Shahnawaz may refer to:

• Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz (1896–1979), politician in British India and in Pakistan
• Mumtaz Shahnawaz (1912–1948), Pakistani diplomat and writer
• Shahnawaz Bhutto (1958–1985), the son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Begum Nusrat Bhutto
• Shahnawaz Tanai (1950–2022), former Afghan communist general and politician
• Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (born 1968), former Indian federal minister and a politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party