Gar (name)

Gar may be a clan name, given name and/or nickname.

Tibetan clan name
The Gar, mGar or sGar clan has included the following people:
 * Gar Tongtsen Yülsung (590–667), Tibetan Empire general and Great Minister
 * Gar Tsenye Dompu (died 685), Tibetan Empire general, eldest son of Gar Tongtsen Yülsung
 * Gar Trinring Tsendro (died 699), Tibetan Empire general, son of Gar Tongtsen Yülsung
 * Gar Mangsham Sumnang, 7th century Tibetan Empire general and Great Minister

Given name or nickname

 * Gar Alperovitz (born 1936), American political economist and historian
 * Gar Baxter (born c. 1929), Canadian former football player
 * Gar Forman, American National Basketball Association team executive
 * Gar Anthony Haywood (born 1954), American author of crime fiction
 * Gar Heard (born Garfield Heard, 1948), American retired National Basketball Association player and coach
 * Garton Hone (1901–1991), Australian tennis and cricket player
 * Gar Joseph, American journalist
 * Gar Knutson, also known as Thomas Garfield (born 1956), Canadian politician and lawyer
 * Edgar Martínez, American former baseball player
 * Edgar Moon (1904–1976), Australian tennis player
 * Gar Samuelson (1958–1999), former drummer for metal band Megadeth
 * Gar Saxon, a fictional Star Wars character in the animated series Star Wars Rebels and Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)
 * Gar Waddy (1879–1963), Australian cricketer
 * Garfield Wood (1880–1971), American inventor, entrepreneur, motorboat builder, racer and world speed record holder