List of Pakistanis
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 with categories.
Heads of State or Government
- Baba-e-Qaum (Founding Father of the Nation) or commonly known as Quaid-e-Azam which transalates to Supreme Leader the Greatest Statesman of the Muslim World (1876-1948)
- Nawab Sir Shahnawaz Khan Of Mamdot
- Nawab Iftikhar Hussein Khan Of Mamdot
- Ghulam Mohammed
- Shaheed-e-Millat (Martyr of the Nation) (1896-1951)
- Sir Feroz Khan Noon
- Chaudhury Mohammad Ali
- Quaid-e-Awam (Leader of the Pakistani Community) (1928-1979)
- Muhammad Khan Junejo
- Benazir Bhutto
- Zafarullah Khan Jamali
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan
- Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
- Iskander Mirza
- Moeen Qureshi
- Balakh Sher Mazari
- Khawaja Nazimuddin
- Nawaz Sharif
- Hussein Shaheed Suhrawardy
- Shaukat Aziz
Martial Law Administrators
- Ayub Khan (1958–1969)
- Yahya Khan (1969 – 1971)
- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1977 – 1988)
- Pervez Musharraf (1999 - Incumbent)
Other Major (Historical) Political Figures
- G. M. Syed
- Bahadur Yar Jung (pre-independence)
- Maulana Mohammad Ali of the Khilafat Movement, also known as Mohammed Ali Jauhar(pre-independence)
- Allama Dr. Sir Mohammad Iqbal (Pre-Independence)
- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (Pre-Independence)
- Madar-e-Millat (Mother of the Nation) she was the Companion of the Quaid and Inspiration for the Pakistan Movement in 1947 she was Khatoon-e-Pakistan that translated to "Woman of Pakistan" (1893-1967)
- Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan
- Choudhary Rahmat Ali (Pre-Independence)
- Sir Nawab Shahnawaz Khan of Mamdot
- Nawab Iftikhar Hussein Khan of Mamdot
Famous Politicians
Other Political/Religious Figures
- Allama Hassan Turabi Shaheed
- Allama Ehsan Ellahi Zaheer
- Altaf Shakoor
- Amir Abdullah Khan Rokhri
- Muhammad Ilyas Qadri
- Allama Talib Jauhri
- Abdul Hakeem
- Mujtahid Maulana Hashmat Ali Shah
- Allama Rasheed Turabi
- Altaf Hussain
- Aslam Khattak
- Khan Abdul Wali Khan
- Fazlur Rehman
- Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
- Asfandyar Wali Khan
- Ajmal Khattak
- Sherbaz Mazari
- Sardar Attaullah Mengal
- Dr. Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan
- Mian Umar Hayat
- Khurshid Ahmed Kasuri
- Maulana Shah Ahmed Norani
- Maulana Samiul Haq
- Maulana Kausar Niazi
- Mufti Mahmood
- Nawab Khalid Khakwani
- Nawabzada Musa Khakwani
- Qazi Hussain Ahmed
- Sardar Amir Azam
- Gohar Ayub Khan
- Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi
- Dr. Israr Ahmed
- Sheikh Kashif Ibn Khalid
- Dr. Aamir Liaquat Hussain
- Dr. Safdar Sarki
- Dr. Ghulam Murtaza
- Ishaq Khan Khakwani
- Khurshid Shah
- Qaim Ali Shah
- Allama Naseem Abbas Rizvi
- Allama Agha Zameer-ul-Hassan Najafi
- Syed Ahmad Anwar Shah (Lakhiwal Sharif)
- Syed Baryab Hussain Naqvi Musheer-e-ala Amroha Society, Lahore
- Allama Abbas kumaili Active Leader of Muslim Unity
- Allama Arif Husain al Husiani Martyred Leader of Therike Jafferya
- Dr.Mohammad Ali Naqvi Founder of Imamia Students Organization
- Ghulam Ahmed Pervez Founder of the Tolu-e-Islam and anti Hadith movement
- Shaheed Agha Zia-ud-Din Rizvi Spirtual Leader of the Shia People Of Northern Areas
- Joseph Cordeiro Former Archbishop of Karachi
Famous Social Scientists
- Dr. Feroze Khowaja
- Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan
- Dr. Mehboob-ul-Haq
- Dr. Hafiz Ahmed Pasha
- Dr. Zeba Ayesha Sathar
Human Rights
- Abdul Sattar Edhi
- Altaf Shakoor
- Ruth Pfau
- Ansar Burney
- Hakim Mohammed Said
- Afrasiab Khattak
- Iqbal Haider
- Justice Dorab Patel
- I. A. Rahman
- Hussain Naqi
- Aziz Siddiqui
- Zia Awan Advocate
Prominent Businessmen/Industrialists
Groups of Companies
- Javed Ali Khan Managing Director Pioneer Cement Limited, Director Noon Group of Companies
- Mr Khalid Saifullah Chief Executive, Asian Business Federation UK
- Muhammad Saleem Nasir Civil Eng, Contractor and Builder MSN Group
- H.E. Tahir Schon - Schon Group, President - Dubai Lagoon, Hon. Consul General Republic of Gambia.
