List of Famous people born in Pakistan

Bilquis Edhi

First Name Bilquis
Born on August 14, 1947
Died on April 15, 2022 (aged 74)
Born in Pakistan, Sindh

Bilquis Bano Edhi, widow of Abdul Sattar Edhi, is a professional nurse and one of the most active philanthropists in Pakistan along with serving as co-chair of Edhi Foundation. She has been named The Mother of Pakistan. She was born in 1947 in Bantva. She heads the Edhi Foundation, and with her husband received the 1986 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. In 2015, she received the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice. Her charity runs many services in Pakistan including a hospital and emergency service in Karachi. Together with her husband their charity has saved over 16,000 unwanted babies. Her husband, Abdul Sattar Edhi, died on 8 July 2016.

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Rehman Chishti

First Name Rehman
Last Name Chishti
Born on October 4, 1978 (age 47)

Atta-Ur-Rehman Chishti is a Pakistani–British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gillingham and Rainham since the 2010 general election. He was the United Kingdom's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief from 12 September 2019 until his resignation on 14 September 2020. He was the Vice Chair of the Conservative Party for Communities, appointed in the 2018 cabinet reshuffle. Chisthi also served as the Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Pakistan.

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Yash Chopra

First Name Yash
Born on September 27, 1932
Died on October 21, 2012 (aged 80)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Yash Raj Chopra was an Indian director and film producer who worked in Hindi films. The founding chairman of the film production and distribution company Yash Raj Films, Chopra was the recipient of several awards, including 6 National Film Awards and 08 Filmfare Awards. He is considered among the best Indian filmmakers. For his contributions to film, the Government of India honoured him with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2001, and the Padma Bhushan in 2005.British Academy of Film and Television Arts BAFTA 2006 presented him with a lifetime membership, making him the first Indian to receive the honour.

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Kuldip Nayar

First Name Kuldip
Born on August 14, 1923
Died on August 23, 2018 (aged 95)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Kuldip Nayar was an Indian journalist, syndicated columnist, human rights activist, author and former High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom noted for his long career as a left-wing political commentator. He was also nominated as a member of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament in 1997.

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Prem Chopra

First Name Prem
Last Name Chopra
Born on September 23, 1935 (age 90)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Prem Chopra is an Indian actor in Hindi and Punjabi films. He has acted in 380 films over a span of over 60 years. He has a soft-spoken diction despite being a villain in most films. His 19 films, with him as antagonist and Rajesh Khanna in the lead role remain popular with audiences and critics.

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Moin Akhter

First Name Moin
Last Name Akhter
Born on December 24, 1950
Died on April 22, 2011 (aged 60)
Born in Pakistan, Sindh

Moin Akhter, was a Pakistani television, film and stage artist, humorist, comedian, impersonator, host, writer, singer, director and producer who rose to fame in the era of Radio Pakistan along with his co-actors Anwer Maqsood and Bushra Ansari. He became an icon through his screen persona "Rosy" and is considered to be a one-of-a-kind parodist and the king of Urdu comedy. His career spanned more than 45 years, from childhood in the Radio Pakistan era of modern film making until a year before his death in 2011.

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Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi

First Name Attaullah
Born on August 19, 1951 (age 74)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Attaullah Khan Niazi known professionally as Attahullah Khan Esakhelvi also known as Lala is a Pakistani musician from Isakhel, Mianwali, Punjab.

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Iqra Aziz

First Name Iqra
Born on November 24, 1997 (age 28)
Born in Pakistan, Sindh

Iqra Aziz Hussain is a Pakistani television actress. She is best known for playing the role of Jiya in Momina Duraid's Suno Chanda (2018), for which she received critical acclaim and Lux Style Awards for Best Television Actress.

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Yogesh Chander Deveshwar

First Name Yogesh
Born on February 4, 1947
Died on May 11, 2019 (aged 72)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Yogesh Chander Deveshwar was an Indian businessman. He was the chairman of ITC Limited. He was the longest-serving CEO of any Indian company.

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Iman Ali

First Name Iman
Last Name Ali
Born on December 19, 1980 (age 45)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Iman Ali, is a Pakistani actress, veteran model and singer who appears in Urdu films. Ali made her film debut with a leading role in the 2007 thriller film Khuda Kay Liye, for which she won a Lux Style Award for Best Actress. She has also starred as main female lead in 2016 film Mah e Mir and had a supporting role in the 2011 social drama Bol.

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