Anvar

Anvar is a given name and surname. The name comes from Arabic and means "light", like the variant Anwar. Notable persons with the name Anvar include:

Persons with the given name

 * Anvar Berdiev (born 1978), Uzbek footballer
 * Anvar Bikzhanov (born 1951), Russian football coach
 * Anvar Gafurov (born 1982), Uzbek footballer
 * Anvar Gazimagomedov (born 1988), Russian footballer
 * Anvar Ibragimgadzhiyev (born 1991), Russian footballer
 * Anvar Ibragimov (1965–2023), Soviet Olympic champion fencer
 * Anvar Juraboev (1948–2010), Uzbek journalist, historian and politician
 * Anvar Mammadkhanli (1913–1990), Soviet and Azerbaijani writer and screenwriter, script writer, translator and art worker
 * Anvar Chingizoglu (born 1962, Azerbaijani historian, ethnologist and genealogist
 * Anvar Rajabov (born 1988), Uzbek footballer
 * Anvar Sadat (1918–1981), President of Egypt, serving 1970 to 1981
 * Anvar Saidenov (born 1960), Kazakh national bank chairman
 * Anvar Soliev (born 1978), Uzbek footballer
 * Anvar-qori Tursunov, Uzbek imam
 * Anvar Yunusov (born 1987), Tajik boxer

Persons with the surname

 * Cas Anvar, Canadian actor, voice actor, and writer
 * Hassan Anvar, Chinese-Uyghur refugee wrongly imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay detention camp
 * Qasem-e Anvar (1356–1433), Sufi mystic, poet, and a leading da'i (preacher) of the Safavid order