Khan (surname)

Khan (Pashto: خان Template:Lang-ur, Persian: خان, Bengali: খাঁন, Balochi: خان) is a surname and title of Mongolian origin.

Use as a title

The surname Khan originates with the Mongolian khan. Used in the Rourans firstly, and later more widely by Islamic chieftains in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.^[1]^[2]

Other usage

Khan is a widespread surname in most countries of Central and South Asia particularly among Muslims. Khan is the surname of over 80,000 Britons of Asian origin, mostly British Asian, making it the 80th most common surname in the United Kingdom, and one of only a handful in the 100 most common surnames which are of neither British nor Irish origin.^[3]

List of people called Khan

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Palay Khan, a freedom fighter from Zhob area who resisted against the British Raj

Genghis Khan, Great Khan (Emperor) of the Mongol Empire.
Khan of Kalat, Khan-e-Baloch or Khan-e-Qalat (Balochi: خان قلات) is the title of former Baloch rulers of State of Kalat.
Mir Jalal Khan was the ruler and founder of the First Baloch Confederacy in the 12th century.
Muhammad Nasir Khan I as Mir Noori Naseer Khan Baloch was the Khan (head of state) of the princely state of Kalat in what is now the Balochistan province of Pakistan during the eighteenth century.

Asaf Khan, Wazir (Prime Minister) of Emperor Jahangir and Shahjahan
Akram Khan (born 1970), Indian politician
Alivardi Khan (1671–1756), Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
Amir Khan (Pindari) (1768–1834), Pindari leader in the early 19th century, later the Nawab of Tonk
Asif Nawaz Khan Janjua (1937–1993), former Chief Of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
Ataur Rahman Khan (1907–1991), a Bengali activist politician, later Chief Minister of East Pakistan
Ayub Khan (field marshal), ex army general/dictator and president of Pakistan
Bostan Khan Tarin, 19th century Pashtun clan warrior
Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan (1911–1967), Pakistani Federal Minister for Home Affairs 1964–1966
Chaudhry Aurangzeb Khan a famous Minhas Rajput during the British era
General Fateh Naseeb Khan, Chief General of Alwar Armed Forces
Franklin Khan, Trinidad and Tobago politician
Fuad Khan (born 1955), Trinidad and Tobago politician
German Khan, Russian oligarch
Ghazala Khan, mother of soldier Humayun Khan
Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan Khokhar, one of Pakistan's first Federal Ministers
Humayun Khan (soldier), United States Army Captain, died in the Iraq War in 2004
Iftikhar Khan (1909–1949), had been nominated to become the first local Commander in Chief of Pakistan
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Badshah Khan (1890–1988) Pashtun leader and activist
Khan Sahib Abdul Majid Khan Tarin OBE (1877–1939), senior political figure of the North-West Frontier Province, British India
Khan Sahib Shahal Khan Khoso (1909–1956), Baloch leader, MLA West Pakistan Assembly from 1953 to 1956.
Khizr Khan, 15th century figure
Khizr Muazzam Khan, father of soldier Humayun, known for a speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention
Nawazish Alam Khan (Hindi: नवाज़िश आलम खान) is an Indian Baloch politician and member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.
Khudadad Khan (1888–1971), Minhas, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Lieutenant General Ghulam Jilani Khan (1925–1999), Governor of Punjab 1980 to 1985
M.J. Khan, member of the Houston City Council
Malik Sir Feroz Khan Noon (1893–1970), Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Malik Umar Hayat Khan (1875–1944), an elected member of the Council of State of India
Muhammad Hamidullah Khan (1938–2011), Bangladeshi military leader, politician and author
Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932–1993), former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Muhammed Akbar Khan, the first Muslim to become a General in British Indian Army
Murshid Quli Khan (c. 1665–1727), founder of the Nawab rulers in Bengal
Nawab Qaim Khan, a 14th-century Ameer of the Delhi Sultanate and chief of Qaimkhani clan
Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan (1895–1951), former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Nisar Ali Khan (born 1954), current opposition leader in the National Assembly of Pakistan
Prince Aly Khan (1911–1960), Pakistani United Nations diplomat
Prince Sadruddhin Aga Khan (1933–2003), diplomat, UN High Commissioner for Refugees from 1965 to 1977
Raja Habib ur Rahman Khan (1913–1978), Indian freedom fighter with the Indian National Army
Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan, President of AJK
Raja Muhammed Sarfraz Khan (1905–1968), a member of the Pakistan Movement
Raja Sakhi Daler Khan Mangral, Kashmiri freedom fighter with the Indian National Army
Raja Saroop Khan, former Governor of Punjab
Rana Khudadad Khan, President of Pakistan Muslim League (Punjab)
Rana Mohammad Hanif Khan (1922–2005), Finance Minister of Pakistan
Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Speaker of the Punjab Assembly from 2008
Rana Nazeer Ahmed Khan (c. 1949), Pakistani Federal Minister (1990–1993, 1997–1999, 2002–2004)
Rana Phool Muhammad Khan, MPA from Bhai Pheru (Phool Nagar)
Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (born 1920), a Pakistani general and diplomat
Sardar Farooq Khan Leghari (1940–2010), first Baloch president of Pakistan
Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Karelvi, played very active role and fought against Dogra army
Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (1915–2003), founder of Azad Jammu Kashmir State
Sardar Shaukat Hayat Khan (1915–1998), senior political figure and lieutenant of the Quaid-i-Azam in the Punjab
Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan (born 1934), former Prime Minister and President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Sardar Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan (1892–1942), KCSI, a Premier of the Punjab
Shah Nawaz Khan (general) (1914–1983), Major General of the Indian National Army, one of the three of the famed Red Fort Trio
Shah Nawaz Khan Janjua (1914–1983), Indian freedom fighter with the Indian National Army
Shah Nawaz Khan, freedom fighter in India of the Janjua Rajput
Shaista Khan, Mughal governor of Bengal from 1664 to 1688
Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (1893–1985), the first Foreign Minister of Pakistan
Sultan Suleiman Khan (Suleiman the Magnificent) (1494–1566) Ottoman Turkish Sultan
Raja Tikka Khan (1915–2002), former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
Muhammad Yusaf Khan (born 1948), former Vice Chief Of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army

