-American soccer player, coach, referee, team owner and league executive. He was part of the formation of the United States Football Association, but later fought it as a team owne ...

(1888–1978), English-American soccer player, coach, referee, team owner and league executive *

Nicholas Agar Nicholas Agar (born 1965) is a New Zealand professor of ethics at the University of Waikato. Agar has a BA from the University of Auckland, an MA from the Victoria University of Wellington, and a PhD from the Australian National University. He h ...

(born 1965), Australian professor of ethics *

(son of

), English rugby league footballer and coach *

Shaun Agar, 6th Earl of Normanton Shaun James Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, 6th Earl of Normanton (21 August 1945 – 13 February 2019) was an Irish and British peer, soldier, landowner, and powerboat racer. From birth until 1967 he was known by the courtesy title of Viscount Some ...

(1945–2019), a British and Irish landowner and powerboat racer *

Sidney James Agar, 4th Earl of Normanton Sidney James Agar, 4th Earl of Normanton (9 April 1865 – 25 November 1933) was a British and Irish peer and landowner, a member of the House of Lords from 1896 until his death. The second son of James Charles Herbert Welbore Ellis Agar, 3rd Earl ...

(1865–1933), British and Irish peer *

Welbore Ellis Agar Welbore Ellis Agar FRS (1735 – 30 October 1805) was an Anglo-Irish gentleman, senior officer of HM Revenue and Customs, and art collector, who lived most of his life in Mayfair, Westminster. Life Agar was the middle son of Henry Agar of Gowran ...

(1735–1805), commissioner of

HM Revenue and Customs HM Revenue and Customs (His Majesty's Revenue and Customs, or HMRC) is a non-ministerial government department, non-ministerial Departments of the United Kingdom Government, department of the His Majesty's Government, UK Government responsible fo ...

and art collector *

Welbore Ellis Agar, 2nd Earl of Normanton Welbore Ellis Agar, 2nd Earl of Normanton (12 November 1778 — 26 August 1868) was an Irish peer and landowner, of Anglo-Irish origins, who spent most of his life in England, where he acquired the Somerley estate in 1825. His father was Charle ...

(1778–1868), Irish peer and landowner *

Wes Agar Wesley Austin Agar (born 5 February 1997) is an Australian cricketer. He is a fast bowler who has played for Australia's national youth team, and has played first-class and List A cricket for South Australia and Twenty20s for the Adelaide Str ...

(born 1997), Australian cricketer *

Wilfred Eade Agar Wilfred Eade Agar FRS (27 April 1882 – 14 July 1951) was an Anglo-Australian zoologist. Agar was born in Wimbledon, England. He was educated at Sedbergh School, Yorkshire, and at King's College, Cambridge, where he read zoology. He serv ...

(1882–1951), Anglo-Australian zoologist, brother of Madeline *

William Agar William Talbot Agar (15 February 1814 – 12 June 1906) was an English cricketer with amateur status. He was born at Camden Town, London and played for Cambridge University and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and made his first-class debut in 18 ...

(1814–1906), English cricketer * William Seth Agar (1815–1872), English Roman Catholic priest

Given name

In Russian

In the

Russian language Russian (russian: русский язык, russkij jazyk, link=no, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language mainly spoken in Russia. It is the First language, native language of the Russians, and belongs to the Indo-European langua ...

, the name "" (''Agar'') is used predominantly in the biblical context and derives from "

Hagar Hagar, of uncertain origin; ar, هَاجَر, Hājar; grc, Ἁγάρ, Hagár; la, Agar is a biblical woman. According to the Book of Genesis, she was an Egyptian slave, a handmaiden of Sarah (then known as ''Sarai''), whom Sarah gave to he ...

"—a person mentioned in the

Book of Genesis The Book of Genesis (from Greek ; Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, ( "In the beginning") ...

.Superanskaya pp. 250–251 In 1924–1930, the name was included into various Soviet calendars.Superanskaya pp. 22 and 278

People with the given name

Agar Adamson Agar Stewart Allan Masterton Adamson (25 December 1865 – 21 November 1929) was a Canadian soldier who married the Toronto heiress Mabel Cawthra. He served with distinction in the Second Boer War and in World War I, and commanded the Princess ...

(1865–1929), a well-to-do Canadian who married the Toronto heiress Mabel Cawthra *

Agar Rodney Adamson Agar Rodney Adamson (November 8, 1901 – April 8, 1954) was a Canadian politician. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada who represented the riding of York West from 1940-1954. He died in a plane crash in 19 ...

(1901–1954), Canadian mining engineer and politician *

Agar Wynne Agar Wynne (15 July 185012 May 1934) was an Australian lawyer and politician. He began his career in the Victorian Legislative Council and served two terms as Solicitor-General of Victoria. In 1906, he transferred to the federal House of Repres ...

(1850–1934), Australian politician

References

Notes

Sources

* А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (''Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling''). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005. * А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (''Dictionary of Russian Names''). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. {{Given name, type=both