List Rules People on this list must have gone to Aligarh Muslim University and be of some renown.
List of famous alumni from Aligarh Muslim University, with photos when available. Prominent graduates from Aligarh Muslim University include celebrities, politicians, business people, athletes and more. This list of distinguished Aligarh Muslim University alumni is loosely ordered by relevance, so the most recognizable celebrities who attended Aligarh Muslim University are at the top of the list. This directory is not just composed of graduates of this school, as some of the famous people on this list didn't necessarily earn a degree from Aligarh Muslim University.
List features graduates like Naseeruddin Shah, Dalip Tahil and more!
This list answers the questions “Which famous people went to Aligarh Muslim University?” and “Which celebrities are Aligarh Muslim University alumni?”
Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, often simply referred as Liaquat, was one of the leading Founding Fathers of modern Pakistan, statesman, lawyer, and political theorist who became and served as the ...more
Muhammad Mansur Ali was a Bangladeshi politician who was a close confidante of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh. A senior leader of the Awami League, Mansur also served ...more
Javed Akhtar is a poet, lyricist and scriptwriter from India. Akhtar is a mainstream writer and some of his most successful work was carried out with Salim Khan as half of the script-writing duo ...more
Naseeruddin Shah is an Indian film and stage actor and director, and a prominent figure in Indian parallel cinema. Shah has won numerous awards in his career, including three National Film ...more
André Weil was an influential French mathematician of the 20th century, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was a founding member and the de facto ...more
Muhammad Ayub Khan, widely known as Ayub Khan, was the President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969. Ayub Khan assumed power through the 1958 Pakistani coup d'état, becoming the country's ...more
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, popularly known as K. A. Abbas, was an Indian film director, novelist, screenwriter, and a journalist in the Urdu, Hindi and English languages. He was the maker of important ...more
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Mian Ghulam JilaniPolitician
Major General Mian Gulam Jilani was a two-star general officer in the Pakistan Army who, as an Indian Army officer during the Second World War had survived a Japanese PoW camp at Singapore. He ...more
Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin, KCIE was a Bengali politician and statesman from the Dhaka Nawab Family. A member of the All India Muslim League, Nazimuddin served twice as the Prime Minister of Bengal ...more
Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan, PhD, D.Litt, SI was a researcher, critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and spiritual leader belonging to ...more
Malik Ghulam Muhammad commonly known as Ghulam Muhammad, was a notable Chartered Accountant who served as the third Governor-General of Pakistan from October 1951 until being dismissed in August ...more
Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi was a politician from the city of Hyderabad. He served as the Member of Parliament from Hyderabad for six consecutive terms until stepping down in 2004 in favour of his ...more
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, HI, MBE, SI, DPhil, FPAS, FRS, was a Pakistani organic chemist, versatile scholar, and a leading scientist in the natural product chemistry. He is credited for pioneering ...more
Sir Ziauddin Ahmad CIE, MP was an Indian mathematician, parliamentarian, logician, natural philosopher, politician, political theorist, educationist and scholar. He was a member of the Aligarh ...more
Dalip Tahil is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. He did his schooling from the elite Sherwood College in Nainital, India. After attending Aligarh Muslim University for a year, he ...more
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Sheikh AbdullahPolitician
Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah was an Indian statesman who played a central role in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost Indian state. The self-styled "Sher-e-Kashmir", ...more
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry English IPA: fəzɛl ɪllɑɦi t͡ʃɒɪdɾɪ, was the fifth President of Pakistan, serving from 1973 until 1978, prior to the martial law led by Chief of Army Staff General ...more
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M. A. G. Osmany
General Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani, also known as Bongobir, was a Bengali military officer who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. Osmani ...more
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Akhter HusainPolitician
Akhter Husain, HPk, OBE, was an eminent senior statesman and civil servant of Pakistan. He was appointed Governor of West Pakistan in September 1957 succeeding Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani and then ...more
Irfan Habib is an Indian historian of ancient and medieval India, following the approach of Marxist historiography. He is well known for his strong stance against Hindu and Islamic ...more
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Saeed RashidWriter
Saeed Rashid, PP, was a writer, teacher, and historian from Pakistan. He was director of Tameer-e-Millat Institute of Education & Research Islamabad and Director of Sultana Foundation ...more
Zakir Husain, ; 8 February 1897 – 3 May 1969) was the 3rd President of India, from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969. An educationist and intellectual, Husain was the country's first ...more
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Mushtaq Ahmad YusufiWriter
Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi D.Litt, SI, HI is an Urdu satirical and humour writer from Pakistan. Yousufi has also served as the head of several national and international governmental and financial ...more