Actors and entertainers

Aamir Khan, Indian actor (of the Khan trio)
Adnan Sami Khan (Playback singer, Music Composer)
Adil Khan (Norwegian Actor of Pashtun and Punjabi descent)
Akram Khan (dancer), a British dancer of Bangladeshi descent
Ali Akbar Khan, a Bangladesh Bengali sarod player
Arbaaz Khan, Indian actor/director/producer (brother of Salman Khan)
Asad Amanat Ali Khan, a Pakistani vocalist
Bat for Lashes, real name Natasha Khan, British singer-songwriter and musician of Pakistani descent
Chaka Khan, an American R&B singer
Farah Khan, Indian film director, choreographer and fashion designer
Fardeen Khan, Indian actor (son of Feroz Khan)
Feroz Khan, Indian actor and director (father of Fardeen Khan)
Helen Richardson Khan, Indian actress (wife of Salim Khan)
Imran Khan, Indian actor
Imran Khan (singer), Dutch singer of Pakistani Punjabi descent
Irrfan Khan, Indian actor
Kareena Kapoor Khan, Indian actress (wife of Saif Ali Khan)
King Khan, real name Arish Khan, Indian/French-Canadian musician
Malaika Arora Khan, Indian actress (wife of Arbaaz Khan)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani vocalist
Praga Khan, real name Maurice Engelen, Belgian techno musician
Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani vocalist
Riyaz Khan, South Indian Actor
Roy Sætre Khantatat, Norwegian singer, better known as Roy Khan
Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor
Salim Khan, Indian script writer (father of Salman Khan)
Salman Khan, Indian actor (of the Khan trio)
Sanjay Khan, Indian actor/director/producer (father of Zayed Khan)
Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani vocalist
Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor, King of Bollywood (of the Khan trio)
Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi actor
Sohail Khan, Indian actor/director/producer (brother of Salman Khan)
Sudhir, real name Shah Zaman Khan Afridi, Pakistani actor
Yusuf Khan (stage name Dilip Kumar), Indian actor of Pashtun origin
Zayed Khan, Indian actor (brother-in-law of Hrithik Roshan)

In sports

Akram Khan (cricketer), former captain of the Bangladeshi Cricket Team
Sharjeel Khan a Baloch Pakistani Cricketer.
Amir Khan (British boxer), a British boxer
Athar Ali Khan, a Bangladeshi former cricketer, selector and cricket commentator
Carla Khan, a Pakistani squash player
Hajra Khan, a Pakistani footballer
Imran Khan, a former Pakistani cricketer turned political reformer
Jahangir Khan, former World No. 1 professional squash player from Pakistan
Jansher Khan, former World No. 1 professional squash player from Pakistan
Mir Sultan Khan, a former British chess champion
Murad Khan (cricketer, born 1981), a Bangladeshi cricketer
Murad Khan (cricketer, born 1986), a Bangladeshi cricketer
Nafees Iqbal (Mohammad Nafees Iqbal Khan), a Bangladeshi cricketer
Nasim Khan (cricketer born 1976), a Pakistani cricketer
Shahid Khan Afridi, a Pakistani cricketer
Simon Khan, an English golfer
Tamim Iqbal (Tamim Iqbal Khan), a Bangladeshi cricketer
Younus Khan, a Pakistani crickter
Vitaly Khan, a Kazakhstani freestyle swimmer
Zaheer Khan, an Indian Marathi-speaking cricketer

