34.5327° N, 69.1659° E
KABUL
Most Famous People Born in Kabul, Afghanistan
- Notable people
- 341
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1966
- Most distinctive
- Son 11.1×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Kabul during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Kabul Is Known For
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Football is Kabul's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (65).
Kabul over-indexes on son — 11.1× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Kabul's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Khaled Hosseini
Born 1965
Humayun
1508 - 1556
Mohammed Zahir Shah
1914 - 2007
Babrak Karmal
1929 - 1996
Atiq Rahimi
Born 1962
Mohammed Daoud Khan
1909 - 1978
Abdur Rahman Khan
1844 - 1901
Nur Muhammad Taraki
1917 - 1979
Abdullah Abdullah
Born 1960
Kader Khan
1937 - 2018
Ahmad Zahir
1946 - 1979
Fatima Bhutto
Born 1982
Gulbadan Begum
1523 - 1603
Marina Golbahari
Born 1989
Habibullāh Kalakāni
1890 - 1929
Mustafa Nayyem
Born 1981
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi
1925 - 2019
Annet Mahendru
Born 1989
Zohib Islam Amiri
Born 1990
Khalilullah Khalili
1907 - 1987
Balal Arezou
Born 1988
Rohullah Nikpai
Born 1987
Zohre Esmaeli
Born 1985
Siyar Bahadurzada
Born 1984
Moshtagh Yaghoubi
Born 1994
Lida Abdul
Born 1973
Farhad Darya
Born 1962
Nasrullah Khan (Afghanistan)
1874 - 1920
Mustafa Zazai
Born 1993
Qays Shayesteh
Born 1988
Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal
1919 - 1973
Milad Salem
Born 1988
Zubayr Amiri
Born 1990
Omid Popalzay
Born 1996
Mohammad Yusuf (politician)
1914 - 1998
Mustafa Azadzoy
Born 1992
Tamim Ansary
Born 1948
Sultan Ali Keshtmand
Born 1935
Abdul Rahim Sarban
1930 - 1993
Azita Ghanizada
Born 1979
Farid Zoland
Born 1955
Shamsuddin Amiri
Born 1985
Farshad Bashir
Born 1988
Kamran Mirza
1509 - 1557
Zalmai Rassoul
Born 1943
Humaira Begum
1918 - 2002
Hamid Rahimi
Born 1983
Ali Ahmad Jalali
Born 1940
Mohammad Musa Shafiq
1932 - 1978
Mohammad Yaqub Khan
1849 - 1923
Abdul Ghafoor Breshna
1907 - 1974
Robina Muqimyar
Born 1986
Mustafa Hadid
Born 1988
Harez Habib
Born 1982
Ayub Khan (Emir of Afghanistan)
1857 - 1914
Fariba Rezayee
Born 1985
Mahwash
Born 1947
Mansur Faqiryar
Born 1986
Nasrat Parsa
1968 - 2005
Hashmatullah Barakzai
Born 1987
Layla Alizada
Born 1982
Masih Saighani
Born 1986
Mohammad Yousef Kargar
Born 1963
Sandjar Ahmadi
Born 1992
Chékéba Hachemi
Born 1974
Israfeel Kohistani
Born 1987
Fahim Fazli
Born 1966
Ghulam Muhammad Ghobar
1897 - 1978
Anoush Dastgir
Born 1989
Sonia Nassery Cole
Born 1963
Yusuf Barak
Born 1984
Hafizullah Qadami
Born 1985
Nawroz Mangal
Born 1984
Sayd Bahodine Majrouh
1928 - 1988
Ahmad Milad Karimi
Born 1979
Ata Yamrali
Born 1982
Zemaryalai Tarzi
Born 1939
Akram Assem
Born 1965
Abdul Rahman (convert)
Born 1965
Nasima Razmyar
Born 1984
Inayatullah Khan
1888 - 1946
Amin Saikal
Born 1950
Parween Pazhwak
Born 1967
