List of people from Peshawar
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This is a list of notable people from Peshawar, Pakistan.
- Bashir Ahmad Bilour, shaheed was awarded hilal e shujaat due to his bravery and courage to stand up to the taliban as the face of
Pathans. He was a minister 4 times and MPA 5 times consecutively. He died in office as senior minister and was known as the Be-Taj Badshah(King without a Crown) of Peshawar
- Gul Hamid, Famous Indian movie actor and director.
- Saleem Jan, PTI Politician,Renowned Banker and Economist.
- Abdur Rehman Peshawri, Member of the young Turks, Turkish Ambassador to Afghanistan
- Mohammed Yahya, Educationist, Minister of Education N.W.F.P. 1946-1947
- Mohammad Yunus (diplomat), Indian Diplomat, Freedom Fighter against the British Raj
- Abdur Rab Nishtar,Leader in Pakistan Movement& First Governor of Punjab, Pakistan
- Malik Saad, Late CCPO of Peshawar.
- Dilip Kumar, Bollywood actor
- Madhubala, famous Bollywood actress
- Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Urdu poet
- Amjad Khan, Bollywood actor
- Hashim Khan, former British Open squash champion
- Farhatullah Babar, Pakistan Peoples Party president and spokesman.
- Omer Tarin, noted poet and scholar born here 1967
- Ismail Shahid, Pashto Comedian Actor
- Ismail Gulgee, artist
- Younis Khan, Pakistani Cricketer
- Jahangir Khan, former World No. 1 squash player
- General Yahya Khan, President and Commander in Chief and Pakistan Army.
- Aamir Atlas Khan, Pakistan Squash Player
- Shahid Afridi, Pakistani Cricket Team's captain
- Jansher Khan, former squash world champion
- Dr. Muhammad Rehman, Cardiovascular Surgeon and founder of Rehman Medical institute and Rehman Medical College.
- Marina Khan, Actress
- Mulk Raj Anand, Indian writer in English
- Patras Bokhari, Urdu humourist
- Sania Nishtar, cardiologist and health policy expert
- Prithviraj Kapoor, Bollywood actor and film pioneer
- Rahimullah Yusufzai, journalist
- Rahman Baba, Pashto poet
- Raj Kapoor, Bollywood actor
- Umar Gul, cricketer
- Vinod Khanna, Bollywood actor
- Kabir Khan, cricketer
- Yasir Hameed, cricketer
- Zeek Afridi, Pashto Singer
- Surinder Kapoor, Bollywood Producer
- Mehr Chand Khanna, Indian politician and Minister
- Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum, Founder Islamia College and Legislative Council member
- Qamar Zaman, Squash Player
- Safwat Ghayur, Commandant Frontier Constabulary
- Shah Rukh Khan, SRK is a Bollywood actor well known as KING KHAN or King of Bollywood.
- Pāṇini, was a Sanskrit grammarian from ancient Indian. He's one of the earliest known Grammarian.
- Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai , schooler (controversial on EIDS days in Pakistan).
- Prof S.M.Jaffer ,Historian and writer ( 1910-1979),author of More than 100 Books history of Muslim India
- Dr Zahoor Ahmad Awan , writer
- Hussain Bakhash kausar ,historian , physiologist and freedom fighter close friend of Bacha Khan .
- Fasi Zaka , writer , poet , radio host and Tv personality
- Dr, Naseem Ashraf , Chairman of Pakistan Cricket board
- Ahmad Faraz , Poet
- Shahid Khatak Papu writer , poet , artist
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