List of people from Faisalabad
Below is a list of people who are known for their association with Faisalabad, Pakistan. It does not necessarily mean that they were born in the city or were even nationals of the country.
- Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force:Only officer of the Indian Air Force to be promoted to five-star rank
- Prithviraj Kapoor, Indian actor-director producer, founder of Prithvi Theatres
- Abdul Rauf Rufi, Naat Khawan
- Arfa Karim, computer prodigy
- Zia Mohyeddin, Artist, Actor
- Khalid Maqbool, lieutenant general and politician
- Saeed Ajmal, Pakistani cricket player
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Qawwali singer
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Qawwali singer
- Resham, Pakistani film actress
- Shahbaz Ahmed, Pakistani Hockey Player
- Master Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, A great Sikh patriot of twentieth century
- Aqeel Ahmed, cricketer
- Naeem Akhtar, cricketer
- Amanat Ali, classic and pop singer
- Rana Muhammad Akram Khan, former Chairman Punjab Bar Council
- Rana Sanaullah Khan, lawyer and politician
- Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali, politician
- Teji Bachchan, Indian social activist and the late mother of Amitabh Bachchan
- Dildar Hussain, tabla player
- Khawaja Muhammad Islam, politician
- Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, Qawwali and ghazal singer
- Fateh Ali Khan, Qawwali singer
- Iqrar Ahmad Khan, agricultural scientist
- Mubarak Ali Khan, Qawwali singer
- Muhammad Asif, snooker champion[1]
- Naz Khialvi, lyricist, poet and radio broadcaster
- Mala, ghazal and playback singer
- Muhammad Hanif Ansari, politician
- Ifti Nasim, poet
- Rameez Raja, Pakistani cricketer
- Clement Sethupathy, Roman Catholic priest
- Bhagat Singh, Indian Nationalist
- Grahanandan Singh, Indian field hockey player
- Rana Asif Tauseef, politician
- Rana Zahid Tauseef, politician
- Tariq Teddy, television actor and stand-up comedian
- Rufin Anthony, Roman Catholic priest and bishop
- Shahbaz Bhatti, politician
- John Joseph, Roman Catholic priest and bishop
- Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, Indian leading soldier, educationist and journalist
- Hari Singh Dilbar, (now in India) Punjabi language writer and poet
- Hassan Nisar, Columnist and writer
- James Broadwood Lyall, Founder of Faisalabad whose grave is in Jinnah Garden Faisalabad
References