Gohar

Gohar and Gauhar are given names and surnames. Gawhar is a given name. Bearers of the name include:

Given name

Gohar

Gauhar

  • Gauhar Ara Begum (1631–c. 1706), Mughal princess, daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
  • Gauhar Afroz (born 1965), also known as Gori, Pakistani retired film actress
  • Gauhar Ali (born 1989), Pakistani cricketer
  • Gauhar Hafeez (born 1999), Pakistani cricketer
  • Gauhar Jaan (1873–1930), Indian singer and dancer
  • Gauhar Jamil (c. 1925–1980), Bangladeshi dancer born Ganesh Nath
  • Gauhar Raza (born 1956), Indian poet, social activist and documentary filmmaker
  • Gauhar Rehman (1936–2003), Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician

Gawhar

  • Gawhar (died between 1892 and 1921), third wife of Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith religion
  • Hajji Gawhar Khanum, first female poet and astronomer of the 19th-century Qajar empire
  • Gawhar Shad (died 1457), chief consort of Shah Rukh, ruler of the Timurid Empire

Surname

Gohar

  • Ali Gohar, birth name of Shah Alam II (1728–1806), Mughal emperor
  • Ali Gohar, Pakistani scholar and restorative justice expert, founder and executive director of Just Peace Initiatives (formerly Just Peace International)
  • Bushra Gohar, Pakistani politician and Pashtun human rights activist
  • Hamed Gohar, Egyptian oceanographer and biologist
  • Nouran Gohar (born 1997), Egyptian squash player

Gauhar

  • Altaf Gauhar (1923–2000), Pakistani civil servant, journalist, poet, and writer very close to the country’s first military dictator, Ayub Khan
  • Madeeha Gauhar (1956–2018), Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist
  • Ranjana Gauhar, Indian classical dancer

See also

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