Behar or Bahar is a surname of

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origin, thought to be an abbreviation of ''ben kavod rabbi'',

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for "a son of the honorable

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". Notable people with the surname include: * Abdellah Béhar (born 1963), Moroccan-born French runner *

Adriana Behar Adriana Brandão Behar (born February 14, 1969, in Rio de Janeiro) was one of the most outstanding volleyball players of her generation. Behar is Jewish. She moved to beach volleyball in 1993, after playing in the Brazilian women's national i ...

(born 1969), Brazilian volleyball athlete *

Ariel Behar Ariel Behar (; born November 12, 1989 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. He specializes in men's doubles and has won three ATP titles with Ecuadorian partner Gonzalo Escobar. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 3 ...

(born 1989), Uruguayan tennis player *

Howard Behar Howard Behar is former president of Starbucks Coffee Company International and the author of ''It's Not About The Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks''. He started working at Starbucks in 1989 when the company had just begun t ...

, Former President of Starbucks *

Joy Behar Josephine Victoria "Joy" Behar (; née Occhiuto) is an American comedian, television host, actress, and writer. She co-hosts the ABC daytime talk show '' The View'', where she is the only original panelist still regularly appearing. She hosted ...

(born 1942), American comedian * Maksim Behar (born 1955), Bulgarian-Israeli businessman *

Richard Behar Richard Behar is an American investigative journalist. Since 2012, he has been the Contributing Editor of Investigations for Forbes magazine. From 1982 to 2004, he wrote on the staffs of ''Forbes'', ''Time'' and ''Fortune''. Behar's work has a ...

, American investigative journalist *

Ruth Behar Ruth Behar (born 1956) is a Cuban-American anthropologist and writer.Ruth Beh ...

(born 1956), Cuban-American writer and anthropologist *

Sasha Behar Sasha Behar (born 25 September 1971) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Maya Sharma in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Career Behar portrayed the character of villain Maya Sharma in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation ...

(born 1971), British actress *

Yves Béhar Yves Béhar (born 1967) is a Swiss-born American designer, entrepreneur, and educator. He is the founder and principal designer of Fuseproject, an industrial design and brand development firm. Béhar is also co-founder and Chief Creative Office ...

(born 1967), Swiss-born industrial designer * Katherine Behar American feminist theorist

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