Anvar is a given name and surname. The name comes from

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and means "light", like the variant Anwar. Notable persons with the name Anvar include:

Persons with the given name

Anvar Berdiev Anvar Berdiev (born 11 May 1978) is a retired Uzbek professional footballer. He currently assistant coach in Istiqlol Fergana. Career He began his career at Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon. In 2000, he moved to Neftchi Farg'ona. Playing for Neftchi, he w ...

(born 1978), Uzbek footballer *

Anvar Bikzhanov Anvar Karimovich Bikzhanov (russian: Анвар Каримович Бикжанов; born 21 April 1950) is a Russian football coach. Bikzhanov has managed FC Lada-Togliatti-VAZ Togliatti and FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk in the Russian First D ...

(born 1951), Russian football coach *

Anvar Gafurov Anvar Gafurov (uz: Анвар Ғофуров; born 14 May 1982) is an Uzbekistani professional footballer who currently plays for FC Bunyodkor as a defender. Career Anvar Gafurov plays for FC Bunyodkor since 2009 after move from Mash'al Mubarek ...

(born 1982), Uzbek footballer *

Anvar Gazimagomedov Anvar Anasovich Gazimagomedov (russian: Анвар Анасович Газимагомедов; born 11 May 1988) is a Russian former professional football player. He played as a right midfielder. Club career He made his Russian Premier League ...

(born 1988), Russian footballer *

Anvar Ibragimgadzhiyev Anvar Imanaliyevich Ibragimgadzhiyev (russian: Анвар Иманалиевич Ибрагимгаджиев; born 27 September 1991) is a former Russian professional football player. Career Anvar Ibragimgadzhiyev made his professional debut f ...

(born 1991), Russian footballer *

Anvar Ibragimov Anvar Kamilevich Ibragimov (russian: Анвар Камилевич Ибрагимов; born 27 November 1965) is a Soviet fencer of Tatar descent. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Oly ...

(born 1965), Soviet fencer *

Anvar Juraboev Anvar Juraboev ( uz, Анвар Жўрабоев, russian: Анвар Джурабаев; 22 May 1948 – 16 September 2010) was an Uzbek journalist, historian and politician. He was involved in creation of the newly independent Uzbekistan's const ...

(1948–2010), Uzbek journalist, historian and politician *

Anvar Mammadkhanli Anvar Gafar oglu Mammadkhanli ( az, Ənvər Qafar oğlu Məmməmədxanlı; 6 February 1913 – 19 December 1990) was a prominent writer and screenwriter, script writer, translator and art worker. Anvar Mammadkhanli since 1938 is a member of Aze ...

(1913–1990), writer and screenwriter, script writer, translator and art worker *

Anvar Chingizoglu Anvar Chingizoglu Farajov ( az, Ənvər Çingizoğlu Fərəcov; 10 May 1962 – 10 July 2022) was an Azerbaijani historian, ethnologist and genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Azerbaijan, Iran and the Ot ...

(born 1962, Azerbaijani historian, ethnologist and genealogist *

Anvar Rajabov Anvar Rajabov ( uz, Анвар Ражабов), born 23 January 1988, is an Uzbekistani football striker. Her currently plays for Navbahor Namangan in the Uzbek League. Career In 2006-2007 he played for ''Bukhoro''. After that he joined Bun ...

(born 1988), Uzbek footballer *

Anvar Sadat Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...

(1918–1981), President of Egypt, serving 1970 to 1981 *

Anvar Saidenov Anvar Saidenov ( kk, Ánýar Ǵalımollauly Sáıdenov, born September 19, 1960) – financier, banker, who held high political positions in Kazakhstan. Education specialty - economist, holds a master's degree in economics and finance. Speaks Kaz ...

(born 1960), Kazakh national bank chairman *

Anvar Soliev Anvarjon Soliev (born 5 February 1978) is a retired Uzbekistani football striker and football coach. Early life He was born in Turakurgan of Namangan region. Career Navbahor Namangan Firstly he played in Yoshlik football team. Then he cont ...