- Syed Ali Raza Gilani- Real Estate, Telecoms
- Tariq A. Hassan - Banking, BPO The Buying Triangle
- Mian Muhammad Naseem Shafi Leather, Chemicals and Textile Shafi Group
- Anwar Yahya owner of BP and AB Industries
- Humayun Javed - Stock Exchange, Steel, Coal, Mutual Fund, Media. WE Financial Services Ltd.
- Ahmad Dawood Textile, Engineering, Chemicals Dawood Group
- Abbas Sarfaraz Sugar, Chemicals Premier Group
- Iqbal Ali Lakhani Tobacco, Consumer Goods, Internet, Media Lakson Group
- Mian Mohammad Mansha Banking, Cement, Textiles Nishat Group
- Tariq Saeed Saigol Textiles, Cement Kohinoor Group
- Nasir Schon Schon 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
- Tariq Niazi Politics, Tractors, Transport, Lands, Chip Board 'Niazi Group'
- Mohammad Ali Habib Banking, Automobiles House of Habib
- Khalid Abbas Khan Niazi Tractors, Transport, Trading, Real Estate 'Niazi Group'
- Javed Saifullah Khan Telecom, Textile Saif Group
- Aqeel Zaheer Lari Hydrosealers Associates (Pvt.) Ltd.
- 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
- Aamir Hayat Khan Rokhri Transport, Beverages, Land, Politics, Clubs 'Rokhri Group'
- Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui, MIT, Construction, Security, International Business, NGO 'Techcorp 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
- Hameed Haroon, Media, Dawn Group
- Fazal Din Group, Conglomerate Fazal Din & Sons
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Textile, Sugar Chaudhry Group
- Khurram Saleem Kobra Meditech , Laser 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
- Shaikh Muhammad Farooq Magoon owner of Daikin (AAA Private Ltd)
- Mian Rafique Saigol
- Adamjee Group Adamjee Group of Companies
- Agha Hasan Abedi, Banker, founder of BCCI
- Aftab Ahmed Vohra Chief Executive of VOHRA Group of Companies & MUGHAL AGENCIES
- Chaudhary Shahnawaz Shahnawaz Textiles Ltd., Shahtaj Sugars, Shahtaj Textiles, Sheezan Juices and Food, Shahnawaz Fruit Farms, Shahnawaz Automobiles (Mercedes Supplier and Service Provider in Pakistan).]
- Mr. Nasier A. Sheikh, COO, Askari Leasing
- Mr. Ajaz Sheikh, Director of Food and Beverage, The Lanesborough, Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom
- SAEED A MINHAS President & CEO SAM Builders ISLAMABAD & Austin TX USA
Scholars and Scientists
- Dr. Aamir Zafar Khan Hepatopancreatobiliary and Laparoscopic Surgeon
- Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Founder of Pakistan's nuclear programme; disgraced supplying technology abroad.
