List of Afghans
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The following is a list of notable Afghan people, which includes all the ethnic groups of the modern state of Afghanistan. Afghanistan has gone through territorial changes. This list generally excludes Ethnic Pashtuns who originate from regions that were not controlled by Afghanistan at the time, though there are exceptions for certain figures who are prominent to Pashtuns. It also includes historical figures coming from the present day borders of Afghanistan, even if they were non-Pashtuns. If looking for a list of Pashtuns living or historical, please refer to the link above which lists specifically Pashtun people, the old definition of Afghan.
Monarchs
Presidents
Politicians and diplomats
Scientists
- Sediq Afghan – mathematician and philosopher
- Sayed Hassan Akhlaq – philosopher
- Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani – philosopher
- Hedayat Amin Arsala – economist
- Mohammad Amin Fatemi – physician
- Nake M. Kamrany – professor of economics
- Habib Mangal – physician
- Abdul Ahad Mohmand – astronaut
- Abdul Karim Mustaghni
- M. Ishaq Nadiri – professor of economics
- Ghulam Faroq Nijrabi – physician
- Abbas Noyan – engineer
- Hamidullah Qalandarzai – engineer
- Mohammad Qayoumi – engineer; president of San Jose State University
- Daud Shah Saba – geologist
- Sima Samar – physician
- Habiba Sarobi – hematologist
- Nazif Shahrani – professor of anthropology
- Kabir Stori – psychologist
- Zemaryalai Tarzi – archeologist
- Abdul Qayum Tutakhail – physician
- Ghulam Sediq Wardak – inventor
Entrepreneurs
Historians
- Hafiz-i Abru
- Abu Mansour al-Hosein ibn Muhammad al-Marghani
- Akram Assem
- Ghulam Mohammad Ghobar (1898–1978)
- Zalmay A. Gulzad
- Abdul Hai Habibi (1910–1984)
- Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara
- Omara Khan Massoudi – geographer, historian
- Abdul Shakoor Rashad (1921–2004)
Media people (including actors and film directors)
- Latif Ahmadi – director of Afghan Film, Afghanistan's state-run film company
- Leena Alam – actress
- Siddiq Barmak (born 1962) – directed the drama film Osama (2003)
- Abdul Ghafoor Breshna – painter, music composer, poet and film director
- Sonia Nassery Cole – directed the drama film The Black Tulip (2010)
- Zohre Esmaeli (born 1985) – model, author, designer
- Josh Gad
- Azita Ghanizada
- Marina Golbahari
- Nelufar Hedayat
- Haji Kamran
- Mithaq Kazimi – produced the documentary film 16 Days in Afghanistan (2007)
- Kader Khan
- Ahmed Latif
- Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada
- Mamnoon Maqsoodi (born 1966)
- Abdul Wahid Nazari (born 1953)
- Nelofer Pazira
Writers (including journalists)
- Ahmad Javeed Ahwar
- Nelufar Hedayat
- Khaled Hosseini (born 1965)
- Qiamuddin Khadim
- Sultan Munadi (1976–2009)
- Fariba Nawa (born 1973)
- Nelofer Pazira
- Sayed Ihsanuddin Taheri
- Mahmud Tarzi (1865–1933)
- Sakena Yacoobi
Poets
- Jami (1414–1492)
- Rumi (1207–1273) – originally from the Balkh city of Afghanistan
- Qahar Asi (1335)
- Hamza Baba (1907–1994)
- Rahman Baba (1650–1715)
- Wasef Bakhtari
- Khalilullah Khalili (1907–1987)
- Ghani Khan (1914–1996)
- Khushal Khan Khattak (1613–1689)
- Parween Pazhwak (born 1967)
- Pir Roshan (1525–1582/1585)
- Layla Sarahat Rushani (died 2004)
- Hakim Sanai (1080–1131)
- Kabir Stori (1942–2006)
- Mahmūd Tarzī (1830–1900)
- Nazo Tokhi
- Matiullah Turab[1]
Sportspeople
- Javed Ahmadi – cricketer
- Sandjar Ahmadi – footballer
- Raees Ahmadzai – cricketer
- Yamin Ahmadzai – cricketer
- Shamsuddin Amiri – footballer
- Jan Alam Hassani – volleyballer
- Qaher Hazrat – cyclist
- Gulbudeen Naib – cricketer
- Nasratullah Nasrat – cricketer
- Dawlat Zadran – cricketer
- Siyar Bahadurzada – UFC Fighter
Musicians (including composers)
- Omar Akram – Grammy Award-winning Afghan-American recording artist, composer and pianist
- Farhad Darya
- Soosan Firooz – actress and rapper
- Mozhdah Jamalzadah
- Miri Maftun
- Latif Nangarhari
- Nasrat Parsa
- Dawood Sarkhosh
- Aryana Sayeed
- Ahmad Zahir
Women activists
- Aryana Sayeed women's rights activist and famous singer
- Roqia Abubakr
- Sitara Achakzai – women's rights activist
- Jamila Afghani – founder of Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organization (NECDO)
- Safia Ahmed-jan – women's rights activist
- Khadija Ahrari – helped give women the right to vote
- Fatema Akbari
- Farida Azizi – advocate for peace and women's rights.
- Marzia Basel – advocate for women's education
- Mariam Ghani – artist and advocate for women's rights
- Malalai Joya (born 1978)
- Fawzia Koofi
- Anahita Ratebzad (born 1930)
- Masuma Esmati Wardak
- Manizha Wafeq[2]
Others
- Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād – painter
- Sharbat Gula (born 1972)
- Mir Masjidi Khan (died 1841) – Afghan resistance leader
- Youssof Kohzad – writer, painter, playwright, artist, poet and actor
- Ali-Shir Nava'i – poet, writer, politician, linguist, mystic and painter
- Abdul Majid Zabuli (1896–1998) – founder of Bank-e-Melli Afghanistan
- Zallascht Sadat – model
- Vida Samadzai – model
- Abdul Latif Pedram – professor of literature
See also
References
- ^ Ahmed, Azam (19 August 2013). "An Afghan Shapes Metal and Hard Poetry". The New York Times.
- ^ "Peace Through Business Network's Profile Photo Peace Through Business Network". ptbn.org.af. Retrieved 2016-12-08.