This is a list of notable people from Punjab, Pakistan.
Religious and spiritual figures Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism Fariduddin Ganjshakar Bahauddin Zakariya Rukn-e-Alam Shah Hussain Mian Mir Sultan Bahu Shah Inayat Qadiri Bulleh Shah Waris Shah Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri Mian Muhammad Bakhsh Khwaja Ghulam Farid Meher Ali Shah
National figures
Allama Muhammad Iqbal Rahmat Ali Liaquat Ali Khan Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Jahanara Shahnawaz Naseer Ahmed Malhi Shaukat Hayat Khan Ghazanfar Ali Khan Zafar Ali Khan Muhammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi
Pakistan Armed Forces Zia-ul-Haq, former Army Chief of Staff and former President of Pakistan (1977–1988) General Raheel Sharif, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army General Qamar Javed Bajwa, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army General Asif Nawaz Janjua, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa Lt Gen Abdul Ali Malik Maj Gen Iftikhar Janjua Maj Gen Akhtar Hussain Malik Major Tufail Muhammad, recipient of the Nishan-e-Haider (NH) Major Raja Aziz Bhatti, recipient of NH Major Muhammad Akram, recipient of NH Major Shabbir Sharif, recipient of NH Captain Muhammad Sarwar, recipient of NH Naik Saif Ali Janjua, recipient of NH Lace Naik Muhammad Mahfuz, recipient of NH Sowar Muhammad Hussain, recipient of NH
Politicians Amir Mohammad Khan, Nawab of Kalabagh, Governor of East Pakistan Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan, Politician Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan, longest serving parliamentarian of Pakistan from 1951 to 1999 Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, former President of Pakistan (PPP) Hamza Shahbaz, former CM of Punjab (2022) Imran Khan, former Prime Minister of Pakistan (2018–2022) Malik Allahyar Khan (1927–2007), former member of parliament Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Chief Minister of Punjab (2024) Mian Aslam Iqbal, Provincial Minister of Industries & Commerce (2018–2022) Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, former President of Pakistan Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, politician Pervaiz Elahi, first Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan, former Chief Minister of Punjab (2002–2007) Qamar Zaman Kaira, former Minister (Pakistan Peoples Party) Shah Mehmood Qureshi, politician PTI Shujaat Hussain, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, current president of PML(Q) Usman Buzdar, Chief Minister of Punjab (2018–2022) Yasmin Rashid, Provincial Minister of Health (2018–2022) Yousaf Raza Gillani, former Prime Minister of Pakistan (Pakistan Peoples Party) Zulfi Bukhari, Politician Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister
Lawyers Syed Muhammad Zafar Ashtar Ausaf Ali Syed Ali Zafar Azam Nazeer Tarar Hamid Khan Salman Akram Raja
Writers and Poets Fariduddin Ganjshakar Shah Hussain Sultan Bahu Bulleh Shah Ali Haider Multani Lutf Ali Waris Shah Qadir Yar Mian Muhammad Baksh Khawaja Ghulam Fareed Ghulam Rasool Alampuri Zafar Ali Khan Muhammad Iqbal Hakim Ahmad Shuja Hafeez Jalandhari Faiz Ahmad Faiz Ustad Daman Hasan Manto Shareef Kunjahi Ahmad Rahi Habib Jalib Anwar Masood Aizaz Azar Mazhar Tirmazi Ali Arshad Mir Mir Tanha Yousafi
Sportspersons Arshad Nadeem, javelin thrower and Olympic Gold Medalist Masood Fakhri, footballer Ajaz Akhtar, cricketer Amir Iqbal Khan, boxer Abdul Khaliq, sprinter Shoaib Akhtar, cricketer Abdul Razzaq, cricketer Wasim Akram, cricketer Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer Inzamam-ul-Haq, cricketer Waqar Younis, cricketer and sports presenter Shahnaz Sheikh, hockey player Shoaib Malik, cricketer Misbah-ul-Haq, cricketer Saeed Anwar, cricketer Muhammad Amir, cricketer Babar Azam, cricketer Imran Khan, cricketer Haris Rauf, cricketer Shadab Khan, cricketer Ramiz Raja, cricketer & commentator
Scientists
Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner in Physics for his contributions to the Electroweak force Riazuddin, theoretical physicist and one of the key developers of the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons Masud Ahmad, theoretical physicist and one of the key developers of the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons Ayyub Ommaya, neurosurgeon and inventor of the Ommaya reservoir Mahbub ul Haq, economist and inventor of the Human Development Index (HDI)
Film and TV artists Sultan Rahi, actor Shaan Shahid, actor Bilal Ashraf, actor Humayun Saeed, actor Ali Zafar, actor Balraj Sahni, Indian actor Dev Anand, Indian actor
Singers Abrar ul Haq, Punjabi folk and pop singer Alam Lohar, Punjabi folk singer Arif Lohar, Punjabi folk singer Pathanay Khan, Punjabi folk singer Inayat Hussain Bhatti, Punjabi folk singer Musarrat Nazir, Punjabi folk singer Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer Badar Miandad, qawwali singer Ghulam Farid Sabri, qawwali singer Maqbool Ahmad Sabri, qawwali singer Amjad Sabri, qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer Noor Jehan, classical singer Atif Aslam, pop singer Shaukat Ali, folk singer
Others
Chaudhary Niaz Ali Khan (civil engineer)
References