Daftary is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Farhad Daftary (born 1938), Belgian-born Iranian-British Islamic scholar Manu Daftary, American money manager Sharayu Daftary, Indian industrialist Spandan Daftary (born 1981), American television producer Leyly Matine-Daftary (1937–2007), Iranian artist Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary, Iraqi politician