List of Pakistanis
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Pakistan is the 6th most populous nation in the world. Below is a list of such people who belong or relate in some way to this nation. See for an alphabetical list of Pakistanis mentioned in Wikipedia.
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1.1 Heads of state or government |
Politicians
Heads of state or government
- Muhammed Ali Jinnah THE FOUNDER
- Ch. Sir Zaffarullah Khan
- Sir Feroz Khan Noon
- Chaudhury Mohammad Ali
- Benazir Bhutto
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- Pervez Musharraf
- Zafarullah Khan Jamali
- Ayub Khan
- Liaqat Ali Khan
- Yahya Khan
- Iskander Mirza
- Nawaz Sharif
- Hussein Shaheed Suhrawardy
- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
- Shaukat Aziz
- Ijaz ul haq ( trying
Other major (historical) political figures
- Please note that some of these figures are pre-Independence and therefore were technically never "Pakistani". They are however "owned" by Pakistanis are their own. These figures are marked below.
- Choudhary Rahmat Ali (Pre-Independence)
- Allama Dr. Sir Mohammad Iqbal (Pre-Independence)
- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (Pre-Independence)
- Fatimah Jinnah
Other political/religious figures
- Allama Talib Jauhri
- Allama Rasheed Turabi Late
- Altaf Hussain
- Fazlur Rehman
- Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
- Khurshid Ahmed Kasuri
- Maulana Shah Ahmed Norani Late
- Maulana Samiul Haq
- Maulana Kausar Niazi
- Mufti Mahmood
- Qazi Hussain Ahmed Chief(Ameer) of Jamat-e-Islami
- Sardar Amir Azam
- Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi Late
Prominent Businessmen/Industrialists
Groups of Companies
- Ahmad Dawood Textile, Engineering, Chemicals Dawood Group
- Abbas Sarfaraz Sugar, Chemicals Premier Group
- Amin Lakhani Tobacco, Consumer Goods Lakson Group
- Mian Mohammad Mansha Banking, Cement, Textiles Nishat Group
- Tariq Saeed Saigol Textiles, Cement Kohinoor Group
- Nasim Saigol Manufacturing, Banking
- Ghulam Muhammad A. Fecto Tractors, Sugar, Cement Fecto Group Of Industries
- Bashir Ali Mohammad Textiles, Energy, Banking Gul Ahmed Group
- Syed Babar Ali Consumer Goods Packages Group
- Ghulam Faruque Cement, Sugar, Engineering, Shipping Ghulam Faruque Group
- Yusuf Shirazi Automobiles, Finance Atlas Group
- Sadruddin Hashwani Hotels Hashoo Group
- Mohammad Ali Habib Banking, Automobiles House of Habib
- Javed Saifullah Khan Telecom, Textile Saif Group
- Dewan Yousuf Farooqui Automobiles, Sugar, Textile, Cement Dewan Group
- Jehangir Monnoo Textile, Sugar, Agriculture Monnoo Group
- Mian Muhammad Latif Textile Chenab Group
- Mian Mazhar Karim Diversified Conglomerate Crescent Group
- Munawar Khan Automobile, Textile, Steel, Oil and Ghee, Agriculture Ahmed Group
- Tariq Shafi Crescent group
- Mian Anjum Saleem Crescent group
- Habibullah Khattak Automobile, Textile Gandhara Nissan Motors and General Tyres
- Mir Shakil ur Rehman Media Jang Group
- Nadeem B j Sheikh Stock Exchange , Pharmaceuticals CCL NBJS
- Hameed Haroon, Media, Dawn Group
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Textile, Sugar Chaudhry Group
- Khurram Saleem Kobra Meditech , Lazer X Medi Group
- Sajjad Hussain HOnda Rizvi Trave RIZVI
- Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari Stock Exchange,Banking,Education KASB.
- Usman Ashraf Carpet export and manufacturing, Real estate Usman Carpet House
- M.P. Bhandara owner of Murree Brewery
SCIENTIST
- Prof. Dr. Abdus Salam
- Prof. Dr. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui
- Prof. Dr. Ahmad Hasan Dani
- Prof. Dr. [[ Awais Paracha ( tyre invention ]
- Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan
- Prof. Dr. Ata-ur-Rehman Also Minister of Science & Technology.
Arts, Literature & Mass Media persons
Writers & poets
- A useful place to see a list that overlaps with this one is List of Urdu poets.