- Dr. Prof. Abdul Qadeer Rajput Vice Chancellor, Mehran University of Engg. & Tech. Jamshoro.
- Dr. Abdul Razzaq Kemal, former Director of PIDE
- Professor Dr Abdus Salam Nobel Laureate in Physics 1979,First and only Pakistani to get a noble prize.
- Professor Ahmad Hasan Dani
- Professor Akbar Ahmed holds Ibn Khaldun seat at American university
- Dr Anjum P. Saleemi, Linguist and Cognitive Scientist
- Dr. Arshad Saleem Bhatti, Expert in Semicondutor Physics, Chairman, Phyics Department CIIT, Islamabad, Pakistan.
- Professor Ata-ur-Rehman Also Minister of Science & Technology.
- Professor Ayesha Jalal
- Dr. Ghulam Mustafa, Research Scholar and Educationist and Religious and Spiritual leader, Hyderabad, Pakistan.
- Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Rahu, Commisioner of Income Tax, Karachi, Pakistan. Medical Doctor, PHD, Pediatricion
- Javed Ahmed Ghamidi – author of Mizan and director of Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences
- Dr. Kaiser Bengali,
- Dr. Mahbub ul Haq
- Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy,
- Professor Salimuzzaman Siddiqui
- Dr. Syed Hassan Raza Gilani
- Dr. Samar Mubarakmand, Chairman AQ Khan Kahota research laboratories.
- Dr. Shahid Hussain Bokhari [Fellow IEEE and ACM]
- Yousuf Siddiki, holder of the Guinness World Records for youngest CPA, noted for work in Islamic Banking
Arts, Literature & Mass Media persons
Writers & Poets
- A useful place to see a list that overlaps with this one is List of Urdu poets.
- A. S. Bokhari
- Abdul Ghani Khan
- Abaidullah Aleem
- Adrian A. Husain
- Ajmal Khattak
- Alamgir Hashmi
- Altaf Fatima
- Amar Jaleel
- Anwar Maqsood
- Ahmad Faraz
- Ahmed Ali
- Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
- Anis Nagi
- Asif Farrukhi
- Ata Ul Haq Qasmi
- Attaullah Khan (Punjabi poet)
- Bano Qudsia
- Bapsi Sidhwa
- Daud Kamal
- Ejaz Rahim
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- Farida Faizullah
- Fatima Bhutto
- Fazil Jamili
- Fazlur Rahman
- G Allana
- Khan Ghufran khan
- Gulzar Bano
- Habib R. Sulemani
- Hakim Said
- Hasan Askari Sahar Abidi
- Ihsan Danish
- Ilona Yusuf
- Imtiaz Ali Taj
- Ishfaq Ahmad
- Jamal Abro
- Javid Iqbal
- Jon Elia
- Kamila Shamsie
- Masood Amjad Ali
- Mirza Hassan Askari
- Moeen Faruqi
- Mona Hassan
- M. Athar Tahir
- Mohammad Iqbal
- Muhammad Akram Khan
- Muhammad Iqbal Naz
- Muhammad Izhar ul Haq
- Muhammad Munawwar Mirza
- Dr Syed Muhammed Saeed Shah
- Muneeza Shamsie
- Mumtaz Mufti
- Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi
- Mushfiq Khwaja (Author, poet and scholar)
- Naseer Ahmad Nasir
- Nasim Yousaf
- Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai
- Noon Meem Rashid
- Pareshan Khattak
- Parveen Shakir
- Ustad Qamar Jalalvi
- Syed Qudrat Naqvi
- Qudrat Ullah Shahab
- Rais Amrohvi
- Raja Tridev Roy
- Saeed Rashid
- Saadat Hasan Manto
- Saadat Saeed
- Sake Dean Mahomet
- Syeda Sana Sajid Naqvi
- Shahbano Bilgrami
- Shaikh Ayaz
- Shaukat Siddiqi
- Sheryar Singha
- Sobho Gianchandani
- Soofia Ishaque
- Suheyl Umar
- Tariq Alam Abro
- Tariq Ali
- Dr Tassaduq Hussain Raja
- Taufiq Rafat
- Dr Wazir Agha
- Yousaf Saleem Chishti
