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List of famous people from Pakistan, including photos when available. The people below are listed by their popularity, so the most recognizable names are at the top of the list. Some of the people below are celebrities born in Pakistan, while others are simply notable locals. If you're from Pakistan you might already know that these prominent figures are also from your hometown, but some of the names below may really surprise you. This list includes people who were born and raised in Pakistan, as well as those who were born there but moved away at a young age.
List people include Prem Nath, Riaz Ahsan and more.
If you want to answer the questions, "Which famous people are from Pakistan?" or "Which celebrities were born in Pakistan?" then this list is a great resource for you.
Vallabhbhai Patel Dec. at 75 (1875-1950)
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel was an Indian barrister and statesman, one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress and one of the founding fathers of the Republic of India. He was a social ...more
Iqbal Masih Dec. at 12 (1983-1995)
Iqbal Masih was a Pakistani child who became a symbol of abusive child labor in the developing world.
Yash Chopra Dec. at 80 (1932-2012)
Yash Raj Chopra was an Indian film director, script writer and film producer, predominantly working in Hindi cinema. Yash Chopra began his career as an assistant director to I. S. Johar and ...more
Imran Abbas Naqvi age 36
Imran Abbas Naqvi is a Pakistani actor and former model. He is best known for his performance as Hammad/Maddy in Khuda Aur Muhabbat. After working for several years in TV dramas, Imran Abbas ...more
Milkha Singh age 84
Milkha Singh, also known as The Flying Sikh, is a former Indian track and field sprinter who was introduced to the sport while serving in the Indian Army. He was the only Indian male athlete to ...more
Prem Chopra age 80
Prem Chopra is an actor in Hindi and Punjabi films. He has acted in 320 films over a span of over 50 years. He has a soft spoken diction despite being a villain in most films.
Zara Durrani
Zara Durrani is a Pakistani-Canadian actress and model, who currently hosts and produces CHCH television series Life & Style with Zara. She was born and grew up in Pakistan, and later moved ...more
Googie Withers Dec. at 94 (1917-2011)
Georgette Lizette "Googie" Withers CBE, AO was a British entertainer who had a lengthy career in theatre, film, and television. She was a longtime resident of Australia with her ...more
Aafia Siddiqui age 46
Aafia Siddiqui is a Pakistani who studied neuroscience in the United States. She immigrated to the US in 1990 and obtained a Ph.D. from Brandeis University in 2001. In early 2003, during the ...more
Amar Gupta age 66
Amar Gupta is a computer scientist, originally from India and now based in the USA.
Abdus Salam Dec. at 70 (1926-1996)
Mohammad Abdus Salam NI, SPk, KBE, was a Pakistani theoretical physicist who, when he shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution to electroweak unification, became the first ...more
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari age 30
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is a Pakistani politician who serves as the Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party and presides over the party's executive committee. Born in the political Bhutto dynasty, ...more
L. K. Advani age 91
Lal Krishna Advani is an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Advani served as Minister of Home Affairs in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government ...more
Ali Abbasi Dec. at 43 (1961-2004)
Ali Abbasi was a Pakistani-born Scottish television presenter, born in Karachi. He moved from Pakistan to Glasgow, in 1963, with his parents as a child and joined BBC Scotland as a travel ...more
Chris Anderson age 62
Chris Anderson is the curator of TED, which hosts conferences in North America and Europe each year and an open-access website where TED talks can be viewed by the public. Previously he founded ...more
Sunil Dutt Died at 76 (1929-2005)
Sunil Dutt, born Balraj Dutt, was an Indian movie actor, producer, director and politician. He was the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government. His son, Sanjay ...more
Saqib Ali age 40
Saqib Ali is a United Arab Emirates cricket player.
Yasir Arafat age 36
Yasir Arafat Satti is a Pakistani cricketer. He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast.
Campbell Christie Dec. at 70 (1893-1963)
Campbell Christie was an Indian-born British playwright and screenwriter who frequently collaborated with his wife Dorothy Christie on plays such as Carrington V.C. and Someone at the Door.
Kulbhushan Kharbanda age 71
Kulbhushan Kharbanda is an Indian actor, who worked in Hindi and Punjabi films. He is better known for his role as antagonist Shakaal in Shaan inspired by the character of Blofeld from James ...more
Amjad Khan Dec. at 46 (1946-1992)
Amjad Zakaria Khan was an Indian actor and director. He worked in over 130 films in a career spanning nearly twenty years. He enjoyed popularity for his villainous roles in Hindi films, the most ...more