List of Pashtuns

The following is an incomplete list of notable Pashtuns. The list includes those born to parents who are both Pashtuns and those that have mixed Pashtun ancestry.

List from A to Z

A

• Ahmad Shah Durrani - founding father of Afghanistan
• Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani - politician in Afghanistan
• Ahmad Zahir - famous Afghan musician
• Anwar Kamal Khan - politician in Pakistan
• Abbas Khattak retired general of Pakistan
• Zakir Hussain - Third president of India
• Alauddin Khilji
• Abdul Majid Khan Tarin, OBE-- British-Indian magistrate, politician and philanthropist
• Abdul Ahad Mohmand - the first Afghan comsonaunt
• Abdul Aziz Hotak - the second ruler of the Afghan Hotaki dynasty
• Abdul Ghani Khan - Pashtun poet from Pakistan
• Abdul Hai Habibi - prominent historian and politician in Afghanistan
• Abdul Haq - political figure in Afghanistan who was killed by the Taliban in late 2001
• Abdul Jabbar Naeemi - politician in Afghanistan
• Abdul Wahid Durrani - former Pakistani soccer player
• Abdur Rab Nishtar - Pakistan movement activist
• Abdul Rasul Sayyaf - politician in Afghanistan
• Abdul Wahid Khan
• Abdur Rahman Khan - monarch of Afghanistan in the late 19th century
• Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
• Abdul Salam Azimi - Chief Justice of Afghanistan
• Abdul Qadir - politician in Afghanistan until his death in 2002
• Abdul Waheed Kakar - former Pakistan Chief of Army Staff
• Abid Ullah Jan
• Abdul Rahim Wardak - Defense Minister of Afghanistan
• Abdul Zahir - politician in Afghanistan during the 1970s
• Afrasiab Khattak - politician in Pakistan
• Aftab Ahmad Sherpao - politician in Pakistan
• Afzal Bangash - Pashtun Marxist political activist from Pakistan
• Akhtar Mohammad Osmani
• Akram Khan Durrani - politician in Pakistan
• Ali Mohammed Khan
• Ali Ahmad Jalali - politician in Afghanistan
• Amanullah Khan - Ghazi of the Third Anglo-Afghan War and King of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929
• Amanullah Khan Jadoon - politician in Pakistan
• Amirzai Sangin - politician in Afghanistan
• Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi - former Lieutenant General in Pakistan Army
• Amir Kror Suri - 8th century folk hero and a king from the Ghor region in Afghanistan
• Amjad Khan
• Anwar Saifullah Khan - politician in Pakistan
• Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi
• Anwar Kamal Khan (Marwat-Mina Khel) - politician in Pakistan
• Arbab Jehangir Khan - politician in Pakistan
• Asadullah Khan - member of the Afghanistan national cricket team
• Asadullah Khalid - politician in Afghanistan
• Assadullah Wafa - politician in Afghanistan
• Asfandyar Wali Khan - politician in Pakistan
• Ashraf Hotaki - Shah of Persia from 1725 to 1729 and the fourth ruler of the Hotaki dynasty
• Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai - politician in Afghanistan
• Ashraf Jehangir Qazi - former Pakistani ambassador to the US
• Aslam Khattak - politician in Pakistan
• Ayub Khan - former Pakistani President
• Ayub Shah
• Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai

B

• Bakht Khan

D

• Dadullah
• Daud Shah Saba - politician in Afghanistan
• Daud Khan Rohilla
• Daulat Khan Lodhi
• Dil Jan Khan - former President of International Narcotics Control Board in Pakistan
• Din Mohammad - politician in Afghanistan
• Delbar Jan Arman - politician in Afghanistan
• Dilip Kumar
• Dost Mohammad Khan - Monarch of Afghanistan in the 19th century
• Dr. Kabir Stori

E

• Ehsan Aman - Afghan musician

F

• Faqir of Ipi - former freedom fighter in Pakistan
• Fardeen Khan
• Farhad Darya - Afghan musician
• Farhatullah Babar - politician in Pakistan
• Faryadi Sarwar Zardad
• Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman - politician in Pakistan
• Feroz Khan

