List of Famous people born in Pakistan

Antony Legard

First Name Antony
Last Name Legard
Born on January 17, 1912
Died on August 22, 2004 (aged 92)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Major Antony Ronald Legard, nicknamed Loopy, was an Indian-born English first-class cricketer who played 36 matches, mostly for Oxford University, in the 1930s. He also played twice for Free Foresters and had one match each for Worcestershire, the Europeans in India and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

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Francis Younghusband

First Name Francis
Last Name Younghusband
Born on May 31, 1863
Died on July 31, 1942 (aged 79)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, was a British Army officer, explorer, and spiritual writer. He is remembered for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia; especially the 1904 British expedition to Tibet, led by himself, and for his writings on Asia and foreign policy. Younghusband held positions including British commissioner to Tibet and President of the Royal Geographical Society.

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Zakir Hussain

First Name Zakir
Last Name Hussain
Born on January 1, 1934
Died on August 19, 2019 (aged 85)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Zakir Hussain was a Pakistani field hockey player. He was born in Lahore. He won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He died on 19 August 2019.

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Chetan Anand

First Name Chetan
Born on January 3, 1921
Died on July 6, 1997 (aged 76)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Chetan Anand was a Hindi film producer, screenwriter and director from India, whose debut film, Neecha Nagar, was awarded the Grand Prix Prize at the first ever Cannes Film Festival in 1946. Later he co-founded Navketan Films with his younger brother Dev Anand in 1949.

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Arun Kumar Ahuja

First Name Arun
Last Name Ahuja
Born on January 17, 1917
Died on July 3, 1998 (aged 81)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Arun Kumar Ahuja, popularly known as Aroon, was an Indian film actor and producer who was active in Hindi language film industry in the 1940s and early 1950s appearing in over 30 films. He was best known for acting in Mehboob Khan's 1940 film Aurat which was the predecessor of the Oscar nominated 1957 remake Mother India.

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Khan Abdul Ghani Khan

First Name Khan
Last Name Khan
Born on January 1, 1914
Died on March 1, 1996 (aged 82)

Khan Abdul Ghani Khan SI was a Pashtun philosopher, poet, artist, writer and politician. He was a son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a prominent British Raj-era Indian independence activist. Throughout his life as a poet in both British India and Afghanistan, Khan was known by the titles Lewanay Pālsapay and Da īlam Samander.

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Googie Withers

Georgette Lizette Withers
First Name Googie
Born on March 12, 1917
Died on July 15, 2011 (aged 94)
Born in Pakistan, Sindh

Georgette Lizette Withers, CBE, AO, known professionally as Googie Withers, was an English entertainer who was a dancer and actress with a lengthy career spanning some nine decades in theatre, film, and television. She was a well-known actress and star of British films during the Second World War and postwar years.

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Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi

First Name Moeenuddin
Died on November 22, 2016 (aged 46)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi was a Pakistani American economist and civil servant who served as Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan in an acting capacity from July to October 1993. Qureshi also served as the senior vice president of World Bank.

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Gursharan Kaur

First Name Gursharan
Born on September 13, 1937 (age 88)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Gursharan Kaur is a history professor and author. She is the wife of the 13th Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh.

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Vijay Anand

First Name Vijay
Last Name Anand
Born on January 22, 1934
Died on February 23, 2004 (aged 70)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Vijay Anand, also known as Goldie Anand, was an Indian filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, editor and actor, who is known for acclaimed films such as Guide (1965), Teesri Manzil (1966), Jewel Thief (1967) and Johny Mera Naam (1970). He made most of his films for the in-house banner Navketan Films and was part of the Anand family.

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