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 (born 1966), Canadian actor, voice actor, and writer Hassan Anvar (born 1974), 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 Camilla Anvar British Uzbek-Uyghur Actress
See also Khvajeh Anvar, a village in Donbaleh Rud-e Shomali Rural District, Dehdez District, Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality in the Ujar Rayon of Azerbaijan Andvar, a village in Chelav Rural District, in the Central District of Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran Anvard, the moatless castle where King Lune of Archenland resides in the fictional land of Narnia Anvari (1126–1189), Persian poet Anvari (surname) Avar (disambiguation) Anwar (disambiguation)