List of people from Sialkot

This list includes notable people from Sialkot, Pakistan.

Poets/singers[]

• Faiz Ahmad Faiz, poet
• Allama Muhammad Iqbal, poet
• Ghulam Ali, Ghazal singer
• Bilal Saeed, singer
• Taufiq Rafat, poet
• Asghar Sodai, Poet, and creator of Phrase "Pakistan ka matlab kya La Ila Ha ILLILLAH"

Politicians[]

• Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
• Chaudhry Naseer Ahmad Malhi
• Mumtaz Kahloon
• Khawaja Asif, politician and banker
• Usman Dar, Politician and businessman
• Gulzari Lal Nanda, politician and economist,
• Chaudhry Amir Hussain, politician
• Khawaja Muhammad Safdar,
• Rehman Malik, politician
• Mushahid Hussain Syed
• Ansir Iqbal Baryar
• Firdous Ashiq Awan

Athletes[]

• Zahid Sheikh, hockey player
• Shahnaz Sheikh, hockey player
• Shoaib Malik, cricketer
• Zaheer Abbas, cricketer
• Zahid Fazal, cricketer
• Shaiman Anwar, cricketer
• Sikandar Raza, Zimbabwean Cricketer Born in Sialkot
• Mohammad Abbas, cricketer
• Raza Hasan, cricketer
• Mukhtar Ahmed, cricketer
• Asif Bajwa, hockey player
• Haris Sohail, cricketer
• Bilal Asif, cricketer
• Bilawal Bhatti, cricketer
• Ijaz Ahmed, cricketer
• Ijaz Butt, former PCB Chairman
• Nasir Ali, hockey player
• Tariq Sheikh, hockey player
• Qaiser Abbas, cricketer
• Mansoor Amjad, cricketer
• Shakeel Ansar, cricketer
• Junaid Siddique, Bangladeshi cricketer

Journalist[]

• Kuldip Nayar, Indian Journalist
• Hamid Mir, Journalist/Anchor person

Showbiz[]

• Rajendra Kumar, Bollywood film actor
• Dev Anand, Bollywood film actor,Born in Narowal at that time Narowal was Tehsil of Sialkot
• AK Hangal, Bollywood film actor
• Waheed Murad, Lollywood film actor
• O. P. Ralhan, Bollywood producer, director, writer, actor

Religious scholars[]

• Syed Mir Hassan, Islamic religious scholar And Teacher of Muhammad Iqbal
• Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, Islamic religious scholar
• Peer Jamaat Ali Shah, Islamic scholar and proponent of Pakistan Movement
• Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti, Islamic religious scholar and activist of Pakistan Movement

Industrialists[]

• Dharampal Gulati, founder of Mahashian Di Hatti (MDH) spice empire and several charitable schools and hospitals in Delhi.
• Malik Riaz, Pakistani business tycoon who is the founder of Bahria Town

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