List of people from Peshawar
This is a list of notable people from Peshawar, Pakistan.
Sports
- Riaz Afridi, cricketer
- Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
- Iftikhar Ahmed, cricketer
- Umar Gul, cricketer
- Arshad Khan, cricketer
- Yasir Hameed, cricketer
- Aamir Atlas Khan, Pakistan squash player
- Hashim Khan, former British Open squash champion
- Jahangir Khan, former World No. 1 squash player
- Jansher Khan, former squash world champion
- Kabir Khan, cricketer
- Mohammad Rizwan, cricketer
- Qamar Zaman, squash player
- Wajahatullah Wasti, cricketer
Politicians
- Farhatullah Babar, Pakistan Peoples Party president and spokesman
- Bashir Ahmad Bilour, Member of Provincial Assembly, senior minister
- Samar Haroon Bilour, First female elected parliamentarian from Peshawar, MPA, widow of Haroon Bilour
- Abdur Rab Nishtar, leader in Pakistan Movement; first Governor of Punjab, Pakistan
- Bhim Sen Sachar, Indian politician
Military
- Yahya Khan, President and Commander in Chief and Pakistan Army
Writers
- Patras Bokhari, Urdu poet
- Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Urdu poet
- Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum, founder of Islamia College and Legislative Council member
Actors and Singers
- Ismail Gulgee, artist
- Raj Kapoor, Indian actor
- Marina Khan, actress
- Dilip Kumar, Indian actor
- Prithviraj Kapoor, Indian film actor
- Vinod Khanna, Indian actor
- Ismail Shahid, Pashto comedian and actor
- Ayman Udas, singer and songwriter
- Sajid Ghafoor, musician
- Shahrukh khan, artist
Others
- F. C. Kohli, father of Indian IT Industry
- Kuku Kohli, Bollywood director
- Sania Nishtar, cardiologist and health policy expert
- Suhail Galadari, khaleejtimes
- Abdur Rehman Peshawri, member of the Young Turks, Turkish Ambassador to Afghanistan
- Muhammad Rehman, cardiovascular surgeon and founder Rehman Medical College
- Malik Saad, late CCPO of Peshawar
- Vasubandhu, founder of the Yogacara school of Buddhism
- Mohammed Yahya, educationist, Minister of Education N.W.F.P., 1946-1947
- Rahimullah Yusufzai, journalist
- Qazi Ajmal, pilot
References
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