Bahtiyar Aydın (1946-1993), Turkish general
Bahtiyar Can Vanlı (born 1962), Turkish-German football coach
Bahtiyar Topal (born 1957), Turkish football manager
Bakhtiyar Kaki, a 13th-century Sufi
Bakhtiyar Artayev, a Kazakh boxer
Bakhtiyar Akhmedov, a Russian wrestler
Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, an Azerbaijani poet
Bakhtiyar Musayev, an Azerbaijani footballer
Bakhtiyar Tyleganov, a Kazakh boxer
Baxtiyor Rahimov, an Uzbek Islamist militant
Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev, an Uzbek football player
Bakhtiyar ibn Abu-Ja'far, an 11th-century local ruler of Semnan (under Ziyarids)
'Izz al-Dawla Bakhtiyar, a 10th-century Buyid Amir
Bakhtiyar ibn Hasanuya, a 10th-century Hasanuyid Amir
Bäxtiär Qanqayıv, an 18th-century Russian colonel (of Tatar origin)
Bakhtiar Amin, Iraqi Kurdish politician
Bachtiar Aly, Indonesian Ambassador for Egypt from 2002–2005
Bachtiar Chamsyah, Indonesian politician
Bachtiar Effendi, Indonesian film actor and director
Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian politician and Prime Minister of Iran (1979)
Rudi Bakhtiar, Iranian-American newswoman
Teymur Bakhtiar, Iranian general and head of Savak
Laleh Bakhtiar
Ali Asghar Bakhtiar, Famous Iranian Architect and Archaeologist
Dr. Cuross Bakhtiar, Scientist and Cosmetic Formulator
Lailee Bakhtiar, author and critic
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