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