Gohar
# Gohar

Gohar and Gauhar are given names and surnames. Gawhar is a given name. Bearers of the name include:

## Given name

### Gohar

* Gohar Ali Shah, Pakistani politician from Mardan District, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
* Gohar Dashti (born 1980), Iranian photographer and video artist
* Gohar Faiz (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
* Gohar Gasparyan (1924–2007), Armenian opera singer
* Gohar Gasparyan (television presenter), Armenian television presenter
* Gohar Ayub Khan, Pakistani politician
* Gohar Kheirandish, Iranian actress
* Gohar Markosjan-Käsper (1949–2015), Armenian-Estonian writer
* Gohar Mamajiwala (1910–1985), Indian singer, actress, producer and studio owner
* Gohar Muradyan, Armenian philologist and translator
* Gohar Nabil (born 1973), Egyptian handball player
* Gohar Rasheed (born 1984), Pakistani actor
* Gohar Shah (born 1995), Pakistani cricketer
* Gohar Zaman (born 1979), Pakistani footballer

### Gauhar

* Gauhar Ara Begum (1631–c. 1706), Mughal princess, daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
* Gauhar Afroz (born 1965), also known as Gori, Pakistani retired film actress
* Gauhar Ali (born 1989), Pakistani cricketer
* Gauhar Hafeez (born 1999), Pakistani cricketer
* Gauhar Jaan (1873–1930), Indian singer and dancer
* Gauhar Jamil (c. 1925–1980), Bangladeshi dancer born Ganesh Nath
* Gauhar Raza (born 1956), Indian poet, social activist and documentary filmmaker
* Gauhar Rehman (1936–2003), Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician

### Gawhar

* Gawhar (died between 1892 and 1921), third wife of Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith religion
* Hajji Gawhar Khanum, first female poet and astronomer of the 19th-century Qajar empire
* Gawhar Shad (died 1457), chief consort of Shah Rukh, ruler of the Timurid Empire

## Surname

### Gohar

* Ali Gohar, birth name of Shah Alam II (1728–1806), Mughal emperor
* Ali Gohar, Pakistani scholar and restorative justice expert, founder and executive director of Just Peace Initiatives (formerly Just Peace International)
* Bushra Gohar, Pakistani politician and Pashtun human rights activist
* Hamed Gohar, Egyptian oceanographer and biologist
* Nouran Gohar (born 1997), Egyptian squash player

### Gauhar

* Altaf Gauhar (1923–2000), Pakistani civil servant, journalist, poet, and writer very close to the country’s first military dictator, Ayub Khan
* Madeeha Gauhar (1956–2018), Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist
* Ranjana Gauhar, Indian classical dancer
