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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Pawar (also spelled as Pavar<ref name=":0" /> and Puar) is an Indian surname found among the Maratha, Mahar or Koli people in Maharashtra.<ref name="Geḍāma1999">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Singh1996">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>
Notable people bearing the Pawar name or its variants include:
- Ajit Pawar (born 1959), Indian politician; deputy chief minister of Maharashtra and nephew of Sharad Pawar
- Ameya Pawar (born 1980), American politician and City of Chicago Alderman
- Anand Pawar, Indian badminton player
- Anjali Pawar, Indian social worker
- Bharati Pawar, Indian politician
- Dagdu Maruti Pawar, Indian Dalit author
- Hemendra Singh Rao Pawar, titular Maharaja of Dhar State)
- Krishnaji Rao III Puar, Maharaja of Dewas Senior and Indian politician
- Kuldeep Pawar, Indian actor in the Marathi language film industry
- Lalita Pawar (1916-1998), popular Hindi TV & Marathi actress
- Narayan Rao Pawar (1925-2010), Indian independence activist and member of Arya Samaj who plotted to kill the last Nizam of Hyderabad
- Rajendra Singh Pawar, Indian businessman, chairman of NIIT
- Rajesh Pawar (born 1979), Indian cricketer
- Sharad Pawar (born 1940), Indian politician
- Suraj Pawar, Indian actor
- Tukoji Rao IV Puar, Maharaja of Dewas Senior and Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh, belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Tukoji Rao III Puar, Maharaja of Dewas Senior
- Urmila Pawar (born 1945), Indian Marathi-language writer
- Uttamsingh Pawar, Indian politician
- Vikram Singh Rao II Puar, titular Maharaja of Dewas Senior