List of Sindhi people
The article covers both the Sindhi, Seraiki and Urdu speaking Sindhi people.
Historical personalities
- Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi
- Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
- Sachal Sarmast
- Dodo Bin Khafef Soomro III
- Jam Nizamuddin II
- Jam Ferozudin
- Jam Unar
- Jam Sanjar
- Jam Tamachi
- Sardar Darya Khan
- Mian Adam Shah Kalhoro, Amir
- Yar Mouhammed Kalhoro (Khudabad), Amir
- Main Noor Mohammad Kalhoro, Amir
- Mian Ghuam Shah Kalhoro (Shah Wardi Khan), Amir
- Muhammad Muradyab Khan (Nawab Sarbuland Khan), Amir
- Mir Sher Muhammad Talpur
- Gernal Hosh Mohammad Sheedi
- Mir Ali Murad Talpur
- Mir Allahyar Talpur
- Hoshu Sheedi
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
- Sibghatullah Shah Rashidi
- Molana Ubaidullah Sindhi
- Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto
- Baba-e-Sindh Comrade Hyder Bux Jatoi
Politics
- Fatima Jinnah
- G.M.Syed
- Sir Abdullah Haroon
- Allama I. I. Kazi
- Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayat Ullah
- Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
- Sir Allah Bux Soomro
- Muhammad Khan Junejo
- Benazir Bhutto
- Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
- Mir Bandeh Ali Khan Talpur
- Raees-Ul-Muhajireen Barrister Jan Muhammad Junejo
- Jam Saqi
- Rasul Bux Palejo
- Pir Pagaro
- Aga Khan III
- Seth Edulji Dinshaw
- Elsa Kazi
- Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw
- Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola
- Lal Krishna Advani
- K. R. Malkani
- Yusuf Haroon
- Murtaza Bhutto
- Shaikh Ayaz
- N M Uqaili
- A G N Kazi
- A K Brohi
- Azeem Ahmed Tariq
- Altaf Hussain (Founder Muttahida Qaumi Movement)
- Asif Ali Zardari
- Aftab Shaban Mirani
- Ahmed Hussain A Kazi
- Rana Bhagwandas
- Air Marshal M Azim Daudpota
- Muhammad Mian Soomro
- Khan Sahib Shahal Khan Khoso
- Safdar Sarki
- Shamshad Akhtar
- Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (Former Care Taker Prime Minister of Pakistan)
- Dr. Azeem Ahmed Tariq Chairman MQM
- Shaukat Aziz (Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Pakistan)
- Mirza Aslam Baig (Ex. Chief of Army Staff.)
- Dr.Gholam Mujtaba Former Provincial Advisor & coalition partner to Sindh Government (1992-94)
- Haari (peasant) Leader
- Haider Bux Jatoi (Founder of 'Jeay Sindh' slogan).
- G.M. Syed-(Ghulam Murteza Syed)
- Sir, C.I.E, O.B.E, Khan Bahadurs
- Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto
- Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayat Ullah
- Sir Abdullah Haroon
- Sir Khan Bahadur Allah Bux Soomro Sir, O.B.E
- Khan Bahadur Wahid Baksh Bhutto
- Khan Bahadur Muhammad Ayub Khuhro
Bureaucrats
Journalists
- Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid
- Aijaz Ahmad Mangi
- Kazi Asad Abid
- Rais Amrohvi
- Kamran Khan
- Mujahid Barelvi
- Fatima Bhutto
Columnists
Famous poets
Classics
New Age
- Shaikh Ayaz
- Sarhsar Uqaili
- Abdul-Qādir Bēdil
- Bekas
- Darya Khan Rind
- Imdad Hussaini
- Elsa Kazi
- Hasan Mansoor
- Pir Sadardin
- Tajal Bewas
- Minyoon Shah Inat
- Shah Abdul Karim Bulri
- Shah Inayatullah
- Minyoon Shah Inat
- Ustad Bukhari
- [aakash ansari]
Short story writers
Science and technology
- Abdul Qadeer Khan
- Ata ur Rahman
- Ahmed Mohiuddin
- Pervez Hoodbhoy
- Raziuddin Siddiqui
- Salimuzzaman Siddiqui
Educationists
- A G N Kazi
- Abul Khair Kashfi
- Allama I. I. Kazi
- Nabi Bux Khan Baloch
- Abul Lais Siddiqui
- Aslam Farrukhi
- Farman Fatehpuri
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan
- Jameel Jalibi
- Khalida Ghous
- Moonis Ahmar
- Naseem Amrohvi
- Talat A. Wizarat
- Shahid Aziz Siddiqi (Fmr Federal Scretary, and Vice Chancellor Ziauddin University)
Art and literature
Scholars
- Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi
- Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo
- Hassam-ud-Din Rashidi
- Dr. Umar Bin Muhammad Daudpota
- Mirza Qalich Baig
- Allama I. I. Kazi
- Nabi Bux Khan Baloch
- G.M. Syed
- Elsa Kazi
- Ali Muhammad Rashidi
- Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo
- Hyder Bux Jatoi
Researchers
Writers
- Maulvi Abdul Haq, Moulvi (Father of Modern Urdu)
- Abul Khair Kashfi, Prof. Dr. (critic, linguist, Author, Scholar)
- Abul Lais Siddiqui, Prof. Dr. (critic, linguist, Author, Scholar)
- Ahsan Danish (Poet)
- Altaf Fatima (Novelist, author)
- Anwar Maqsood (Drama writer, anchor, actor)
- Aslam Farrukhi, Prof. Dr. (writer, critic, linguist)
- Dilawer Figar (Humorous poet)
- Farman Fatehpuri, Prof. Dr. (Researcher, poet, critic, linguist)
- Fatima Surayya Bajia (Drama Writer)
- Fehmida Riaz (Writer, poet, activist)
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Prof. Dr. (writer, critic, linguist, Researcher, Scholar, Educationist)
- Hakim Said (Pioneer of eastern medicine, philanthropist)
- Hameed Haroon (Journalist, activist)
- Hasan Abidi (Scholar, poet, journalist)
- Haseena Moin (Playwright, drama writer)
- Ibn-e-Insha (Poet, writer and humorist)
- Ibn-e-Safi (Novelist, story writer)
- Iftikhar Arif (Poet, critic, author)
- Intizar Hussain (Linguist, novelist, critic)
- Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi (Author, Historian, Educationist)
- Ismat Chughtai (Story writer, poet, critic)
- Jameel Jalibi (Scholar, critic, linguist, former VC KU)
- Jamiluddin Aali (Poet, columnist, critic)
- Jon Elia (Poet, philosopher)
- Josh Malihabadi (Poet, Linguist, Scholar)
- Khalique Ibrahim Khalique (Journalist, poet, critic)
- Manzoor Ahmad (Philosopher)
- Mubarak Ali (Historian, Activist, Colomnist)
- Hasan Askari (Philosopher, Author, Critic)
- Mushtaq Ahmed Yousfi (Author, Humorist)
- Mustafa Zaidi (Poet)
- Naseem Hijazi (Novlist)
- Pirzada Qasim (Poet, Author, Educationist)
- Qaem Amrohvi (Poet, Philosopher)
- Rais Amrohvi (Journalist, Poet, Psychoanalyst)
- Sibte Hassan (Author, Columnist, Activist)
- Sadequain (Painter, Calligraphist)
- Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (Writer, woman activist)
- Shakeb Jalali (Poet, journalist, story writer, columnist)
- Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Dr. (Researcher, Linguist, Poet, Author)
- Shaukat Siddiqui (Novelist, fiction writer)
- Tabish Dehlvi (Poet)
- Zahida Hina (Colominst, author, poet)
- Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah (first female columnist of Pakistan)
- Zohra Nigah
- Muzaffar Warsi (Poet)
- Zamir Ali Badayuni (Critic)
- Sheeraz Chandio (Scientific and Social columnist)
Business and industry
- Yusuf Haroon
- Mahmoud Haroon
- Agha Hasan Abedi (Banker, founder of BCCI)
- Mirza Ahmad Ispahani (PIA founder)
Philanthropist and social activist
- Jam Saqi
- Fahmida Riaz
- Ansar Burney
- Abdus Sattar Edhi
- Dr. Nafis Sadik (United Nations)
Economics
- Nawab Haider Naqvi (former Director PIDE)
- Zahid Hussain (first Governor of State Bank of Pakistan)
- Hafeez A. Pasha (Karachi University, AERC, United Nations)
- Akhtar Hameed Khan (pioneer of microcredit and microfinance in Pakistan, founder of Orangi Pilot Project)
- Ishrat Husain (former Governor State Bank of Pakistan)
Law and judiciary
- Raees-Ul-Muhajireen Barrister Jan Muhammad Junejo
- Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
- Justice Mushtaq Ali Kazi
- Rasul Bux Palejo
- Abdul Hafiz Pirzada
- A K Brohi
- Ameer Bux Bhutto
- Sardar Mumtaz Bhutto
- A K Brohi
- Justice Tufail Ali Abdul Rehman
- Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan
- Justice Mamoon Kazi
- Justice Rana Bhagwandas
- Justice Sajjad Ali Shah
- Justice Hamoodur Rahman
Metaphysics, spirituality and religion
- Abu Mashar Sindhi (786 AD) the teacher of Arab scholars.