G

• Gul Agha Sherzai - politician in Afghanistan
• Ghulam Farooq Wardak - politician in Afghanistan
• Ghulam Ishaq Khan (Bangash) - former President of Pakistan
• Ghulam Muhammad - politician in Pakistan
• Gohar Ayub Khan - politician in Pakistan; son of former President Ayub Khan
• Gul Hassan Khan - former Lieutenant General of Pakistan Army
• Gulbuddin Hekmatyar - politician and warlord from Afghanistan

H

• Mian Hayaud Din - Army Officer in Pakistan Army
• Habibullah Khan
• Hayat Sherpao - politician in Pakistan
• Khan Habibullah Khan (Marwat) (Former Chairman of the Senate, Pakistan)
• Hayatullah Khan Durrani - Sports Secretary of Pakistan Customs Sports Board
• Hafiz Rahmat Khan
• Hafizullah Amin
• Hakim Taniwal - politician in Afghanistan
• Hamid Karzai - President of Afghanistan since late 2001
• Hamidullah Qalandarzai - politician in Afghanistan
• Hashim Khan - former squash player from Pakistan
• Hedayat Amin Arsala - politician in Afghanistan who previously worked for World Bank
• Hiddy Jahan - squash player from Pakistan
• Hussain Hotaki - the last ruler of the Hotaki dynasty at Kandahar

I

• Ibrahim Lodhi
• Imran Khan - politician in Pakistan; former cricket player
• Imran Ullah Khan - retired Lieutenant General of Pakistan Army
• Inayatullah Khan
• Iqbal Khan Jadoon - retired General of Pakistan Army
• Ishaq Khan Khakwani (Khugyani) - politician in Pakistan
• Irfan Khan Pathan
• Isa Khan Niazi-Masnad-e-Aali in reign of Sher Shah Suri

J

• Jalaluddin Haqqani - militant commander in Waziristan region of Pakistan
• Jamal Shah - Pakistani actor
• Jan Mohammad Khan - politician in Afghanistan until his death in 2011
• Juma Khan Hamdard - politician in Afghanistan

K

• Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed - Pakistan Army Officer
• Karzais
• Kader Khan
• Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan - politician in Pakistan
• Khan Muhammad Sarwar Khan Kakar - politician in Pakistan
• Khan Abdul Wali Khan - politician in Pakistan
• Khan Habibullah Khan (Marwat) - politician in Pakistan
• Khatir Afridi - Pashtun poet from Pakistan
• Khushal Khan Khattak
• Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri - politician in Pakistan

L

• Lutfullah Mashal - politician in Afghanistan

M

• Mahmud Hotaki - Shah of Persia from 1722 to 1725 and the third ruler of the Hotaki dynasty
• Mahmud Tarzi - politician and pioneer of journalism in Afghanistan in the early 20th century
• Mahmud Shah Durrani - monarch of Afghanistan in the 18th century
• Mahmood Khan Achakzai - politician in Pakistan
• Malik Saad (Bangash) - IG Police (N.W.F.P) Pakistan.
• Maulana Kausar Niazi - politician in Pakistan
• Maulana Mohammad Ali
• Mian Ghulam Jilani - former General of Pakistan Army
• Mirwais Ahmadzai - Afghan-Italian pop musician in Europe
• Mirwais Hotak - founder of the Afghan Hotaki dynasty in Kandahar
• Misbah Ul-Haq - Pakistani cricketer
• Mohammad Akbar Barakzai - politician in Afghanistan
• Mohammad Akbar Khan
• Mohammad Usman Khan (Khattak)- DSP Police Officer in Quetta during 1960's
• Mohammad Asef Rahimi (Bangash)- politician in Afghanistan
• Mohammad Ayub Khan - monarch of Afghanistan in 19th century
• Mohammad Ashraf Naseri - politician in Afghanistan
• Mohammed Daoud Khan - President of Afghanistan from 1973 to 1978
• Mohammad Dawran - Commander of the Afghan Air Force
• Mohammad Gulab Mangal - politician in Afghanistan
• Mohammad Nadir Shah - King of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933
• Mohammad Yaqub Khan - monarch of Afghanistan in the late 19th century
• Mohammed Najibullah
• Mohammed Omar - the spiritual leader of the Taliban (Quetta Shura)
• Mohammad Yunus
• Mufti Mahmood - Pakistani Islamic scholar and political activist
• Muhammad Muhsin Khan - Pakistani Islamic scholar
• Muhammad Essa - Pakistani soccer player
• Mohammad Ishaq Aloko - Attorney General of Afghanistan
• Mullah Powindah - former freedom fighter in Pakistan
• Muhammad Ali Khan Mohmand - politician in Pakistan
• Mohammed Zahir Shah - the last king of Afghanistan who reigned for 40 years
• Musa Khan Ahmadzai - politician in Afghanistan

