Zafar is a Persian origin name meaning "victory" or "victor".
Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
- Bahadur Shah II, last Mughal Emperor, also known by his nom de plume, Zafar
- Zafar Ali Khan, Pakistani writer
- Zafar Ali Naqvi, Indian politician
- Zafarullah Khan, Pakistani statesman, President of the 17th UN General Assembly and President of the International Court of Justice.
- Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician
- Zafar Bangash, Pakistani writer
- Zafar Iqbal (disambiguation), various people
- Zafar Mehmood Mughal, ASC, Chairman Executive of Punjab Bar Council
- Zafar Saifullah, Indian politician
- Zafar Ansari, retired English cricketer of Pakistani descent
- Zafar Usmanov (born 1937), Soviet and Tajik mathematician
Middle name:
- Syed Zafar Islam, Indian politician, national spokesman for the Bharatiya Janata Party and current member of the Rajya Sabha
Surname:
- Ali Zafar, Pakistani musician
- Bahadur Shah Zafar, who used the pen name Zafar, last Mughal emperor of India
- Shakila Zafar, Bangladeshi singer
- Wasi Zafar, Pakistani politician
- Shaarik H. Zafar, Special Representative to Muslim Communities, U.S. Department of State
- Faiza Zafar (born 1996), Pakistani squash player
- Madina Zafar (born 1998), Pakistani squash player
- Shirin Zafar (born 1946; commonly known as Shirin Guild), Iranian-born English fashion designer
Fictional characters:
- Zafar Younis, character in the British BBC drama Spooks
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