Afşar is a surname derived from Turkish.^[1] 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

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Afşar.
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• Afşar (disambiguation)