(born 1978), Uzbek footballer *

Anvar-qori Tursunov Anvar-qori Tursunov ( uz, Анвар қори Турсунов; russian: Анвар-кори Турсунов) was a prominent imam- khatib at the Kukeldash mosque in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He was stabbed several times on 31 July 2009, but recovered ...

, Uzbek imam *

Anvar Yunusov Anvar Yunusov (born February 1, 1987, Dushanbe) is a Tajikistani boxer who currently competes as a professional in the super featherweight division. As an amateur, he won bronze at the 2011 amateur world championships, gold at the 2011 Asian cham ...

(born 1987), Tajik boxer

Persons with the surname

* Cas Anvar, Canadian actor, voice actor, and writer *

Hassan Anvar Anwar Hassan (born August 25, 1974) is a Uyghur refugee who was wrongly imprisoned for more than seven years in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps.http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/17-innocent-uighurs-detained-guant%C3 ...

, Chinese-Uyghur refugee wrongly imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay detention camp *

Qasem-e Anvar Mu'in al-Din Ali Husayni Sarabi Tabrizi, commonly known by his ''laqab'' (honorific title) of Qasim-i Anvar ( fa, قاسم انوار; 1356 – 1433) was a Sufi mystic, poet, and a leading ''da'i'' (preacher) of the Safavid order. Biography Born ...

(1356–1433),

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

mystic, poet, and a leading ''

da'i A da'i ( ar, داعي, dāʿī, inviter, caller, ) is generally someone who engages in Dawah, the act of inviting people to Islam. See also * Dawah * Da'i al-Mutlaq, "the absolute (unrestricted) missionary" (Arabic: الداعي المطلق) * ...

'' (preacher) of the

Safavid order The Safavid order, also called the Safaviyya ( fa, صفویه), was a tariqa ( Sufi order) founded by the KurdishKhvajeh Anvar Khvajeh Anvar ( fa, خواجه انور, also Romanized as Khvājeh Anvar; also known as Khājawar, Khajeh Anvar, and Khvājehvar) is a village in Donbaleh Rud-e Shomali Rural District, Dehdez District, Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran ...

, a village in Donbaleh Rud-e Shomali Rural District, Dehdez District, Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran *

Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan Ənvər Məmmədxanlı (until 2008, Kirovkend and Kirovkənd) is a village and municipality in the Ujar Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 237. The village was formerly named for Sergey Kirov Sergei Mironovich Kirov (né Kostrikov; ...

, a village and municipality in the Ujar Rayon of Azerbaijan *

Andvar Andevar ( fa, اندوار, also Romanized as Andevār and Andavār) is a village located in a mountainous area on the Alborz Haraz road, in the Central District of Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic ...

, a village in Chelav Rural District, in the Central District of Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran *

Anvard Narnia is a fantasy world created by C. S. Lewis as the primary location for his series of seven fantasy novels for children, ''The Chronicles of Narnia''. The world is named after the country of Narnia, where much of the ''Chronicles'' takes p ...

, the moatless castle where King Lune of Archenland resides in the fictional land of Narnia *

Anvari Anvari (1126–1189), full name Awhad ad-Din 'Ali ibn Mohammad Khavarani or Awhad ad-Din 'Ali ibn Mahmud ( fa, اوحدالدین علی ابن محمد انوری) was a Persian poet. Anvarī was born in Abivard (now in Turkmenistan) and died in ...

(1126–1189), Persian poet *

Anvari (surname) Anvari (Persian: انورى) is an Iranian surname that may refer to * Abbas Anvari, Iranian physicist *Abolfazl Anvari (1938–2018), Iranian freestyle wrestler *Babak Anvari, Iranian filmmaker *Hossein Ali Anvari, Iranian electrical engineer *Ki ...

* Avar (disambiguation) * Anwar (disambiguation) {{given name, type=both