People
- Antonius Guilelmus Amo Afer (1703–c.1759), alternate name for Anton Wilhelm Amo, Ghanaian-German academic
- Arnobius Afer (d. 4th century), also Arnobius the Elder, Roman rhetorician in the province of Africa
- Domitius Afer (d. 60), Roman orator
- Gaius Marius Victorinus Afer (4th cent.), also Gaius Marius Victorinus, Roman grammarian and rhetorician
- Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer, father of the Roman emperor Hadrian
- Publius Terentius Afer (d. 159 BC), Roman comic playwright better known as Terence
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