List of people from Peshawar

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This is a list of notable people from Peshawar, Pakistan.

Sports[]

• Riaz Afridi, cricketer
• Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
• Iftikhar Ahmed, cricketer
• Umar Gul, cricketer
• Arshad Khan, cricketer
• Yasir Hameed, cricketer
• Aamir Atlas Khan, Pakistan squash player
• Hashim Khan, former British Open squash champion
• Jahangir Khan, former World No. 1 squash player
• Jansher Khan, former squash world champion
• Kabir Khan, cricketer
• Mohammad Rizwan, cricketer
• Qamar Zaman, squash player
• Wajahatullah Wasti, cricketer

Politicians[]

• Farhatullah Babar, Pakistan Peoples Party president and spokesman
• Bashir Ahmad Bilour, Member of Provincial Assembly, senior minister
• Samar Haroon Bilour, First female elected parliamentarian from Peshawar, MPA, widow of Haroon Bilour
• Abdur Rab Nishtar, leader in Pakistan Movement; first Governor of Punjab, Pakistan
• Bhim Sen Sachar, Indian politician

Military[]

• Yahya Khan, President and Commander in Chief and Pakistan Army

Writers[]

• Patras Bokhari, Urdu poet
• Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Urdu poet
• Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum, founder of Islamia College and Legislative Council member

Actors and Singers[]

• Ismail Gulgee, artist
• Raj Kapoor, Indian actor
• Marina Khan, actress
• Dilip Kumar, Indian actor
• Prithviraj Kapoor, Indian film actor
• Vinod Khanna, Indian actor
• Ismail Shahid, Pashto comedian and actor
• Ayman Udas, singer and songwriter
• Sajid Ghafoor, musician
• Shahrukh khan, artist

Others[]

• F. C. Kohli, father of Indian IT Industry
• Kuku Kohli, Bollywood director
• Sania Nishtar, cardiologist and health policy expert
• Suhail Galadari, khaleejtimes
• Abdur Rehman Peshawri, member of the Young Turks, Turkish Ambassador to Afghanistan
• Muhammad Rehman, cardiovascular surgeon and founder Rehman Medical College
• Malik Saad, late CCPO of Peshawar
• Vasubandhu, founder of the Yogacara school of Buddhism
• Mohammed Yahya, educationist, Minister of Education N.W.F.P., 1946-1947
• Rahimullah Yusufzai, journalist
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