Agar (name)
Appearance
Agar is both a surname and a given name.
People with the surname
[edit]- Alf Agar (1904–1989), English footballer
- Allan Agar (born 1949) (father of Richard Agar), English rugby league footballer and coach
- Andrew Agar (cricketer) (born 1956), English cricketer
- Ashton Agar (born 1993), Australian cricketer
- Augustus Agar (1890–1968), British Royal Navy commodore and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Bernice Agar (1885–1976), Australian photographer
- Carl Agar (1901–1968), Canadian pioneering aviator
- Charles Agar (disambiguation), several people
- Charles d'Agar (1669–1723), French painter
- Edward Agar, 5th Earl of Normanton (1910–1967), a British and Irish peer and landowner
- Eileen Agar (1899–1991), Argentine-born British painter and photographer
- George Agar, 1st Baron Callan (1751–1815), Irish politician
- George Agar (rugby league) (1902–1966), Australian rugby league footballer
- Herbert Agar (1897–1980), American journalist and editor, and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Jacques d'Agar (1640–1716), French portrait painter, son of Charles d'Agar
- James Agar (disambiguation), several people
- John Agar (1921–2002), American actor and husband of Shirley Temple
- John Agar (born 1946), Australian nephrologist
- John Samuel Agar (1773–1858), English portrait painter and engraver
- Madeline Agar (1874–1967), English landscape designer, sister of Wilfred
- Malik Agar, Sudanese politician
- Mehmet Ağar (born 1951), Turkish former police chief, politician, government minister and leader of the Democratic Party
- Nat Agar (1888–1978), English-American soccer player, coach, referee, team owner and league executive
- Nicholas Agar (born 1965), Australian professor of ethics
- Richard Agar (son of Allan Agar), English rugby league footballer and coach
- Shaun Agar, 6th Earl of Normanton (1945–2019), a British and Irish landowner and powerboat racer
- Sidney James Agar, 4th Earl of Normanton (1865–1933), British and Irish peer
- Welbore Ellis Agar (1735–1805), commissioner of HM Revenue and Customs and art collector
- Welbore Ellis Agar, 2nd Earl of Normanton (1778–1868), Irish peer and landowner
- Wes Agar (born 1997), Australian cricketer
- Wilfred Eade Agar (1882–1951), Anglo-Australian zoologist, brother of Madeline
- William Agar (1814–1906), English cricketer
- William Seth Agar (1815–1872), English Roman Catholic priest
Given name
[edit]In Russian
[edit]In the Russian language, the name "Ага́рь" (Agar) is used predominantly in the biblical context and derives from "Hagar"—a person mentioned in the Book of Genesis.[1] In 1924–1930, the name was included into various Soviet calendars.[2]
People with the given name
[edit]- Agar Adamson (1865–1929), a well-to-do Canadian who married the Toronto heiress Mabel Cawthra
- Agar Rodney Adamson (1901–1954), Canadian mining engineer and politician
- Agar Wynne (1850–1934), Australian politician
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]Sources
[edit]- [1] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-8112-1399-9
- [2] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-699-14090-5