- Abu Raja Sindhi (d.321 A.H.) The tradition of preoccupation with Hadith literature was continued.
- Abul Hassan Sindhi (d.1176 A.H.) First ever translation of Quran made from Arabic to Sindhi Language
- Abu Ata Sindhi.The most eminent Arabic poet of Sindhi origin
- Allama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi (died 1174 AH) was one of the great Ahl-us-Sunnah scholars in Sindh
- Maulana Taj Mohammad Amrothi, Sind's great freedom fighter from Sukkur, Sind; d. 1929
- Ubaidullah Sindhi
- Mohammad Hayya Al-Sindhi
- Raees-Ul-Muhajireen Barrister Jan Muhammad Junejo
- Umar Bin Muhammad Daudpota
- Maulana deen Muhammad Wafai
- Badee-ud-Deen Shah as-Sindhee
- Hazrat Khwaja Allah Bakhsh
- Allama Ali Khan Abro
- Moulana Jan Mohammad Abbasi
- G. M. Syed
- Allama I. I. Kazi
- Makhdoom Bilawal
- Muhammad Rafi Usmani(Mufti-e-Azam Pakistan)
- Muhammad Taqi Usmani
- Mirza Kalich Baig
- Molana Asadullah Bhutto
- Dr. Ghulam Ali Allana
- Allama Irfan Haider Abidi
- Allama Rasheed Turabi
- Allama Talib Jauhri
- Israr Ahmed
- Mufti Muhammad Shafi (late Grand Mufti of Pakistan)
- Mufti Taqi Uthmani (leading Islamic scholar)
- Rais Amrohvi
- Syed Suleman Nadvi
- Qalander Ba Ba Auliya
- Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi
- Ahmed Abdullah Masdoosi
Saints & Sufis
Performing art and media
- Abida Parveen
- Sarmad Sindhi
- Ahmed Mughal
- Allan Faqir
- Anwar Maqsood
- Govind Nihalani
- Ramesh Sippy
- Moin Akhtar
- Mohammed Ali
- Faisal Malik
- Aziz Mian Qawwal
- Alamgir (Pop Singer)
- Anwar Maqsood (Drama Writer, Anchor, Actor)
- Bilal Maqsood (Pop Singer, Composer)
- Fatima Surayya Bajia (Drama Writer)
- Habib Wali Mohammad (Ghazal singer & industrialist)
- Izhar Qazi (Film & TV Actor)
- Jamshed Ansari (Comedian)
- Lehri (Film Comedian)
- Mehdi Hassan (Ghazal Singer)
- Moin Akhtar (TV, film and stage actor, comedian and host)
- Mehmood (Comedian)
- Nazia Hassan (Singer)
- Nadeem (Film actor)
- Nazia Hasan (first female pop singer of Pakistan)
- Syed Kamal (Film Actor)
- Umer Sharif (Humorous Actor)
- Waheed Murad (Film actor, director, producer)
Sports
- Javed Miandad (Cricketer)
- Saeed Anwar (Cricketer)
- Asif Iqbal (Cricketer)
- Rashid Latif (Cricketer)
- Muhammad Sami (Cricketer)
- Mushtaq Mohammad (Cricketer)
- Hanif Mohammad (Cricketer)
- Shoaib Mohammad (Cricketer)
- Tauseef Ahmed (Cricketer)
- Basit Ali (Cricketer)
- Hassan Sardar (Hockey)
- Sadiq Mohammad (Cricketer)
- Iqbal Qasim (Cricketer)
- Mohsin Khan (Cricketer)
- Saleem Yousuf (Cricketer)
- Islahuddin (Hockey)
- Sikandar Bakht (Cricketer)
Medicine
- Hakim Mohammed Said (Founder of Hamdard Foundation, Noted Practitioner of Eastern Medicine)
- Dr. Muhammad Ali Shah (Orthopaedic Surgeon)