List of Famous people born in Punjab, Pakistan
Nashra Sandhu
Nashra Sandhu is a Pakistani cricketer.
Atif Aslam
Muhammad Atif Aslam is a Pakistani playback singer and actor. He has recorded numerous chart-topping songs in both Pakistan and India and is known for his vocal belting technique. He predominantly sings in Urdu and Hindi, but has also sung in Punjabi, Bengali and Pashto. With successful chart-topping songs, he is often regarded as one of the all-time best playback singers in the Indian and Pakistani music industries. In 2008, Aslam received the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, the fourth-highest civilian honour award from the Pakistani government as well as numerous Lux Style Awards. Aslam made his acting debut in 2011 with the Urdu social drama film Bol. In 2019, he was awarded with a star in the Dubai Walk of Fame after his nomination for the "Best Singer in Pakistan". He is among one of the 100 Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. Aslam has an extensively large following at home in Pakistan as well as in neighbouring India. He refers to his fans as "Aadeez".
Shadab Khan
Shadab Khan is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team. He was born in Mianwali, a city in northwest Punjab, Pakistan. In August 2018, he was one of thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
Nizakat Khan
Nizakat Khan is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer. Khan is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break.
Zahid Hamid
Zahid Hamid is a Pakistani politician, and lawyer. A member of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Hamid previously served as the Minister for Law and Justice and Minister of Climate Change in the Third Sharif ministry between 2015 and 2017. He briefly served as the Minister of Law and Justice in June 2013 before being appointed as Minister of Science and Technology from June 2013 to November 2014. He again served as Minister for Law and Justice under Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi from August 2017 until he resignation in November 2017.
Gulzarilal Nanda
Gulzarilal Nanda was an Indian politician and economist who specialized in labour issues. He was the Acting Prime Minister of India for two short periods following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966. Both his terms ended after the ruling Indian National Congress's parliamentary party elected a new prime minister. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 1997.
R. K. Dhawan
Rajinder Kumar Dhawan was an Indian politician who was one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress and a member of the Rajya Sabha.
Om Prakash
Om Prakash Bakshi was an Indian character actor. He was born in Jammu, as Om Prakash Bakshi. He used to play the role of Kamla in the stage play by the famous Dewan Mandir Natak Samaj Jammu. Since his career began in 1942, he was a popular supporting actor from the 1950s until the 1980s. He also produced Jahanaara starring Bharat Bhushan, Shashikala, Prithviraj Kapoor and Mala Sinha in the title role of Jahanaara.
Deepak Lal
Deepak (Kumar) Lal was an Indian British neo-liberal economist, originally of India.
Romesh Chandra
Romesh Chandra was an Indian leader of the Communist Party of India (CPI). He took part in the Indian independence struggle as student leader of CPI after joining it in 1939. He held various posts within the party. He became president of the World Peace Council in 1977.