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Akhtar (Persian: اختر) (Pashto: اختر) means "star" in Persian and is used in Pashto for Nowruz and Eid Day. It is also a common surname. A variant spelling is Akhter.
Notable people with the given name or surname include:
Look up akhtar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Akhtar (Persian: اختر) (Pashto: اختر) means "star" in Persian and is used in Pashto for Nowruz and...
Shoaib Akhtar (Urdu, Punjabi: شعیب اختر; pronounced [ʃoeːb əxt̪ər] ; born 13 August 1975) is a Pakistani former international cricketer and commentator...
Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, writer, dialogue writer, singer and songwriter who works in Hindi films. Born in Mumbai...
Javed Akhtar (born 17 January 1945) is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist and poet. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards...
Adeel Akhtar (born 18 September 1980) is a British actor. In 2017, he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his role in Murdered...
Zoya Akhtar (born 14 October 1972) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. Born to Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, she completed...
Dilshad Akhtar (Punjabi: ਦਿਲਸ਼ਾਦ ਅਖ਼ਤਰ), sometimes spelled as Dilshad Akhter, was a Punjabi singer. He also worked as playback singer in many Punjabi films...
Manpreet Akhtar (1965 – 18 January 2016) was a Punjabi folk singer and the sister of Dilshad Akhtar, who was also a Punjabi-language folk singer. She is...
Moin Akhter (also: "معین اختر" Moin Akhtar), (24 December 1950 – 22 April 2011) was a Pakistani television, film and stage artist, humorist, comedian,...
Gulraiz Akhtar (2 February 1943 – 1 November 2021) was a Pakistani field hockey player. He was born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan to Muhammad Amin and Amina...
Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan Azhari (23 November 1943 – 20 July 2018), also known as Tajush Shari'ah or Azhari Miya, was an Indian Barelvi Muslim scholar...
as ZNMD, is a 2011 Hindi-language film directed by Zoya Akhtar and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani under Excel Entertainment. The film stars...
Akhtari Bai Faizabadi (7 October 1914 – 30 October 1974), also known as Begum Akhtar, was an Indian singer and actress. Dubbed "Mallika-e-Ghazal" (Queen of Ghazals)...
Akleem Akhtar (Urdu: اکلیم اختر; 1931/1932 – 1 July 2002), also known as General Rani, was the mistress of the Pakistani President and Dictator General...
Naheed Akhtar (also spelled Nahid Akhtar; born September 26, 1956) is a Pakistani playback singer. She is tagged as the "Nightingale of Pakistan". She...
Qasim Akhtar (born 8 June 1991) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Chesney Karib in the Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless and Zeedan Nazir...
Akhtar Abdur Rahman (11 June 1924 – 17 August 1988), was a Pakistan Army general who served as the 5th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1987...
Productions Akhtar was born in a Pakistani Business class family to Mohammad Akhtar Shafi and Rizwana Akhtar where his father Mohammad Akhtar Shafi was...
Ikram Akhtar is an Indian screenwriter, producer and director working in Bollywood. He has started acting institute named Ikram Akhtar Actor Factors. Moradabad...
Philadelphia. Salman Akhtar was born in Khairabad, Uttar Pradesh to Jan Nisar Akhtar, a Bollywood film songwriter and Urdu poet, and Safia Akhtar, a teacher and...
Waseem Akhtar (Urdu: وسیم اختر; born 25 November 1955) is a Pakistani politician of the Muttahida Quami Movement (P). He served as the Mayor of Karachi...
Akhtar Mirza was an Indian screenwriter and director for Bollywood films. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Story, for the 1965 film Waqt. He is the father...
Akhtar (Urdu: منیب اختر; born 14 December 1963) is a Pakistani jurist who serves as justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 8 May 2018. Akhtar...
Akhtar Mohammad Mansour (1960s – 21 May 2016) was the second supreme leader of the Taliban. Succeeding the founding leader, Mullah Omar, he was the supreme...
Kabir Akhtar (born January 11, 1975) is an American television director and editor, who won an Emmy Award in 2016. His credits include work for Arrested...
Sehba Akhtar (30 September 1931 – 19 February 1996) was a poet and a film songwriter in Pakistan. He was born Akhtar Ali Rehmat in the household of Rehmat...
Bhabani made her Bollywood debut as a hairstylist in 2001 with Farhan Akhtar's Dil Chahta Hai. It was a path-breaking film in many ways – including the...
Raja Saleem Akhtar (Punjabi, Urdu: راجہ سلیم اختر) (8 September 1930 – 22 April 2004) was a Pakistani cricketer who played for Multan and Sargodha. His...