Afşar (surname)
# Afşar (surname)

Afşar is a surname derived from Turkish. It has several variants such as Afshar and Avşar. Notable people with the surname include:

* Amīr Aṣlān Afshār (1919–2021), Iranian diplomat and politician
* Amir Khosrow Afshar (1919–1999), Iranian diplomat and former foreign minister
* Ebrahim Afshar (died 1749), Shah of Persia during the Afsharid Empire
* Esin Afşar (1936–2011), Turkish singer and stage actress
* Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar (1944–2022), Iranian British life peer in the House of Lords
* Hamid Ullah Afsar (1895–1974), Indian Urdu poet and writer
* Hoda Afshar (born 1983), Iranian-Australian photographer and artist
* Hülya Avşar (born 1963), Turkish actress, singer, and businesswoman
* Iraj Afshar (1925–2011), Iranian historian and scholar
* Jamshid Afshar, Iranian fighter pilot
* Kamran Afshar Naderi (born 1959), Iranian architect
* Kerim Afşar (1930–2003), Turkish actor
* Mahnaz Afshar (born 1977), Iranian actress
* Nader Shah Afshar (1688-1747), Shah of Iran, founder of an Iranian empire and the Afsharid dynasty
* Nazak Afshar, French-Iranian woman imprisoned in Iran
* Shahriar Afshar (born 1971), Iranian-American physicist
