Asghar () is a Persian name and may refer to:

Given name

Asghar Ali (cricketer, born 1971) Asghar Ali (born 3 September 1971) is a Pakistani-born cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. A right-handed batsman, Ali played only two One Day International One Day International (ODI) is a format of cri ...

, United Arab Emirates cricketer *

Asghar Ali (cricketer, born 1924) Syed Asghar Ali (11 June 1924 – 19 April 1979) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket in India from 1943 to 1949, and in Pakistan from 1949 to 1957. A middle-order batsman, Asghar Ali's highest score was 103 not out in a team total o ...

(1924–1979), cricketer in India from 1943 to 1949, and in Pakistan from 1949 to 1957 *

Ali Asghar Bazri Ali Asghar Bazri (; born September 11, 1980, in Behshahr, Mazandaran, Iran) is an Iranian wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a ...

, Iranian wrestler *

Asghar Ali Engineer Asghar Ali Engineer (10 March 1939 – 14 May 2013) was an Indian reformist writer and social activist. Internationally known for his work on liberation theology in Islam, he led the Progressive Dawoodi Bohra movement. The focus of his work w ...

, Indian civil engineer, Islamic scholar, and religious figure *

Asghar Farhadi Asghar Farhadi ( ; born 7 May 1972)Soureh Movie Database
is an Iranian ...

, Iranian film director and screenwriter *

Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn Abd-Allah ibn al-Husayn (), also known as Ali al-Asghar (), was the youngest son of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad and the third Shia Imam. A young child, likely an infant, he was killed in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE, alongside h ...

, the youngest child of Husayn ibn Ali *

Asghar Khan Mohammad Asghar Khan (17 January 1921 – 5 January 2018) known as ''Night Flyer,'' held the distinction of being the first native and second C-in-C of the PAF, Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) from 1957 to 1965. He has been d ...

, Pakistani Air Force veteran fighter pilot and politician *

Asghar Qadir Asghar Qadir ( born 23 July 1946) ''HI'', ''SI'', ''FPAS'', is a Pakistani mathematician and a prominent cosmologist, specialised in mathematical physics and physical cosmology. Nowadays, he is widely considered one of the top mathematician ...

, Pakistani mathematician and scientist in the field of cosmology *

Asghar Afghan Mohammad Asghar Afghan (; born Mohammad Asghar Stanikzai) is an Afghan former cricketer who had captained the Afghanistan national cricket team. Asghar is a right-handed batsman and a medium-fast bowler. In May 2018, he was named as the capta ...

, Afghan cricketer

Surname

Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Asghar (30 September 1945 – 16 June 2020), known as Oscar, was a Welsh politician who was a Member of the Senedd for South Wales East. He was a member of the Welsh Conservatives, and previously of Welsh Labour, and Plaid Cymru. H ...

, Welsh politician *

Mohammad Asghar (cricketer) Mohammad Asghar (; born 28 December 1998) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer, who plays as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He is from Chaman, Pakistan. He plays for United Bank Limited cricket team in the first-class arena, and plays for Quet ...

, Pakistani Cricketer *

Natasha Asghar Natasha Asghar (born 20 October 1983) is a Welsh Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of the Senedd for the South Wales East region since 2021, and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education since December 2024. Her father Moham ...

, Welsh politician *

Sohail Asghar Sohail Asghar (15 June 1954 – 13 November 2021) was a Pakistani TV, film and theater actor. Career Sohail was born in Multan, Pakistan in 1954. After completing his education he joined Radio Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan. He worked as a Radio J ...

(1954–2021), Pakistani actor {{surname Arabic-language masculine given names Masculine given names