- Wasif Ali Wasif
- Zahid Ahmed (Artist, writer, National College of Arts)
- Zahid Dara Abro
- Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah
- Zamir Jafri
Actors and Actresses Film / TV / Stage
- Abid Ali
- Anjuman
- Babar Ali
- Ejaz Aslam
- Ghulam Mohiyoudeen
- Humayoon Saeed
- Moamar Rana
- Moin Akhter
- Muhammad Ali
- Munawar Zareef
- Mustafa Qurashi
- Nadeem Baig
- Nirala
- Nisho
- Omar Rao
- Qavi Khan
- Raisham
- Rani
- Rema
- Sana
- Saima
- Shaan
- Shafi Mohammad Shah
- Shahid
- Saeed Khan Rangeela
- Shabnam
- Sultan Rahi
- Talat Hussain
- Umer Sharif
- Waheed Murad
- Zaiba
- Zaiba Bakhtiar
Artists & Painters
- Abdul Rehman Chughtai
- Amin Gul Jee
- Anna Molka Ahmed
- Dara Abro
- Hajra Mansur
- Iqbal Mehdi
- Ismail Gul Jee
- Lubna Agha
- Mansur Rahi
- Moeen Faruqi
- Mohammad Ali
- Munawar Abro
- Rabia Zuberi
- Sadequain Amrohvi
- Shakir Ali
- Shahid Mahmood (editorial cartoonist)
- Sheraz Sherry
- Uzma Kazmi
- Zafar Kazmi
- Zahid Dara Abro
- Zahid Ahmed (Artist, writer, National College of Arts)
- Zubeida Agha
Journalists
- Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Former Head Pakistan Television, now Editor
- Pakistan Times
- Tahir Ikram, CNBC Pakistan
- Qamar Moheuddin, Pakistan Television , Islamabad
- Nadeem Malik, CNBC Pakistan, Islamabad
- Mujahid Barelvi
- Javed Malik
- Adil Najam
- Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah
- Hamid Mir
- Mubashir Zaidi
- Salman Hassan
- Ardeshir Cowasjee
- Mirza Hassan Askari
- Eqbal Ahmad
- Mishal Hussain
- Rahimullah Yousufzai
- Ashar Qureshi
- Mazhar Ali Khan
- Lady Nadira
- Zamir Niazi
- Fazil Jamili
- Saleem Safi
- Dr. Shahid Masood
- Hameed Nizami
- Ahmed Rashid
- Najam Sethi
- Imran Aslam
- Nadeem F. Paracha
- Iqbal Jafri
- Hasan Jafri
- Kamal Siddiqi
- Idrees Bakhtiar
- Sherry Rahman
- Maliha Lodhi
- Rehana Hakim
- Khaled Ahmed
- Nisar Abbas
- Tahir Mirza
- M Ziaudin
- Farman Ali
- Rafique Jalal
- 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
- Irfan Husain
- Fahd Husain
- Syed Saud Zafar
- Gul Hameed Bhatti
- Razia Bhatti
- Malik Siraj Akbar
- Siddiq Baluch
- Nargis Baluch
- Abdul Qayyum Safi
- Azra Rashid Producer, CNBC Pakistan
- Hina Malik Talk Show Host, CNBC Pakistan
- Zarar Khan
- Shahnawaz Farooqui
- Phyza Jameel
- Faizan Lakhani
- Shahrukh Hasan (Group Managing Editor, Jang Group, The News International)
- Mudasser Aziz News Producer, AAJ TV,Karachi, Pakistan
- Jalil Ud Din
- Syed kalbe Ali
- Rana Faheem Aslam
Musicians and Bands
Main article: List of Pakistani musicians
- Aaroh
- Abdul Ahad
- Abrar-ul-Haq
- Adnan Sami Khan
- Ahmed Jahanzaib
- Alamgir (Pop Singer)
- Ali Haider
- Ali Zafar
- Atif Aslam
- Awaz
- Corduroy
- Danish Rahi
- Entity Paradigm
- Faakhir Mehmood
- Farida Khanum
- Fariha Pervez
- The Fatsumas
- Fuzon
- Ghufran khan
- Gohar
- Hadiqa Kiyani
- Hassan Jahangir
- Haroon Rashid
- Jal
- Jawad Ahmed
- Junaid Jamshed
- Junoon
- Jupiters
- Karawan
- Khadija Haider
- Lucky Ali
- Malika Pukhraj
- Mizmar
- Mizraab
- Muhammad Ali Shehki
- Nadia Ali
- Najam Sheraz
- Nayara Noor
- Nazia Hasan and Zohaib Hasan
- Noor Jehan
- Noori
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Overload
