Asghar (Persian: اصغر) is a Persian name and may refer to:

Given name[edit]

• Asghar Ali (cricketer, born 1971), United Arab Emirates cricketer
• Asghar Ali (cricketer, born 1924) (1924–1979), cricketer in India from 1943 to 1949, and in Pakistan from 1949 to 1957
• Ali Asghar Bazri, Iranian wrestler
• Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian civil engineer, Islamic scholar, and religious figure
• Asghar Farhadi, Iranian film director and screenwriter
• Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn, the youngest child of Husayn ibn Ali
• Asghar Khan, Pakistani Air Force veteran fighter pilot and politician
• Asghar Qadir, Pakistani mathematician and scientist in the field of cosmology
• Asghar Afghan, Afghan cricketer

Surname[edit]

• Mohammad Asghar, Welsh politician
• Mohammad Asghar (cricketer), Pakistani Cricketer
• Natasha Asghar, Welsh politician
• Sohail Asghar (1954–2021), Pakistani actor