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada
Born 1994
Mahabat Khan
Died 1634
Obaidullah Karimi
Born 1979
Kanischka Taher
Born 1991
Meena Keshwar Kamal
1956 - 1987
Abdul Ghafoor Assar
-
Milad Intezar
Born 1992
Asghar Afghan
Born 1987
Ali Askar Lali
Born 1957
Ravan A. G. Farhâdi
Born 1929
Shukria Barakzai
Born 1972
Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan
Born 1934
Mohammad Omar (musician)
1905 - 1980
Abdul Ghani Assar
Born 1923
Jalil Zaland
1935 - 2009
Mujtaba Faiz
Born 1989
Massoud Hossaini
Born 1981
Faisal Sakhizada
Born 1990
Adham Khan
1531 - 1562
Homayun Sakhi
Born 1976
Salim Durani
Born 1934
Modjieb Jamali
Born 1991
Zallascht Sadat
Born 1986
Hamida Barmaki
1970 - 2011
Haron Amin
1967 - 2015
Fereshta Ludin
Born 1972
Abdul Ahad Kharot
Born 1926
Habib Qaderi
Born 1971
Muqadar Qazizadah
Born 1988
Mohammad Gul Khan Momand
1885 - 1964
Abdullah Yaqta
1914 - 2003
Eklil Ahmad Hakimi
Born 1968
Abdul Shacour Azimi
Born 1923
Ali Amiri (Afghan footballer)
Born 1985
Farid Ahmadi
Born 1988
Shakeeb Hamdard
Born 1984
Raziq Faani
1943 - 2007
Mir Akbar Khyber
1925 - 1978
Mohammad Haider Zhobal
-
Spôjmaï Zariâb
Born 1949
Farkhunda Zahra Naderi
Born 1981
Bashir Ahmad Saadat
Born 1981
Makhūl ibn Abī Muslim
Died 734
Saba Sahar
Born 1975
Abdul Hamid Tajik
Born 1923
Sidiq Walizada
Born 1993
Jabar Sharza
Born 1994
Afsar Zazai
Born 1993
Madina Hamidi
Born 1987
Hangama
Born 1960
Jawed Ludin
Born 1973
Hamidullah Yosufzai
Born 1981
Leena Alam
Born 1978
Wali Razaqi
Born 1979
Rafael Pinhasi
Born 1940
Usman Ghani
Born 1996
Arsala Rahmani Daulat
1944 - 2012
Asef Soltanzadeh
Born 1964
Ahmad Wali
Born 1940
Davoud Yaqoubi
Born 1982
Ajmal Faisal
Born 1990
Sayed Qassem Rishtya
1913 - 1998
Abdul Hadi Dawai
1894 - 1982
Qader Eshpari
Born 1967
Aryana Sayeed
Born 1985
Sediq Afghan
Born 1958
Esmat Shanwary
Born 1993
Ghulam Faruq Yaqubi
1938 - 1992
Rahraw Omarzad
Born 1964
Lima Azimi
Born 1984
Homeira Qaderi
Born 1979
Mary Ayubi
-
Abdul Khaliq Hazara (assassin)
1918 - 1933
Gul Mohamad Zhowandai
1905 - 1988
Masihullah Barakzai
Born 1990
Mohamed Ibrahim Gharzai
-
Omar Nazar
Born 1978
Bahari Ibaadat
Born 1993
Mehboba Ahdyar
Born 1988
Qais Akbar Omar
Born 1982
Emran Barakzai
Born 1994
Mohamed Anwar Kharot
-
Hindal Mirza
1519 - 1551
Nadia Ghulam
Born 1985
Yar Mohammed Barakzai
Born 1923
Mohammed Sarwar (footballer)
-
Soosan Firooz
-
Mehran Marri
Born 1973
Elaha Soroor
Born 1988
Kawa Ada
Born 1982
Seeta Qasemi
Born 1983
Salahuddin Rabbani
Born 1971
Abdul Ghafoor Yusufzai
-
Nasrin Oryakhil
Born 1964
Hedayat Amin Arsala
Born 1942
Mithaq Kazimi
-
Muhammad Yunus Nawandish
-
Abdul Rahman Ashraf
Born 1944
Walid Nakschbandi
Born 1968
Farhad Bitani
Born 1986
Omar Akbar
Born 1948
Ajmal Faizzada
Born 1987
Parviz Mirza
1589 - 1626
Mir Wais Hosseini
Born 1955
Aqeela Asifi
Born 1966
Zia Qarizada
1922 - 2008
Jeff Bronkey
Born 1965
Qadria Yazdanparast
-
Massoud Nawabi
1954 - 2010
Farid Zarif
Born 1951
