Attar (Arabic: عطار, ʿAṭṭār) is both a given name and a surname with the original meaning of “perfumer” or “druggist”. Notable people with the name include:
Abbas Attar (born 1944), Iranian photographer and photojournalist known by the mononym AbbasAttar of Nishapur (c.1142–c.1220), Persian Sufi poetAttar Singh, Fijian trade unionist of Indian descentBachir Attar (born 1964), leader of Master Musicians of JajoukaChaim ibn Attar (1696–1743), Moroccan rabbi, TalmudistMuhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri (born 1950), Muslim scholar and spiritual leaderMuhammad Said al-Attar (born 1927), acting Prime Minister of Yemen for five months in 1994Najah al-Attar (born 1933), current Vice President of SyriaSibille Attar (born 1981), Swedish singer songwriterSuad al-Attar (born 1942), renowned Iraqi painterZayn-e-Attar (died c.1403), Persian physician