- Rahim Shah
- Razam
- Rohail Hyatt
- Rushk
- Sajjad Ali
- Shabnam Majeed
- Shahzaman
- Shallum Xavier
- Sharique Roomi
- Shehzad Roy
- Strings
- Tina Sani
- Tehseen Javed
- Visaal
- Vital Signs
- Waqar Ali
- Anoushey Ashraf
- Mani (born Salman Saquib)
- Faizan Haq
- Dino
- Fakhr-e-Alam
- Naveen
Sports People
Cricket
- Abdul Hafeez Kardar
- Abdul Razzaq
- Danish Kaneria
- Hanif Mohammad (Little Master)
- Imran Khan
- Inzamam-ul-Haq
- Javed Burki
- Javed Miandad
- Kamran Akmal
- Moin Khan
- Mohammad Yousuf (Yousuf Youhana)
- Rashid Latif
- Saeed Anwar
- Saqlain Mushtaq
- Sarfraz Nawaz
- Shahid Khan Afridi
- Shoaib Akhtar
- Shoaib Malik
- Waqar Younis
- Wasim Akram
- Younis Khan
- Zaheer Abbas (The Asian Bradman)
Hockey
Snoooker
Squash
Diplomats
- A. S. Bokhari
- Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
- Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
- Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
- Ch. Abdul Hameed Khan
- Maliha Lodhi
- Masood Khan
- Syed Mohammad Inaamullah
- Jamshed Marker
- HE Tahir Schon
- Tariq M. Mir
Military personalities
- Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Nishan-E-Haider
- Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed (1914–August 7, 1958) Nishan-E-Haider
- Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed (1910–July 27, 1948) Nishan-E-Haider
- Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed (1938–1971) Nishan-E-Haider
- Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed (1951–August 20, 1971) Nishan-E-Haider
- Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed (1943–December 6, 1971) Nishan-E-Haider
- Sowar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed (1949–December 10, 1971) Nishan-E-Haider
- Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed (1944–December 17, 1971) Nishan-E-Haider
- Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed (1970–July 5, 1999) Nishan-E-Haider
- Lalak Jan Shaheed (1967–July 7, 1999) Nishan-E-Haider
- Naik Saif Ali Janjua Shaheed, (1922–1948) Hilal-e-Kashmir equaliant Nishan-E-Haider
- Major General Akhtar Hussain Malik, 1965 war hero
- General Iftikhar Janjua, 1971 hero of Runn Kutch
- General Mirza Aslam Beg, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), think tank head
- General Jehangir Karamat former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Ambassador to the United States
- General Pervez Musharraf, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), President
- General Rahimuddin Khan, famed 7-year Martial Law Governor of Balochistan and provincial hero
- General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, late Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and President
- General A.A.K. Niazi Tiger Niazi
- Squadron Leader Muhammad Mehmood Alam
- Squadron Leader Sarfraz Rafiqui
Pre-Independence Personalities
Miscellaneous personalities
- Sarim Burney - social worker
- Izhar Hunzai
- Dr. Shazia Khalid
- Mohammed Iqbal - Civil Service Officer/Entrepreneur
- Kashif Anwari - (aka 2paki) hip hop artist, producer
- Muhammed Gulzar Rizvi, Social Worker - Mafade Aamma Computer Center Karachi
- Art Malik