Paar is a surname and also the name of an old Austrian noble family.

• Howard Paar, British music supervisor
• Jack Paar (1918–2004), American radio and television talk show host
• Johann Christoph von Paar (died 1636), Austrian noble
• Karel Paar (born 1945), Czech cyclist
• Karel Eduard Paar (born 1934), Czech knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
• Margit Paar, West German-German luger
• Vladimir Paar (born 1942), Croatian physicist

• Kurt Van De Paar (born 1978), Belgian footballer