N

• Naghma - Afghan musician
• Nashenas - Afghan musician
• Naim Popal - Afghan musician
• Naseerullah Babar - retired General of Pakistan Army
• Naser Mestarihi - singer of Pakistani descent in Qatar
• Nasrullah Khan
• Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes) - singer of Pakistani descent in UK
• Najib-ul-Daula
• Nazia Iqbal - Pakistani singer
• Niaz Ali Khan - Crown prince of Afghanistan

O

• Omar Ayub Khan- politician in Pakistan
• Omar Zakhilwal - politician in Afghanistan
• Omer Tarin - English poet from Pakistan

P

• Pacha Khan Zadran - politician in Afghanistan
• Palay Khan - former freedom fighter in Pakistan

Q

• Qalandar Momand - member of the Communist Party of Pakistan
• Qazi Hussain Ahmad - politician in Pakistan
• Qamar Zaman - former squash player from Pakistan

R

• Rahim Shah - Pashtun singer from Pakistan
• Rahimuddin Khan - retired General of Pakistan Army
• Rahman Baba - Pashtun poet from Peshawar, Pakistan
• Rasool Sayyaf
• Roedad Khan - politician in Pakistan
• Roohul Amin - politician in Afghanistan

S

• Saeed Khan Rangeela - Pakistani actor
• Saleem Khan (Marwat) - town & Union Council in Pakistan
• Saifullah Khan Khudiadadzai (Qilla Saifullah)
• Saif Ali Khan
• Salim Saifullah Khan - politician in Pakistan
• Sanjay Khan
• Samiullah Khan - Pakistani cricketer
• Shahid Khan Afridi - famous Pakistani cricketer
• Sher Mohammad Karimi - Chief of Army Staff of the Afghan National Army
• Sher Ali Khan
• Shahkur Ullah Durrani - International Banker & Entrepreneur from Pakistan
• Shah Nawaz Khan - former Chief Justice of Pakistan Supreme Court
• Shah Rukh Khan
• Sharbat Gula
• Sher Afzal Khan Barikoti - Pashto & Urdu author and historian from Pakistan
• Sher Shah Suri
• Shuja Shah Durrani - monarch of Afghanistan in the early 19th century
• Shukria Barakzai - politician in Afghanistan
• Sikandar Lodhi
• Soraya Tarzi - Queen of Afghanistan in the 1920s
• Suhaila Seddiqi - retired politician from Afghanistan. She has served as the Minister of Public Health and as a surgeon general in the military of Afghanistan.
• Sohail Khan - politician in Pakistan

T

• Taj Mohammad Wardak - politician in Afghanistan
• Tam Khan
• Tarzi
• Timur Shah Durrani - monarch of Afghanistan, the second ruler of the Durrani Empire
• Toryalai Wesa - politician in Afghanistan

Y

• Yahya Khan - former Chief of Army Staff - Pakistan
• Younis Khan - Pakistani cricketer
• Yousef Pashtun - politician in Afghanistan
• Y.Misdaq

Z

• Zabihullah Mojaddidy - politician in Afghanistan
• Zalmay Khalilzad - United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Iraq and Afghanistan
• Zalmai Rassoul - Foreign Minister of Afghanistan
• Zaman Shah Durrani - monarch of Afghanistan
• Zahira Zahir - famous Afghan-American hairstylist and cosmetologist
• Zakir Hussain (politician)
• Zeba Bakhtiar - Pakistani actress
• Zubair Ali Zai - Pakistani cleric

See also

• Pashtun diaspora
• Pashtun tribes
• Pashto language
• Pashtun culture
• Pashtunistan