Gar (name)

Gar may be a clan name, given name and/or nickname.

Tibetan clan name

The Gar, mGar or sGar clan has included the following people:

• Gar Tongtsen Yülsung (590–667), Tibetan Empire general and Great Minister
• Gar Tsenye Dompu (died 685), Tibetan Empire general, eldest son of Gar Tongtsen Yülsung
• Gar Trinring Tsendro (died 699), Tibetan Empire general, son of Gar Tongtsen Yülsung
• Gar Mangsham Sumnang, 7th century Tibetan Empire general and Great Minister

Given name or nickname

• Gar Alperovitz (born 1936), American political economist and historian
• Gar Baxter (born c. 1929), Canadian former football player
• Gar Forman, American National Basketball Association team executive
• Gar Anthony Haywood (born 1954), American author of crime fiction
• Gar Heard (born Garfield Heard, 1948), American retired National Basketball Association player and coach
• Garton Hone (1901–1991), Australian tennis and cricket player
• Gar Joseph, American journalist
• Gar Knutson, also known as Thomas Garfield (born 1956), Canadian politician and lawyer
• Edgar Martínez, American former baseball player
• Edgar Moon (1904–1976), Australian tennis player
• Gar Samuelson (1958–1999), former drummer for metal band Megadeth
• Gar Saxon, a fictional Star Wars character in the animated series Star Wars Rebels and Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)
• Gar Waddy (1879–1963), Australian cricketer
• Garfield Wood (1880–1971), American inventor, entrepreneur, motorboat builder, racer and world speed record holder