- Hanif Kureishi
- Sake Dean Mahomet
- Ahmed Ali
- A. S. Bokhari
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
- Dr Wazir Agha
- Anis Nagi
- Tariq Ali
- Altaf Fatima
- Alamgir Hashmi
- Mohammad Iqbal
- Muhammad Akram Khan
- Muneeza Shamsie
- Kamila Shamsie
- Saadat Hasan Manto
- Fazlur Rahman
- Noon Meem Rashid
- Shaukat Siddiqi
- Imtiaz Ali Taj
- Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi
- Bapsi Sidhwa
- Hasan Askari Sahar Abidi
- Muhammad Iqbal Naz
- Zamir Jafri
- G Allana
- Adrian A. Husain
- Asif Farrukhi
- Daud Kamal
- M. Athar Tahir
- Shaikh Ayaz
- Taufiq Rafat
- Ilona Yusuf
- Ejaz Rahim
- Fatima Bhutto
- Mona Hassan
- Farida Faizullah
- Gulzar Bano
- Masood Amjad Ali
- Habib R. Sulemani
- Moeen Faruqi
- Soofia Ishaque
- Shahbano Bilgrami
- Sheryar Singha
- Raja Tridev Roy
Film Stars
Artists & Painters
Journalists
- Eqbal Ahmad
- Mishal Hussain
- Rizwan Khan - Well Known as Riz Khan
- Rahim Ullah Yousuf Zai
- Ashar QureshiLinked with CNN
- Mazhar Ali Khan
- Lady Nadira
- Zamir Niazi
- Hameed Nizami
- Ahmed Rashid
- Najam Sethi
- Imran Aslam
- Iqbal Jafri
- Hasan Jafri
- Kamal Siddiqi
- Idrees Bakhtiar
- Sherry Rahman
- Maliha Lodhi
- Rehana Hakim
- Khaled Ahmed
- Nisar Abbas
- Tahir Mirza
- M Ziaudin
- Farman Ali
- Mehmood Sham
- Raja Hussain Khan Maqpoon
- Khalid Hasan
- Habib R. Sulemani
- Nawaz Raza
- C. R. Shamsi
- Pervaz Shaokat
- Hanif Khalid
- Bedar Bakht Butt
- D. Shaw Khan
- Mishal Husain
Vocal Artists
- Alamgir (Pop Singer)
- Abrar-ul-Haq
- Ali Haider
- Atif Aslam
- Danish Rahi
- Fakhir
- Gohar
- Hadiqa Kiani
- Jawad Ahmed
- Khadija Haider
- Haroon Rashid
- Junaid Jamshed
- Muhammad Ali Shehki
- Najam Sheraz
- Nazia Hasan and Zohaib Hasan
- Noor Jehan
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Shallum Xavier
- Shahzaman
- Shehzad Roy
- Tina Sani
Musicians, Bands and Groups
Main article: List of Pakistani musicians
- Karawan
- Jupiters
- Vital Signs
- Awaz
- Razam
- Rushk
- Visaal
- Overload
- Corduroy
- Fuzon
- Aaroh
- Mizmar
- Mizraab
- The Call
- JaL
- Entity Paradigm
- Junoon
- Strings
- Noori
VJs
- Anoushey Ashraf
- Mani (born Salman Saquib)
- Faizan Haq
- Dino
Sportspersons
- Javed Miandad
- Rashid Latif
- Abdul Razzaq
- Danish Kaneria
- Jahangir Khan
- Shahid Khan Afridi (Fastest Century maker & Other Records)
- Wasim Akram
- Abdul Hafeez Kardar
- Imran Khan
- Inzamam-ul-Haq
- Waqar Younis
- Shahbaz Ahmad
- Jansher Khan
- Zaheer Abbas (The Asian BRADMAN)
Amateur Sportsperson
Diplomats
- Mohammad Asad, born Leopold Weiss
- A. S. Bokhari
- Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
- Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
- Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
- Muhammad Sadiq
- Khurshid Kasuri
- Maliha Lodhi
Military personalities
- General Mirza Aslam Beg, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), think tank head
- Aziz Bhatti (Shaheed), war hero
- General Jehangir Karamat former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Ambassador to the US
- Muhammad Mahfooz (Shaheed), war hero
- Rashid Minhas (Shaheed), war hero
- Maj Ehtasham ud din (Ghazi )PHD , ground hero
- Sawar Muhammad Hussain (Shaheed), war hero
- General Pervez Musharraf, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), President
- Shabbir Sharif (Shaheed), war hero
- Major Tufail (Shaheed), war hero
- General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, late Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and President
- Lalak Jan (Shaheed) War Hero