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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- Filtered to 1960s Clear ×
Khaled Hosseini
Born 1965
Atiq Rahimi
Born 1962
Abdullah Abdullah
Born 1960
Farhad Darya
Born 1962
Nasrat Parsa
1968 - 2005
Mohammad Yousef Kargar
Born 1963
Fahim Fazli
Born 1966
Sonia Nassery Cole
Born 1963
Akram Assem
Born 1965
Abdul Rahman (convert)
Born 1965
Parween Pazhwak
Born 1967
Haron Amin
1967 - 2015
Eklil Ahmad Hakimi
Born 1968
Hangama
Born 1960
Asef Soltanzadeh
Born 1964
Qader Eshpari
Born 1967
Rahraw Omarzad
Born 1964
Nasrin Oryakhil
Born 1964
Walid Nakschbandi
Born 1968
Aqeela Asifi
Born 1966
Jeff Bronkey
Born 1965
Attik Kargar
Born 1969
Hazrat Ali (Afghan politician)
Born 1964
Mahmoud Saikal
Born 1962
Khatool Mohammadzai
Born 1960
Robert Freitag (Jurist)
Born 1968
Sharif Ghalib
Born 1961
Aziz Royesh
Born 1969
Sultan Masood Dakik
Born 1967
Barmak Akram
Born 1966
Mamnoon Maqsoodi
Born 1966
Sayed Jalal Karim
Born 1969
Marzia Basel
Born 1968
Mirwais Jalil
1969 - 1994
Maliha Zulfacar
Born 1961
Bashir Ahmad Bezan
Born 1966
Sayed Hamid Noori
1965 - 2010
Zaid Mohseni
Born 1969