Mirza Muhammad Hakim
1553 - 1585
Khalida Popal
Born 1987
Suhaila Seddiqi
1938 - 2020
Mariam Kühsel-Hussaini
Born 1987
Mozhdah Jamalzadah
Born 1985
Attik Kargar
Born 1969
Khwaja Baqi Billah
971 - 1012
Karim Janat
Born 1998
Faiz Mohammad Khaksar
Born 1942
Youssof Kohzad
Born 1935
Hakim Ludin
Born 1955
Hazrat Ali (Afghan politician)
Born 1964
Sayed Anwar Rahmati
Born 1959
Sayyid Mir Jan
1800 - 1901
Sulaiman Masomi
Born 1979
Sayed Maqsood Hashemi
Born 1984
Masuma Esmati-Wardak
Born 1930
Nabil Miskinyar
Born 1948
Zheela
1943 - 2009
Kawash Haidari
Born 1992
Sana Safi
Born 1989
Shah Marai
Died 2018
Mahmoud Saikal
Born 1962
Chabname Zariab
Born 1982
Abdul Hakim Tabibi
Born 1924
Shah Muhammad Rais
Born 1954
Mohammad Hashem Cheshti
Died 1994
Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai
Born 1937
Mohammad Rauf Mehdi
Born 1958
Abdul Ghafar Ghafoori
Born 1937
Zamina Begum
1917 - 1978
Farzana Naz
-
Khatool Mohammadzai
Born 1960
Gulchehra Begum
1515 - 1557
Robert Freitag (Jurist)
Born 1968
Mehr-Ali Newid
Born 1950
Latifa Nabizada
-
Ahmad Morid
Born 1956
Sayyid Mahmud Agha
1800 - 1901
Fereshta Kazemi
Born 1979
Wais Barmak
Born 1972
Sayed Makhdoom Raheen
Born 1946
Daud Rafiqpoor
Born 1949
Sharif Ghalib
Born 1961
Askari Mirza
1516 - 1557
Naveen-ul-Haq
Born 1999
Cornelia Zumbusch
Born 1972
Aziz Royesh
Born 1969
Nanguyalai Tarzi
Born 1949
Sultan Masood Dakik
Born 1967
Nasrat Sharqi
-
Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal
Born 1952
Rahim Mehryar
1956 - 2010
Jamila Afghani
Born 1974
Zabihullah Mojaddidy
Born 1972
Shahla Ata
1959 - 2015
Afridun Amu
Born 1987
Nelufar Hedayat
Born 1988
Barmak Akram
Born 1966
Salamat Schiftah
Born 1938
Mohammad Ebrahimi (wrestler)
Born 1938
Assadullah Habib
Born 1941
Mamnoon Maqsoodi
Born 1966
Tamina Amadyar
Born 1989
Sabrina Saqeb
Born 1979
Abdullah Malikyar
1909 - 2002
Suraya Sadeed
-
Mohammad Qayoumi
Born 1952
Mir Mohammad Sediq Farhang
1914 - 1990
Latif Ahmadi
Born 1950
Sayed Ishaq Gailani
Born 1954
Kamal al-Din Gurg
Died 1310
Muhammad Siddiq Farhang
1925 - 1989
Najib Karim
Born 1973
Muhammed Akbar Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan
1933 - 1942
Amin Farhang
Born 1940
Mohammad Aman
Born 1929
Rohullah Kazimi
Born 1987
SadiQ
Born 1988
Haroon Yousofi
Born 1950
Sayed Jalal Karim
Born 1969
Zalmai Araa
-
Mariam Veiszadeh
Born 1984
Lutfullah Mashal
Born 1971
Qasim Akhgar
1951 - 2014
Mumtaz Habib
Born 1987
Hakan Massoud Navabi
Born 1990
Wahidullah Waissi
Born 1975
Ali Ahmad Popal
1916 - 2004
Marzia Basel
Born 1968
Waqar Salamkheil
Born 1997
Zakiullah Zaki
Born 1990
Naseer Jamali
Born 1989
Naim Popal
Born 1954
Omid Nezami
Born 1984
Nahid Shahalimi
Born 1973
Muhammad Dawood Sultanzoy
1952 - 2015
Fardeen Kohistani
Born 1994
Shakiba Hashemi
-
Hafizullah Khyal
Born 1931
Salma Jahani
Born 1952
Mohammad Sardar
Born 1999
Zalmai Aziz
Born 1940
Mermon Parwin
1924 - 2004
Mirwais Jalil
1969 - 1994
Humira Saqib
Born 1980
Shamila Kohestani
-