List of Famous people with last name Banu

Saira Banu

First Name Saira
Born on August 23, 1944 (age 80)
Born in India

Saira Banu, also known as Saira Bano, is an Indian film actress who acted in many hit Bollywood films between 1961 and 1988. She is one of the most popular actresses in Hindi cinema history. Banu was the third highest paid actress in Hindi Cinema from 1963 to 1969 and the fourth highest paid actress from 1971 to 1976. She is married to actor Dilip Kumar.

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Naseem Banu

First Name Naseem
Last Name Banu
Born on July 4, 1916
Died on June 18, 2002 (aged 85)
Born in India

Naseem Banu was an Indian film actress. She was referred to as Naseem and known as "Beauty Queen" and the "first female superstar" of Indian Cinema. Starting her acting career in the mid-1930s she continued to act till mid-1950s. Her first film was Khoon Ka Khoon (Hamlet) (1935) with Sohrab Modi under whose Minerva Movietone banner she acted for several years. Her high-point came with Modi's Pukar (1939) in which she played the role of Empress Nur Jahan. According to composer Naushad she got the sobriquet Pari-Chehra Naseem through the publicity advertisements of her films. She was the mother of actress Saira Banu and mother-in-law to the actor Dilip Kumar.

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Cecilia Banu

First Name Cecilia
Last Name Banu
Died on January 11, 1998 (aged 28)

Cecilia Banu was a scholar of Iranian studies, a poet and a translator from the Persian language to Russian. She is best known for her multi-volume translation of the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi.

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Florentin Banu

First Name Florentin
Last Name Banu
Born on November 30, 1966 (age 58)
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Rahima Banu

First Name Rahima
Born on October 16, 1972 (age 52)

Rahima Banu Begum is the last known person to have been infected with naturally occurring Variola major smallpox, the more deadly variety of the disease.

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