Khan (name)
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Khan is a widespread family name. It can have one of several connotations, all related to some extent to the title of khan. The term is used almost universally as a surname, or almost a suffix by people of Pashtun (Pathans) ethnicity living in Afghanistan and Western Pakistan. In this way, it is often a synonym for Pashtun. Khan is most common surname in Pakistan.
It is also a family name for people that were bestowed the title of Khan Sahib or Khan Bahadur by the British Raj in modern-day Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
It is also a common surname in South Asian Muslim families, regardless of ancestral relationship to Pathans or to those bestowed with honorary titles. Khans can be found in Indian cities like Hyderabad, Bhopal, Bangalore and Mysore.
Khan is up near the top of the list of common Indian surnames, along with honorary titles such as Patel/Singh of North India.[citation needed]
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[edit] People named Khan
- Aamir Khan (born 1965), prominent Bollywood actor.
- Amir Khan (boxer) (born 1986), British Asian boxer.
- Amir Khan (Pindari), a Pindari leader who fought the British in India in the early 19th century; later the Nawab of Tonk
- Abdul Hamid Khan (born 1953), Pakistani politician and chairman of the Balawaristan National Front.
- Abdul Qadeer Khan (born 1935), Pakistani Engineer considered the founder of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme.
- Prince Sadruddhin Aga Khan (1933-2003), diplomat who served United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1965 to 1977.
- Arif Khan (died 2000), a Taliban warlord in Afghanistan
- Aslam Sher Khan, a former Indian hockey player
- Ayub Khan (1907-1974), Pakistani general who served as Field Marshal and politician.
- Chaka Khan (born 1953), American R&B singer
- Fardeen Khan (born 1974), Indian actor
- Farah Khan, Indian film director
- Feroz Khan (born 1939), Indian actor and director.
- Franklin Khan, a Trinidad and Tobago politician
- Fuad Khan (born 1955), a Trinidad and Tobago politician
- Imran Khan (born 1952), Pakistani cricketer & politician
- Ismail Khan (born 1946), Afghan political leader
- Jahangir Khan (born 1963), squash player
- Jahangir Khan (cricketer) (1910-1988), cricketer
- Liaquat Ali Khan (1896-1951), Pakistani politician
- Mohammad Sidique Khan (1974-2005), London train bomber
- Mohammed Daoud Khan (born 1909), Afghan politician
- Mohisin Khan (born 1978/79), British air-soldier
- Noble Khan, a Trinidad and Tobago religious leader and Senator
- Noor Inayat Khan (1914-1944), British spy
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997), Pakastani vocalist
- Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakastani vocalist
- Roy Khan (born 1970), Norwegian vocalist
- Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (born 1920), Pakistani general and diplomat
- Saif Ali Khan (born 1970), Indian actor
- Salman Khan (born 1965), Indian actor
- Shahrukh Khan (born 1965), Indian actor
- Soha Ali Khan (born 1978), Indian actor
- Ustad Amir Khan (1912-1974), an Indian classical vocalist
- Yahya Khan (1917-1980), Pakistani politician
- Zayed Khan (born 1980), Indian actor
[edit] Fiction
- In the Warhammer 40,000 universe, the Primarch of the White Scars Space Marines Chapter was named Jaghatai Khan.
- In the Star Trek Universe, a prominent villain was Khan Noonien Singh, a genetically-engineered dictator of Sikh heritage.
- In Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars, one of villains (the main assassin) was named Khan.
[edit] Historical figures
- Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor of China
- Genghis Khan, military leader
[edit] See also
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