In science and technology

Abdul Qadeer Khan, an engineer from Pakistan, considered the founder of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme
Fazlur Khan, Bengali-American structural engineer and designer of Chicago's Sears Tower and John Hancock Center

In Academics (Teaching and Research)

Salman "Sal" Khan, a Bengali-American educator, famous for Khan Academy
Geoffrey Khan, (b. 1958), professor of Semitic Languages at the University of Cambridge.
M S Khan (1910–1978), a Bengali academic from Bangladesh, "father of the Library and Information Science discipline in Bangladesh"

Others

Abul Kashem Khan (1905–1991), jurist, political leader, and industrialist from Bangladesh
Ahmed Raza Khan (1856–1921), an Sunni Islamic Scholar of south Asia
Alan Khan (born 1971), South African radio presenter
Amjad Khan (1940–1992), Indian film producer
Gauri Khan (born 1971), wife of Indian star Shahrukh Khan
Hazrat Inayat Khan, (1882–1927), the founder of Universal Sufism and the Sufi Order International
Irene Khan (born 1956), Secretary General of Amnesty International
Kiran Rao Khan (born 1973), wife of Indian star Aamir Khan
The (unknown) 'M Khan', the subject of many gag routines on The Mary Whitehouse Experience because of long-standing graffiti visible from a major London road^[4]
Mirza Abu Taleb Khan (1752–1805/6), Indian tax-collector and travel-writer
Mohammad Sidique Khan (1974–2005), a London train suicide bomber
Nawab Muhammad Hayat Khan (1833–1901) British-Indian administrator and aristocrat
Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944), a British spy in occupied France
Prof. Omer Salim Khan (Omer Tarin), Pakistani poet, writer, scholar and mystic.
Peter Khan (born Afghan-Khan), an Australian member of the Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith
Shahid Khan (born 1950), Pakistan-born American businessman; owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham F.C.
Suzanne Khan Roshan, an Indian interior designer, wife of Hrithik Roshan, daughter of Sanjay Khan, and sister of Zayed Khan
Syed Ahmed Khan (1817–1898), an Islamic scholar
Tariq Ali Khan (born 1943), well-known British-Pakistani writer, intellectual and Socialist
Tasmin Lucia Khan (born 1980), a British Bangladeshi journalist and news presenter for BBC News
Vilayat Inayat Khan, (1916–2004), former head of the Sufi Order International
Zia Inayat Khan, the Pir of the Sufi Order International
Nur Syahmina Khan, (2001-now) a Malaysian

Fictional characters

Haman Khan, a prominent Gundam villain in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and the principal antagonist in its sequel Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ; and her father Maharaja Khan
Jaghatai Khan, the Primarch of the White Scars Space Marines chapter in the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe
Kamal Khan, the main villain in the James Bond film Octopussy
Kamal Khan, Mohammed Khan, two Pashtun characters in Rudyard Kipling's famous poem, The Ballad of East and West
Khan (comics), Marvel Comics character
Khan, one of the villains in the Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars computer game
Khan, a Chinese-American detective from the Khan! 1975 US television series
Khan Noonien Singh, a prominent Star Trek villain in an original series episode and the principal antagonist in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, then later Star Trek Into Darkness
Konstam Khan, a character from Diana Wynne Jones' book "The Homeward Bounders"
Manga Khan, a DC Comics character
Mr Khan, the titular character of the British sitcom Citizen Khan
Nadir Khan, in Susan Kay's retelling of Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, "Phantom", is the name given to the character known only as "The Persian" and "Daroga" in the original book
Noel Kahn, Pretty Little Liars character
Rizwan Khan, main character in the 2010 Bollywood film My Name Is Khan
Shao Kahn, the main antagonist in the Mortal Kombat video game series who is based on a typical Mongolian warlord
Kotal Kahn, an antagonist in the Mortal Kombat video game Mortal Kombat X who is based on an Aztec Warrior
Shere Khan, the tiger, in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, also adapted as a cartoon character in a famous Walt Disney Productions movie in 1967
Shiwan Khan, a recurring enemy of The Shadow
The Mandarin archenemy of Iron Man whose real name is Khan also from Marvel Comics
Kamala Khan, the fourth character to assume the identity of the Marvel Comics superheroine Ms. Marvel.

References

^ Khan entry in Hobson-Jobson: the Anglo-Indian dictionary
^ As cited in The Baburnama, 2002, W.M. Thackston p273.
^ "Khan in the UK". Surname.sofeminine.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
^ "Origin of 'M Khan' Graffiti". Everything2.com. 2001-04-12. Retrieved 2012-06-09.

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[1] Khan entry in Hobson-Jobson: the Anglo-Indian dictionary

[2] As cited in The Baburnama, 2002, W.M. Thackston p273.

[3] "Khan in the UK". Surname.sofeminine.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-06-09.

[4] "Origin of 'M Khan' Graffiti". Everything2.com. 2001-04-12. Retrieved 2012-06-09.

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