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, commonly used by by people of Pakhtun or Rajput orgin.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]

Politicians and military leaders named Khan include:

Indians in the movie industry with the name include:

  • Nasir Khan, an Indian actor
  • Rakshanda Khan, an Indian model, hostess and actress
  • Anwar Khan, an Indian dialogue writer
  • Negar Khan, an Indian actress
  • Kader Khan, an Indian actor,comedian,script and dialogue writer,producer and director
  • Sahil Khan, an Indian actor
  • Ahmed Khan, an Indian actor
  • Cezanne Khan, an Indian actor
  • Aly Khan (actor), an Indian actor
  • Sohail Khan, a Bollywood writer, producer, actor and director
  • Salim Khan, a Bollywood script writer
  • Gauri Khan, a producer and wife of Shahrukh Khan
  • Aryan Khan, a Bollywood actor and son of Shahrukh Khan and Gauri Khan
  • Suhana Khan, daughter of Shahrukh Khan and Gauri Khan
  • Jiya Khan, an Indian Bollywood actress
  • Gulrez Khan, an Indian actress
  • Sanjay Khan, a Bollywood actor
  • Aamir Khan, a prominent Bollywood actor
  • Ayub Khan(actor), an Indian actor
  • Eijaz Khan, an Indian actor
  • Fardeen Khan, an Indian actor
  • Farah Khan, Indian film director & Cherographer
  • Feroz Khan, Indian actor and director
  • Saif Ali Khan, an Indian actor
  • Salman Khan, an Indian actor
  • Shahrukh Khan, an Indian actor
  • Soha Ali Khan, an Indian actor
  • Zayed Khan, an Indian actor
  • Mohammed Iqbal Khan, an Indian actor
  • Nigar Z Khan,an Indian actor , Model
  • Aziz Khan, an Indian Producer
  • Sanjay Khan,an Indian actor
  • Afsar Khan,an Indian production head
  • Asif Khan, an Indian Dialouge Writer
  • Amjad Khan,an Indian Bollywood actor
  • Yusuf Khan,an Indian film actor and a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha).
  • Aleeza Khan,an Indian actor
  • Rais Khan, an Indian associate assistant
  • Irrfan Khan, an Indian actor
  • Pervaz Khan, an Indin sound designer
  • Ahmed Khan (Cherographer) , an Indian Cherographer
  • Altaf Khan, an Indian Cherographer

Sports figures named Khan include:

Entertainers sharing the name include:

In fiction, the name is used by:

Others include:

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