List of Famous people born in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Nasirul Mulk served as the 7th Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan who previously also served as the 22nd Chief Justice of Pakistan. A jurist by profession, he was nominated as Chief Justice by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. On 6 July 2014, his appointment as CJP was confirmed by President Mamnoon Hussain. He also previously served as the country's acting Chief Election Commissioner, from 30 November 2013 to 6 July 2014.

Muhammad Javed Afridi is a Pakistani business executive and entrepreneur.

Sana Mir is a former Pakistani cricketer who served as a captain of the Pakistan national women's cricket team in ODIs and T20Is. She played in 226 international matches, including 137 of those as captain of the side. She was the first bowler for Pakistan to take 100 wickets in WODIs.

Premnath Malhotra, better known as Prem Nath, was an Indian actor and director, who was best known for his works in Hindi films. Nath made his debut with the film Ajit (1948), and went on to appear in over 100 films throughout his career. He was nominated for three Filmfare Awards, and later retired in 1985. In 1992, Nath died from a heart attack.

Hashim Khan was a squash player from Pakistan. He won the British Open Squash Championships a total of seven times, from 1951 to 1956, and then again in 1958. Khan was the patriarch of the Khan squash family, which dominated the sport from the 1950s through the 1980s.

Abdul Ghaffār Khān, also known as Bādshāh Khān or Bāchā Khān and honourably addressed as Fakhr-e-Afghan, was a Pashtun independence activist against British colonial rule in India. He was a political and spiritual leader known for his nonviolent opposition and lifelong pacifism; he was a devout Muslim and an advocate for Hindu−Muslim unity in the Indian subcontinent. Due to his similar ideologies and close friendship with Mahatma Gandhi, Khan was nicknamed Sarhadi Gandhi by his close associate Amir Chand Bombwal. In 1929, Khan founded the Khudai Khidmatgar, an anti-colonial nonviolent resistance movement. The Khudai Khidmatgar's success and popularity with the Indian people eventually prompted the British to launch a severe crackdown against him and his supporters; the Khudai Khidmatgar suffered some of the most severe repression of the entire Indian independence movement.

Kuku Kohli is a director, writer, editor and screenwriter of Bollywood Films. He was born in Peshawar. He is known to give Ajay Devgan his first break in Bollywood in the movie Phool Aur Kaante. Early in his career, he worked under Raj Kapoor for many years where he learned his skills. Mr. Kuku Kohli has been in the film industry for more than 30 years. He has assisted Mr. Raj Kapoor, Film Director and an acknowledged genius in the art of filmmaking in the films - Bobby, Prem Rog, and Satyam Shivam Sundaram. He was the second unit director of the film BETAAB which was the launch pad of Sunny Deol & Amrita Singh and catapulted both into stardom as it was a golden jubilee film. Another film was ARJUN starring Sunny Deol & Dimple Kapadia, was a silver jubilee film. The action sequences of this film shot by Mr. Kohli are acclaimed to be among the best sequences ever shot. He, then, directed “PHOOL AUR KAANTE” which achieved diamond jubilee status and made Ajay Devgan one of the most sought after stars of the country. After this, he directed “KOHRAAM” starring Dharmendra, Amrish Puri, Aneeta Raj & Aroona Irani. “SUHAAG” starring Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar, Karishma Kapoor, Nagma was again a golden jubilee. “HAQEEQAT” starring Ajay Devgan, Tabu, Amrish Puri, and Aroona Irani was critically acclaimed & was a hit all over. It was nominated in 7 categories including best director for the prestigious “FILMFARE AWARD”, Mr. Kohli was also nominated as the best director of the year for the same film for the Screen awards. His directorial venture was “ZULMI” starring Akshay Kumar, Twinkle Khanna, Amrish Puri, Aruna Irani, Milind Gunaji, etc. This film had also run successfully everywhere. In partnership with Ms. Aroona Irani in 1998, he produced & directed “ANARI NO. 1” starring Govinda in a double role. This film was a huge success worldwide. Since then he had made “YEH DIL AASHIQANA”. Music maestros Nadeem-Shravan made a comeback into the industry with this film. This film was released in January 2002.

Asad Qaiser is a Pakistani politician who is the current Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, in office since August 2018. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018. Previously, he was the member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2013 to 2018 and served as the 14th Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, from May 2013 to August 2018.

Shakil Afridi, or Shakeel Afridi, is a Pakistani physician who helped the CIA run a fake hepatitis vaccine program in Abbottabad, Pakistan, to confirm Osama bin Laden's presence in the city by obtaining DNA samples. Details of his activities emerged during the Pakistani investigation of the deadly raid on bin Laden's residence. This account is disputed in a recent account of events which implies Afridi was implicated as a cover for the real CIA operative. Afridi was arrested at the Torkham border crossing while trying to flee the country days after the raid. On 23 May 2012, he was sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment for treason, initially believed to be in connection with the bin Laden raid, but later revealed to be due to alleged ties with a local Islamist warlord Mangal Bagh. Lawyers appealed against the verdict on 1 June 2012. On 29 August 2013, his sentence was overturned and a retrial ordered.

Mahmood Khan is a Pakistani politician who is the current Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in office since 17 August 2018. He has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 13 August 2018.