Notable ethnic Pathans
The talent of Pathans are appreciable.
- Abdul Qadeer Khan is a mahajir pathan.He is known as the hero of the islamic world because he had invented atomic bomb.
- Ahmad Shah Abdali
- Mehmood Ghaznavi
- General Hamid Gul the retired ISI chief.
- Ayub Khan
- Imran Khan
- Shahid Khan Afridi
- Moin Khan
- Misbahul Haq
- Jahangir Khan (Pakistani squash player)
- Javed Burki Pakistani cricketer.
- Bazid Khan Pakistani cricketer.
- Attaullah Khan Essa Khailwi folk singer and poet
- Nadia Khan Pakistani television presenter and actress
- Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
- Humayun Akhtar Khan
- Yahya Khan
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan
- Zahir Shah King of Afganistan.