Tahar is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Amor Ben Tahar (born 1969), Tunisian football player
- Arcandra Tahar (born 1970), Indonesian politician and government minister
- Aymen Tahar (born 1989), Algerian football player
- Zoulikha Tahar (born 1992), Algerian feminist, poet, slameuse and self-taught videographer
Given name
- Tahar Allan, Algerian politician
- Tahar Ben Jelloun (born 1944), Moroccan poet and writer
- Tahar Bekri (born 1951), Tunisian poet
- Tahar Djaout (1954–1993), Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer
- Tahar Douis, Moroccan wrestler of alligators
- Tahar El Khalej (born 1968), Moroccan football player
- Tahar Haddad (1899–1935), Tunisian author, scholar and reformer
- Tahar Lamri, (born 1958), Algerian writer
- Tahar Mansouri (born 1965), Tunisian marathon runner
- Tahar Rahim (born 1981), French actor
- Tahar Tamsamani (born 1980), boxer from Morocco who participated in three Olympic tournaments
- Tahar Zbiri (1929-2024), Algerian military officer
See also