This is the list of notable people from Jhelum city and Jhelum District.
A Aftab Iqbal Shamim, Urdu language poet Afzal Khan (British politician), British Member of Parliament for Manchester Gorton General Asif Nawaz Janjua, former chief of army staff of Pakistan Azeem Hafeez, former Pakistani cricket team
B Bhai Mati Das, Indian Sikh martyrs
C Chaudhry Altaf Hussain, politician and former governor of Punjab
G Ghulam Hussain, politician and doctor Gulzar, Indian poet and film director
H Hasnat Ahmad Khan, a heart surgeon in Britain, also known as an ex-lover of Lady Diana
I Inder Kumar Gujral, former prime minister of India
J Jagjit Singh Aurora, Indian army officer Jaswant Singh Neki, Indian scholar and poet
K Khalid Masud, Muslim scholar
M M. Afzal Khan, British politician Masood Aslam, Pak army officer Mirza Ibrahim, Pakistani politician Major Muhammad Akram, Pak army officer, Nishan-e-Haider awarded Manmohan Singh, former prime minister of India was born in village of Gah, district Chakwal, then part of Jhelum District Muhammad Ali Mirza, Engineer and Islamic preacher
N Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi, politician Nanak Singh, Indian writer and poet Nasser Azam, British artist
R Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan, politician and a leader of Pakistan Movement
S Sunil Dutt, Bollywood actor Satish Gujral, Indian painter and sculptor
T Admiral Tariq Kamal Khan, Chief of Naval Staff
U Usama Jawad Jami, Urdu Poet, Youngest Bearu Chief of News Channel.
Z Zafar Chaudhry, first chief of air staff of the Pakistan Air Force he was born in Sialkot Zamir Jafri, writer and poet.
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