List of Famous people named Akhtar

Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was the leader of the Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan, from 29 July 2015 to 21 May 2016, when Mansour was killed in a drone strike by the United States in Pakistan.

Muhammed Akhtar Raza Khan Azhari, also known as Tajushshari'ah or Azhari Miya was an Indian Barelvi Muslim scholar, cleric and mufti. He was a great-grandson of Ahmed Raza Khan who was considered to be a Mujaddid by his followers and founder of the Barelvi movement. He was considered by Barelvi Muslims in India to function as the Grand Mufti of India. He had been ranked 22nd on the list of The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the world, compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. He had tens of millions of followers globally.