Bashar (Arabic: ) is a given name, surname, and place name. Bashar may refer to:

Places

  • Bashar, Iran, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran
  • Bashar, Plateau State, a village in the Wase local Government Area of Plateau State In Nigeria
  • Béchar, the capital city of Béchar Province, Algeria

People

Given name

  • Bashar Abdullah (born 1977), Kuwaiti footballer
  • Bashar al-Assad (born 1965), Former president of Syria
  • Bashar Jaafari (born 1956), Syrian diplomat
  • Bashar Barakah Jackson (1999–2020), American rapper
  • Bashar Lulua (born 1963), Berlin-based Arab orchestra conductor
  • Bashar Masri (born 1961), Palestinian American entrepreneur
  • Bashar Murad (born 1993), Palestinian singer-songwriter
  • Bashar Rahal (born 1974), Bulgarian actor of Lebanese descent
  • Bashar Rasan (born 1996), Iraqi footballer
  • Bashar al-Shatti (born 1982), also known as Basharno, Beesho and Maystro, Kuwaiti singer, songwriter and actor
  • Bashar Shbib (born 1959), Syrian Canadian filmmaker
  • Bashar Srour (born 1972), Syrian footballer
  • Bashar al-Zoubi, Free Syrian Army general
  • Bashar Warda (born 1969), Iraqi Chaldean Catholic cleric and Archbishop

Surname

  • Caresse Bashar (born 1976), Syrian film and TV actress
  • Habibul Bashar (born 1972), Bangladeshi cricketer
  • Khademul Bashar (1935–1976), Bangladeshi air marshal

Title

  • Abul Bashar (born 1951), Bangladeshi writer
  • Bashshar ibn Burd (714–783) nicknamed "al-Mura'ath", poet in the late Umayyad and the early Abbasid periods
  • Haji Bashar, convicted former Afghan drug lord

Others

  • Bashar language, an alternative name for Yankam language, a moribund Plateau language of Nigeria
  • Bashar (Dune), a fictional military rank in the Dune universe
  • Ya Bashar, studio album by Lebanese recording artist Diana Haddad

See also

  • Başar, a Turkish male given name and surname
  • Basha (disambiguation)