List of people from Punjab, Pakistan

• Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism • Fariduddin Ganjshakar • Bahauddin Zakariya • Rukn-e-Alam • Shah Hussain • Mian Mir • Sultan Bahu • Shah Inayat Qadiri • Bulleh Shah • Waris Shah • Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri • Mian Muhammad Bakhsh • Khwaja Ghulam Farid • Meher Ali Shah ==National figures==

, one of the founding fathers and the national poet of Pakistan. Iqbal was of mixed Kashmiri and Punjabi heritage. • Allama Muhammad Iqbal • Rahmat Ali • Liaquat Ali Khan • Muhammad Zafarullah Khan • Jahanara Shahnawaz • Naseer Ahmed Malhi • Shaukat Hayat Khan • Ghazanfar Ali Khan • Zafar Ali Khan • Muhammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi ==Pakistan Armed Forces==

• Zia-ul-Haq, former Army Chief of Staff and former President of Pakistan (1977–1988) • General Raheel Sharif, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army • General Qamar Javed Bajwa, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army • General Asif Nawaz Janjua, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army • Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa • Lt Gen Abdul Ali Malik • Maj Gen Iftikhar Janjua • Maj Gen Akhtar Hussain Malik • Major Tufail Muhammad, recipient of the Nishan-e-Haider (NH) • Major Raja Aziz Bhatti, recipient of NH • Major Muhammad Akram, recipient of NH • Major Shabbir Sharif, recipient of NH • Captain Muhammad Sarwar, recipient of NH • Naik Saif Ali Janjua, recipient of NH • Lace Naik Muhammad Mahfuz, recipient of NH • Sowar Muhammad Hussain, recipient of NH ==Politicians==

• Amir Mohammad Khan, Nawab of Kalabagh, Governor of East Pakistan • Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan, Politician • Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan, longest serving parliamentarian of Pakistan from 1951 to 1999 • Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, former President of Pakistan (PPP) • Hamza Shahbaz, former CM of Punjab (2022) • Imran Khan, former Prime Minister of Pakistan (2018–2022) • Malik Allahyar Khan (1927–2007), former member of parliament • Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Chief Minister of Punjab (2024) • Mian Aslam Iqbal, Provincial Minister of Industries & Commerce (2018–2022) • Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, former President of Pakistan • Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, politician • Pervaiz Elahi, first Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan, former Chief Minister of Punjab (2002–2007) • Qamar Zaman Kaira, former Minister (Pakistan Peoples Party) • Shah Mehmood Qureshi, politician PTI • Shujaat Hussain, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, current president of PML(Q) • Usman Buzdar, Chief Minister of Punjab (2018–2022) • Yasmin Rashid, Provincial Minister of Health (2018–2022) • Yousaf Raza Gillani, former Prime Minister of Pakistan (Pakistan Peoples Party) • Zulfi Bukhari, Politician • Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister ==Lawyers==

• Syed Muhammad Zafar • Ashtar Ausaf Ali • Syed Ali Zafar • Azam Nazeer Tarar • Hamid Khan • Salman Akram Raja ==Writers and Poets==

• Fariduddin Ganjshakar • Shah Hussain • Sultan Bahu • Bulleh Shah • Ali Haider Multani • Lutf Ali • Waris Shah • Qadir Yar • Mian Muhammad Baksh • Khawaja Ghulam Fareed • Ghulam Rasool Alampuri • Zafar Ali Khan • Muhammad Iqbal • Hakim Ahmad Shuja • Hafeez Jalandhari • Faiz Ahmad Faiz • Ustad Daman • Hasan Manto • Shareef Kunjahi • Ahmad Rahi • Habib Jalib • Anwar Masood • Aizaz Azar • Mazhar Tirmazi • Ali Arshad Mir • Mir Tanha Yousafi ==Sportspersons==

• Arshad Nadeem, javelin thrower and Olympic Gold Medalist • Masood Fakhri, footballer • Ajaz Akhtar, cricketer • Amir Iqbal Khan, boxer • Abdul Khaliq, sprinter • Shoaib Akhtar, cricketer • Abdul Razzaq, cricketer • Wasim Akram, cricketer • Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer • Inzamam-ul-Haq, cricketer • Waqar Younis, cricketer and sports presenter • Shahnaz Sheikh, hockey player • Shoaib Malik, cricketer • Misbah-ul-Haq, cricketer • Saeed Anwar, cricketer • Muhammad Amir, cricketer • Babar Azam, cricketer • Imran Khan, cricketer • Haris Rauf, cricketer • Shadab Khan, cricketer • Ramiz Raja, cricketer & commentator ==Scientists==

, the first Pakistani to win a Nobel prize in Physics. • Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner in Physics for his contributions to the Electroweak force • Riazuddin, theoretical physicist and one of the key developers of the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons • Masud Ahmad, theoretical physicist and one of the key developers of the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons • Ayyub Ommaya, neurosurgeon and inventor of the Ommaya reservoir • Mahbub ul Haq, economist and inventor of the Human Development Index (HDI) ==Film and TV artists==

• Sultan Rahi, actor • Shaan Shahid, actor • Bilal Ashraf, actor • Humayun Saeed, actor • Ali Zafar, actor • Balraj Sahni, Indian actor • Dev Anand, Indian actor ==Singers==

• Abrar ul Haq, Punjabi folk and pop singer • Alam Lohar, Punjabi folk singer • Arif Lohar, Punjabi folk singer • Pathanay Khan, Punjabi folk singer • Inayat Hussain Bhatti, Punjabi folk singer • Musarrat Nazir, Punjabi folk singer • Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer • Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer • Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer • Badar Miandad, qawwali singer • Ghulam Farid Sabri, qawwali singer • Maqbool Ahmad Sabri, qawwali singer • Amjad Sabri, qawwali singer • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer • Noor Jehan, classical singer • Atif Aslam, pop singer • Shaukat Ali, folk singer ==Others==

• Chaudhary Niaz Ali Khan (civil engineer) ==References==