List of Famous people born in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Ziauddin Yousafzai is a Pakistani education activist best known as the father of Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who protested against the Taliban's opposition to the education rights of girls, especially for Pakistani girls. He is currently co-founder and Board Member of Malala Fund and the author of Let Her Fly.

Nasir Khan was an Indian film actor. He was the younger brother of actor Dilip Kumar and is the father of actor Ayub Khan.

Surinder Kapoor was an Indian film producer. He produced Bollywood films and also served as President of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India from 1995 to 2001. He was born in Peshawar, British India. Surinder Kapoor belonged to a Punjabi Hindu family from Peshawar. He is a distant relative of the Kapoor family.

Fakhar Zaman is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team and for Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League.

Sami ul Haq was a Pakistani religious scholar and senator. He was known as the Father of Taliban in Pakistan. He was a member of the Senate of Pakistan from 1985 to 1991 and again from 1991 to 1997. He was the son of Maulana Abdul-Haq and was involved in various religious activities like his father did. He himself has four sons: Hamid-ul-Haq, Rashid-ul-Haq, Usama Sami UL haq,Khuzaima Haq

Trilok Kapoor was an Indian character actor in Hindi language films, and a member of the Kapoor family.

Faqir Chand Kohli was founder and first CEO of TCS Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest Software Services Co.He was also associated with other companies within Tata Group including Tata Power Company and Tata Elxsi, and had been President of Indian Information Technology (IT) services advocacy body NASSCOM. He was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honor, in 2002 for his contributions to the Indian software industry. He is referred to as the "Father of the Indian IT Industry", for his contributions to the establishment and growth of the Indian IT industry.

Yasir Shah is an international cricketer from Pakistan. He plays as a bowler, and is the joint-second fastest bowler in the history of Test cricket to take 100 wickets, as well as also being the fastest to pick up 200 wickets, having broken the previous record set by Australian bowler Clarrie Grimmett.

Manoj Kumar is an Indian actor and director in Bollywood. He is remembered for his versatile performances in films like Hariyali Aur Raasta, Woh Kaun Thi?, Himalay Ki God Mein, Do Badan, Upkar, Patthar Ke Sanam, Neel Kamal, Purab Aur Paschim, Beimaan, Roti Kapda Aur Makaan, Dus Numbri, Sanyasi and Kranti. He is known for acting in and directing films with patriotic themes, and has been given the nickname Bharat Kumar.

Mohammad Younis Khan is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in all three formats of the game, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest middle-order batsmen in Test cricket. Khan is the only Test cricketer in the history of the game to score a century in all 11 countries that have hosted Test matches.